Posts Tagged ‘Mehmood’
Chat mangni pat shaadi
Posted on: September 9, 2011
In this blog, we discuss songs of yesteryears. Many of the songs are well known and some are in fact so well known that they have become part of day to day life of people.
But there are many songs which are lesser known and then there are songs that have been forgotten.
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Bahaaron thhaam lo ab dil
Posted on: May 12, 2011
Hindi movie scenario was so rich during the golden era that great music composers almost grew on trees. Some of them went on to become legends, but there were many great composers that failed to land sufficient number of assignments that their talents merited.
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Tunak tun tun bole jiyaa
Posted on: March 6, 2011
“Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye” (1963) is a B grade movie where Mehmood was the hero and Shakila played the leading lady opposite him.
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Babu bol kaisaa rokaa
Posted on: February 18, 2011
“Pyaase Panchhi” (1960) is a rather B grade movie where Mehmood was the hero opposite Ameeta. Going by the fact that Mehmood subsequently made his mark not as a hero but as a comedian, it appears to me that this movie may not have done well at the box office.
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Tumhi mere meet ho
Posted on: September 21, 2010
In late 1950s and early 1960s, several comedians were seeking to become heroes in Hindi movies. The names of Johny Walker, Mehmood and Jagdeep readily comes to mind. They all acted as heroes in a few movies each, but keeping a sombre face while acting out serious scenes (viz romantic scenes, sad scenes) was not exactly their strong suit. And that is why most of these ventures ended up in failures.
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Here is a “roadside tamasha” song from “Biraadari” (1966). In this song Shashi Kapoor and Memmood, donning striped lungis 😀 give a vigorous and boisterous dance performance. Such dances are right up the alley of Mehmood, but even Shashi Kapoor gamely hangs on and manages to keep pace with Mehmood.
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It is difficult to imagine how Mukesh (of dard bhare naghme fame) would sound on Mehmood (known for loud comedy). Well, stereotyping aside,we actually have instances of Mukesh singing for Mehmood.
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Dekhi anaadi teri preet
Posted on: August 27, 2010
“Biraadari” (1966) was a llow budget B grade movie with a casr consisting mainly of unknown actors. Little wonder then that the movie did not do anything spectacular at the box office.
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Here is a song whose farmaish was given by a reader Sunit but I was unable to post it since I was neither aware of this song nor was I able to locate it. Raja very kindly provided me the link of this song with the comment that this song was a popular song of his (and my) childhood days.
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Aaj huaa meraa dil matwaalaa
Posted on: August 5, 2010
“Chhote Nawaab” (1961) was R D Burman’s debut movie. He was given this break by Mehmood, and the rest, as they say, was history.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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