Posts Tagged ‘Hasrat Jaipuri’
“Junglee” (1961) is a movie known mainly for Shammi Kapoor. If you are like me, you will only remember Shammi Kapoor and will not have much recollection of other actors in the movie, including the heroine !
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I am seriously considering opening a new category of songs called “Helen” songs. And this category will certainly have many entries, considering that a cabaret by Helen was a must in most mainstream Bollywood movies for much of 1960s and 1970s.
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Aaja re aa zaraa aa
Posted on: June 6, 2009
When a product comes up and captures the market, often its clones come up. Some of the clones become nearly as successful as the original.
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Ham jo miley to saara zamaana jaley
Posted on: May 29, 2009
In mainstream Bollywood movies, there are two standard fares. One is songs, and the other is fights.
I have always wondered why Bollywood movie makers cannot combine the two, and why cannot we have songs and fights simultaneously.
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Here is a stage cum dance song from “Zindagi” (1964), a movie starring Rajendra Kumar, Vyjyantimala and Raj Kumar.
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Tu mere saamne hai
Posted on: May 26, 2009
I was not aware that Madan Mohan had given music in a Guru Dutt movie. This movie was “Suhagan” (1964). It had Guru Dutt and Mala Sinha in lead roles.
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Mujhe toone maar daala
Posted on: May 25, 2009
Now this is one song that I was totally unaware of. In fact, I was totally unaware about the movie itself.
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Dil dhoondhtaa hai sahaare sahaare
Posted on: May 24, 2009
In 1960, movie makers were fascinated with the word “Kaala”. We had movies called “Kaala Bazaar” as well as “Kaala Paani”. Some movie maker decided to make a movie called “Kaala Aadmi” too.
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Albele sanam tu laaya hai kahaan
Posted on: May 22, 2009
Sharda had an interesting kind of voice, which Shankar of Shankar Jaikishan fame had tried hard to project as an alternative voice to Lata.
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Mere mehboob tere dam se hai duniya
Posted on: May 22, 2009
In the past, I have posted a song from a 1970 movie called “Bhai Bhai”. This movie had Sunil Dutt and Asha Parekh in lead roles.
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