Posts Tagged ‘Jaidev’
This post is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular visitor and contributor of this blog
For all Indians born post-1947 or maybe a decade later, it is difficult to contemplate life in pre-independence times. We are now so used to being an independent nation that we do not always value what we have. What our freedom-fighters fought for.
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This is one song about which I had no idea. And like me, most people are ignorant about the existence of this song from an obscure movie called “Do Boond Paani” (1971).
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Peetal ki meri gaagri
Posted on: January 12, 2010
Great songs are not always the preserve of hit movies. I have realised that many great songs were composed for movies that flopped at the box office. The movies were forgotten , but the songs were not.
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Dareeche shaq dareeche shaq
Posted on: January 11, 2010
I had never heard about this movie called “Ek Thi Reeta” (1971). This obscure movie had Vinod Mehra and Tanuja in lead roles.
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I have posted a couple of songs from “Kinaare Kinaare” (1963). The movie was a sad melancholic movie and its songs matched the mood of the movie.
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Har aas ashqbaar hai
Posted on: September 26, 2009
I recently posted a song from “Kinaare Kinare” (1963). This movie was a melancholic movie with melancholic songs.
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I was not aware of this movie called “Kinaare Kinaare” (1963), but what a musical bonanza this movie turns out to be !
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“Mujhe Jeene Do” (1963) was a Daaku movie starring Sunil Dutt and Waheeda Rehman. This movie was a critically acclaimed movie. And its music was outstanding.
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I have posted several “lullabies” (lori) in this blog. This song too is a lori, but with a major difference from the normal lallabies.
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Prabhu tero naam
Posted on: September 18, 2009
These days, I have been posting songs of “Ham Dono” (1961) and waxing eloquent about these songs. I have so far posted 5 songs from this movie, and every one of these songs is outstanding.
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