Posts Tagged ‘S D Burman’
Though 1950 was “only” six decades ago, it looks like that was an entirely different world altogether from what it is today. For one, things were much simpler and un complicated and moreover, people seemed to have all the time in the world at their disposal. Imagine riding on a slow moving bullock cart and taking entire day to cover a distance of may be 15 miles, that one can now cover in a few minutes. Yes, one used to measure distances in miles those days.
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Dil to hai deewaanaa naa
Posted on: August 6, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
Many films stand out for their great songs; so much so that each song in those movies is an iconic gem. Such movies are remembered not for anything else, but for their music, regardless that its star cast is really grade A. The memories of such movies are because of the songs and not because of the stars; the true stars are the songs.
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Aankhon se door door
Posted on: August 6, 2011
“Mashaal” (1950) is known mainly for the song ( Upar gagan vishaal )that announced the arrival of Manna Dey as a playback singer of note. But these movie also had other nice songs in it, even though these songs, unlike the Manna Dey song, have been forgotten with time.
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Ye meri zindagi ek paagal hawaa
Posted on: August 2, 2011
“Ziddi” (1964) is a movie starring Joy Mukherji and Asha Parekh. This movie has got some fantastic music by S D Burman. I have discussed as many as four songs from this movie including the stunning Raat ka samaa jhoome chandramaa .
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O o aajaa panchhi akelaa hai
Posted on: July 31, 2011
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Today, 31st July, is Rafi saab’s death anniversary. It is a date that evokes emotions in many Rafi saab fans even thirty years after his death. Many of them, especially if they are in their 50s or more, will remember the 31st of July 1980 as one of those “where were you on that day?” events, associated in the past with JFK’s assassination in 1963 and the successful moon-landing in 1969, and more recently with 9/11 or India’s own 26/11.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
With this post, we are celebrating the 4300th song on this blog. Keeping a fairly sharp pace, at the rate of about 6 or 7 songs per day, we reached this latest century milestone within 16 days of touching the 4200 mark. Congratulations to all.
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While listening to this song, I could not but help feel that I had already discussed this song in the past. I checked and re checked, but I found that no, this song has not been discussed earlier. Yes, I had discussed another song with almost similar first line, and written by the same lyricist and composed in the same year !
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Jeene do aur jiyo
Posted on: July 26, 2011
I have discussed as many as four songs from “Taxi driver” (1954) but I was not aware of this song. I became aware of this song only after its lyrics were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
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O bewafaa ye to bataa
Posted on: June 20, 2011
“Pyaar” (1950), which must easily be the shortest and most generic of all Hindi movie titles, had Raj Kapoor and Nargis in lead roles. and this movie ironically is one of the lesser known movies of this legendary pair.
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