Posts Tagged ‘Mukesh’
Earlier decades of Indian independence (1950s and 1960s) saw much enthusiasm for nation building in public life as well as in movies. And Soviet Union style socialism was considered the way to progress. Many movies were made on the theme of nation building in those days. and these movies naturally had songs to inspire people.
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Ham tum ye khoyee khoyee raahein
Posted on: April 7, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor of articles to this blog.
The 1962 movie Rangoli has a bevy of most wonderful songs, some of which are already discussed in this blog. Here is a very soft and romantic duet from the same movie, beautifully sung by Mukesh and Lata Mangeshkar. Lyrics are by Shailendra, and the composition is by Shanker Jaikishan.
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Ye din kyaa aaye lage phool hansne
Posted on: April 4, 2011
When India won the final of the cricket world cup 2011 on 2nd of april, I was so overwhelmed (like millions others) that I was unable to concentrate on anything, and that included discussing songs on this blog. But I had promised to post happy songs in case India won the final, so I have been doing that today.
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Nainaa hain jaadoo bhare
Posted on: April 2, 2011
“Bedard Zamaanaa Kyaa Jaane” (1959) was a B grade movie starring Ashok Kumar, Nirupa Roy,Sudesh Kumar, Jabeen Jaleel etc. This movie is quite significant from music point of view. It was with this movie that Kalyanji Veerji Shah made his debut as an independent music director. Till then, he was assisting to other senior music directors viz Hemant Kumar etc. After another movie (Madaari), Kalyanji was joined by his younger brother Anandji and they formed the by now legendary musical partnership known as Kalyanji Anandji.
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Moti jaisa rang ang mein
Posted on: March 26, 2011
“Aansoo aur Muskaan” (1970) is a movie that most people (or at least I) remember for just one reason, viz Kishore Kumar’s fantastic comedy song Guni janon bhakt janon.
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Hamne apna sab kuchh khoyaa
Posted on: March 26, 2011
I have discussed as many as four songs from “Saraswati Chandra” (1967) and I was under the impression that I had already discussed this song, but I was wrong.
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“Dulha Dulhan” (1964) is a movie starring Raj Kapoor and Sadhana. This movie is also known for its songs.
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“Pyaase Panchhi” (1960) is a movie starring Mehmood and Ameeta. Most probably this movie met the same fate as most movies that had Mehmood as the hero, viz the movie failed at the box office.
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I have discussed five songs from “Malhaar” (1951) so far that are rather better known and readily available.
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Ik baar agar tu kah de
Posted on: March 22, 2011
“Malhaar” (1951) is quite a musical blockbuster of its time which firmly established Roshan’s credentials as a high quality music director.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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