Posts Tagged ‘Lata’
I thought that Shammi Kapoor and Vyjyantimala acted together for the first time only towards the fag end of their careers, viz in late 1960s, but now I find that they had acted together in their heydays as well. Yes, they acted together in “College Girl” (1960).
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“Inspector” (1956) is an obscure movie which few people know about. This movie had Ashok Kumar and Geeta Bali in lead roles.
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“Rakhwaala” (1971) was a movie starring Dharmendra and Leena Chandawarkar. This movie has been forgotten by now, but it was a decent movie with great music.
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This movie “Meri Bhaabhi” (1969) is an obscure movie despite boasting of names like Sunil Dutt and Waheeda Rehman. This tear jerker movie was obviously a failure at the box office when it was released.
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Though this song is from a movie of 1961, I first heard this song just a few days ago. And since then, I have come to the conclusion that this song must be one of the greatest songs created in Bollywood movies. And I am really surprised that this song is not all that well known. A song like this should form part of all the “all time classics” that music companies come up with periodically.
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Do ankhiyaan jhuki jhuki si
Posted on: September 7, 2009
I have discovered that “Prempatra” (1962) is a movie that had some sweet melodious songs in it that were composed with loving care by Salil Chaudhary.
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The more one discovers old gems, the more one is amazed at the genius of old masters. C Ramchandra is one such musical genius who has left us with a rich legacy of classy compositions that I am only just beginning to discover.
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C grade Bollywood movies on 1950s and 1960s failed to get registered in the minds of mainstream audience, but these movies certainly had some audience and they must have been making enough money to stay in business.
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Ab aur naa kuchh bhi yaad rahaa
Posted on: September 6, 2009
In Bollywood movies, most songs are on the topic of love. In most of these songs, the singer wants to achievemore than what he/she has got. Rare is the song where the singer is happy with his/ her lot and has no further aspirations on this count.
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I can watch Bollywood songs any time, but ask me to watch a Bollywood movie containing the same songs and I develop cold feet. I find that the songs are often the only redeeming part of many movies.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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