Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970)’ Category
Mujhe raat din ye khayaal hai
Posted on: March 5, 2009
Iqbal Qureshi is one of the lesser known music directors whose contribution in making Bollywood music of 1950s and 1960s what it was ( the golden era) was second to none.
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Badli badli duniya hai meri
Posted on: March 4, 2009
Here is yet another example of a nice song from a forgotten movie.
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By 1966, O P Nayyar was not the number one music director that he was one decade ago.His crown had slipped decisively by then, But O P Nayyar could still show his sparks of brillinace, given a chance.
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Ehsan tera hoga mujh par
Posted on: March 2, 2009
I have posted a few songs from Shammi Kapoor’s “Junglee” (1961) already, but we all know that movies of 1960s, especially those hit movies, like Shammi Kapoor movies had several nice songs.
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Chhoo lene do naazuk honthon ko
Posted on: March 2, 2009
Ravi has composed iconic songs on just about any topic under the sun. So it should not come as any surprise that one of the most memorable drunkard song has been composed by Ravi.
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Aansoo samajh ke kyun mujhe
Posted on: March 1, 2009
“Chhaaya” (1961) was a Sunil Dutt, Asha Parekh starrer. Salil Chowdhary was the music director and Rajinder Krishan had written the lyrics of this movie.
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Koyi jab tumhaara hriday tod de
Posted on: March 1, 2009
This song stands out among the songs of 1970 because of its “shudddh” Hindi words. Words like “Hriday” for “dil” really won my “hriday” over when I first heard this song.
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This philosophical song from “Upkaar” was one which Indeewar had written a few years earlier and Anandji ( of Kalyanji Anandji music director duo) liked it so much that he kept the lyrics with him. When a situation arose for this kind of a song in Manoj Kumar’s Upkaar, Kalyanji Anandji were ready with this song.
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Phir wo bhooli si yaad aayi hai
Posted on: March 1, 2009
This song from “Begaana” (1963) has been sung by Rafi and picturised on an obscure actor called Shailesh Kumar who had played the role of hero in this movie, with Dharmendra playing second fiddle to him.
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When one listens to this song, and finds out that Shankar Jaikishan are the music directors and Hasrat Jaipuri the lyricist, then one can safely assume that this Rafi song is picturised on Shammi. And indeed, I have thought so about this song for more than four decades. It indeed seems to fulfil all the ingredients that one had in a Shammi Kapoor movie.
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