Archive for the ‘Songs of 1970s (1971 to 1980)’ Category
Popular wisdom about Sajjad Hussain is that he last composed for a Hindi movie in 1963. Fortunately, that is not the case. He, despite his troubles with movie makers continued to work till late 1970s. his last movie as a music director was in 1977 and this movie was “Aakhri Sajdaa” (1977). The star cast for this movie includes Maya Sinha, Tabrez, Murad, Veena, Jagdeep, Helen, Husn Banu etc.
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Nazar milaao pataa chalegaa
Posted on: June 2, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
Aakhri Sajda (1977) is the last movie for which Sajjaad Hussain composed music.
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Kisi se mili hai nazar be iraadaa
Posted on: May 27, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
This is a gem of a ghazal presented in Mujra style. Once again, very beautiful, almost semi classical composition. The words are lovely, and the music is just wonderful. As with the other song picturised on Helen, the quality of on screen situation and picturization is average. However, the song is mesmerizing, if one listens only to the audio, without any visual distractions.
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Kisko pukaaroon tere siwaa
Posted on: May 24, 2011
It is popularly believed (and faithfully reproduced by most sites copying from each other) that “Rustam Sohrab” (1963) was the last movie of Sajjad Hussain as a music director. Fortunately for music lovers, Sajjad Hussain was active even later and he kept getting assignments till 1970s, even if they were few and far between.
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“Paakeezah” (1971) had music by Ghulam Mohammad, but he died after recording some songs. The remaining work of music direction , viz background music was done by Naushad.
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Zindagi cigarette ka dhuaan
Posted on: May 23, 2011
In this blog, I like to give good representation to all the great artists who have helped enrich the Hindi movie music. And that means singers, lyricists and music directors.
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Tu hi saagar tu hi kinaaraa
Posted on: May 23, 2011
“Sankalp” (1974) is not a movie that too many people today are familiar with. It was a small budget movie that sank without trace.
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Bhor aayi gayaa andhiyaaraa
Posted on: May 23, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
It has been variously said that there is a song in Hindi movies for practically any occasion, any situation, any profession, in short, there is a song for probably just anything. One just has to look for it long enough. The list of categories of songs on this blog itself is evidence that there are absolutely zany and unthinkable situations for which there are songs in Hindi movies. So, is there a song for cleaning dishes? I am sure there are more than one song in domestic or business situations wherein dishes are being cleaned with music and singing. How about cleaning dishes and utensils to classical music? :D)
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Hindi movies can sometimes educate us on the existence of rare art forms. For instance, how many of us know about the art form called “Charbait” ? I came to know about this term thanks to this song from “Shankar Hussain” (1976).
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Maula Salim Chishti
Posted on: May 22, 2011
“Garm Hawaa” (1973) was a critically acclaimed movie of its time on a sensitive matter (lives and travails of Indian Muslims). It had Geeta Sidharth, Balraj Sahni, Jalal Agha, Farooq Sheikh etc in lead roles.
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