Archive for the ‘Songs of 1970s (1971 to 1980)’ Category
“Adhikaar” (1971) was a movie which was a musical blockbuster, though the movie itself flopped.
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Several generations of kids, from 1947 onwards were brought up reading the stories of “Chandamama” kid’s magazine, which was published in several languages from Madras.
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Haay sharmaaun kis kis ko bataaun
Posted on: July 26, 2009
How did one jugde the popularity of a song in the olden days ? One way was to listen to the Binaca geetmala coundown show. Another was to find out what songs were being requested the most in “Aaphi ke geet” farmaishi programmes by the farmaish senders of Jhumri Tilaiyaa.
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Aaya aaya atariyaa pe koi chor
Posted on: July 24, 2009
“Mera Gaaon Mera Desh” (1971) was regarded as the ultimate “daaku” movie till Sholay came about in 1975. In fact, Sholay had drawn liberally from “Mera Gaon Mera Desh”. The name Gabbar Singh was modelled on Gajjar Singh (played by the dashing Vinod Khanna).The dacoits of “Mera Gaaon mera desh” in fact looked more believable. And just because “Sholay” happened does not mean that “Mera Gaaon Mera Desh” should and could be wished away.
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Ik pyaar ka naghmaa hai
Posted on: July 24, 2009
“Shor” (1972) was a Manoj Kumar movie. Going by the usual over the top story lines of Manoj Kumar, this movie was apparently a better movie.
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“Haathi Mere Sathi”(1971) was a dream movie for kids when it was released. The stunts of elephants had kids and elders all enthralled.
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Paani re paani tera rang kaisaa
Posted on: July 21, 2009
Manoj Kumar was one producer who knew the pulse of his target audience very well. And he made movies targetted at them.
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Dheere dheere bol koi sun naa le
Posted on: July 18, 2009
Here is a song from “Gora aur Kaala” (1972). It was a popular song during its time.
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Shashi Kapoor, after the success of “Chor Machaaye Shor” got lots of offers and he signed them all. He had decided to make hay while the sun shone. Being picky and choosy was not for him.
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“Ek Kunwaari Ek Kunwaara” (1973) is not a movie too many people have much knowledge about. I watched the video of a song from this movie recently and I found that it had a nice party song in it.
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