Posts Tagged ‘Roshan’
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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Main dil hoon ek armaan bharaa
Posted on: March 6, 2010
It was sometime in 1940s that the tradition of “piano” songs began, where the hero/ heroine would be asked to sit in front of a piano and sing a song in a get together, organised in the palatial residence of the hero/ heroine.
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“Sheesham” (1952) is one of the earliest movies for which Roshan composed music. I have posted an interesting comedy song from this movie that was sung by Kishore Kumar. Here is another song from this movie. This song is sung by Mukesh and it is a sentimental song by contrast.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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