Posts Tagged ‘Asha Bhonsle’
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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Husn waale husn ka anjaam dekh
Posted on: August 29, 2009
“Barsaat Ki Raat” (1960) was a movie that had only qawwali, qawwali and more qawwali. And this movie turned out to be a big hit.
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Natraj main naari niraali
Posted on: August 28, 2009
In Bollywood movies on gods, gods are often shown behaving in exemplary fashion, and not like humans. Perhaps that is one reason why such movies do not become popular with movie watchers. No love scenes, no songs and dance and therefore no audiences for such devotional movies.
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I was neither aware of this movie called “Talaaq” (1958) nor this song from the movie.
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More ang lag jaa baalmaa
Posted on: August 27, 2009
I have listened to this song many a times, but I had no idea which movie this song was from.
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Yahi hai wo saanjh aur saweraa
Posted on: August 25, 2009
Guru Dutt and Meena Kumari were two individuals who started their careers playing lighthearted sunny characters but then they began to play tragic roles. They got so immersed in such roles that their real lives too became an extension of their reel life tragedy roles.
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What is the difference between a cabarat song and a seductive song ? Simple ! If Helen does it, it is cabarat. If Mumtaz does it, it is seductive song. 😉
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In 1940s and 1950s, Bollywood music was undergoing a paradigm shift. Initially the music was based on Indian classical music. But then other influences came in. Indian folk music was one, and that helped take Bollywood music to the masses.
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