Posts Tagged ‘Majrooh Sultanpuri’
Ye daaman ab na chhootegaa kabhi
Posted on: July 22, 2011
Most music directors have their own musical style and if one listens to the music of a song, one can often identify the music director.
But sometimes music directors may copy the musical style of other more established music directors. We have seen music directors copying the musical styles of O P Nayyar,Shankar Jaikishan etc in the past.
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Ye to kaho kaun ho tum
Posted on: July 12, 2011
12 july is the death anniversary of Rajendra Kumar (DOB-20 july 1929-DOD 12 july 1999). Apart from moviegoers of his time, he was a delight to the movie makers too, because his movies tended to be box office hits. In fact, he was nicknamed Jubilee Kumar for this Midas touch.
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Koyi nahin hai phir bhi hai mujh ko
Posted on: July 4, 2011
This is a song that I have heard many a times in the past but all these days I had no clue which movie this was from. It is not that I was not familiar with the movie. Indeed I was very much aware of the movie and I had discussed as many as four songs from this movie in the blog.
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Dil par huaa aisaa jaadoo
Posted on: July 4, 2011
Guru Dutt, like Meena Kumari , is today known for his tragic roles. But he, like Meena Kumari, began his career playing bubbly happy characters.
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Na to dard gayaa na dawaa hi mili
Posted on: July 2, 2011
“Kaali Topi Laal Roomaal” (1959) was a B grade movie starring Chandrashekhar,Shakila,Kumkum, Agha, K N Singh etc. This movie should have ended up unsung like most B grade movies, but its songs were so wonderful that they caught the imagination of the public. As a result, the movie ended up as a big grosser.
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Most Hindi movies and their songs deal with rather more evolved topics viz love,romance etc. But one cannot think of such things on an empty stomach. And unfortunately there are still lots and lots of people who do not know where their next meal is going to come from.
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Kahin chalo ke din hain bahaar ke
Posted on: June 27, 2011
O P Nayyar style of music was quite popular and influential in late 1950s. Not just O P Nayyar, even other established music directors often created songs that sounded so similar to O P Nayyar music.
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Kisi ko banaanaa kisi ko mitaanaa
Posted on: June 26, 2011
Here is a song from a forgotten movie called “Sheeshaa” (1952). I had never heard this song before. After listening to this song, I wondered how a gem like this had so few takers among music lovers.
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Chale ho kahaan karke jee beqaraar
Posted on: June 19, 2011
Here is a song from a light hearted movie called “Bhaagam Bhaag” (1956). The song begins with Shashikala lip syncing in Asha Bhonsle’s voice. Then Kishore Kumar appears singing not in his voice but in Rafi’s voice. Yes, this song is one of the few occasions when Kishore Kumar, despite his well known singing prowess, was made to lip sync in another playback singer’s voice.
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