Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970)’ Category
Kahaan chale chhaliyaa
Posted on: April 13, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor of articles to this blog.
A wonderful composition by Vasant Desai.This song, once again, is a song that I remember from many years ago, having heard it many times on the radio. But I was not aware of any other details relating to it.
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Ek thhaa bachpan
Posted on: April 12, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
There are many songs in the movies that are for the children, and many of them are sung by children. Then there is another set of songs wherein bachpan (childhood) is being bid a goodbye and there is a welcome to youth, of the ilk “Ja Ja Ja Mere Bachpan, Kahin Jaa Ke Chhup Nadaan” from movie ‘Junglee’.
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Chheda jo dil ka fasaanaa
Posted on: April 12, 2011
“Naqli Nawaab” (1962) is a B grade movie starring Manoj Kumar and Shalika. This movie and its songs have been forgotten with time. I discovered the songs of this movie only just recently and I liked them.
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Aa main bataaun tu hai kyaa
Posted on: April 11, 2011
“Barsaat Ki Raat” (1964) was a movie that only had qawwalis in it, and the movie, riding on these qawwalis went to to become an all time hit movie. Inspired by the success of this movie, a B grade movie maker tried to emulate the movie by making another movie on the same theme. This movie maker in fact went one step ahead and named his movie “Qawwali ki raat”! What an inspired title ! 🙂
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor of articles to this blog.
Another wonderful gem, that I had been searching for many years.
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Jeewan se lambe hain bandhu
Posted on: April 10, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor of articles to this blog.
The super Manna Dey song from Aashirwaad, 1968. Lyrics are by Gulzar and music is by Vasant Desai.
The lyrics of this song are just superb, very characteristic Gulzar poetry, use of very simple words, communicating a very profound ideas. The lines “saans ki dori chhoti pad gayee, lambi aas dagariyaa” is such a warm and touching thought, said so simply.
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Dhoondhe tujhko nain deewaane
Posted on: April 10, 2011
“Jab Yaad Kisi Ki Aati Hai” (1967) is a treasure trove of great songs, as I have been discovering these days.
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“Reshmi Roomaal” (1961) is a B grade movie starring Manoj Kumar and Shakila. Like all B grade movies of those days, this movie has A grade music, even if the music director is a lesser known individual.
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Jab yaad kisi ki aati hai
Posted on: April 9, 2011
When I looked at the lyrics of the song, I thought that it was the song sung by Rafi that begins with the words- “Jiyaa ho jiyaa ho jiyaa kuchh bol to”, but I was wrong, I was confusing the title song of “Jab Pyaar Kisi Se Hota Hai” (1961) with the title song of “Jab Yaad Kisi Ki Aati Hai”(1967). But then the two titles are so similar, and it is only now that I have been able to distinguish between the two titles.
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