Posts Tagged ‘Rajesh Roshan’
Ye raatein nayi puraani
Posted on: July 9, 2009
I have posted over a thousand songs in this blog. Despite that, there are many popular and well known movies whose songs have yet to find places in this blog.
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Leena O Leena dil toone chheenaa
Posted on: June 15, 2009
Considering that a large number of Bollywood songs are on the subject of love, it comes as some surprise to note that the subject of this love, be it a boy or a girl, is not named by his/her proper name, rather he /she is addressed by common nouns viz Saajan/ Sajni, mehboob/ Mehbooba, Aashiq etc.
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Nazraana bheja kisi ne pyaar kaa
Posted on: May 6, 2009
In “Des Pardes”, Pran goes to England as an immigrant and back home his wife Indrani Mukherji and Younger brother Dev Anand wait for any information from him. Dev Anand sings this song for Indrani Mukherji, informing her that Pran has sent a gift (Nazraana) from England.
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Jaisa desh waisa bhesh
Posted on: May 4, 2009
“Des Pardes” (1978) was a Dev Anand movie where he introduced yet another heroine, namely Tina Munim.
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Jab chhaaye mera jaadoo
Posted on: April 1, 2009
I just posted a “Lootmaar” (1980) song as the 1000th song of this blog. Comments on that song indicated that the posted song (“piya ham saath mulk ka paani”) was not known to many.
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This is a very special song for this blog. This song is the 1000th song being posted in this song. So I wanted this song to be a special song. And I believe the song that I have chosen for the occasion is nearly perfect.
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Have you come across pedantic sort of people, who, instead of listening to what you have to say, try to point out your grammatical mistakes ?
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Mal de gulaal mohe
Posted on: March 11, 2009
Have you ever felt like a student taking an examination who is unable to recall the correct answers during the examination, only to be able to recall them perfectly well after the exam is over ? well, I am feeling the same way vis a vis Holi songs.
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The value of lyrics in a song is often underestimated, whereas in reality it is the words of the lyrics that influence the listeners immensely. Words are all powerful and the sentiments involved in songs can influence its listeners immensely. There have been instances when certain songs moved big leaders as well as ordinary people to tears, or roused them into action.
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Tere jaisa yaar kahaan
Posted on: December 20, 2008
I just expounded on my theory that Amitabh Bachchan tended to have quite a few “friendship” songs in his movies. In fact, the title of two of his movies themselves were friendship based- viz “Dostana” and “Yaraana”, both meaning “friendship”. Of course, there were “friendship” songs even in those Amitabh movies whose titles were different- viz in movies like “Zanjeer”, “Hera Pheri”,”Ram Balram” etc.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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