Posts Tagged ‘Lata’
Man mein kisi ki preet basaa le
Posted on: July 5, 2009
Bollywood movies have created some big myths which is now believed by everyone. One such myth is that it is possible to sit on a grand piano and play it while singing a song. In reality, playing such a big piano is so difficult that a player playing it can in no way sing as well. But our Bollywood heroes are shown merrily singing away while playing the piano, which incidentally is shown creating music of all other instuments, viz violin, guitar, dholak, flute, etc in addition to its own music.
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I was aware of one song from “Bank Manager” (1959) which I had posted in the past. Now I see that other songs from this movie are also available.
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The word “Chaand” (moon) found frequent use in bollywood songs in the past. It is a surprise that I have not yet thought of a catgory called “Chaand” song though I must have posted dozens of songs with this word in them. I guess I have included these songs in the category of “chaayaageet” songs.
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I have listened to this song many a times and I knew that this song was from a Rajesh Khanna movie. But that is all I knew.
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Haay re haay neend nahin aaye
Posted on: July 2, 2009
This song was one of the most popular songs with one and all during its day. And as happened with me quite often those days, I was not aware about the details of this song. I could identify the voice of Rafi and Lata but that was all. In fact I did not know those days that a song had a lyricist and a music director too. I thought that the singer did everything himself/ herself. And of course I had no idea which movie it was from.
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Main bairaagi naachoon gaaun
Posted on: July 2, 2009
The movie “Bairaag” (1976) starred Dilip Kumar, Saira Bano and Leena Chandawarkar. This was the last movie in which Dilip Kumar was seen as a hero.
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Ae meri aankhon ke pahle sapne
Posted on: July 2, 2009
Once I had mentioned that Bollywood lullabies were mostly sung by female singers and there were hardly any lullabies sung by male singers.
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O mere bairaagi bhanwraa
Posted on: July 2, 2009
“Ishq par zor Nahin” (1970) is a forgotten movie by now. It had Dharmendra and Sadhana in lead roles.
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Kyaa saath meraa doge
Posted on: July 2, 2009
“Samundar” (1957) is a forgotten movie. It had Premnath as hero ( double role) and Bina Rai as heroine.
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Ek manzil raahi do
Posted on: July 1, 2009
I have posted a few songs from “Sanjog” (1961) in the past. This movie had Pradeep Kumar and Anita Guha in lead roles. This movie is mainly known for its songs, and not for any great story line or any great acting.
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