Posts Tagged ‘Manna Dey’
Jai Saraswati
Posted on: April 16, 2011
“Kavi Kalidas” (1959) is a movie based on the life of the great Sanskrit language poet called Kalidas. This movie has songs that are naturally in Sanskritised Hindi. And these songs sound so sweet to the ears.
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“Kavi Kalidas”(1959) was a Sindhu Films production. It was directed by S N Tripathi, who also produced the movie, acted in it and of course composed the music.
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Jeewan se lambe hain bandhu
Posted on: April 10, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor of articles to this blog.
The super Manna Dey song from Aashirwaad, 1968. Lyrics are by Gulzar and music is by Vasant Desai.
The lyrics of this song are just superb, very characteristic Gulzar poetry, use of very simple words, communicating a very profound ideas. The lines “saans ki dori chhoti pad gayee, lambi aas dagariyaa” is such a warm and touching thought, said so simply.
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“Reshmi Roomaal” (1961) is a B grade movie starring Manoj Kumar and Shakila. Like all B grade movies of those days, this movie has A grade music, even if the music director is a lesser known individual.
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Ho umad ghumad kar aayee re ghataa
Posted on: April 9, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
Our country is a land of villages, and it lives in the hearts of the farmers of this land. There is an immeasurable bond that we Indians have with the mitti (soil) of this land; that which cares for us and provides for all our needs.
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Ab kahaan jaayen ham
Posted on: April 7, 2011
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor of articles to this blog.
There are some songs that are close to my heart because of some association I have with them from my schooldays. Whenever I listen to them even today, memories of those days get triggered.
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This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor of articles to this blog.
Up until about a year ago, I knew just one song of the movie “Ustadon Ke Ustad” (1963). This was the famous Rafi saab song “sau baar janam lenge”.
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Aayi aayi basanti belaa
Posted on: March 18, 2011
“Angulimaal” (1960) was a story of Angulimaal, a bandit who turned saint, a historical/mythological character who lived during the times of Lord Buddha.This movie had Bharat Bhushan,Nimmi and Anita Guha in it.
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Aankh mein shokhi lab pe tabassum
Posted on: March 13, 2011
“Reshmi Roomaal” (1961) is a B grade movie starring Manoj Kumar (then a newcomer) opposite Shakila (then over the hill). This movie and its songs are quite obscure as of now.
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Ham bhi hain tum bhi ho
Posted on: March 9, 2011
Though I have heard this song from “Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai” (1960) several times, I never gave it any serious thought. But now, when I tried to find more details about the song, I found that this song has to be a very special song indeed.
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