Posts Tagged ‘Neeraj’
Likhe jo khat tujhe
Posted on: February 17, 2009
I have posted quite a few “chitthi” songs from 1970,1980 and 1990s. It is not that such songs were not there in the earlier decades. Not at all. There were such “Chitthi” songs in 1960s too.
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Rangeela re
Posted on: February 10, 2009
I have posted songs of many categories in this blog. One of these categories is called drunkard songs. This song is a drunkard song, but with a difference. Here , it is a lady that gets drunk and then she sings this song. It is nice to see that women’s lib had taken place in drunkard songs as early as 1967.
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Subaha na aayi shaam na aayi
Posted on: January 23, 2009
Few people have heard the name of the movie (Cha Cha Cha) or that of the music director (Iqbal Qureshi), but what music this movie had !
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Kahta hai Joker saara zamana
Posted on: January 19, 2009
India of 1970 was a much more simple,unsophisticated, and underdeveloped in most respects. So much so that movie makers who decided to make different off beat movies were left in the lurch. Raj Kapoor was one such movie maker who paid heavily for overestimating the calibre of his audience. His ambitious labour of love “Mera Naam Joker” fell flat at the box office.
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Jeewan ki bagiya mahkegi
Posted on: January 18, 2009
I have mentioned it that Bollywood heroines of 1970s were averse to playing roles of mothers lest they be regarded as over the hill. In fact, they would often refuse roles where they were shown getting married.
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Tum kitni khoobsurat ho
Posted on: January 17, 2009
There are many a songs that become popular during its time and are then forgotten. The reason why many such songs are forgotten is because the movies featuring such songs are often forgettable.
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Jaise Radha ne maala japi
Posted on: January 16, 2009
In 1970s, Bollywood heroines were not supposed to marry and have kids in a movie.Being cast in such a role was supposed to be the sign of her being considered over the hill.
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O meri sharmilee
Posted on: November 23, 2008
Rajesh Khanna’s superstardom owes a good deal to the fact that Kishore Kumar was the playback singer for him. In fact, the next superstar viz Amitabh Bachchan too owes it to Kishore Kumar’s voice for much of his popularity.
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Choodi nahin ye mera dil hai
Posted on: November 9, 2008
With this song, I introduce a new tag viz “choodi” song. The word “choodi” dominates this song. In this song, Dev Anand and Zaahida are seen seated behind a car, with our ageless Dev Saab singing this song “choodi nahin mera dil hai dekho toote naa”.
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Ae maine kasam li
Posted on: November 8, 2008
Dev Anand was one of the leading heart throbs of Bollywood in 1950s and 60s. It is my personal opinion that he should have retired from playing teenage hero in 1960s as soon as he turned 40.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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