Archive for the ‘Songs of 2000s (2001 to 2010)’ Category
I am aware of “Sharaarat” (1959) as well as “Sharaarat”(1972). These two movies have great music by Shankar Jaikishan and Ganesh respectively.
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This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
daraaren daraaren hain maathhe pe maula
marammat muqaddar ki kar do maula
These lines written by Prasoon joshi for this qawwali in the film Delhi – 6 have a fascination, that in indescribable. But still let me try.
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Today (16 august) is the birthday of Saif Ali Khan, known to younger generation as a Hindi movie actor but to my generation , he is the son of Former Indian test cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore, the heartthrob of millions. The parents of Saif Ali Khan were married just after the Chrishtmas of december 1969 and Chhote Nawab was born on 16 august 1970 :).
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Mohe mohe tu rang de basanti
Posted on: August 15, 2012
This article is written by Peevesie, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
It is often remarked that the current generation i. e. my generation is devoid of any patriotic feeling or love for the country. We have no sense of societal obligations or awareness about how we have acheieved the freedom enjoyed by us or know nothing about the greatness of the country. This is not true though. We do love India. We do know the things that make it India. However we are also acutely aware of all that doesn’t make us proud of it.
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Tere sang ek simple si coffee
Posted on: June 23, 2012
This article is written by Ava Suri, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog.
Browsing through this blog today, my eye fell upon a song category which was “chai song”. The word chai makes me think immediately of one of my best friends ever, lets call her V. We worked in the same office, but it took another common friend who worked elsewhere to introduce us. My friend H got to know her and upon finding out where she worked immediately called me up and said “You must go and talk to this girl called V, she is truly bindaas, you will like her.”
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Lo aa gayee lohree vey
Posted on: January 13, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Today is the festival of Lohri in north India, and here is a song from the film Veer Zaara for this celebration.
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The culture of India, irrespective of religions and regional diversity has one very strong common thread. In all parts of this culture-rich land, the basic celebrations abound with a deep seated respect for the seasons and the natural elements of sky, wind, fire, water and the earth. In the spring season, there are festivals connected with Basant, the celebration of spring. In the monsoon season, there are Teej festivals that celebrating the rainy season. There are festivals that celebrate the sowing of crops, and there are festivals that celebrate harvesting. The Navratri celebrations, that occur twice in the year, herald the onset of summer and the winter seasons. Every event relating to seasons and to the celestial movements in the skies – we have a reason to celebrate, and we have a festival to celebrate it with. No wonder that the culture of this land is simply a continuous celebration of life, each day, every day.
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Dekho aayi Holi
Posted on: March 11, 2009
As mentioned earlier, I have been discovering that some of the best Holi songs were created after 1980, which comes as a pleasant surprise to me.
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Hori khele Raghuveera Awadh mein
Posted on: March 11, 2009
I am of the opinion that most great Bollywood songs on any topic were created before 1980. After 1980, there was a steady deterioration in the quality of such songs where lyrics took the back seat and plagiarised “disco” tunes replaced erstwhile tunes.
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“Lage Raho Munna Bhai” is one new movie that I regard as one boasting one of the most original story line imaginable. And it is a very well made movie as well.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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