Archive for the ‘Songs of 1970s (1971 to 1980)’ Category
“Anurodh” (1977) was a Rajesh Khanna movie when his career was going downhill. In this movie he was cast opposite his sister in law viz Simple Kapadia.
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Rajesh Khanna and Mumtaz made a very popular pair of late 1960s and early 1970s. Their on screen chemistry was such that just about any movie and any song picturised on the duo became popular.
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Muthukodi kawaadi hadaa
Posted on: April 12, 2009
In Bollywood movies, singing any kind of songs is mostly the preserve of Hero and Heroine. One important category of songs that they sing is love songs. There too, some conventions have been set. For instance, the love songs would be sung in a very upscale dignified way, with refined sophisticated lyrics and the two characters acting in a socially acceptable way viz acting coy and restrained.
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Rajshri productions had hit upon a sureshot formula for success in the decade of 1970s. They would make movies for a small target audience who wanted to watch love stories full of nice songs and heartwarming plots. This was a winning formula because love stories by definition required new faces ( and as such Rajshri Productions saved money on hiring big name actors). In these movies, story and music were the real stars and Rajshri productions had built up a small loyal audience for their movies.
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Mushkil hai jeena bedardon
Posted on: April 10, 2009
I had listened to the two “Sahab Bahadur” songs sung by Kishore Kumar in the past and I have already posted them in this blog.
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Koi hota jisko apna
Posted on: April 10, 2009
Kishore Kumar has sung a large number of songs for the leading actors of their eras, viz Dev Anand, Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan. In addition, he also sang many songs for actors who were near the top, but who never quite reached there.
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“Kartavya” (1978) was a Dharmendra-Rekha movie which for some reason has been forgotten, so much so that I have not been able to get my hands on its VCD/DVD despite trying for several weeks.
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Jab muhabbat jawaan hoti hai
Posted on: April 6, 2009
In the long list of Rafi-Shammi Kapoor songs, this song must be the last such song. This is because this song is from “Jawaan Mohabbat” and this movie was released in 1971. This was the last movie in which Shammi Kapoor played the kind of role that had become his hallmark for the entire decade of 1960.
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ABCD chhodo nainon se naina jodo
Posted on: April 5, 2009
I have noticed that Bollywood movie offers songs for all occasions and all occupations. For example, beggars, band parties of weddings etc have been using appropriate songs for decades.
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