Posts Tagged ‘Majrooh Sultanpuri’
I recall listening to this song called “Likha hai teri aankhon me kiska afsaana” during my younger days,but I had no idea which movie this song was from. It is only yesterday that I came to know that this song was from “Teen Deviyaan”.
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Jalte hain jiske liye
Posted on: April 14, 2009
“Sujata” (1959) was a sad movie, from whatever little I have gathered about it. I have not been able to watch it ( I cannot stand sad movies) but its music is a different matter altogether. S D Burman created some immortal music in this movie.
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“Tere Ghar Ke Saamne” (1963) is full of songs that have become classics. I have already posted one such song. Here is another.
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Muthukodi kawaadi hadaa
Posted on: April 12, 2009
In Bollywood movies, singing any kind of songs is mostly the preserve of Hero and Heroine. One important category of songs that they sing is love songs. There too, some conventions have been set. For instance, the love songs would be sung in a very upscale dignified way, with refined sophisticated lyrics and the two characters acting in a socially acceptable way viz acting coy and restrained.
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Naghma e dil ko chhed ke
Posted on: April 11, 2009
Here is a forgotten but nice song from a forgotten movie called “Ek Raaz” (1963)
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Koi aaya dhadkan kahti hai
Posted on: April 11, 2009
“Lajwanti” (1958) is a forgotten movie with unforgettable music. Most of the songs in this movie were sung by Asha Bhonsle for Nargis.
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Aaja chhaaye kaare badra
Posted on: April 10, 2009
In 1950s, it was difficult to imagine a music director making his mark without using the voice of Lata. But there were two music directors who achieved this seemingly impossible feat. One was O P Nayyar who never used Lata’s voice in even once in his career. Another music director who stopped using Lata’s voice in 1950s was S D Burman.
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Waadiyaan mera daaman
Posted on: April 9, 2009
During my childhood, I got to hear lots of loudspeaker songs ( viz songs blaring out of loudspeakers) where no details of movies, lyrics and music directors were available. Of course that did not prevent one from enjoying these songs. But since these details were not known, one forgot these songs as they stopped being played on loudspeakers.
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Pyaar mein milna sanam
Posted on: April 9, 2009
One should not compare songs and their picturisations, but sometimes movie makers force it on audiences by their blatant inspirations.
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Kuch din pahle..Ek hans ka joda
Posted on: April 9, 2009
Here is a song from “Lajwanti”(1958). It is a song sung by Asha Bhonsle on Nargis.
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