Archive for the ‘Songs of 1970s (1971 to 1980)’ Category
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Since ‘chaudhvin ka chaand ho ya aaftaab ho’ from the film ‘ Chaudhvin ka chaand ‘, no one had really attempted to recreate the magic of it. The reason is obvious that it is a tough act to follow. The beauty of that song in black n white is not comparable to anything.
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Suno ji suno unhen pakdo
Posted on: May 9, 2013
“Manoranjan” (1974) was an Eagle Films production. It was produced by F C Mehra and directed by Shammi Kapoor. The movie had Zeenat Aman, Sanjeev Kumar, Dev Kumar, Shammi Kapoor, Faryal, Madan Puri, Paintal, Asit Sen, Mac Mohan, Agha etc in it.
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Yahaan bandhu aate ko hai jaana
Posted on: May 8, 2013
“Chhattees Ghante”(1974) was produced and directed by Raj Tilak. The movie had Sunil Dutt, Mala Sinha, Raj KUmar, Parveen Babi, Iftekhar, Ashoo, Ramesh Deo, Danny Denzongpa, Alankar Joshi, Sonia Sahni, Jagdish Raaj, Deven Verma, Urmila Bhatt, Madan Puri etc in it.
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Saawan ke din aaye sajanwa aan milo
Posted on: May 7, 2013
“Bhumika” (1977) was based on the tale of Hansa Wadkar, an actress of 1940s. It was directed by Shyam Benegal. The movie had Smita Patil, Amol Palekar, Anant Nag, Naseeruddin Shah, Amrish Puri etc in it. This movie in fact won Filfare award for the best movie of the year.
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This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
‘Noorie’ (1979) is a movie directed by Yash Chopra, situated in Kashmir. It launched two newcomers as hero and heroine, Poonam Dhillion and Farooque Shaikh. The film also had Madan Puri, Iftekhar and Padma Khanna.
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Phir teri yaad naye deep jalaane aayi
Posted on: May 4, 2013
“Aayi Teri Yaad” (1980) is a recent movie by the standards of this blog. But that did not prevent the movie from ending up as a forgotten movie.
Here is a song from “Aayi Teri Yaad” (1980). This song is sung by Bhupinder Singh, Naqsh Llayalpuri is the lyricist. Music is composed by Jaidev.
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This artice is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie and a regular contributor to this blog.
Today is the birthday of one of our living legends – Manna Dey ji.
It is his 94th birthday – and although 94 is a ripe age, we wish him many more birthdays to come.
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Jobna se chunariya khisak gayee re
Posted on: May 1, 2013
Today (1 may 2013) is the 94th birth anniversary of Manna Dey. Radio/ TV stations, sites etc must be celebrating this occasion with some of his songs. It is easy for most of them. All they have to do is discuss some of the well known Manna Dey songs from movies like “Zanjeer”, “Upkaar”, “Dil Hi To Hai”, “Anand”, “Mera Naam Joker” etc and that is all. The same well known songs can be used on other similar occasions as well.
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Tum kitne din baad miley
Posted on: April 28, 2013
Since this blog has much to do with nostalgia, I too sometimes (often) go back into the past of the blog and go through old posts of the blog. On quite a few occasions, I am myself surprised to find the contents of articlea that I had myself written. These days I no longer find time to delve deep into each individual songs and offer comments on the songs. Thoroughly exploring each and every song was a luxury that I could afford four years ago when the blog was truly one song a day blog. 🙂
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