Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970)’ Category
Yoon hi tum mujhse baat karti ho
Posted on: December 6, 2008
Rajesh Khanna and Mumtaz star in this movie. Rajesh Khanna in fact has a double role in this movie.This movie was released in 1970 when everything that Rajesh Khanna touched turned to gold.
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Meri muhabbat jawaan rahegi
Posted on: December 5, 2008
I have just realised that when it comes to love songs in Bollywood, the lyrics do not believe in making small talk, rather they make big talk. The lover would not say such small things like “I love you”, rather he would talk on a much larger scale like how his love is forever, how his love can move mountains, etc.
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Aap yoonhi agar hamse milte rahe
Posted on: December 3, 2008
Going by the lyrics, I have classified this song as a love song, but it appears that the love is unilateral in this song despite this being a duet. The hero, Joy Mukherjee is sincere in expressing his love for the lady, but the lady, Sadhana is just playing along, without feeling the same sentiments.
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Yahi hai tamanna
Posted on: December 2, 2008
The two leading Bollywood men, who looked like they could sweet ladies off their feet with effortless ease were Shammi Kapoor and Dharmendra. And here Dharmendra works his charms on Supriya Chowdhury.
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Jaane kahaan gaye wo din
Posted on: December 2, 2008
“Mera Naam Joker” was a labour of love for Raj Kapoor and he had made this movie with great hopes and expectations. Unfortunately, the story was ahead of its times and the Indian movie watchers were not ready for such movies in 1970. The movie flopped and Raj Kapoor suffered great losses as a result.
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There is little doubt that this movie “Phir Wohi Dil Laaya hoon” is known mainly for its music. I have already posted a song from this movie. But this was a musical extravaganza so I cannot help but post more songs from this movie. O P Nayyar, who ruled the roost in 1950s as a music director proved with this movie that he was capable of churning out good music in 1960s too.
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Ye chaand sa roshan chehra
Posted on: December 1, 2008
Shammi Kapoor on the screen, Rafi as the playback singer, O P Nayyar as the music director. This deadly composition came together for “Kashmir ki kali” and the result was an all time great musical extravaganza.
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Dil jo na kah saka
Posted on: November 30, 2008
I have posted many songs of Rafi in this blog, and in each song I have raved about his voice. In fact one cannot help but remark on his voice quality whatever the song. In every song, he appered to give his very best.
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“suraj” the biggest musical blockbuster of the year 1966 was full of extremely popular songs.
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Here is a very very moving song dedicated to those who lay down their lives to protect national boundary from external threats. This song from “haqeeqat” has become an iconic song. Today, now that India is paying its respects to the martyrs who laid down their lives to fight terrorists who had attacked Mumbai, this song is being played in TV channels.
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