Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970)’ Category
Haay re haay neend nahin aaye
Posted on: July 2, 2009
This song was one of the most popular songs with one and all during its day. And as happened with me quite often those days, I was not aware about the details of this song. I could identify the voice of Rafi and Lata but that was all. In fact I did not know those days that a song had a lyricist and a music director too. I thought that the singer did everything himself/ herself. And of course I had no idea which movie it was from.
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O paape na sharmaa
Posted on: July 2, 2009
Here is a party song from “Sagaai” (1966). This song is sung by Rafi. It is Madhumati and another female dancer who perform dance on this song. The actor lip syncing in Rafi’s voice is Johny Whiskey. This must be one of the very few occasions when Johny whiskey got to “sing” a song in a movie.
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O mere bairaagi bhanwraa
Posted on: July 2, 2009
“Ishq par zor Nahin” (1970) is a forgotten movie by now. It had Dharmendra and Sadhana in lead roles.
Bahut der tumne sataaya hai
Posted on: July 1, 2009
I have listened to a few songs from “Man Ki Aankhen” (1970) in the past but this song was not one of them. I heard this song for the first time just today.
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This song sounds so much like Raj Kapoor’s signature songs of “Chhaliya”, “Shri 420”, “Aawaara” etc. But this song is not picturised on Raj Kapoor. and even the music is not by Shankar Jaikishan.
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Ek manzil raahi do
Posted on: July 1, 2009
I have posted a few songs from “Sanjog” (1961) in the past. This movie had Pradeep Kumar and Anita Guha in lead roles. This movie is mainly known for its songs, and not for any great story line or any great acting.
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Ik nanhi munni ladki thhi
Posted on: June 30, 2009
I have been waxing eloquent about music director Ganesh in this blog. The more I listen to his songs, more is the sense of loss that I feel. If only he got a proper run in Bollywood, we would have had many more great songs to savour.
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If one listens to just the audio of this song, it sounds unmistakably like a song from a Shammi Kapoor movie. The song is sung by Rafi and Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics is by Hasrat Jaipuri, music is by Shankar Jaikishan. It all seems to add up. The song even has Rafi shouting “Hurray” (reminiscent of “Yaahoo” in an earlier Shammi Kapoor movie)
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In this blog,I have repeatedly expressed my admiration for the music director Ganesh, who was unbelivably talented but did not get his rightful due from the industry.
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Kaun ho tum kaun ho
Posted on: June 29, 2009
This song from “Stree” (1961) comes as a whiff of fresh air to me. It is so refreshing to see a Bollywood song from a lyricist who knew the topics he was writing about. Bharat Vyas, who mostly wrote songs in mythological movies, knew his mythology well. Moreover, he was one of the few lyricists at that time (Pradeep being the other) who used textbook Hindi words in their lyrics.
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