Posts Tagged ‘Majrooh Sultanpuri’
Shammi Kapoor figured with Asha Parekh in more movie than with any other actresses. They were together when Shammi Kapoor’s star was rising, and they were together when Shammi Kapoor’s star was setting. And of course, they were together when Shammi Kapoor was at the top.
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Dekhiye saahibon wo koyi aur thi
Posted on: January 18, 2009
Here is yet another popular song from “Teesri Manzil”. In this song, Shammi Kapoor teases a girl, mistaking her for Asha Parekh and lands in trouble.
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“Mere Jeewan Saathi” was a Rajesh Khanna movie during his heyday. And like most movies, the movie was full of great songs.
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Jiske liye sabko chhoda
Posted on: January 16, 2009
This is a very popular “betrayal” song. In fact, I am amazed that I did not think of this category before. This is a category of song where one person feels betrayed and sings a song expressing his hurt.
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O mere sona re sona re sona re
Posted on: January 15, 2009
“Teesri Manzil” was the movie with which R D Burman announced his arrival as a music director. And what songs this movie had !
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Aaja aaja main hoon pyaar tera
Posted on: January 14, 2009
When R D Burman was given the job of music direction in a Shammi Kapoor movie called “Teesri Manzil”, many eye brows were raised, including Shammi Kapoor’s, but once the songs were recorded and picturised, there was no doubt in anyone’s mind that a great star was born among music directors, one who would rewrite music direction in Bollywood movies for the next decade or so.
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Dilbar dil se pyaare
Posted on: January 13, 2009
When Shammi Kapoor began his bull run as a hero, Shankar Jaikshan was the music director for his movies, but when he ended his bull run,Shankar jaikishan was replaced by R D Burman ( in Teesri Manzil).
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Most of the movies where Madan Mohan gave music failed at the box office, but when it comes to their music, music of even these flop movies became popular. In fact, a large number of songs composed by Madan Mohan have gone on to become classics.
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Shammi Kapoor helped launch the careers of many heroines, because he was one hero who was not averse to acting opposite raw youngsters. In fact, actresses like Saira Bano and Sharmila Tagore actually made their debuts opposite Shammi Kapoor and that helped their career take off.
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Haay re tere chanchal nainwa
Posted on: January 7, 2009
“Oonche log” (1965), not to be confused with “Oonche log” (1985) was an interesting movie which had no role for females. The supposed leading lady of the movie hardly had any role or dialogues in the movie. I cannot understand the reason behind such misogyny on the part of the makers of this movie.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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