Posts Tagged ‘Madan Mohan’
“Naya Kanoon” (1965) was a Manchanda production movie. It was directed by R C Talwar. The movie had Ashok KUmar, Bharat Bhushan, Vyjyantimala, Purnima, Nishi, Leela Misra, Kamal Mehra, Badri Prasad, Om Prakash etc in it.
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Mere dil se aa ke lipat gayee
Posted on: March 23, 2013
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This is the Rafi-Asha duet recorded for Neela Akash(1965) but not used in the movie. It is a shame that such a song could not find place in the movie and was relegated to anonymity. Some might say that the other songs used in the film were better than this so this was edged out. But I do not agree.
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Pyaar wo shai hai ae mere yaaron
Posted on: March 22, 2013
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Here comes a party song, performed by Mehmood in the film “Neela Aakash”” (1965). All songs of this movie are marvellous, including the one removed/unused from the film. I will come to that song in the next post.
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Here is a Rail song from the film ‘Aap ki Parchhaiyyan’ (1964). It is a Rafi solo written by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan and composed by Madan Mohan. Dharmendra is travelling in a train, going home to his parents, it would appear.
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O madam do se ho gaye ek ham
Posted on: March 7, 2013
“Aashiaana”(1952) was produced by Sabharwals and directed by B Trilochan. The movie had Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Iftekhar, Mohana, Randhir etc in it.
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Tum bin piya nindiyaa na aaye
Posted on: March 6, 2013
This article is written by Pamir Harvey, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
To tell you the truth I had not heard of the film Dhun (1953) till a few weeks ago, though I know this song for a long time.
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“Dil Ki Raahen” (1973) was a Majida movies production. It was directed by B R Ishara. The movie had Amrit Lakhanpal, Rehana Sultan, Dilip Dutt, Rakesh Pandey, Sulochana, Johnny Whisky etc in it.
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Aaj miley man ke meet
Posted on: February 7, 2013
“Nawab Sirazudaula” (1967) was a Lok Bharti Chitra Production. It was directed by Ramchandra Thakur. The movie had Bharat Bhushan, Kalpana, Manhar Desai, Moti Sagar, Daisy Irani, B. M. Vyas, Naseem, Johnny Walker, Murad etc in it.
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This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Here is another solo of Rafi Sahab from the film “Laila Majnu” (1976). This is a ghazal picturized as a doli song with Majnu following Laila’s doli in the desert and singing this song , imploring Laila to take with her, the prayers of the one who has been left desolate in her love. This is among the last few compositions of Madan Mohan. Lyricist is Saahir Ludhianvi. Master of ghazals as Madan Mohan is known as, this is a brilliant creation of all three legends. A teetotaler simpleton, a cynical intellectual and a broken genuis alcoholic. A strange combination if there were any.
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