Archive for the ‘Songs of 1971’ Category
Tumko bhi to aisa hi kuchh
Posted on: May 27, 2009
Market forces are in play everywhere, including Bollywood. And this song is a good example of that.
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Mera dil jo meraa hotaa
Posted on: May 27, 2009
“Anubhav” (1971) was a small budget movie which was not only different, it was in fact far ahead of its time. Not just the laymen, even the movie critics had yet to mature to appreciate such movies.
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Chal chal chal mere saathi
Posted on: May 18, 2009
“Haathi Mere Saathi” (1971) was a delight for kids when this movie was first released. It had everything that one needed. It had Rajesh Khanna, and it had elephants doing wonderful stuffs. What more does a kid and those young at heart want ?
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Mere deewanepan ki bhi dawaa nahin
Posted on: May 12, 2009
“Mehboob ki Mehandi”(1971) is a lesser known movie starring Rajesh Khanna and Leena Chandawarkar, but this movie is a musical blockbuster. I have posted a few songs from this movie, and each of these songs is a gem.
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Aayo kahaan se ghanshyaam
Posted on: May 12, 2009
“Buddha Mil Gaya” (1971) was a movie starring Navin Nischol who had become a hot property after “Saawan Bhadon”. Unfortunately that was the only hit movie he delivered as a hero and he was soon lost to oblivion.
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“Paaras” (1971) was a movie starring Sanjeev Kumar and Rakhi. This movie may have been forgotten, along with its songs. But one just needs to listen to the songs of this movie to realise what fine songs this movie had.
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Tere hothon ke do phool pyaare pyaare
Posted on: May 8, 2009
“Paaras” (1971) is a movie that has been forgotten with time. But 1971 being a year of musical blockbusters, even lesser known movies of those days used to have great songs. And this movie is no exception.
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Naach meri jaan fataafaat
Posted on: May 1, 2009
Like what was the case with other songs of “Main Sundar hoon”, I had listened to this song and liked it during 1971, but I was not aware that this song was from “Main Sundar Hoon”.
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Do mastaane do deewaane
Posted on: April 29, 2009
“Main Sundar Hoon” (1971) was a movie which did not do much at the box office, but its music was something special. Its songs were very popular during those days, epecially among youngsters.
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“Mujhko thand lag rahi hai mujhse door tu na jaa” was just the kind of “naughty” song that kids like me loved to listen to when this song first appeared on the airwaves in 1971. I incidentally did not know any details about this song. With time, this song was forgotten. I rediscovered this song again just a few months back. This time I learnt more details about this song.
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