Posts Tagged ‘Dev Anand’
“Guide” is a movie whose music was voted as containing the best music among all Bollywood movies, when an Indian magazine polled the industry insiders ( viz singers, lyricists and music directors). Coming from those who themselves create music for Bollywood movies, this was high praise indeed.
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Jeewan ki bagiya mahkegi
Posted on: January 18, 2009
I have mentioned it that Bollywood heroines of 1970s were averse to playing roles of mothers lest they be regarded as over the hill. In fact, they would often refuse roles where they were shown getting married.
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Jaise Radha ne maala japi
Posted on: January 16, 2009
In 1970s, Bollywood heroines were not supposed to marry and have kids in a movie.Being cast in such a role was supposed to be the sign of her being considered over the hill.
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Chanda re ja re ja re
Posted on: January 11, 2009
To most of us, singers like Lata and Kishore Kumar are legends. But no one is born a legend. Everyone, including the legends, have to make a beginning somewhere.
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This song from “Baat ek raat ki” (1962) is regarded as a Hemant Kumar classic. This song is picturised on Dev Anand and Waheeda Rahman. Technically this song should be called a duet because Suman Kalyanpur’s voice is also there,singing for Waheeda Rahman, but she sings hardly one line or two.
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Yaad kiya dil ne kahaan ho tum
Posted on: December 18, 2008
It is a very old song, but very much a gold standard song. I have listened to this song for a long time and liked it very much. Sung by Hemant Kumar and Lata, this is such a lovely “chayageet” kind of song, ideal listening at sleep times, though one can enjoy it anytime, as befits any timeless song, which it certainly is.
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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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Chaand zard zard hai
Posted on: December 8, 2008
Here is yet another song that I had never heard before. And when I heard it, I was amazed how such songs should have been lost to the fans of bollywood music fans. Now thanks to internet and services like youtube, many such songs are coming to the notice of fans once again.
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