Archive for the ‘Songs of 1970s (1971 to 1980)’ Category
Jaane kyun preetam na aaye
Posted on: April 11, 2012
“Ek Thhi Reeta” (1971) is a recent movie by the standards of this blog, yet that has not prevented it from becoming an obscure movie nearly as soon as this movie was released. This movie was produced and directyed by Roop K Shorey. The movie had Vinod Mehra, Rehman, Yogiraj, I. S. Johar, Tanuja, Pompi, Mona Mullick, Manmohan Krishna, Madhu Kumar, Lolita Chatterjee, Daisy Irani, Faryal etc ion it and the movie must have sunk without a trace seeing that I had not heard of this movie during 1971 when I was a precocious kid keen to know about everything.
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Meethhe bol boley paayaliyaa
Posted on: April 9, 2012
R D Burman in 1970s was mostly known for composing songs that dazzled the senses. But he could also compose songs that touched the heart strings of the listeners. He tended to create the later kind of songs when he tied up with Gulzar as a lyricist. That way R D Burman was somewhat similar to Kishore Kumar who was known to be a happy go lucky character most of the time but when he produced movies, then most of his movies (with the exception of “Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi”) were serious movies.
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Mausam aayegaa jaayegaa
Posted on: April 8, 2012
When I saw the lyrics of this song sent by Prakashchandra, who mentioned it as a rare melodious duet, I wondered what was this rare song. When I played this song, I immediately recognised this song as one that I had heard in the past without being aware of its details.
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When I was in my formative years, R D Burman ruled the roost as a music director and I, alongwith the rest of India was mad about his music. It turns out that he has a following not only among those who lived during his era, but also among those who were born after R D Burman’s era.
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Till one year ago, this blog was largely a one man show. But with time, music lovers joined in and became regulars, and a few regulars became contributors too. With time, some of these contributors began to achieve their own landmarks in the blog, viz. century of contributions etc.
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Manmohana tu jo bhi de
Posted on: April 6, 2012
When one is disturbed, there is nothing like a soothing bhajan to calm one’s nerves. The music and the singing of the bhajan has a calming influence on the mind, and the philosophical content of the lyrics makes us see things in perspective. Bhajans make us realise that living creatures (including humans) are mortals and we are mere puppets in the grand scheme of things. Things are not supposed to work out according to our wishes, so we should better reconcile ourselves with whatever is in store for us.
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Thhoda sa aitbaar keejiye
Posted on: April 6, 2012
“Chowkidaar” (1974) did not create any impression at the box office when it was released. And it meant that yet another movie with Madan Mohan’s compositions flopped and the songs of this movie remained unheard and unwatched by moviegoers.
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Rehne do chanda badli mein
Posted on: April 5, 2012
“Chowkidaar”(1974) was produced by Gopal Ralhan and directed by Shyam Ralhan. The movie had Sanjeev Kumar, Yogita Bali, Vinod Khanna, Jeevan, Asit Sen, Jaishree T., Zebunissa, Om Prakash etc in it.
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Naiyya meri chalti jaaye
Posted on: April 5, 2012
“My Friend” (1974) was produced by Punamchand Shah and N Patel. This movie was directed by M Rehman, who was a son of Naushad. Naushad was the music director of this movie.
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The regulars of the blog know it by now that I miss no opportunity to gloat about my pets. And such opportunities present themselves in the form of songs featuring dogs and cats. My pets seem to have become popular, guazing by the fact that regulars tell me about various dog songs that they come across.
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