Posts Tagged ‘Chitragupta’
I have watched many old actors only in black and white movies. So it was quite a pleasant suprise to see Ameeta, one of the more lovable leading ladies of 1950s and 1960s in colour, and that too in a B grade movie.
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Dil ka diyaa jalaa ke gayaa
Posted on: October 8, 2009
Wow! What a sweet melodious song. I may have heard this song ealier, but only in passing and without paying close attention. This time, I listened to this song attentively and then wondered if this has to be one of the sweetest songs sung by Lata. If there are sweeeter songs still, I will definitely like to listen to them too.
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I keep stumbling upon forgotten gems almost on a daily basis, and look what I have unearthed here ! This song is from a movie called “Biraadari” (1966). I am sure most people, including me , are aware of “Baraadari” rather than “Biraadari”.
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“Aadhi Raat ke baad” (1965) was a B grade movie which had Shailesh Kumar (who ?) as the hero, and dancer Ragini as the heroine.
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In Bollywood movies, poor hero ( during his childhood) typically would earn his livelihood by acting as a shoeshine boy, whereas his mother would sit on a singer machine and sew clothes to earn her livelihood.
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Though this song is from a movie of 1961, I first heard this song just a few days ago. And since then, I have come to the conclusion that this song must be one of the greatest songs created in Bollywood movies. And I am really surprised that this song is not all that well known. A song like this should form part of all the “all time classics” that music companies come up with periodically.
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Recently I had posted a bicycle song in which I was much mystified about the identity of the person who was pedalling away with a pretty young thing seated on the front bar.
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Obscure songs from obscure movies are not necessarily run of the mill songs, as I have discovered time and again. In fact, while listening to forgotten movies from many of these obscure movies, I have stumbled upon gems.
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“Bhaabhi” (1957) is known for its iconic song viz “Chal ud jaa re panchhi”. This song overshadowed other songs of the movie, so much so that other movies of this song are not known to too many people.
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