Posts Tagged ‘R D Burman’
Oy buddho lambo lambo
Posted on: March 3, 2009
“Buddha mil gaya” was a movie that is not remembered much, but I seem to remember that one of its songs was banned from being played on Akashwani as it was supposed to be too insulting for “buddhas” or something of the sort.
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Tum aa gaye ho noor aa gaya hai
Posted on: March 1, 2009
When the makers of this movie made this movie, no one was left in any doubt that the movie was based on Mrs Indira Gandhi’s life, with Suchitra Sen playing her role. And very imaginatively, they called his movie “Andhi”, removing the first letter “G” from “Gandhi”. The movie was released during emergency, and to this day, I am amazed at the risk that the makers of this movie took. Another movie, “Kissa Kursi ka” which mocked Indira Gandhi and her son, did not meet with the same kind fate with the censors at that time.
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Kitna pyaara waada hai
Posted on: February 21, 2009
Happy bubbly songs are a category of song that everyone likes, be they young or old. And no songs can be as bubbly as those composed by R D Burman or Laxmikant Pyarelal.
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During 1970s, when I would try to tune radio Ceylon on wednesday night between 8 PM to 9 PM, tuning to the desired station was not as easy as it is for TV stations. There were so many radio stations on the same 25 metre band and getting a clear reception of Radio Ceylon, while avoiding voices of Voice of America, BBC etc was quite an art.
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Kaun hoon main kaun hai tu
Posted on: February 19, 2009
Bollywood movies of 1970s typically had a “disguise” song where the hero or heroine would enter the heavy security villain’s den in disguise. Their disguise would always be as the lead dancer (s) of the music troupe that was supposed to entertain the guests of the villain.
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Stumbling upon a gem of a song, which I never knew existed, has been quite a regular experience for me over the last few months.
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“Paraya Dhan” was a 1971 movie which had Rakesh Roshan and Hema Malini in lead roles.The movie is hardly remembered today, but R D Burman, who was on top those days, came up with great songs in this movie.
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Bombay to Goa
Posted on: February 16, 2009
“Bombay to Goa”(1972) which had a gawky looking Amitabh Bachchan playing hero was carried on the shoulders of Mahmood, and other comedians.
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Aao aao jaane jahaan
Posted on: February 8, 2009
Few people have heard the name of the movie and few people have heard this song. But this song “aao aao jaane jahaan” quickly grows up upon its listeners. I listened to this song from “Gomti Ke Kinnare” (1972) yesterday for the first time. During the first hearing, I wondered what the fuss was all about, but after listeneing to it a second time, I was hooked.
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