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Chaudhvin ka chaand ho
Posted on: December 13, 2008
This song was written by Shakeel Badayuni and music was created by Ravi. Shakeel Badayuni was a lyricist who usually worked only for Naushad. When he was signed up to work for this movie, he came up to Ravi, grabbed Ravi’s hand and told him “I have never worked with an outside production. I am nervous, please cover up for my deficiencies”. Such humility ! This lyrics must go down as one of the greatest lyrics written in Bollywood movie history.
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O mere sanam
Posted on: November 23, 2008
- In: Duet | Lata song | Lyrics by Sudhir | Lyrics contributed by readers | Mukesh songs | Mukesh-Lata duet | Party song | Raj Kapoor songs | Raj Kapoor songs by Mukesh | Romantic song | Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970) | Songs of 1964 | Translation by Sudhir | Translations by readers | Yearwise breakup of songs
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Here is a duet from “Sangam” picturised on Raj Kapoor and Vyjyanti Mala. The people involved in creating this song are the usual suspects, viz Shankar Jaikishan, Shailendra, Mukesh and Lata. This song is a party song, and this movie seemed to have quite a few party songs, I do not know why.
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Itna na mujhse tu pyaar badha
Posted on: November 20, 2008
- In: Duet | Feelings of heart | Lata song | Love song | Lyrics by Sudhir | Lyrics contributed by readers | Multiple version song | Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970) | Songs of 1961 | Talat Mehmood - Lata duet | Talat Mehmood solo | Talat Mehmood songs | Translation by Sudhir | Translations by readers | Yearwise breakup of songs
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Here is a duet sung by Talat Mahmood and Lata. The typical quivering voice of Talat Mahmood on Sunil Dutt may sound a bit odd now, but this did not stop this song from becoming very popular. Lata sings for Asha Parekh, then a newcomer. This song is composed by Salil Chowdhary, and the lyricist Rajinder Krishan came up with very nice and hummable lyrics.
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Nanha munna raahi hoon
Posted on: November 13, 2008
India of 1960s was a much more simple and uncomplicated nation, where cynicism about the nation and its leaders had yet to take roots. People actually looked upto the national leaders. Every household compulsorily had the pictures of national leaders on their drawing room walls. Framed photographs of Mahatma Gandhi, Rajendra Prasad, and Jawaharlal Nehru were there in all households.
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Seene mein jalan
Posted on: October 25, 2008
This ghazal was from the movie Gaman (1978). It was an art movie, and art movies those days tended to have ghazals in them. In fact, art movies often had lots of ghazals which became quite popular.
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- In: "saawan" song | Amitabh Bachchan songs | Amitabh Bachchan songs by Kishore Kumar | Happy song | joie de vivre | Kishore Kumar solo | Kishore Kumar songs | Lata solo | Lata song | Lyrics by Sudhir | Lyrics contributed by readers | Multiple version song | needing each other | Rain song | Romantic song | Simply joy | Songs of 1970s (1971 to 1980) | Songs of 1979 | Translation by Sudhir | Translations by readers | Yearwise breakup of songs
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This movie “Manzil” was one of the unsuccessful movies of Amitabh Bachchan, but this one song from this movie, viz “Rimjhim gire saawan” has become the stuff of legends already. It is one of the first songs that comes to mind when one thinks of rain songs.
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