Posts Tagged ‘Hasrat Jaipuri’
In my younger days, when one talked about movies like “Adalat”, “Parvarish” etc, I was reminded about movies of 1970s with these names and featuring Amitabh Bachchan, and the movies of 1958 with the same names were boring in my view.
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Jhoomta mausam mast maheena
Posted on: December 30, 2008
During the peak of his career, Shammi Kapoor songs were sung by Rafi and picturised on Kashmir, Shimla etc.
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“Junglee” (1961) was in some ways the movie that launched Shammi Kapoor’s career and set the tone for the Shammi Kapoor movies with their set formula. The formula called for a debutant heroine pitted against Shammi Kapoor, Rafi singing some fantastic songs, Rajendranath as the sidekick, and the resultant movies would be lapped up by the public.
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Kashmir ki kali hoon main
Posted on: December 27, 2008
Till recently I thought that this song “Kashmir ki kali hoon main” was the title song of “Kashmir ki kali”. Only when I began to research this song that I realised my ignorance. It is indeed a Shammi Kapoor song, but from “Junglee” and its music was by Shankar Jaikishan (“Kashmir ki kali” had its music by O P Nayyar).
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I could call it a bathroom song, because the lady is actually taking bath in this song. But the technical problem is, she is taking bath not inside the bathroom, but in the open, and some people may say she is actually swimming. But more like she is frolicking in water to her heart’s content. So I have decided to call it a waterfall song instead.
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Dil mera ek aas ka pancchi
Posted on: December 25, 2008
This is a “bicycle” song where Rajendra Kumar plays an NCC cadet. He releases a dove into sky and then sings this song riding a bicycle with his fellow bicyclists.
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Tum mujhe yoon bhula na paaoge
Posted on: December 23, 2008
“Pagla Kahin Ka” was one Shammi Kapoor movie that came at the fag end of his career as a Hero. It was a movie where he did not play his usual flamboyant roles, but here he was a mortal with human frailties.
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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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Meri bhains ko danda kyun maara
Posted on: December 22, 2008
I am always sour at the double standards of Indians. The revere “cow” but treat its cousin “bhains” (water buffalo) with ridicule. Many of the pejorative sayings in India are associated with bhains ( viz Kala akshar bhains baraabar, bhains ke aage been bajaana etc.)
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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