Posts Tagged ‘Anand Bakshi’
This is a song from a movie of 1992 when majority of songs had would get forgotten within a few months. But this song was an exception.
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“Bathroom singing” is quite a popular hobby with many people. One reason for bathroom singing is that it is the only place where one could sing without being disturbed. Another esoteric reason is to tell people that you have occupied the bathroom. This is useful in case the door of the bathroom does not get locked ( especially useful for those staying in hostels).
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This 1967 movie called “Milan” had its story based on reincarnation,where the same couple-Sunil Dutt and Nutan, would meet again and again in every reincarnation ( and expressed by the song “Hum tum yug yug se ye geet milan ke gaate rahenge”).
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Parbat ke is paar
Posted on: February 20, 2009
“Sargam” (1979), which was a remake of a Telugu movie, was the movie where Jaya Prada made her debut in Bollywood movies.
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During 1970s, when I would try to tune radio Ceylon on wednesday night between 8 PM to 9 PM, tuning to the desired station was not as easy as it is for TV stations. There were so many radio stations on the same 25 metre band and getting a clear reception of Radio Ceylon, while avoiding voices of Voice of America, BBC etc was quite an art.
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“Milan”, a 1967 movie was a runaway hit as far as the movie and its music was concerned.
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Kaun hoon main kaun hai tu
Posted on: February 19, 2009
Bollywood movies of 1970s typically had a “disguise” song where the hero or heroine would enter the heavy security villain’s den in disguise. Their disguise would always be as the lead dancer (s) of the music troupe that was supposed to entertain the guests of the villain.
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Stumbling upon a gem of a song, which I never knew existed, has been quite a regular experience for me over the last few months.
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“Paraya Dhan” was a 1971 movie which had Rakesh Roshan and Hema Malini in lead roles.The movie is hardly remembered today, but R D Burman, who was on top those days, came up with great songs in this movie.
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Ik na Ik din ye kahaani banegi
Posted on: February 16, 2009
“Gora Aur Kala” was almost a swan song for Rajendra Kumar as a hero, who was pitted against a newcomer viz Hema Malini in this movie. An ageing Rajendra Kumar against a young Hema Malini- such mismatches were not quite unknown in Bollywood those days.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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