Posts Tagged ‘Lata’
Ek baat poochhti hoon
Posted on: July 13, 2011
I think I should have a category of songs called “songs that I thought were already discussed by I was wrong”. 🙂 There are many songs like this which I think have already been posted. so when a reader sends me a farmaish for that song or sends the lyrics of that song, I am surprised.
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The movie “Kohinoor” (1960) could also be called Kohe naghma, or a treasure trove of great songs. This movie has one great song following another great song. I have so far discussed six songs from this movie and there are more to come !
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Kyun ae dil e deewaanaa
Posted on: July 13, 2011
The title of the movie “Bikhhre Moti” (1951) gives enough statutory warning that this movie is a melancholic movie with melancholic songs. Indeed, this movie which had Jayant, Jeevan, Kamini Kaushal, Neelam, Nigar Sultana, Ranjana etc in it have just that kind of songs in it.
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I have just come across this obscure song from an obscure movie called “Maang” (1950). This movie which was directed by Saghir Usmani, had actors like Zia,Wasti,Mubarak,Ramola,Amar,Pratima,Malhotra,Leela Pandey,Basu,Hemlata etc.Most of these names hardly ring any bells, obviously.
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“Aan Baan” (1972) is one of the last movies of Rajendra Kumar as a hero. In this movie, he was paired with Rakhi, a heroine half his age. In any case, his days as Jubilee Kumar were behind him as by that time Rajesh Khanna had taken over as the new box office God by that time.
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Ye to kaho kaun ho tum
Posted on: July 12, 2011
12 july is the death anniversary of Rajendra Kumar (DOB-20 july 1929-DOD 12 july 1999). Apart from moviegoers of his time, he was a delight to the movie makers too, because his movies tended to be box office hits. In fact, he was nicknamed Jubilee Kumar for this Midas touch.
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Chandan ka palna resham ki dori
Posted on: July 12, 2011
This lovely song from “Shabaab” (1954) is a much requested song that for some reasons had not yet figured in this blog.
This delightful song is in different parts. One part is sung by Hemant Kumar and it is picturised on Bharat Bhushan. The socond part is a duet where Nutan, lip syncing in Lata’s voice is also visible.
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The first Hindi movie made by an NRI (non resident India) was “Shalimar” (1978) by Krishna Shah which was made with great publicity and fanfare and it was thought that the movie was going to be another “Sholay”, if not bigger. When finally the movie was released, it turned out that the movie was huge let down. The movie failed to last for more than one week in the movie halls.
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Raat se kaho rukey zaraa
Posted on: July 11, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The 1965 movie, Luteraa, is a typical pirates movie, with an esteemed star cast that includes Dara Singh, Prithviraj Kapoor, Nishi, Helen, Hiralal, Jeevan, Maruti, Bela Bose and others. The story is about two brothers who are separated as children. Prithviraj Kapoor plays the role of the elder brother, who grows up to be the leader of a pirate group. Dara Singh also grows up to be a sort of vigilante who operates as a loner. Hiralal is a king, and Nishi is his daughter, the princess. Jeevan is the Wazir in the court of Hiralal.
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Chalenge teer jab dil par
Posted on: July 11, 2011
“Kohinoor” (1960) is a movie starring Dilip Kumar and Meena Kumari. This movie is studded with one fine song after another, and I have already discussed five songs from this movie.
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