Archive for the ‘Tonga song’ Category
Sach kahta hoon bahut haseen ho
Posted on: March 28, 2009
“Jaali Note” (1960), by now a forgotten movie had Dev Anand and Madhubala in lead roles. Moreover, it had music by O P Nayyar.
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This song is a landmark song from a landmark movie. “Rattan” (1944) was the first movie that drew upon folk music for its songs. And this particular song “ankhiyan mila ke” could well be described as the first such song sung by a female singer.
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Jab tumhi chale pardes
Posted on: February 22, 2009
It is one of the earliest “tonga” songs in Bollywood movies. But this song is much more significant than just that. “Rattan” was a movie that steered Bollywood music away from the influence of classical music. It was the first movie whose music drew on folk music.
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Iint ki dukki pan ka ikka
Posted on: February 5, 2009
We have had quite a few songs talking about Bombay. But there have been few songs talking about other major cities.
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Jab liya haath mein haath
Posted on: February 4, 2009
“Vachan” was a movie produced by Devendra Goel. This movie was also the debut movie of Ravi as a music director. Ravi, who was till then an assistant of Hemant Kumar made a mark as an independent music director with this movie and he never looked back since.
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Usko nahin dekha hamne kabhi
Posted on: January 27, 2009
“Maa” (mother) plays a very important role in Bollywood movies. A good son is supposed to be the one who stands by his Maa and a bad son is one who leaves her.
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“Laal Bangla” was a C grade movie with unknown names playing lead roles in it.
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It is a song that I call as a “Tonga” song, and for good reasons. The music of O P Nayyar very much reminds one of a horse hoofing along merrily drawing the tonga along. And the picturisation actually shows a tonga with Kishore Kumar and Chand Usmani as its passengers.
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While watching very old movies, one big attraction for me is to watch how places looked like in those days. It is especially for this reason that I watch movies of 1950s and earlier.
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Here is a song from the era when O P Nayyar was the king of all he surveyed in Bollywood music world. The song is so representative of O P Nayyar’s music. It is sung by Rafi and the Sahir was the lyricist.
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