Posts Tagged ‘O P Nayyar’
Dil de daala nazraana
Posted on: September 18, 2009
“Musaafirkhaana” (1955) is a forgotten movie, whose music too has been forgotten. But listening to these songs is enough to conclude that these songs are worth listening.
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Preetam aan milo
Posted on: September 18, 2009
C H Atma was a singer who was a devotee of K L Saigal and sang in K L Saigal style. There were many people who sang in Saigal style in 1940s during K L Saigal’s heydays. But C H Atma continued to sing in Saigal style in 1950s even when playback singing style had changed and Bollywood had moved on from 1940s.
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Palti palti kismat palti
Posted on: September 16, 2009
I came to know about the movie “Musaafirkhaana” (1955) recently. By now I have realised that though the movie is not great shakes, its songs are very nice to listen to.
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Thoda sa dil lagaake dekh
Posted on: September 15, 2009
What a nice discovery this song is ! And I must thank Raja, who pointed out this song to me.
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jhuki jhuki pyaar ki nazar
Posted on: September 6, 2009
“Johny Walker” (1957) was a movie which starred surprise, surprise.. Johny Walker ! Shyama was the lead actress.
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Here is a song from a movie called “Basant” (1960). It is a typical O P Nayyar song with his characteristic music. Asha Bhonsle sings this song. It is picturised on Nutan and another lady whom I am unable to identify. Both of course share the voice of Asha Bhonsle, when it comes to lip syncing this song.
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Though this song talks of “Chanda”, “raat” etc, which are found in “Chaayaageet” songs, this song from “Chhoo Mantar” sounds more like a dance song. After all, O P Nayyar is the music director of this song, and his music tended to be dance music. In “Chaayageet” songs, we do not expect the lovelorn protagonist to dance, he/ she is just expected to sing in a slow tempo. 😉
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Here is one OP Nayyar music that is perhaps the most widely known among present generation, mainly because of its countless remixes. This song is the immortal “Babuji dheere chalna” from “Aar Paar” (1954).
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What is the difference between a cabarat song and a seductive song ? Simple ! If Helen does it, it is cabarat. If Mumtaz does it, it is seductive song. 😉
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After realising that I had not posted too many songs from “Kashmir Ki Kali” (1964) in the past, I have added a few songs and now there are 5 songs from this movie in the blog.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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