Posts Tagged ‘1959’
Tu chhupi hai kahaan
Posted on: December 25, 2008
“Navrang”, a musical blockbuster from 1958 had some awesome songs, one of which “aadha hai chandrama raath aadhi” has already appeared in this blog. Here is another fabulous song from “Navrang” sung by Manna Dey and Asha Bhonsle. Bharat Vyas was an expert lyricist, and C Ramchandra was the music director of this movie. Together they have created this memorable song.
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Aadha hai chandrma raat aadhi
Posted on: December 23, 2008
I have mentioned in a few previous songs picturised on Sandhya that she rarely got an “easy” song. Unlike other leading ladies who mostly needed to just lip sync or act coy, Sandhya was called upon to perform some unbelievable tasks in the songs, in addition to singing.
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Waqt ne kiya kya haseen sitam
Posted on: December 19, 2008
I, as well as my readers are not ashamed of being nostalgic. It is a natural outcome of enjoying songs that were created many decades ago. When we listen to these songs and watch their picturisation, the experience is very much like walking down the memory lane and reliving the past.
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Bairan neend na aaye
Posted on: December 15, 2008
I first listened to this song last year, while researching Madan Mohan. And I absolutely loved this song. What a song ! I could not have enough of this song.
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Haule haule ghoonghat pat khole
Posted on: December 9, 2008
I have mentioned repeatedly that “Goonj Uthe Shehnaai” had an endless supply of nice songs. I have already posted quite a few ( I have lost count) and there are still songs from this movie that are yet to be posted.
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Jeewan mein piya tera saath rahe
Posted on: December 8, 2008
When I started this blog, I was certain that I will be kept busy for years because there are just so many great songs.But I was not aware just how many such great songs were there.
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Kah do koyi na kare yahaan pyaar
Posted on: December 6, 2008
There are a large number of Bollywood songs in existence that express the feelings of jilted lovers. The degree of frustration depends upon the degree of jolt that the spurned lover gets from his beloved.
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Tere sur aur mere geet
Posted on: December 4, 2008
In the past I have discussed how can one read out keynote address or a weather news Bollywood style, viz in the form of songs.
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Wow! It is a gem that has been forgotten by most people though it should not have been the case. It is an outstanding song in every count. Asha Bhonsle and Geeta Dutt, the two outstanding singers of that era, sing together in this song. Shailendra is the lyricist and S D Burman is the music director. And they are at their best in this song.
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Hum matwaale naujawan
Posted on: November 30, 2008
I have read a lot about this song called “Hum matwaale naujawaan”. I was not much aware of this song. In fact, there is another song with similar lyrics sung by Rafi and Mukesh from a 1961 movie which itself is called “Hum matwaale naujawan”. But this song “hum matwaale naujawaan” is from an earlier movie called “Shararat” and is sung by Kishore Kumar.
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