Posts Tagged ‘Anand Bakshi’
When separated relatives “inadvertently” meet again in Bollywood movies, background music goes on an overdrive. And the body language of the separated relatives show that they are trying to recognise each other, but without success. In some cases, a background song also gets played on this matter.
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There are several songs that play at the very beginning of the movie as the credits begin rolling in on screen. I have not yet had a category for them, but I think I should call such songs as movie opening songs. They open the movie like how opening batsmen open an innings in a cricket match.
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C grade Bollywood movies on 1950s and 1960s failed to get registered in the minds of mainstream audience, but these movies certainly had some audience and they must have been making enough money to stay in business.
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I have found that Kapoor Khandaan heroes tended to romance their would be wives on screen before tying the knot in real life. This was the case with Shammi Kapoor who acted opposite Geeta Bali in a few movies. Rishi Kapoor in fact had a roaring romance with Neetu Singh for nearly a decade in reel as well as real life before they were finally married.
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I recall this song from my younger days. This has to be the ultimate chaayaageet song. I recall listening to this song emanating from radios late at night after 10 PM and wondering why they had to play such boring songs at that time. And now, when I stumbled upon this song again, I felt like I had discovered a great treasure.
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“Anuraag” (1972) was not a movie that stood much of a chance at the box office, given its serious topic (blind heroine) kept majority of movie watchers away from this movie. The songs of this movie had no such handicap, however, and the songs were all runaway hits.
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I was not aware of this song from “Raaja Saahab” (1969) till recently. When I listened to this song, I began liking it after hearing it a few times.
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Here is an energetic song from “Coolie” (1983) that will cheer its listeners up. The prerequisite to enjoying this song is that one should not look for logic in the plot of the movie and enjoy the songs in isolation for their fun value. not as a part of the movie.
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This movie “Haseenon ke Devtaa” (1971) sank without a trace and few people now remember this movie. This movie had Sanjay Khan and Rekha in lead roles.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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