Posts Tagged ‘Lata’
Jaa jaa re chanda jaa re
Posted on: March 26, 2009
The movie “Private Secretary” (1962) is not one that is known to too many people. Prem Dhawan was the lyricist and this movie had someone called Dilip Dholakiya as the music director.
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In early 1950s, when Bollywood music was breaking off from the influence of Indian classical music, many other kinds of music were influencing Bollywwod music scene. And one such kind of music was western music.
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Armaan thha hamen jinka
Posted on: March 25, 2009
I have posted a few songs from “Aulaad” (1968) already. This movie had some nice songs that were written by Majrooh Sultanpuri and composed by Chitragupta.
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Jaa re jaa re ud jaa re panchchi
Posted on: March 25, 2009
When I read the title of the song, I thought it must be a clone of the “chal ud ja re panchi” song. And I was not expecting much.
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Taar taar baj raha
Posted on: March 25, 2009
This is a song that I never heard before. For that matter I never heard the name of the movie “School Master” (1959) either.
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Dekho ji bahaar aayi
Posted on: March 25, 2009
Many people, including me, cannot make out what this song is all about by reading the lyrics. But once the song begins to play, it is quite a magical experience.
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Aap mujhe achche lagne lage
Posted on: March 24, 2009
“Aap mujhe acche lagne lage” is a very nice song sung by Lata. But as happens with me for many songs, I was not aware which movie this song was from. When I googled, I was flooded with details of a 2002 movie titled “aap mujhe ache lagne lage”. What blasphemy ! This new movie has not only used the title of this Lata classic, this movie has even hijacked this phrase, and finding out the details of the Lata song has become a tall order.
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Tum hi tum ho mere jeewan mein
Posted on: March 24, 2009
I found it interesting that the same Shankar Jaikishan, who were the regular music directors of Raj Kapoor were the regular music directors of Shammi Kapoor as well. But while SJ would use Mukesh ( and sometimes Manna Dey) for Raj Kapoor and create hit songs, they would create hit songs with Rafi for Shammi Kapoor.
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I listened to this song just now for the first time. And I was mesmerised.
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Kisi ke dil mein rahna thha
Posted on: March 24, 2009
Here is a lovely song from “Baabul” (1950). It is sung by Shamshad Begum and Lata. The song was written by Shakeel Badayuni and Naushad was the music director.
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