Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970)’ Category
In my series of posts on the songs of “Aarti” (1962), here is the third song in the series.
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“Saraswati Chandra” is not a movie that too many people remember now. This lead actors in this movie were Nutan and Manish (who ?) and it was a Black and white movie in an era when colour movies had become the vogue.
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Baar baar tohe kyaa samjhaaye
Posted on: January 28, 2009
“Aarti” (1962) had some wonderful songs, and I am posting these songs now a days. This second song begins somewhat similarly to the other song. In the first song “Kahbhi to milegi”, Meena Kumari listens to a song on Radio, and then sings that song.
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Huzoorewaala jo ho izaajat
Posted on: January 28, 2009
This song is a typically O P Nayyar tune as far as the use of the musical nstruments are concerned. This movie “Ye Raat Phir Na Aayegi” came in 1966 when O P Nayyar was on the decline.
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This Mukesh song is from a 1965 movie called ‘Himalay ki God mein” . This song is written by Anand Bakshi and the music was composed by Kalyanji Anandji.
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Wo hain zara khafa khafa
Posted on: January 28, 2009
In Bollywood movies, majority of songs are romantic songs. One small portion of such songs is the “sulking” song, where one party, typically the female sulks and the other person has to appease the sulking person.
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I know an acquaintance who would casually go to a “paan” shop, buy “paan” and talk to the “paanwaala” in an UP Bhaiyya style. If he saw a Baraat coming up with the Baraatis dancing, he would nonchalantly join the Baraat and dance a few jigs himself.
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Kabhi to milegi kahin to milegi
Posted on: January 27, 2009
“Aarti” was a musical blockbuster. It had many great songs in it that are listened to by the fans of old songs even today. And every song is just as good as the other. Here is the first song from this movie that I am posting in this blog.
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Chaand aahen bharega
Posted on: January 27, 2009
Mukesh is reputed to be a singer par excellence as far as sad songs were concerned. But I am finding that Mukesh was a singer par excellence for romantic songs as well. The kinds of songs where he sings for the lady sound so sincere and sensuous that these songs have no option but to straighaway walk into the hall of fame of immortal songs.
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Usko nahin dekha hamne kabhi
Posted on: January 27, 2009
“Maa” (mother) plays a very important role in Bollywood movies. A good son is supposed to be the one who stands by his Maa and a bad son is one who leaves her.
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