Posts Tagged ‘Asha Bhonsle’
Aadha hai chandrma raat aadhi
Posted on: December 23, 2008
I have mentioned in a few previous songs picturised on Sandhya that she rarely got an “easy” song. Unlike other leading ladies who mostly needed to just lip sync or act coy, Sandhya was called upon to perform some unbelievable tasks in the songs, in addition to singing.
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Muqaabla hamse na karo
Posted on: December 22, 2008
This song pits Vyjyantimala, a professionally trained classical dancer ( arguably the best ever female classical dancer in Bollywood history- notwithstanding Padmini, Hema Malini,Jayaprada, Meenakshi Sheshadri etc) with Helen, the best known cabaret dancer in Bollywood movies. And Shammi Kapoor has the envious task of acting as the adjudicator.
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Ek thi ladki
Posted on: December 20, 2008
This is a song from “Gumrah”, a 1963 movie showing Mala Sinha at her sacrificing best. In this movie, the kids of her sister ask her to tell a story, and she sings this song “ek thi ladki” (happy version) which she claims to be the story of one of her friends, but as the audience guess correctly, is her own story.This serves as a lullaby and the kids go to sleep peacefully.
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Aage bhi jaane na tu
Posted on: December 17, 2008
“Waqt” was the first multi starrer movie in Bollywood history, though some people call “Kismat” ( a movie of 1940s) as the first multi starrer.
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It is a song that I call as a “Tonga” song, and for good reasons. The music of O P Nayyar very much reminds one of a horse hoofing along merrily drawing the tonga along. And the picturisation actually shows a tonga with Kishore Kumar and Chand Usmani as its passengers.
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Nigaahon ne phenka hai
Posted on: December 14, 2008
The movie is called “Jaali Note” viz “couterfeit note”. The movie had Dev Anand and Madhubala in lead roles.
Helen was beginning to make her presence felt in those days in the sense that she was beginning to get a song every movie. This trend of one Helen song per movie would last for nearly two decades.
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Haath aaya hai jabse tera
Posted on: December 14, 2008
What are the odds of you walking on a beach and stumbling upon gems every few steps ? Well, I have been exploring Bollywood music and I am coming across gems after gems. In some cases, I at least knew the names of the movies, and in some cases, I was not even aware about the name of the movie. And when I listen to these songs, I am amazed to find that these songs are lying forgotten.
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Dekho kasam se kahte hain tumse
Posted on: December 9, 2008
There are many Shammi Kapoor fans out there. And they keep asking me to post Shammi Kapoor songs.
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