Posts Tagged ‘Majrooh Sultanpuri’
“Dosti” (1964) was a simple movie with a simple uncomplicated message, and the message went home. This small budget movie with no stars (which was the first movie of Rajshree productions) went on to become a hit movie.
Read more on this topic…
Koyi jab raah na paaye
Posted on: January 8, 2010
I have posted as many as four songs from “Dosti” (1964). There were six songs in this movie as far as I remember. Who knows, there may have been more songs in it that I am not aware or which may have been excluded from the movie.
Read more on this topic…
Gudiya hamse roothi rahogi
Posted on: January 7, 2010
While watching old movie songs, sometimes we come across kids with names sounding familiar to present day fans. And they tend to believe that these kids are the same TV/ movie personality they know. But that is not always the case.
Read more on this topic…
Chunri sambhaal gori
Posted on: January 4, 2010
I have heard this song many a times and liked it. It is a light hearted joyous song sung by Manna Dey and Lata.
Read more on this topic…
Dil ki tamanna thhi masti mein
Posted on: December 26, 2009
Believe it or not, there was a movie called “Gyaarah hazaar ladkiyaan” (eleven thousand girls). This 1962 movie had Bharat Bhushan and Mala Sinha in lead roles.
Read more on this topic…
Though most songs in Bollywood movies are based on desi values, there are “westernised” songs in Bollywood as well. They are mainly songs which are sung in clubs/ parties, and are often accompanied by dance, either by someone like Helen, or a party dance where several people are seen dancing “phoren” style.
Read more on this topic…
So jaa mere pyaare so jaa
Posted on: December 3, 2009
“Lori” (Lullaby) is a much loved category of song. Most popular lories of Bollywood movies were created in 1950s and 1960s.
Read more on this topic…
I thought that Saira Bano was the first “bold” heroine who had appeared in a bathroom song in a Bollywood movie. I was wrong. She was beaten in it by another actress by more than a decade.
read more on this topic…
“Burma Road” (1962) was a low budget movie starring Ashok Kumar, Sheikh Mukhtaar, Kumkum etc. Movie may be a low budget and therefore B grade, but its music was A grade.
Read more on this topic…
I love to post old songs from the past. While doing so, I have stumbled upon many forgotten songs. Not just forgotten songs, I find that many well known songs too are yet to be posted here, such is the quantity of quality songs from the past.
Read more on this topic…
Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
Recent comments