Posts Tagged ‘R D Burman’
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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Ghar aaja ghir aaye badra
Posted on: February 7, 2009
R D Burman was an assistant to his father S D Burman for several years before he caught the eye of Mahmood who decided to give him his first break as an independent music director.
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Teri har adaa hai haseen
Posted on: February 1, 2009
This is a nice timepass song from 1981. The movie is called “Daulat” and this song is a duet sung by Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhonsle and is picturised on Vinod Khanna and Zeenat Aman.
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Ek do teen chaar
Posted on: February 1, 2009
I knew that Johny Walker has sung in the voice of Rafi. But I was not aware that he had sung a song in the voice of Kishore Kumar too. Now I know.
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Zindagi ye zindagi
Posted on: January 30, 2009
The movie is called “Daulat” and this song is an archtypical villain’s den song. Hero and heroine are in “disguise” of sorts and the lady keeps gesturing to the hero during her singing. I do not know how successful she is in communicating that way. The villain and his gangsters appear smarter than usual, and they have taken up positions as waiters in the club where this song is being sung.
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Tumne mujhe dekha
Posted on: January 22, 2009
What can one say about the music of “Teesri Manzil” that has not been said ? It was the launch pad of R D Burman as a formidable music director in Bollywood music industry. The songs, all of them, broke new ground. Rafi and Asha Bhonsle were magical in this movie. Majrooh Sultanpuri came up ith some wonderful lyrics.
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This song is a festival song, a “holi” song to be precise. Everyone is seen with some gulaal applied on their faces, and Rajesh Khanna is seated with Asrani. Rekha, with gulaal applied on her cheeks as well, comes with a lota full of bhang and pours Asrani some of it. Rajesh Khanna also proffers his glass forward. Rekha, not interested in pouring him the intoxicant, thrusts the lota on Rajesh Khanna’s hands and departs on a huff, only to be stopped on her tracks when a song begins.
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Kuchh to log kahenge
Posted on: January 20, 2009
Kishore Kumar, regarded as a singer of happy songs, has sung some fantastic sad/ serious songs in his career too. “Amar Prem” in fact had not one, but quite a few serious songs. Anand Bakshi was the lyricist and R D Burman was the music director of this movie.
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Shammi Kapoor figured with Asha Parekh in more movie than with any other actresses. They were together when Shammi Kapoor’s star was rising, and they were together when Shammi Kapoor’s star was setting. And of course, they were together when Shammi Kapoor was at the top.
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