Posts Tagged ‘O P Nayyar’
“Saawan Ki Ghataa” (1966) wasa movie starring Manoj Kumar and Sharmila Tagore. This movie had music by O P Nayyar.
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In Hindi movies, we often have hero teasing the girl and the girl, after initial resentment falls for the guy, which to my mind is not really how it happens in real life.
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O P Nayyar, who ruled the roost in Hindi movie music scene in 1950s and 1960s had lost much of his ground by the end of 1960s. But I find that the music that he created in his last few movies was perhaps as outstanding as any music that he created in his earlier more heralded music. It is another matter that the music of these movies were not lapped up as much as they should have been for various reasons.
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I have posted several songs from “Mr and Mrs 55” (1955) but I was not aware that this song was from that movie. Somehow this song to my mind did not belong to this movie.
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I have not posted a song featuring Dev Anand, Madhubala and Helen for quite some time. To make amends, here is a song that features all the three !
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O P Nayyar ruled the roost in Bollywood movie music in late 1950s and early 1960s with his characteristic music. During this phase, Rafi and Asha Bhonsle were his male and female singers of choice.
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Bana de bana de bana de Prabhu ji
Posted on: July 15, 2010
In my series of songs from the movie “Phagun” (1958), here is the 11th and final song from the movie.
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I have been posting the songs of “Phagun” (1958) these days. Here is the 10th song from this movie.
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Barso re bairi badarwaa barso re
Posted on: July 13, 2010
Kids of my and earlier generations grew up reading adventure tales where intrepid explorers going deep into Africa would be captured by natives and tied at the stake and the man eating natives would then dance around the stakes as preparation for cooking the captured adventurers in their cooking pots.
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chhun chhun ghungroo boley
Posted on: July 12, 2010
I have been posting the songs of “Phagun” (1958) these days. In this series, here is the 8th song from this movie.
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