Archive for the ‘Songs of 1974’ Category
On the occasion of Rafi’s birthday, I have discussed a variety of songs of many genre whose lyrics were contributed by different contributors. So, going by that trend, here is another Rafi gem from yet another forgotten movie.
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Here is a song that should have made it to the blog long time back but somehow it did not. It is a song from my days (viz 1970s) and it was quite an iconic songs of those days.
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Mera jeewan kuchh kaam na aayaa
Posted on: November 21, 2011
In 1970s, there were two title songs beginning with the words ‘Mera Jeewan’. One of the songs was ‘Mera Jeewan Kora Kaagaz…’ from “Kora Kaagaz”(1974). Another song was ‘Mera jeewan kuchh kaam na aaya..’ from “Mera Jeewan”(1976).
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Jaane kyaa ho jaaye
Posted on: November 20, 2011
“Aainaa” (1974) , despite being a movie of recent vintage by the standards of this blog is quite an obscure movie. Different sources are not even clear about the year of release of this movie.
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Apne dil mein jagah deejiye
Posted on: October 25, 2011
Though I had listened to this many a times in 1970s, I was not aware aboout the details of the song. from the voice, I knew that the song was sung by Asha Bhonsle. From the racy tune, i guessed that the music of this song was composed by R D Burman. And that is all I was aware about this song.
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When the lyrics and details of this song were sent to me by Prakashchandra,I thought that he must have made a mistake as I have definitely posted this well known Rafi song in the blog. On checking, I found that I had not discussed this song, rather I had discussed the other well known song from this movie sung by Mukesh (Main dhoondhta hoon jinko ).
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When I began this blog nearly three years ago, I discussed only one song a day. That gave me lots of time to discuss the song. I would have a detailed discussion on the song, and then I would also have a translation of the song.
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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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This post is written by Lalitha, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular visitor of this blog
This is my first attempt at writing anything more than a couple of sentences on the Internet, and the thought fills me with trepidation. In a rash moment, I practically offered to do one for this blog, and so here I am, penning a few thoughts down, and hoping that I don’t sound like a rambling old idiot!
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