Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970)’ Category
Joohi ki kali mere laadli
Posted on: September 29, 2010
“Dil Ek Mandir” (1963) is a movie starring Rajendra Kumar and Meena Kumari. This movie, like most movies of those days, is full of memorable songs.
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“Nazraanaa” (1961) is a movie which saw a rare combination of Rafi singing for Raj Kapoor, with Ravi composing the music. And what superb songs this movie had !
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In Madan Mohan songs, a few words play quite important roles. One word is “aankh” and it variants, viz “Naina” etc and the products thereof viz “aansoo”.
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Chal mere dil lehraa ke chal
Posted on: September 25, 2010
While looking for songs, or rather while stumbling upon songs, I often realise how little I know about old movies and their songs.
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Jaani tum to dole dagaa dai ke
Posted on: September 25, 2010
I am barely aware of this movie called “Dr Vidya” (1962) and I have become aware of the songs of this movie thanks to the farmaishes of songs for this movie.
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Gham e dil kisase kahoon
Posted on: September 24, 2010
Most songs posted in this blog are from movies that got released at some date. But there are cases where the makers of the movie were so broke that the movie never got released.
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Dil aawaaraa kare nazaaraa
Posted on: September 24, 2010
What happens when a producer wants to remake a James Bond kind of movie in Hindi but his finances only allow him the luxury of making a C grade movie ? He comes up with a movie called “Ushaad 420” (1969).
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There are people who think that Asha Bhonsle mostly sang light songs (cabarat etc) and she did not sing “serious” songs or song based on classical raagas. Of course that is not correct. Most songs in Hindi movies are indeed based on some Raag. The singers and music directors, whether they are trained or not follow the framework of raagas, unless it is a western song that they are composing.
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Tumhi mere meet ho
Posted on: September 21, 2010
In late 1950s and early 1960s, several comedians were seeking to become heroes in Hindi movies. The names of Johny Walker, Mehmood and Jagdeep readily comes to mind. They all acted as heroes in a few movies each, but keeping a sombre face while acting out serious scenes (viz romantic scenes, sad scenes) was not exactly their strong suit. And that is why most of these ventures ended up in failures.
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This post is written by Raja, a regular contributor of posts to this blog and a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs
Today is a very special day for this very special blog. It is a day that we celebrate not just one milestone for the blog but two. And two really special milestones too.
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