Posts Tagged ‘Roshan’
I have mentioned the fact that most people (at least I) are only aware of the more popular songs from a movie and they often miss out on some real gems that the lesser known songs of these movies often turn out to be.
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Wo paas nahin majboor hai dil
Posted on: June 9, 2010
“Naubahaar” (1952) is a movie that was a musical blockbuster during its time.
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“Raag Rang” (1952) is a movie that was a home production of Geeta Bali. This movie had Geeta Bali and her sister Sudha Bali acting in it and their brother Digvijay Bali was the producer. Ashok Kumar was the hero of the movie.
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It is my belief that Roshan should be called the king of filmi qawwalis the way Madan Mohan is described as the king of Ghazals. Many of the qawwaalis that Roshan has created in movies have gone on to become immortal.
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In 1950s, Bollywood movies discovered the songs of the genre that I call “party song” or “club” song, where a dancer (female mostly) sings and dances while people (good people as well as villains) are hanging out.
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Dil ki shikaayat nazar ke shikwe
Posted on: May 10, 2010
I am fond of saying that Bollywood movies have one great “Chitthi” (letter) song every decade, beginning from 1960s. Thus we had Likhe jo khat tujhe(Kanyadaan)(1968) in 1960s, Daakiya daak laaya(Palkon ki chhaon mein)(1977) (Palkon Ki Chhaaon Mein” in 1970s, “Chitthi aayi hai aayi hai” (Naam) in 1980s and Sandese aate hain(Border)(1997) (Border) in 1990s. All these songs are already posted in this blog.
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In Bollywood movies, it is just the hero who gets drunk. Ladies getting drunk is not considered a proper thing. So it comes as a big surprise to find both of them drunk and singing this drunkard song.
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Bhoole se muhabbat kar baithaa
Posted on: April 23, 2010
I have posted a few songs from “Dil Hi To Hai” (1963) in the past. But the title song/ theme song of the movie is not one of them.
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Ae ri jaane na doongi
Posted on: March 29, 2010
I have listened to this song a few times in the past, but I was not aware about the details of this song.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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