Posts Tagged ‘D N Madhok’
Nis din barsat nain hamaare
Posted on: June 27, 2011
“Bhakt Surdas” (1942) a rich source of K L Saigal songs. I have so far discussed as many as 8 songs from this movie, and majority of these songs have been in the voice of K L Saigal in them.
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Jis jogi ka jog liyaa wo
Posted on: June 24, 2011
I have been discussing a K L Saigal song daily in this blog and I have so far discussed 58 such songs. I have now reached a stage where almost all the K L Saigal songs uploaded on youtube have been exhausted. Now we are entering into slighly deeper waters as far as K L Saigal songs are concerned. All the songs that one tended to listen to at the stroke of 8 AM in radio Ceylon in the past decades have been covered and now the remaining K L Saigal songs are more rare as far as many listeners, including I am concerned.
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Rumjhum barse baadarwaa
Posted on: June 21, 2011
In Hindi movies, the rainy season is the season of love. And this rainy season has countless songs in Hindi movies in its various sub themes, viz Saawan, jhoola, phuhaar, rimjhim, full fledged rains etc.
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Jiyaa ka diyaa piyaa timtim howe
Posted on: June 20, 2011
Here is a song from “Sunahre Din” (1949). It is a stage dance song. I am unable to identify the ladies who perform in this dance. I request my knowledgeable readers to help identify them.
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Thandi thandi hawaa jo aaye
Posted on: June 15, 2011
It always makes for a refreshing change when one gets to listen to a song sung by a “fresh” voice that one has not heard much.
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I have remarked in the past that “Bhakt Surdas” (1942) is a treasure of great K L Saigal songs. Correction- It has great songs, not just by the great man, but also by the female lead of the movie. Yes, Khurshid, the female lead of this movie also shines with her singing in this movie.
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Nainheen ko raah dikhaa prabhu
Posted on: June 6, 2011
I have found that “Bhakt Surdas” (1942) is a treasure of great K L Saigal songs. I have already discussed a few such songs.
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Baagon mein koyal boli
Posted on: June 6, 2011
Though I was aware of a movie called “Ishaaraa” (1964), I was not aware that another movie of the same name was released in 1940s too.
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Biyaahi mori raani hawaldaar ke sang
Posted on: June 6, 2011
I am back from the place where electricity and internet, (among many basic things in life) were at a premium. Hopefully I will be able to catch up with lost time. Just imagine being able to discuss just 18 songs in a week !
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Madhukar Shyaam hamaare chor
Posted on: June 1, 2011
“Bhakt Surdas” (1942) is a treasure of some great vintage songs, as I have been discovering.
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