Archive for the ‘Songs of 1962’ Category
In Indian thinking, pursuit of money was considered bad and people who had too much money were considered evil. In fact, that stereotyping can be seen very much in older Bollywood movies, where the grocer aka lala ( often played by Kanhaiyalal, Jeewan etc) is always shown as an evil character.
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Tumhi ho maata pitaa tumhi ho
Posted on: May 23, 2009
There are some Bollywood songs which became so popular that they became part of Indian life. For instance, many filmy prayers/ bhajans became real life prayers/ bhajans. I have already posted a few such songs.
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Pawan deewaani
Posted on: May 6, 2009
I had commented in another song that Bollywood heroes, whatever be their professions in these movies, would act as if their profession was singing songs. I cited Dilip Kumar as an example.
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Kal ki daulat aaj ki khushiyaan
Posted on: May 4, 2009
“Asli Naqli” (1962) was a movie starring Dev Anand.
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Tum jo hamaare meet na hote
Posted on: May 3, 2009
I have posted a few songs from the movie “Aashiq” (1962). Here is another song from this movie.
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Tera mera pyaar amar hai
Posted on: April 30, 2009
This song “Tera mera pyaar amar hai” is an iconic song. But all these days I was not aware which movie this song was from. Now I know, and this song is from a 1962 movie called “Asli Naqli”.
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I have posted a superb Kishore Kumar song from “Manmauji”(1962) in the past that went “Zaroorat hai zaroorat hai”. It was a playful light hearted song and showed that Madan Mohan could compose this kind of songs as well.
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Here is the title song of the Raj Kapoor movie “Aashiq” (1962). Like what was the case in his earlier movies viz “Aawaara” and “Chhaliyya”, this song from “Aashiq” serves as an introduction song as well, where the hero inroduces himself as the “Aashiq” and describes in good detail what are the things for which he is the “aashiq” (lover)
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Kahin deep jale kahin dil
Posted on: April 1, 2009
“Bees Saal Baad” (1962), which is regarded as a milestone in Bollywood suspense movies, had some nice songs as well. Shakeel Badayuni was the lyricist and Hemant Kumar had composed the music.
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Taaron ki thandi chaiyyaan
Posted on: April 1, 2009
As is usual with me, I have been discovering many forgotten gems almost on a daily basis as far as bollywood songs are concerned.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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