Posts Tagged ‘Majrooh Sultanpuri’
Bataa doon kyaa laanaa
Posted on: December 21, 2010
I was very surprised to see this song being given as a farmaaish because I thought that this song was discussed long back. On checking, I found that I was wrong of course. Perhaps I may have planned to discuss this song but I did not.
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I am aware about this movie called “Dillagi” (1949) which was replete with timeless evergreen songs. It turns out that there is another movie of the same name that was released in 1966.
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“12 O’clock” (1958) is a murder mystery movie. It stars Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman,Rehman, Shashikala,Johny Walker etc.
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Bheegi palkein uthhaa
Posted on: December 13, 2010
Here is an A grade song from a B grade movie. The movie is called “Do Gunde” (1959) and it had Ajit and Jayshree Gadkar in lead roles.
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“Sagina” (1974) was one of those few movies where Dilip Kumar and Saira Bano acted opposite each other. This movie, which was a remake of a Bangla movie called “Sagina Mahto” had some nice songs in it.
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Tum jaao kahin tumko ikhtiyaar
Posted on: December 8, 2010
I am told that 8 december is the birthday of not one but two actors. Yes, both Dharmendra (DOB- dec 8, 1935) and Sharmila Tagore (DOB 8 dec 1946) were born on this date.
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In the olden and golden days of Hindi movies,great music was created not only in mainstream A grade movies, but also in lower budget B grade movies. There was a glut of talented music directors and even low budget movie producers were in a position to hire high class music directors.
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Balmaa maane naa
Posted on: December 4, 2010
“Opera House” (1961) was a B grade movie starring Ajit, B Saroja Devi, K N Singh, Maruti, Niranjan Sharma,Baalam etc. Many of the so called B grade movies of those days are indistinguishable from A grade stuff, except for low budget. And as far as the music of these movies were concerned. The music was invariably A grade.
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Main kho gayaa yahin kahin
Posted on: December 3, 2010
In Hindi movies, lovestruck Hero/Heroine are shown bursting into love songs at the drop of a hat, at every opportunity.
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Hamse hoti muhabbat jo tumko
Posted on: November 30, 2010
“Muhabbat Isko Kahte Hain” (1965) is a movie starring Shashi Kapoor and Nanda. Most people may not be familiar with the movie, but the songs of this movie are wonderful songs.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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