Posts Tagged ‘R D Burman’
Whenever a song talks of hills and mountains, I can imagine echoes coming back from the distant peaks of the mountain range.
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The songs of “Anamika” (1973) were so nice to listen to. The lyrics of Majrooh Sultanpuri and music of R D Burman were top notch and the singers, viz. Kishore Kumar and Lata had sung the songs wonderfully.
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“Anamika” was a critically acclaimed movie. Sanjeev Kumar and Jaya Bhaduri were the main actors in the movie which was a suspense thriller.
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Kaanta lagaa haay lagaa
Posted on: December 10, 2008
The present day Bollywood music fans know this song as one of the most popular remix. But as far as I am concerned, its original, both audio as well as the video, remains the best effort of them all, and by a long margin.
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“Masoom” was an upgraded version of “Man Woman and Child”. Incidentally, both these movies were released near about the same time.
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Ruk jaana nahin tu kahin haar ke
Posted on: December 9, 2008
I was looking for this song for a long time. I could get its audio, but getting this song with its original video was proving to be difficult. Now finally my search is over, and I have been able to locate it.
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Lakdi ki kaathi kaathi pe ghoda
Posted on: December 9, 2008
“Masoom” was one movie that took a western story, indigenised it and improved upon the original. And it is no mean feat seeing that the original story was “Man, woman and Child” written by Eric Segal which was also made into an American movie of the same name.
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When it comes to train songs, S D Burman and R D Burman ruled the roost. Right from “Solva Saal” in 1957 till “Zamaane Ko Dikhaana Hai” in 1981, I can count nearly a dozen or so wonderful train songs composed by the two Burmans.
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Saagar kinaare dil ye pukaare
Posted on: November 29, 2008
Dimple Kapadia made her debut in 1973 with “Bobby”. The success of this movie should have seen her landing many assignments and launch her career. Instead, she got married to Rajesh Khanna, and she was lost to Bollywood.
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Most of the time, I discuss songs that are evergreen, popular, iconic, outstanding, of high quality etc. But there are occasions when I love to discuss songs that fall short of such high standards. But I still like them, because listeneing/ watching them is fun.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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