Archive for the ‘Songs of 1977’ Category
Pal bhar mein ye kyaa ho gayaa
Posted on: July 31, 2010
Action movies, which were regarded as B and C grade stuff till 1960s had gone on to become A grade movies, and movies with non violent stories were pushed out of centrestage. But there were takers for these movies, which were then known as social movies of family movies.
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I had never heard this song from “Anurodh” (1977). I got to listen to this song thanks to a farmaish for this song by a reader (Imdad Ahmed) of this blog.
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These days, we talk of Bollywood movie songs not being what they were in the past. For great songs, we cite the songs of 1960s and 1970s.
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There were five Mangeshkar siblings- four sisters and one brothers, viz, Meena, Lata, Asha (Bhonsle), Usha, and their brother Hridaynath. Out of the five, Lata and Asha were the two who have sung thousands of songs and they have gone on to become household names. Other three siblings have also sang songs in movies, but they are very few.
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“Palkon ki Chhaon mein”(1977) was a movie starring Rajesh Khanna and Hema Malini. Despite boasting such big names, and despite a very nice storyline, the movie was a box office failure.
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In 1970s, alternative cinema was gaining strength where stories of real life common people was told, instead of telling make believe stories.
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Khushiyaan hi khushiyaan ho
Posted on: May 12, 2009
“Dulhan wah jo piya man bhaaye” (1977) was a runaway hit of the year. In fact, this was a bigger hit than “Sholay” in the city where I was growing up.
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“Dulhan wahi jo piya man bhaaye” was not a mainstream movie. It was a movie made by Rajshree productions and as was their wont, there were no big names in this movie.
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“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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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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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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