Posts Tagged ‘Khayyam’
I have heard this song several times in the past and I thought it must be a song from 1950s. But it turns out to be a song of 1961 and it is from “Shola Aur Shabnam”.
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It is always refreshing to listen to female singers other than the usual ones. But is is not always possible of other singers to get past the monopoly of the few female singers.
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Jo hampe guzarti hai
Posted on: June 14, 2009
Suman Kalyanpur had a voice that sounded very similar to Lata, and that hurt her career. But having listened to lots of songs sung by Suman Kalyanpur, now I feel that I have become somewhat able to distinguish her voice from Lata’s voice.
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Kahin ek maasoom naazuk si ladki
Posted on: June 10, 2009
This song is just the kind of song that I love to post in this blog, viz it is a nice song from an obscure movie and this song deserves to be better known among music fans.
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This is one song that was a long pending farmaish. But I was not able to post in earlier since I was unable to locate the video link of this song.
Now that this link is available, here is this post about this song from “Phir Subah Hogi” (1958). This movie had Raj Kapoor in the lead role and this song, which is sung by Mukesh, is picturised on Raj Kapoor.
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We have armchair critics in all fields, be it sports, driving, movies, and even singing. And often, the ignorance of these critics could be mind boggling.
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Hai kali kali ke lab par
Posted on: March 27, 2009
Talat Mehmood was trying his hands on acting in addition to playback singing in 1950s. His singing career suffered as a result. What is more, sometimes the music directors in movies where he acted would contemplate using the voice of some other singer for Talat Mehmood. That way, Talat Mehmood sometimes found himself in the same boat as Kishore Kumar.
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Jaaneman tum kamaal karti ho
Posted on: March 19, 2009
In Bollywood movies, hero and heroines would traditionally meet in gardens and would be going round the trees, much like gorillas or chimps going through their mating rituals. Being more evolved than the apes, they would sing a duet while running around trees.
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Wo subah kabhi to aayegi
Posted on: March 19, 2009
“Phir Subah Aayegi” was a different kind of movie where all the action happens in one night. And despite such a small time span, the movie manages to have time for several songs. This movie, I am told is based on the story “Crime and Punishment” by Russian Novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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