Archive for the ‘Songs of 1970s (1971 to 1980)’ Category
I read in a newspaper recently that Gulshan Baawra died in Mumbai at the age of 72.
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It is generally felt that longevity of a song is assured only if the song is serious in nature.
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“Aa gale lag jaa” (1973) is a movie starring Shashi Kapoor and Sharmila Tagore. Like most songs of those days, this movie too boasted of some superb songs.
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Last year, when it was the day of Rakshabandhan (Rakhi), I had posted “bhaiyya mere raakhi ke bandhan ko nibhaana”. One year has passed since, and today is Rakshabandhan again. Here is another immortal rakshabandhan song on this occasion.
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Sona Rupaa laayo re
Posted on: August 4, 2009
“Josheela” (1973) was a movie featuring Dev Anand and Hema Malini. The makers of this movie were expecting the movie to succeed like “Johny Mera Naam” which had the same pair. But lightening did not strike the second time and the movie failed.
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Kishore Kumar and R D Burman absolutely lorded over Bollywood music scene in late 1960s and early 1970s. Most of their creations , irrespective of the quality of the movie, were outstanding.
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“Naya Zamaana” (1971) was one of the first movies where Dharmendra and Hema Malini were seen together. In this movie, Dharmendra plays a union leader of a mill, whereas Hema Malini plays the daughter of the mill owner.
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I vaguely recall having this song in the past, though I had little inkling about the details of this song.
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Chaand churaa ke laaya hoon
Posted on: July 28, 2009
“Devtaa” (1978) was a small budget off beat movie with Sanjeev Kumar and Shabana Azmi in lead roles. The movie itself did reasonably well with its small target audience, and then the movie was forgotten.
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Here is a song from “Chori Mera Kaam” (1975). I have listened to this song many a times and even enjoyed it as a light hearted song, but all this while I was not aware about the movie this song was from.
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