Posts Tagged ‘Majrooh Sultanpuri’
Jeenaa kyaa aji pyaar binaa
Posted on: June 11, 2010
Just like we these days lament the deterioration in the quality of Bollywood music, people used to lament about such deterioration even in the past. I personally thought that many of the songs of 1970s were pedestrial and chaalu songs. But now with the passage of time, when I came across far worse songs, then I realised that the so called poor songs of 1970s were gems in comparison.
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I have mentioned the fact that most people (at least I) are only aware of the more popular songs from a movie and they often miss out on some real gems that the lesser known songs of these movies often turn out to be.
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I have listened to this song in the past and liked it too, but all this while I was totally ignorant about the details of this song. The only thing I knew about this song is that the song is sung by Rafi.
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Hamen maar chalaa ye khayaal ye gham
Posted on: June 7, 2010
I have posted many songs composed by Anil Biswas in this blog. These songs were sung by well known singers. Here is a song where one can listen to his voice as well.
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I have listened to this song many times and liked it, but all this while I had no clue about its details. This is one of those songs that have gone on to get implanted on the psyche of those who grew up listening to this and other songs of those days.
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Here is another song that people listen and enjoy a lot without being aware of its details. All these days I only knew what I could hear. In other words, I only knew that this was a duet sung by Lata and Kishore Kumar.
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After posting an untypical Madan Mohan song, here is a song that bears the hallmark of a typical Madan Mohan song. It is a ghazal, it is sung by Lata, and it is picturised on Meena Kumari !
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Wo sapne waali raat
Posted on: May 22, 2010
Nargis and Raj Kapoor had worked together in 14 movies in all. One of the lesser known movies where they worked together is called “Pyaar” (1950). This movie may be lesser known, but it is a trivia buff’s delight. For instance, this is the only movie where Kishore Kumar gave playback for Raj Kapoor.
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“Baaz” (1953) is a movie that brought Guru Dutt and O P Nayyar together for the first time. This movie has Guru Dutt as well as O P Nayyar in rather unfamilar roles. Guru Dutt is shown riding a horse (that makes this song a “horse” song) and O P Nayyar composes a music that is so un O P Nayyarish (stated with the benefit of hind sight, of course).
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It is my belief that Roshan should be called the king of filmi qawwalis the way Madan Mohan is described as the king of Ghazals. Many of the qawwaalis that Roshan has created in movies have gone on to become immortal.
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