Archive for the ‘Songs of 1970’ Category
Ho keh do keh do tum jo keh do
Posted on: November 8, 2012
One of the major reasons behind the success of Rajesh Khanna movies during his superstar days was their lilting music. What amazing songs these movies had. Rajesh Khanna’s superstar days are long gone and even Rajesh Khanna is no longer among us but the music of those songs continue to remain alive in memory.
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This article is written by Shekhar Gupta, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
A year before she arrived at the zenith of playback singing with Aayega aane waala in Mahal (1949), a still-teenage Lataji vocalized her first ghazal – the mind-blowing Dil-e-naashaad ko jeene ki hasrat ho gayee tumse under the baton of Hansraj Bahl in Chunariya (1948). Her superb rendition of this none-too-easy a number with expression, enunciation and mastery on its many murkis in all octaves is just breath-taking.
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Ye mausam bheega bheega hai
Posted on: October 16, 2012
“Dharti” (1970) was a Chitralaya Production. It was produced and directed by Sridhar. The movie had Rajendra Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Kumkum, Ajit, Balraj Sahni, Kamini Kaushal, Rajendra Nath, Sudesh Kumar, Pahadi Sanyal etc in it.
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Sun sun sun o gulaabi kali
Posted on: October 10, 2012
The music of “Saawan Bhaadon” (1970) was instantly lapped up by aam janta as soon as the songs of this movie became available. The energy and the verve with which these songs were sung made them extremely popular with music lovers, especially the least sophisticated among them like for instance kids in the under 10 years age category. 🙂
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Jaan gayee main to jaan gayee
Posted on: October 2, 2012
Today (2 october) is the birthday of Asha Parekh. It is only natural that we should greet her on this occasion by discussing some nice songs picturised on her.
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Tere naina kyun bhar aaye
Posted on: September 28, 2012
“Geet” (1970) was produced and directed by Ramanand Sagar. This movie had Rajendra Kumar, Mala Sinha, Kumkum, Bhagwan, Sujit Kumar, Nazir Hussain, Daisy Irani, Manmohan Krishna, Tuntun, Chaman Puri etc in it.
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“Deedaar” (1970) was produced and directed by Jugal Kishore. This B grade movie had Anjana Mumtaz, Dheeraj Kumar, Premendra, Badri Prasad, Kumud Tripathi, Leela Mishra, Wasti, Leela Misra, Habib, K.N.Singh, Jayashree T, Meenaxi, Mirza Musharraf, Brahmachari etc in it.
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Kahin daag na lag jaaye
Posted on: September 17, 2012
Today (17 september) is the death anniversary of Hasrat Jaipuri. He was one of the most prolific lyricists of the golden era of Hindi movie music and that reflects in this blog too. As many as 407 songs penned by Hasrat Jaipuri have figured in this blog in the past.
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Pardesi piyaa ho pardesi piyaa
Posted on: July 31, 2012
Today (31st july) is the death anniversary of Rafi. This date also happens to be the birthday of Mumtaz (born on 31 july 1947 at Mumbai), the much beloved leading lady of 1960s amd 1970s.
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