Posts Tagged ‘Sahir Ludhianvi’
It is one of those songs that I thought I had discusssed long back, but I was mistaken. And I became aware of this song not being posted when I received the lyrics of this song from Atif M.
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“Bahu Beti” (1965) is a movie that has Joy Mukherji and Mala Sinha in lead roles. I have no idea how the movie fared in the box office, but the songs of this movie are nice to listen to.
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Sab ki ho khair baba sabka bhalaa
Posted on: August 3, 2011
This is a song from “Phir Subah Hogi” (1958) about which I was not aware. I came to know about this song after I received the lyrics of this song from nahm.
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Sansaar se bhaage phirte ho
Posted on: August 1, 2011
It is a song that I thought was already discussed but that was not the case. I am thankful to Prakashchandra for sending the lyrics of this song and thus reminding me that this song is yet to figure in the blog.
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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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I was under the impression that I had already discussed this song. But as is often the case, I realised that my impression was wrong when the lyrics of this song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
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Sach bataa tu mujhpe fidaa
Posted on: May 16, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
Talat Mehmood started his musical career in 1939, singing ghazals on All India Radio, Lucknow. He had formally trained in music under Pt. SCR Bhat at the Morris Music College in Lucknow. His voice caught the attention of HMV, with whom he produced many records of non filmi ghazals. His records started gaining popularity, and in 1944 came the phenomenal hit, “Tasveer Teri Dil Mera Behlaa Na Sakegi”, which continues to be a very popular number on ghazal selections even today. The Calcutta film industry took notice and Talat moved to Calcutta. Initially, in Calcutta, he recorded many Bengali songs both for films and non-films, under the name ‘Tapan Kumar’. Talat as a person, had a handsome and commanding appearance and was offered cameo roles in the movies. In 1949, he moved to Bombay. After the release of “Aarzoo” (1950) and the unbeatable hit “Ae Dil Mujhe Aisi Jageh Le Chal”, composed by Anil Biswas, there was no looking back.
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I have discussed as many as three songs from “Chaar Dil Chaar Raahen” (1959) in the recent past. All these songs are from different genre. Here is another song from this movie which is from yet another genre.
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