Posts Tagged ‘Raja Mehdi Ali Khan’
Ye hai jeewan ki rail
Posted on: May 17, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
With this post, we celebrate the 3900th song on this blog. Congratulations all. And wow, what a lovely musical journey it has been since the blog was started as a result of an online conversation between two cricket enthusiasts, Atul ji and Raja ji. After having sampled 3900 gems, the large ocean of Hindi film music still beckons for many many more songs to be discovered and re-discovered.
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Le lo jee hamaare gubbaare
Posted on: April 16, 2011
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
When we think of Bollywood personalities whose career was cut short cruelly by death, a few names immediately spring to mind.
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Tere jahaan se ham chale
Posted on: April 15, 2011
“Inquilaab” (1956) is a movie whose songs were discovered by me only recently. And what music this song had !
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Ae roti huyi taqdeer bataa
Posted on: April 15, 2011
I am aware of a movie called “Toote Khilaune” (1978) but I was not aware that a movie of the same name was produced some quarter of a century ago as well.
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I was not aware of this movie called “Do Dilon Ki Daastaan” (1966) till recently. I wonder why . This movie has such nice songs in it and it should have been much better known. This movie had Pradeep Kumar and Vyjyantimala in lead roles.
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The movie has been forgotten, and with it the songs of this movie too have passed into oblivion, but that is not how it should be. I find that this movie has some very hummable songs in it.
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Mere dil ki nagariyaa mein aanaa
Posted on: April 14, 2011
“Madhosh”(1951) is a movie that had Manhar Desai, Meena Kumari and Usha Kiran in lead roles. Talat Mehmood sung for Manhar Desai, whereas Lata sang for both the leading ladies. Thankfully the two leading ladies did not sing a duet together, else we do not know what the music directors would have done. 🙂
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“Jab Yaad Kisi Ki Aati Hai” (1967) is a movie which I tended to confuse with “Jab Pyaar Kisi Se Hota Hai” (1961). Not any longer, I hope.
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Chhod mujhe na jaanaa
Posted on: April 13, 2011
“Madhosh” (1951) has one hero (Manhar Desai) and two heroines (Meena Kumari and Usha Kiran). In this movie, Manhar Desai got to lip sync in the voice of Talat Mehmood. The two leading ladies, who was seen to romance the same hero, were also made to lip sync in the same voice, viz that of Lata.
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Pyaar banke mujhpe koi chhaa gayaa
Posted on: April 13, 2011
1947, when India gained its independence and the country was partitioned was a period of transition as well as momentous changes in the Hindi movies and its music. Many big names of music world had departed from the scene and new artists were taking their place.
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