Posts Tagged ‘Laxmikant Pyarelal’
Ae dushman e jaan chal diya kahaan
Posted on: March 6, 2012
“Patthar Ke Sanam” (1967) was an A G Films production. It was directed by Raja Nawathe. Starcast of the movie included Manoj Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Mumtaz, Aruna Irani, Raj Mehra, Mumtaz Begum, Lalita Pawar, Tiwari, Mehmood, Pran etc in it.
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Khush rahe tu sada ye duaa hai meri
Posted on: March 2, 2012
In this blog, there are songs that belong to the category of “Why was this song not discussed earlier” category. Then there are cases of movies where the movie itself was/is not represented in the blog. “Aradhana” (1969) was one movie that was not represented for a long time. Same was the case with “Khilona”(1970).
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Tana dhim
Posted on: February 25, 2012
This blog is about OLD Hindi movie songs. So this blog is expected to attract visitors of a particular age group. What is the age profile of majority of visitors to this blog ? Popular impression, based on hunch, would be that most visitors, regulars and contributors of this blog are middle aged people, in their 40s or more. Let me hasten to clarify though that we all feel quite young by heart though. I have repeated it often that mentally I do not feel one day older than 12 years of age. 🙂 And same is the case with other regulars of the blog too.
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“Rajput” (1982) was produced by Musheer-Riaz and it was directed by Vijay Anand. The movie had Rajesh Khanna, Hema Malini and Dharmendra, all of them towards the fag end of their careers, in lead roles.
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There are some well known songs that have not yet figured in this blog. I call them “how come these songs are not yet posted” genre of songs. Then there are musical blockbuster movies that have been underrepresented in this blog.
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O sapnon ki raani
Posted on: February 2, 2012
In 1960s and 1970s, movie halls used to hire a rickshaw in which they would install an announcer with a PA system as well as a record player. The rickshaw would be covered with the cardboard hoardings of handmade posters of the movie.
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Most music directors of B grade movies tend to remain confined to B grade music throughout their careers. But the music director duo of Laxmikant Pyarelal were no ordinary music director duo. They began their career as independent music directors with B grade movies/ small budget movies, but they created such stunning music in these movies that they quickly joined the ranks of the most sought after music directors in the Hindi movie music industry.
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Dekho veer jawaanon
Posted on: January 26, 2012
On the occasion of the 63rd republic day of India (26th january 2012), we are discussing a few patriotic songs today.
Here is a song of this genre from “Aakraman” (1975). This song is sung by Kishore Kumar and it is picturised on Rajesh Khanna, who plays a handicapped person who has lost one leg and is forced to walk with the help of crutches. He sings this patriotic songs to encourage the Armymen who are proceeding to the battlefield. The picturisation also shows Sanjeev Kumar and several others play fauzi jawaans in this song.
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Tere sang pyaar main nahin todna
Posted on: January 18, 2012
“Naagin” (1954) is the original Naagin movie and this movie proved to be the definitive “Naagin” movie of all time. Its “been” music became the gold standard for the music of all snake movies.
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