Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs

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“Babu” (1985) was a remake of a Tamil movie of 1971 of the same name which was in turn remake of a Malayalam movie of 1965 (called Odayil Ninnu).

“Babu” (1985) was produced by V R Parmeshwaram and directed by A G Trilokchandar. The movie had Rajesh Khanna, Hema Malini, Rati Agnihotri, Madan Puri, Rajendranath etc in it.
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When I was a pre teen and even teenager, I did not like old songs at all. In fact, I and my peers found old songs as sources of inadvertent amusement when we were tired of disliking them. We wondered all the time why old singers could not sing like the present day singers.
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“Khuda Gawaah”(1993) was a Glamour Films production. It was produced by Manoj Desai and Nazeer Ahmad and directed by Mukul Anand. The movie had Amithabh bachchan, Sridevi,(Akkineni) Nagarjuna, Shilpa Shirodkar, Vikram Gokhale, Kiran Kumar, Anjana Mumtaz, Danny Denzongpa, Anjan Shrivasta, Aravind Rathod, Beena, Ali Khan, Mini, Tabassum, Bharat Kapoor, Deepak Shirke, Shammi, Surendra Pal, Bhooshan, Jeevan, Vikaas Anand, Master Emran etc in it.
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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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This article is written by Peevesie, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

Janmashtami is a festival that is celebrated all over the country by all hindu communities. It signifies the birth of Lord Krishna in the Jail where Devaki was imprisoned. The story is that after he was born Vasudeva transports him to Gokul to the home of Yashoda. Hence the next day, viz. the day after Janmashtami is celebrated as Gokulashtami with his life in Gokul being re-enacted as Dahi Handi. As Yashoda was the one who brought him up, she is often regarded as the Maiyya of Krishna. For me the festival entails having sweets being fried, and then stored in the house for me to eat in “krishna-style” for the next few days. 😀
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Most of the songs posted in this blog are from 1970s and earlier. It is because I like to post those songs that people love to listen to even today. Most songs of 1990s and later are not as timeless as the earlier songs. In fact , many of these songs are forgotten within a few weeks after they are released.
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Many of the songs in this blog are “serious” songs- songs that are timeless classics, as I like to call them.

But one need not listen to timeless classics all the time. There are occasions when one would like to let his/her hair down and listen to light hearted songs that brings a smile to one’s face.

Here is just that kind of song.
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