Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970)’ Category
Jaa main tose naahin boloon
Posted on: September 25, 2009
As far as Bollywood music lovers are concerned, most of them like songs that are “light” in nature, rather than the heavy duty stuff (viz classical music based). But there are classical music based songs that are so nicely created that one loves to listen to such songs.
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I keep stumbling upon forgotten gems almost on a daily basis, and look what I have unearthed here ! This song is from a movie called “Biraadari” (1966). I am sure most people, including me , are aware of “Baraadari” rather than “Biraadari”.
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I thought that Suraiyya’s career as an actor-singer was over in 1950s, but it seems that a few of her movies were released in 1960s as well.
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Ye albeli pyaar ki raahein
Posted on: September 22, 2009
“Dharti” (1970) was one of the last movies in which both Rajendra Kumar and Waheeda Rehman were seen in lead roles. By this time both had begun to show their ages and were soon upstaged by younger and fresher faces.
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In Bollywood movies,romancing and singing romantic songs have traditionally been the preserve of the hero and the heroine. Other actors were supposed to have no love lives in these movies.
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“Mujhe Jeene Do” (1963) was a Daaku movie starring Sunil Dutt and Waheeda Rehman. This movie was a critically acclaimed movie. And its music was outstanding.
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I have posted several “lullabies” (lori) in this blog. This song too is a lori, but with a major difference from the normal lallabies.
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Prabhu tero naam
Posted on: September 18, 2009
These days, I have been posting songs of “Ham Dono” (1961) and waxing eloquent about these songs. I have so far posted 5 songs from this movie, and every one of these songs is outstanding.
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Aap jabse kareeb aaye hain
Posted on: September 17, 2009
I was not even aware of this movie called “Noor Jahaan” (1967). I became aware of this movie only after I got a farmaish for a song of this movie.
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The more one listens to the songs of “Ham Dono” (1961), the more admiration one feels for the creators of the music of this movie.
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