Posts Tagged ‘Lata’
Apne piya ki prem pujaaran
Posted on: December 18, 2010
Few people today remember this movie called “Aman” (1967). It must have been a huge flop for this movie to end up like this considering that the movie had big names in it. Rajendra Kumar and Saira Bano were leading names during those days and Shankar Jaikishan were the biggest names in music direction those days. But all these big names could not rescue this movie.
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Allah bachaaye naujawaanon se
Posted on: December 18, 2010
“Mere Mehboob” (1963) is a kind of movie that is popularly described as a Muslim social movie. This movie, like most movies of this genre had wonderful songs in it. In fact, the music of this movie was the major reason behind the success of this movie , the actors of this movie were just in the right place at the right time and benefitted from the roaring success of the music of this movie.
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Meghwaa gagan beech jhaanke
Posted on: December 17, 2010
In mainstream Hindi movies of the golden era, there used to be a dance situation in a night club, which was tailor made for a cabarat dance by Helen. Movie makers whose movies were based on pre cabarat dance eras (viz Historical/mythological/Fantasy movies)also found dance situations where Helen and other dacing ladies were shown to dance in the courts of Kings.
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O chaand jahaan wo jaayen
Posted on: December 15, 2010
What a delightful song it is ! In this song, two ladies are singing about their beloved. I hope they are not singing about the same person, though knowing Hindi movies, a situation like this is not uncommon in Hindi movies.
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I have noticed that Hindi movies rarely show actors keeping pets like say cats and dogs. When I was growing up in 1960s and 1970s, most Indian families regarded keeping pets a luxury that average families could ill afford. Then there were people who were superstitious and they thought that a cat especially black one crossing their path was inauspicious. Only villains would keep pets in Hindi movies.
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Akela tujhe jaane naa doongi
Posted on: December 14, 2010
I listened to this song for the first time only just now this evening. And what a fantastic song it is !
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It is unbelievable how songs composed three/four generations ago could sound so fresh even today, sixty years later, long after most people involved in creating them may have left the scene.
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There are countless forgotten gems from forgotten movies that I keep discovering almost on a daily basis.
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Bheegi palkein uthhaa
Posted on: December 13, 2010
Here is an A grade song from a B grade movie. The movie is called “Do Gunde” (1959) and it had Ajit and Jayshree Gadkar in lead roles.
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Laage jisko wohi ye dukh jaane
Posted on: December 12, 2010
I have discussed over 3300 songs in this blog and more songs are being added every day. With so many songs in the blog, there is ample scope for interesting statistics about these songs.
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