Posts Tagged ‘1966’
Here is a “roadside tamasha” song from “Biraadari” (1966). In this song Shashi Kapoor and Memmood, donning striped lungis 😀 give a vigorous and boisterous dance performance. Such dances are right up the alley of Mehmood, but even Shashi Kapoor gamely hangs on and manages to keep pace with Mehmood.
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Dekhi anaadi teri preet
Posted on: August 27, 2010
“Biraadari” (1966) was a llow budget B grade movie with a casr consisting mainly of unknown actors. Little wonder then that the movie did not do anything spectacular at the box office.
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This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor of articles to this blog
Do Badan (1966) may not be the best-known movie of its times but at least in the songs department it could hold its head up with pride. A lively Asha solo, a typical Lata solo and three Rafi solo songs, all of which are heart-wrenching. Yes, the songs of this movie, written by Shakeel Badayuni and composed by Ravi, were certainly the highlights of this movie.
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Rahaa gardishon mein hardam
Posted on: August 22, 2010
This article is written by Raja,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor of articles to this blog
I have mentioned elsewhere that many of the songs I remember today have some sort of association with an incident or memory from the past. This makes that song more special for me than it would otherwise be.
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Naseeb mein jiske jo likhaa thaa
Posted on: August 21, 2010
I may have posted over 2800 + songs in this blog, but that is only a small part of all the great Hindi songs that have ben created over the decades. Many well known songs from many well (or even well known) movies are yet to be posted.
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Dekho mera dil machal gayaa
Posted on: August 18, 2010
Shankar of Shankar Jaikishan promoted Sharda in a big way and this led to considerably difference of opinion between the duo. Sharda had an unconventional voice and she obviously was limited in her range compared to say Lata who was the female singer of choice by default for them till then.
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“Saawan Ki Ghataa” (1966) wasa movie starring Manoj Kumar and Sharmila Tagore. This movie had music by O P Nayyar.
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This is a song that I have heard many a times in my younger days. I was only aware of the fact that this song is sung by Rafi and Asha Bhonsle, but that was all I knew about this song.
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In Hindi movies, we often have hero teasing the girl and the girl, after initial resentment falls for the guy, which to my mind is not really how it happens in real life.
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Kaise samjhaaun bade naasamajh ho
Posted on: August 4, 2010
In Bollywood movies, showdown / competition songs were quite popular in 1950s to 1970s, where two artists, mostly of the same gender would try to score brownie points over their competitor.
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