Posts Tagged ‘Actor-Singer’
Nukta cheen hai gham e dil
Posted on: April 17, 2010
I had not heard this ghazal from “Mirza Ghalib” (1954) earlier, though I had read about it. I heard it for the first time only just now. What a song it is ! The lyrics were written by Ghalib, one of the greatest shayars of Urdu literature, and the movie is of course based on his life. He was long gone by that time, but his poetry has been enlivened by the superb voice of Suraiyya and accompanied by just the right music composed by Ghulam Mohammad. Most people will never read the literary works of poets like Ghalib, but it is songs like this that will make laymen aware of the riches that a poet like Ghalib left behind for us to savour.
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Beqaraar hai koi
Posted on: April 9, 2010
“Shama Parwaana” (1954) was one of the first movies of Shammi Kapoor. And in this movie, he was paired up opposite a top heroine of the day, namely Suraiyya. In Bollywood movies, leading ladies as often treated as pieces of decoration. It is heratening to see that leading lads too can get the same treatment. In Shammi Kapoor’s earlier movies, especially where he was pitted against star names like Suraiyya, Suraiyya got all the limelight and Shammi Kapoor was left playing the second fiddle. 🙂
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Purvaiyya leke chali meri naiyya
Posted on: April 8, 2010
This song was a reasonably popular song of its time and people would love listening to this song, even if they were not aware about the details of this song.
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Tu hi bharosa tu hi sahaaraa
Posted on: April 6, 2010
“Shama Parwaana” (1954) was a movie that had Suraiyya and Shammi Kapoor in lead roles. This movie had some nice songs that have been largely forgotten by now.
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Beech bhanwar mein aan phansi hai
Posted on: April 1, 2010
I have posted a few songs from “Dard” (1947) in the past, including the iconic “afsaana likh rahi hoon” from this movie.
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I have posted two songs from “Anmol Ghadi” (1946) in this blog, but that is just the tip of the iceberg as far as the music of this movie is concerned. The world has changed a great deal from the time the music of this movie was created, but the magic of its music sounds as fresh today as it must have 64 years ago.
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“Aakhri Khat” (1966) has the distinction of being Rajesh Khanna’s debut movie. It was truly a different kind of a movie, not the usual mainstream Bollywood movie.
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Husn bhi hai udaas udaas
Posted on: January 27, 2010
Kishore Kumar is known for his light hearted songs, but he has sung many great serious songs.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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