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I have been posting the songs of “Sargam” (1950) here these days. It is while posting these songs that I am discovering these songs for the first time. What wonderful songs these are ! And I am also surprised at the number of such songs. There are at least a dozen such songs, and all of them just mind boggling. And it is just as mind boggling to realise that this movie has been forgotten today.
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Khayaalon mein tum ho
Posted on: February 1, 2010
Sajjad Hussain was a highly talented music director who enjoyed great reputation for his music among his peers. But his inter personal relationships left a lot to be desired, especially when it came to his relations with influential people. As a result, he got to work as a music director in very few movies and the number of songs that he composed add up to barely a hundred songs or so.
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Likhne waale ne likh daale
Posted on: January 28, 2010
I have posted a song from “Arpan” (1983) in this blog. This movie has some nice songs in it that are wonderful to listen to even today.
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Many people, including me, may only be aware of “Sargam” (1979), which had some nice songs in them. But there was another movie of this name, viz “Sargam” (1950). This older movie was one of the biggest hit movies of its time and its songs were just amazing.
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Main tere pyaar mein paagal
Posted on: January 27, 2010
When I was young, I loved making records- no, not the kind of records that played on record players, but the kind which gave you gloating rights. For instance, there were people who would have the record of watching every movie on the first day, first show, and there were some people who would boast of watching the same movie 100 times.
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When we think about actors, we have certain images for them in our minds. For instance, when we think of Nadira, we think about a no nonsense lady always wearing a disapproving frown on her face. And it is difficult for us to magine her singing song.
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I have posted two songs from “Sargam” (1950) and I am realising that this movie was an amazing music blockbuster. What awesome songs this movie had ! And this movie was a big hit too.
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By the time we were in 1980s, the golden era of Bollywood movie music was behind us and in we were subjected to music without soul (namely Disco music) in this decade.
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Kyun jhuki jhuki hain palkein
Posted on: January 21, 2010
There were two movies called “Chhaila Babu” that I know of. And incidentally, both these movies, which were made in 1960s and 1970s respectively, had the same music directors, viz Laxmikant Pyarelal.
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Tum bin sajan barse nayan
Posted on: January 20, 2010
I have heard about the movie “Gaban” (1966), mainly because of the song “ehsaan mere dil pe tumhaaraa hai doston”, which has gone on to become an iconic song, though this song is almost a non event in the movie itself.
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