Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970)’ Category
Doongi tainu reshmi roomaal
Posted on: May 18, 2009
Bollywood movies have many songs based on folk music of various states. Folk music of punjab has been the source for many such songs.
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Jaagi badan mein jwaala
Posted on: May 17, 2009
“Izzat” (1968) is a movie starring Dharmendra. But for me, this movie interests me because this movie also had Jayalalitha, who then was an up and coming actress of Tamil movies.
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Meharbaan mehboob
Posted on: May 16, 2009
Helen was known for her one mandatory dance in most movies of 1960s and 1970s. This would typically be a cabaret dance where she would sing and dance in a club. Another variation was where she would sing and dance to seduce the hero.
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Today, 16th may 2009 is the day when the results of Indian general elections will be known. It is expected that no party will get an absolute majority and so attempts will be made to cobble up a coalition government at the centre. Some local political leaders will play a big role in this exercise.
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Ham tere bina jee na sakenge sanam
Posted on: May 16, 2009
Ganesh, the younger brother of Pyarelal ( of Laxmikant Pyarelal fame) had assisted his brother in their earlier movies, including “Parasmani”. In fact, it is said that Ganesh and Shashikant ( brother of Laxmikant) had played big roles behind the success of their brothers in that movie.
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I have not watched this movie, but I know for sure that this movie “Aayi Milan Ki Bela” must have been a big hit, going by the quality and popularity of its songs.
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Chaandi ka badan sone ki nazar
Posted on: May 16, 2009
I have posted over a thousand songs in this blog so far. Most songs are 3 to 4 minutes long and their lyrics are about 200 words long. But this qawwali is nearly ten minutes long and its lyrics runs into 800 words !
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I continue to be more and more amazed at the qulaity of music director Ganesh’s music. He could create amazingly popular songs even when he created these songs for C grade movies.
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Kisi patthar ki moorat se
Posted on: May 14, 2009
This is a piano song cum party song in the sense that this song is sung by Sunil Dutt seated on a piano in a party.
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