Archive for the ‘Songs of 1980s (1981 to 1990)’ Category
“Roohi” (1981) is an obscure movie despite being a recent movie by the standards of this movie. It was produced by Navin Kapur and M G Sarna and directed by S U Saiyed under the banner of Traditional Films. The movie had Zarina Wahab, Mukesh Khanna, Mazhar Khan, Meena Rai, Asha Sachdev, Sudhir Dalvi, Mushtaq Merchant, Uma Dhawan, Vivek Swaroop, Rakesh Bansal, Shaukat Saiyed, Harjinder, Girija Shankar, Prithvi Soni etc, with Heena Kausar in a Guest Appearance and Introducing Akbar Asif.
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Phir se aaiyo badra bidesi
Posted on: July 27, 2013
This article is written by Pamir Harvey, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Namkeen (1982) tells us the story of the truck driver Gherulal (Sanjeev Kumar), who arrives in the life of an old woman (Waheeda Rehman) and her three daughters, and how his arrival changes their lives. He falls in love with the elder daughter (Sharmila Tagore), who reciprocates his love. Mitthu (Shabana Azmi) also thinks that he is in love with her and is happy since she has fallen in love with him too. Mitthu, though speech-impaired, writes poems. After Gherulal has gone, she starts spending time in the hills and writing poems. This is one of them.
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Badi der se megha barsaa
Posted on: July 26, 2013
This article is written by Pamir Harvey, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Namkeen (1982) is the story of an old woman (Waheeda Rehman) and her three daughters (Sharmila Tagore, Shabana Azmi and Kiran Vairale), into which the truck driver Gherulal (Sanjeev Kumar) crashes in. This is a flashback song. The old woman recollects her days as a courtesan, and the times when she was in love with her daughters’ father.
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“Lakshmi” (1982) was produced by Raja Desai and directed by B S Thapa. The movie had Reena Roy, Raj Babbar, Ranjeet, Danny, Nadira, etc in it, with Jeetendra and Sulakshana Pandit in guest roles.
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Aisa laga koi surma najar maa
Posted on: July 24, 2013
This article is written by Pamir Harvey, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Namkeen (1982) is the story of an old woman (Waheeda Rehman) and her three daughters (Sharmila Tagore, Shabana Azmi and Kiran Vairale), into which the truck driver Gherulal (Sanjeev Kumar) crashes in. This song comes nearly at the end of the film, which leads to the climax of the story.
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Bheega bheega mausam hai dildaara
Posted on: July 23, 2013
“Dard e Dil” (1983) was a Rajshree Production movie. It was produced by Tarachand Barjatya and Sargam Pictures and directed by Suraj Prakash. The movie had Mukesh Khanna, Zarina Wahab, Shashikala, Ranjeet, Subbiraj, Tej Sapru, Bhagwan, Shobhraj, Birbal, Dinesh Hingoo, Viju Khote etc in it.
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Aanki chali baanki chali
Posted on: July 23, 2013
This article is written by Pamir Harvey, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
With this song Namkeen (1982) makes its debut on this blog. Namkeen is the story of an old woman and her three daughters, as Gulzar says, in their incomplete family (adhooraa saa parivaar). The elder daughter, Nimki (Sharmila Tagore) has passed the age of marriage (Gulzar’s words, not mine), the middle one Mitthu (Shabana Azmi) is speech-impaired and the youngest is Chinki (Kiran Vairale), who is very cheeky. In this family arrives as a paying guest the truck driver Gherulal.
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Suno to Ganga ye kyaa sunaaye
Posted on: July 21, 2013
This article is written by Peevesie’s mom, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
It is almost a month since the cloud burst over our beloved Himalayas. I have been watching the news intently ever since, specially the coverage on how the temple at Kedarnath is now. And I was in a flash back mode again.
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Mujhe aisa mila moti
Posted on: July 19, 2013
This article is written by Khyati Bhatt, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Today, we all are celebrating a special day, the fifth birthday of our blog. Like all contributors and fans of this blog, I was also absent at the birth of this blog. The blog was already three years and four months old when I was introduced by a close friend of mine. The relationship grew stronger every day and now I feel proud and fortunate to be part of this family. I pray the Lord that this blog blooms every day and the fragrance of it’s blossom spreads everywhere.
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Kahe tose sajna ye tohri sajaniya
Posted on: July 16, 2013
This article is written by Shekhar Gupta, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
“Kahe tose sajana, ye tohri sajaniya” is an incredibly romantic yet a touching number from “Maine Pyar Kiya” (1989). Directed by Sooraj Barjatya, it was one of the biggest hits of 1989 – and of the 1980s – earning “All-time Blockbuster” status at the Box Office. It starred Salman Khan (in his first lead role after his film debut an year earlier in a side role in Biwi Ho To Aisi) and Bhagyashree (making her debut).
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