Posts Tagged ‘Lata’
Chaand sitaare karte ishaare
Posted on: June 7, 2011
“Adl e Jahaangir” (1955) was the first movie directed by G P Sippy of “Sholay” (1975) fame. this movie had Pradeep Kumar and Meena Kumari in lead roles.
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Saawan ke jhoole pade
Posted on: June 6, 2011
When I saw the first line of the song, I thought it was the song from “Jurmaanaa” (1979), but then I found that this song was from an older movie called “Pyaar Ki Pyaas” (1961), which is a movie I knew nothing about.
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While the going is good (read I have access to internet in a place where such internet access is the stuff of fairytales), I am trying to discuss songs in a hurry, before the internet and electricity decide to do their disappearing act that is normal in these parts of India where I temporarily find myself.
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Dil todne waale o dil todne waale
Posted on: June 1, 2011
I have discovered this song only just now. This song is from an unheard of movie called “Bholi” (1949). I am not aware about its star cast and other details as of now.
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I am aware of two movies called “Do Phool”. One such movie was released in 1958 and another in 1973. I have discussed songs from both these movies.
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I was under the impression that I had already discussed this song. But it turns out that I was wrong.
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Raat jaa rahi hai
Posted on: May 28, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor of this blog
Late 1940s, and especially the year 1949, is considered to be a watershed year in the annals of Hindi film music. considered by many to be the dawn of the Golden Age of Hindi film music,
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Here is a bhajan that people may have heard but they may not be aware that this bhajan is originally from a movie.
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Kahaan hai tu mere sapnon ke raaja
Posted on: May 27, 2011
“Afsaanaa” (1951) is a movie that had Ashok Kumar and Veena in lead roles.It also had Pran,Kuldeep Kaur,Jeewan, Cuckoo etc in it. This movie was a musical blockbuster and I have discussed as many as seven songs from this movie in the past.
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Tak tak dhum dhum
Posted on: May 25, 2011
I have discussed four songs from “Do Aankhen Baarah Haath” (1956) in the past. Here is another song from this movie that I heard for the first time only a few hours ago. This song is an inspirational children’s song. It is sung by Lata and it is picturised on Sandhya. The picturisation shows Sadhya giving a vigorous and energetic dance perfrmance to young kids on this song.
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