Archive for the ‘Translations by readers’ Category
Ham dam se gaye hamdam ke liye
Posted on: October 1, 2013
- In: Dev Anand songs | Dev Anand songs by Manna Dey | Devnagri script lyrics by Sudhir | Guest posts | Guitar song | Lyrics contributed by readers | Manna Dey solo | Manna Dey songs | Party song | Post by Sudhir | Sheila Vaz Dance Songs | Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960) | Songs of 1960 | Translation by Sudhir | Translations by readers | Yearwise breakup of songs
- 5 Comments
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Since today morning there has been a flurry of activity, as the post for Burman Dada birth anniversary took me by surprise. Our anniversary list posts this event on the 10th of this month, and so I was a little surprised to see the song “Dil Mera Udaa Jaaye”, from the 1976 film ‘Arjun Pandit’ posted today morning announcing the dual anniversary of Burman Da and Majrooh Sb together.
Read more on this topic…
Tum mehakti jawaan chaandni ho
Posted on: August 29, 2013
- In: "chaand" song | "Get together" song | "Piano" song | Devnagri script lyrics by Sudhir | expression of love | Feelings of heart | Guest posts | Lyrics contributed by readers | Mukesh solo | Mukesh songs | Post by Sudhir | Songs of 1970s (1971 to 1980) | Songs of 1974 | Translation by Sudhir | Translations by readers | Yearwise breakup of songs
- 7 Comments
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor of this blog.
I was in school when the songs of this film hit the radio waves. The film apparently made almost no impact, for I did not register its name or other details ever. And it was only after joining Song-a-Day team, that I came to know about the details of this film, even its name. A while back I had posted one song from this film – “Ye Dil Nasheen Nazaare Karte Hain Kya Ishaare”, and that was when I searched for and found the details of this film. And it was then that I realized that three of the new favorites (referring to the time I was in school) are all from the same film ‘Pyaase Dil’ (1974). (Ah yes, Prakash ji, after reading your comment, I thought more wait is not good to get this third song in 🙂 ).
Read more on this topic…
- In: Blog century song | Celebration Song | Century songs for the blog | Dance song | Devnagri script lyrics by Sudhir | Guest posts | Lyrics contributed by readers | Post by Sudhir | Rafi S Balbir duet | Rafi songs | Raj Kapoor present (without lip syncing) | Raj Kapoor songs | S Balbir song | Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960) | Songs of 1956 | Translation by Sudhir | Translations by readers | Yearwise breakup of songs
- 17 Comments
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This article is the 8600th song post in the blog.
Progressing with leaps and bounds, wow. On to the 86th century already today. Welcome to the 8600th song to be posted. Greetings and congratulations to all friends and readers. Isn’t this a wonderful place to be – the celebrations just keep coming, on and on. And with the thought of celebrations, we always come up with special songs that will add to the sentiments of the occasion. So let us celebrate today’s milestone in the typical Bhangra style of Punjab.
Read more on this topic…
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I have been going through the biographies and profiles of some of the well known Urdu poets – Mirza Ghalib, Ibrahim Zauq, Mir Taqi Mir, Daagh Dehlvi, Majaz Lucknawi, Firaq Gorakhpuri, Josh Malihabadi, Jigar Moradabadi etc. Most of them had faced prolonged pains and sufferings due to certain events that had happened in their lives. It is said that shaayars’ personal pains and sufferings bring the best shaayaris as these are born out of their first hand experiences. The lovers of ghazals still remember the poignant and melancholic ghazals of Ghalib, Mir, Firaq, Jigar etc.
Read more on this topic…
Dama dam mast kalandar
Posted on: April 17, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. Details and translation of this song are by Sudhir
Pre-Partition, India had many many legendary singers-Male and Females. After Partition, some singers migrated to the new country-Pakistan. Singing legend Noorjehan also went to Pakistan. Now India had Lata and Pakistan had Noorjehan.
Read more on this topic…
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Traditionally, ghazals are supposed to be rendered in a soft voice and in a slow tempo to make the listeners understand the deep meaning behind each words. Ghazals rendered in an appropriate mood can awaken emotional feelings even in a stone-hearted person. Perhaps it was in these context that ghazals were sung in thumri style in the early 20th century, creating a melancholic mood and offering the opportunity for singers to emphasise on some specific words in the ghazals which were important in understanding the meaning in the ghazals. Singers like Begum Akhtar, Kamala Jharia, Master Madan, K C Dey, K L Saigal etc sang ghazals mostly in thumri style.
Read more on this topic…
Ek jaanib shamm e mehfil
Posted on: March 17, 2013
- In: Devnagri script lyrics by Sudhir | Duet | Guest posts | Lyrics contributed by readers | Manna Dey Rafi duet | Manna Dey songs | Post by Pamir Harvey | Rafi songs | Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970) | Songs of 1968 | Translation by Sudhir | Translations by readers | Yearwise breakup of songs
- 8 Comments
This article is written by Pamir Harvey, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This song from Abhilasha (1968) is not so well known like the other two featured songs on the blog here. It is a Rafi-Manna Dey duet. Roshan used this combination of voices brilliantly in his qawaalis. This song, I think is the first time that Pancham uses this pair of voices.
Read more on this topic…
- In: Actor-Singer song | Devnagri script lyrics by Sudhir | Feelings of heart | Guest posts | Happy-Sad song | Lyrics contributed by readers | Noorjehaan songs | Post by nahm | Rajkumari song | Rare song | Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950) | Songs of 1943 | Translation by Sudhir | Translations by readers | Yearwise breakup of songs
- 13 Comments
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I am going down memory lane, to my school days. We would come back from school at 3:30 p.m. and at that time Vividh Bharati would be silent till 5:30 p.m. So we would put on the radio and searching for songs, invariably we found All India Radio (Urdu service) where they broadcast the programme “aap ki farmaish” which continued till 5 o’clock.
Read more on this topic…
Ik shab ke musaafir hain ham to
Posted on: January 20, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Among the film producers and directors of early days of talky films, Kidar Sharma was one among a few producer-directors who evoked my interest in knowing him. My information about him was limited to what I had known from print media and interviews on Doordarshan in 70s and 80s. He was known for introducing new faces like Raj Kapoor, Madhubala, Geeta Bali in the Hindi film industry who subsequently attained the star status. He also introduced Snehal Bhatkar and Roshan as music directors. Kidar Sharma was a multifaceted personality – painter, photographer, story/screen play/dialogue writer, poet, lyricist, actor, director and producer as I came to know much later when I read his autobiography ‘ The One and Lonely Kidar Sharma’ (2002).
Read more on this topic…
Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
Recent comments