Posts Tagged ‘Manoj Kumar’
Chaandi kaa gol gol chandaa
Posted on: May 22, 2010
Bollywood movies of the past may have been differentiated on the basis of their budget into A grade, B grade, C grade etc, but there was no such differentiation in the quality of music in all these movies. Even C grade movies used to have outstanding music. But the music of C grade movies suffered mostly because of lack of exposure since records of these songs were hardly made. And record players were in any case unaffordable for most music lovers.
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Ibtidaa e ishq mein ham
Posted on: March 30, 2010
“Hariyali Aur Raastaa” (1962) had Manoj Kumar and Mala Sinha in lead roles. This movie had some nice songs in it. I have posted three songs from “Hariyali Aur Raastaa” (1962) in the past.
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Listening to music is not an objective exercise. It is a subjective exercise. And that is why different people with different mental make up have entirely different preferences as music lovers.
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Ek chaand aasmaan pe hai
Posted on: October 9, 2009
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I had once mentioned that the version of song seen in the movie and heard in the records was often different because they were recorded on two separate occassions. Imagine a great song being recorded not once but twice ! Once for the movie sound track, and once for the record company.
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Zara dekh sanam mera jazba e dil
Posted on: October 9, 2009
People who judge India by Bollywood movies and by its songs, could well assume that boys and girls in India spend most of their times meeting each other and romancing. Having grown up in India, I assure you that the facts are much different from what is depicted in these movies.
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On the occasion of India’s 63rd independence day viz 15th August, 2009, I greet all Indian readers of this blog, whereever they are, a very warm happy independence day. I too will be busy attending one flag hoisting and then actually hoisting the flag myself in another function.
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“Picnic” (1966) is not a movie too many people are aware of. This movie had Manoj Kumar and Shubha Khote in lead roles.
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“Panchaayat” (1958) is not a movie too many people may have heard about. This movie had some names that are as obscure as the movie itself.
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Ik pyaar ka naghmaa hai
Posted on: July 24, 2009
“Shor” (1972) was a Manoj Kumar movie. Going by the usual over the top story lines of Manoj Kumar, this movie was apparently a better movie.
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Paani re paani tera rang kaisaa
Posted on: July 21, 2009
Manoj Kumar was one producer who knew the pulse of his target audience very well. And he made movies targetted at them.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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