Posts Tagged ‘Lata’
O haay koyi dekh legaa
Posted on: October 23, 2009
In the past, I have posted a couple of memorable songs from “Ek Gaaon Ki Kahaani” (1957). Both the songs were sung by Talat Memmood and picturised on him.
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Sometime back, I was wondering about the playback singers who have sung for Dev Anand and I counted about half a dozen different names. Well known names like Rafi, Kishore, Manna Dey, Mukesh, Hemant Kumar, as well as unknown name like Dwijen Mukherji have given playback for Dev Anand. Some people would even like to include S D Burman though I am not sure.
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“Pyaar ki raahein” (1959) is an obscure movie by now and its music is just as obscure. But as far as the music is concerned, it deserved much better fate.
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I had mentioned it earlier that “Chaand” (1959) is one forgotten movie that had some lovely songs in it. I have posted two songs from this movie already and both these songs are forgotten gems.
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There are many songs from the past which despite their obvius class did not become very popular. one can say that such songs were not quite meant for the masses. And those who appreciated such compositions were in a very small minority.
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Bachpan ke din bhulaa naa denaa
Posted on: October 15, 2009
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I have posted a few songs from “Deedaar” (1951) but the most well known song from the movie is not one of them.
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Just how many nice songs did a typical Bollywood movie use to have in olden days ? I have already posted three songs from “Dil Apna Aur Preet Paraayi” (1960) and it turns out that a few great songs from this movie are still left to be covered.
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“Raag rang” (1952) is one movie about which very little is known today. The only thing that I know about this movie is that it had music by Roshan and that Geeta Bali was the lead actress in this movie.
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“Mughal e Azam” (1960) was a musical blockbuster and almost all its songs have gone on to become iconic songs. Though I have posted a few songs from this movie, I need to post all the songs from this movie.
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Tim tim tim taaron ke deep jale
Posted on: October 14, 2009
What is the way to win a person over ? By treating him/ her well. Musically, it means making him/her listen to music that is soothing/ pleasing to the senses. Creators of music need not impress the listeners by their ability to create great music with impressive orchestra. The listeners gets impressed more when he gets so involved in the song that he begins to visualise the imagery alluded to in the song.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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