Posts Tagged ‘1971’
Aaya aaya atariyaa pe koi chor
Posted on: July 24, 2009
“Mera Gaaon Mera Desh” (1971) was regarded as the ultimate “daaku” movie till Sholay came about in 1975. In fact, Sholay had drawn liberally from “Mera Gaon Mera Desh”. The name Gabbar Singh was modelled on Gajjar Singh (played by the dashing Vinod Khanna).The dacoits of “Mera Gaaon mera desh” in fact looked more believable. And just because “Sholay” happened does not mean that “Mera Gaaon Mera Desh” should and could be wished away.
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O Taara tera mera nahin guzaaraa
Posted on: July 9, 2009
This song is from ‘Banphool” (1971). it is a dance song which the lead pair sing in a fair.
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Ae meri aankhon ke pahle sapne
Posted on: July 2, 2009
Once I had mentioned that Bollywood lullabies were mostly sung by female singers and there were hardly any lullabies sung by male singers.
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This movie called “Preet Ki Dori” (1971) is not well known, since the movie obviously flopped at the box office. It had Parikshit Sahni and Tanuja in lead roles.
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When I first heard this song, this song reminded me of the song “lag jaa gale ke phir ye haseen raat ho na ho” from “woh kaun thi”.
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panthhi hoon main us path kaa
Posted on: June 8, 2009
Kishore Kumar, after making a laugh riot “Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi” (1958) subsequently made serious movies touching upon serious topics. In these movies, Kishore Kumar gave his all. He was not just the producer of these movies, he acted and sang and even composed the music in these movies.
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Maine tujh se kiyaa hai pyaar
Posted on: June 3, 2009
I have posted quite a few tonga songs, in which a horse driven tonga is moving along carrying the hero and heroine. And a song commences.
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Halka halka sa rang ghulaabi saa
Posted on: June 2, 2009
There are many great songs that end up being forgotten after its initial run. In may cases, these songs fail to eve take off.
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Ruk jaa o albeli zaraa ruk jaa
Posted on: June 1, 2009
There are many songs that sound so nice once you listen to them. But all that effect is lost when one watches the picturisation, since the picturisation shows lack of imagination as well as lack of ability on the part of the movie makers. As a result, the movie, as well as the song is consigned to the dustbin of history.
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Beqaraar dil tu gaaye jaa
Posted on: May 28, 2009
I have heard this song earlier, but I did not pay much attention while doing that. And afterwards I have read lots and lots of nice things about this song. People regard it as one of the best songs that Kishore Kumar has ever sung.
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