Posts Tagged ‘Lata’
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Among the present generation of music directors of Hindi films, I like the songs composed by A R Rahman the most. If the songs composed by him are written by poets like Javed Akhtar, Prasoon Joshi or Gulzar, they are like icing on the cake. I must confess that the initial listening of his songs does not give me an extra-ordinary feeling. But after the release of the films and exposure of the songs to my ears multiple times, most of his songs begin to sound great. It takes time at least for me to develop a taste for his brand of music – from ‘Roja’ (1992) to ‘Gajini’ (2008), the last of his film I watched so far. Obviously, songs of ‘Rang De Basanti (2006) composed by A R Rehman gave me the same experience. I used to feel not so great about songs like the title song ‘rang de basanti’, ‘masti ki paathshala’ and ‘roobaroo’. It was only after watching the actual picturisation of these songs with contexts that I developed the taste to appreciate them. The film of course won many awards for its music and songs.
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Din jaa rahe hain
Posted on: May 20, 2013
This article is written by Pamir Harvey, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The failure of Doosri Sita(1974) at the box-office resulted in the disappearance of the good musical score of this film from the collective memory. My favourite from this film is this highly melancholic background song.
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Pyaar mera majboor pardesi sainyyaan
Posted on: May 20, 2013
“Madaari” (1959) was a Ratan Pictures Production. It was directed by Babubhai Mistry. The movie had Chitra, Ranjan, Manhar Desai, Jayshree Gadkar, Sunder, Indira Bansal, Kavita, Polson, Julian, Sheela Vaz, Kanchanmala, Padamini, Priya Darshani, Dalpat, Raj Adib, Uma Dutt, R. S. Dube, T. N. Sinha, Shekhar Purohit, Vasantrao Pahlwan, Niloo, Geeta, Paro, Rehana, Sundari, Korega, Yadav, Murari, Vithal, Bhomiya, Menka, Sheela, Saroj, Shobha, Chanda, etc in it.
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Main ka piyaa bulaave
Posted on: May 19, 2013
“Sur Sangam” (1985) was a Vijaya Madhavee Pictures production. It was produced by Vadde Ramesh and directed by K Vishwanath. The movie had Girish Karnad, Jayaprada, Sachin, Sadhana Singh, Paintal, Mohan Choti, Deven Varma, Bhushan Tiwari, Bharati Achrekar, Tabassum, Dina Pathak, Asha Singh, Urmila Matondkar, Sulabha Deshpande, S P Dubey, Jitmohan Mitra, O P Singh, Mohan, KrishnaMurthy, Bheemeshwara Rao, Akash Singh, Baby Mamata etc in it.
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Ek baar rakh de kadam zara jhoom ke
Posted on: May 19, 2013
In Hindi movies there have been songs picturised on several means of transportation, viz horse, bullock carts, tonga, chariots, cars, jeeps, trucks, boats, aircrafts etc. There have been songs picturised on less common methods of transportation too, viz. camels, elephants etc as well.
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Goya ke chunaanche
Posted on: May 15, 2013
This article is written by Pamir Harvey, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Manoranjan (1974) was Shammi Kapoor’s first film as a director. He roped in R D Burman the reigning music director of that time to give music to his debut film as a director. Shammi Kapoor had in fact given Pancham his first biggest hit with Teesri Manzil (1966). But unfortunately Manoranjan flopped. The songs of this film were hits all the same.
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Thandi thandi chale re hawa
Posted on: May 14, 2013
“Guest House” (1959) was a Golden Movies Production. It was produced by Mulkraj Bhakri and directed by Ravindra Dave. The movie had Ajit, Shakila, Maruti, Lalita Pawar, Pran, Vimla Kumari, Tiwari, Niranjan Sharma, Ramlal, Helen, Haroon, Nadir, Burhan, Lillian, Master Raj, Akash Deep, Pal Sharma, Rajan Kapoor, Rajni, Sheela Waz, Kukku etc in it.
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Kanhaiyya tori murli bairan bhayi
Posted on: May 12, 2013
“New Delhi”(1956) was a Delux Films Production. It was directed by Mohan Saigal. The movie had Kishore Kumar, Vyjyanti Mala, Prabhu Dayal, Dhumal, Radhakrishan, Nazir Hussain, Nana Palsikar, Mumtaz Begum, Shivraj, Sheela Kashmiri, Jabeen Jalil, Mirajkar etc in it.
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“Maalkin” (1953) was a Gope Production movie. It was directed by O P Datta. The movie had Sajjan, Nutan, Purnima, Gope, Raj Mehra, Yakub, Pran, Durga Khote etc in it.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The end of the 40s and middle of the 50s was the period in which many comedy and musical films were made. This was the Golden Era of HFM and the Indian audience was not only enjoying good music but also laughing out loudly with the comedy films. Actually,it was a reflection on a joyous nation, which got its Independence after a long time and with sacrifices. So,it was a time for making merry !
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