Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970)’ Category
Haath aaya hai jabse tera
Posted on: December 14, 2008
What are the odds of you walking on a beach and stumbling upon gems every few steps ? Well, I have been exploring Bollywood music and I am coming across gems after gems. In some cases, I at least knew the names of the movies, and in some cases, I was not even aware about the name of the movie. And when I listen to these songs, I am amazed to find that these songs are lying forgotten.
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Teri pyaari pyaari soorat ko
Posted on: December 14, 2008
This song swept every award that it was eligible for. This song from “Sasuraal” was the top song in Binaca geetmala final of 1961, and Rafi won Filmfare best male singer award for this song. This was the second time one particular song won these two coveted honours. Rafi himself had achieved the same distinction in the previous year for “Chaudhvin ka chaand ho” for “Chaudhvin ka chaand”.
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Wo bhooli daastaan
Posted on: December 13, 2008
Here is a typical Lata-Madan Mohan composition, where both give their best. And indeed the lyrics of Rajinder Krishan enable them to create their magic.
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Kyon jee mujhe pahchaana
Posted on: December 12, 2008
This is a comedy song from “Boyfriend”, a Shammi Kapoor starrer. Shammi Kapoor dresses up like a Sikh gentleman and I must say that the disguise is in a different league than the usual Bollywood movie disguise where the hero, whether the disguise hero often looks indistinguishable from his undisguised self.
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I recently found a rail song in a Shammi Kapoor movie called ‘Boyfriend”. And now I find that the “professor” song “main chali main chali” is a rail song as well ! And all these days I was thinking that I had already discovered all the rail songs a few months ago. May be I need to watch more Shammi Kapoor songs.
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I have posted quite a few lullabies. They are typically sung by females for small kids. But trust Shammi Kapoor to sing a lullaby for his girlfriend ! Yes, this is what he does in this movie called “Boyfriend”.
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Aane se uske aaye bahaar
Posted on: December 11, 2008
If you are looking for a song to uplift your spirits, then look no further than this song from “Jeene Ki Raah”. Every time I listen to this song, I find my spirits soaring sky high.
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Mujhe apna yaar banaa lo
Posted on: December 10, 2008
A few months ago, I had written a detailed post about rail songs where I had posted details about some 20 songs.
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Kahaan se laayi ho jaaneman
Posted on: December 9, 2008
Has anyone heard of this movie called “Dil Aur Mohabbat” ? I had not. But when I started digging, I found that it was a movie released in 1968 where Joy Mukherjee and Sharmila Tagore had played the main roles.
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Husn chala kuchh aisi chaal
Posted on: December 8, 2008
Raja of Jhumri Tilayya, oops, Holland, keeps wondering why I did not post this song, and whether I did not like this song. Rest assured , Raja, I like all songs of Shammi Kapoor, or for that matter, songs picturised on any other actors, and there is no way I would not have liked this song.
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