Archive for the ‘Songs of 1988’ Category
Phir kisi shaakh ne phenki chhaaon
Posted on: July 3, 2013
This article is written by Pamir Harvey, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Libaas (1988) the last film by Gulzar with Pancham as its music director didn’t get an official release. The film was shown at some international film festivals, but neither came into the theatres nor was it released on video or DVD. And that is rather a pity! Thus we are tricked out of our last treat of family drama by Gulzar. Well one can’t say family drama as we use it for Hindi cinema; it is more about an extra-marital affair.
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“Parbat Ke Us Paar” (1988) was a Motit Films production. It was produced by Anand Prakash and directed by Raman Kumar. The movie had Abhinav Chatruvedi, Lubna Siddique, Bharat Kapoor, Avtar Gill, Yunus Parvez, Rama Vij, Rakesh Bedi, Deepak Tijori, Gulam Jilani, Manju Mishra etc in it and the movie had duly flopped at the box office.
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Kyaa buraa hai kyaa bhalaa
Posted on: July 2, 2013
This article is written by Pamir Harvey, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Libaas (1988) didn’t get an official release though it was shown at some international film festivals. When asked about the film’s fate some ten years back, Gulzar played the ball into the producer’s court and feigned disinterest. Most probably it will never get released. All that we are left with, are the songs and some dialogues from the movie.
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Ghazab ka hai din socho zara
Posted on: May 20, 2013
This article is written by Peevesie, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Our parents are our first friends. They were the first ones who understood that we are hungry or upset or just bored without our even speaking (of course we would cry very very loudly at all those points but still). But before we came in and wreaked havoc in their lives, the best families are the ones where they were each other’s best friends.
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Papa kehte hain bada naam karega
Posted on: March 14, 2013
This article is written by Peevesie’s mom, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Hi All
Today is a special day in the life of Mr. perfect Khan…. I mean Amir Khan. He turns a year older. It was exactly 25 years ago that he burst into filmdom with the song which I intend to discuss today. Come to think of it the other 2 Khans – Shahrukh and Salman– also complete 25 years in Bollywood.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
One thing that we can depend upon for with Gulzar, is the most imaginative use of simple words that combine to make unusual arrangements, and still carry a very deep and pleasing meaning. A meaning that will always resonate in the mind, creating emotions of satisfaction, no matter whether the thread of feelings in the words is happy or sad. I have always been a great fan of Gulzar Sb’s poetry, the eminently simple verses that he creates to so lucidly express in such a few words, the emotions that one would be searching for words to make sense.
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Seeli hawaa chhoo gayee
Posted on: December 15, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I have been an admirer of Gulzar’s films ever since I saw his film ‘Parichay’ (1972). I have seen all of his films released till 1982 and thereafter I have watched most of his subsequent films either on TV or on VCDs/DVDs. His films may not be a box office bonanza for film distributors but his ‘middle of the road’ films revolving around the intricate human relationship are a treat to watch for an audience of the good films.
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Aisa lagey kahin door se
Posted on: June 30, 2011
It is generally believed that songs become rare and obscure due to ravages of time. And the process is speeded up if the song is from an obscure movie.
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This song from “Shahanshah”(1988) wears many hats. this song is not only the movie opening song, this is also the theme song as well as the title song. In addition this song is also the introdution song that introduces us to the main character of the movie, viz Shahanshah, played by Amitabh Bachchan.
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On 15 August, 1988, Indian TV audience were glued to their TVs to watch the telecast of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s address to the nation from Red Fort, Delhi. There was no question of people going for their remotes and watching any other TV programme for the simple reason that there was only one TV channel in India and that was the government owned Doordarshan. And TV remotes were not even an accessory with TVs sold in India those days.
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