Archive for the ‘Songs of 1966’ Category
Obscure songs from obscure movies are not necessarily run of the mill songs, as I have discovered time and again. In fact, while listening to forgotten movies from many of these obscure movies, I have stumbled upon gems.
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Dil hamne de diyaa
Posted on: July 30, 2009
“Pyaar Kiye Jaa” (1966) was one Shashi Kapoor movie that was successful despite he being the solo hero of this movie. That is what I was told all these days.
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Here is a superb song from “Bahaarein phir bhi aayengi” (1966).
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“Suraj” (1966) starring Rajendra Kumar and Vyjyantimala was the biggest music blockbuster of the year. I have posted a few songs from this movie already.
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Dil ki fariyad se dar
Posted on: July 10, 2009
I have posted close to 1600 songs already in this blog, and there are still thousands of great songs yet to be posted.
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I have mentioned in the past that Ganesh was an outstanding music director who unfortunately did not get his due from the Bollywood industry that he so richly deserved.
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O paape na sharmaa
Posted on: July 2, 2009
Here is a party song from “Sagaai” (1966). This song is sung by Rafi. It is Madhumati and another female dancer who perform dance on this song. The actor lip syncing in Rafi’s voice is Johny Whiskey. This must be one of the very few occasions when Johny whiskey got to “sing” a song in a movie.
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If one listens to just the audio of this song, it sounds unmistakably like a song from a Shammi Kapoor movie. The song is sung by Rafi and Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics is by Hasrat Jaipuri, music is by Shankar Jaikishan. It all seems to add up. The song even has Rafi shouting “Hurray” (reminiscent of “Yaahoo” in an earlier Shammi Kapoor movie)
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In this blog,I have repeatedly expressed my admiration for the music director Ganesh, who was unbelivably talented but did not get his rightful due from the industry.
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Sun sun sun re balam
Posted on: June 27, 2009
Yesterday I posted a long pending farmaish for a song of “Pyaar Mohaabat” (1966). Today, I am posting the other song from this movie, and with that my backlog of farmaishes from 2008 is cleared. 😉
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