Posts Tagged ‘Shailendra’
Aa ab laut chalen
Posted on: July 18, 2009
I have seen the movie “Jis Desh me Ganga bahti hai”(1960) but I was not paying attention and as such I do not remember much about this movie. So I had no information about the background of this song from this movie. Now I am told that this movie was about the dacoits of Chambal valley laying their arms and joining the mainstream of society. This song in fact exhorts them to come back to the society.
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Hariyaala saawan dhol bajaataa aaya
Posted on: July 17, 2009
Recently I posted a song from “Do Beegha Zameen” (1953). I am not aware about the songs from this movie and I am discovering these songs only just now.
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“Do Beegha Zameen” (1953) was a critically acclaimed movie. This movie won several prestigious awards, and it in fact swept the inaugural filmfare awards, if I am not mistaken.
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I have heard of “Usne kahaa tha” (1960), and I have heard of its song “aha rimjhim ke ye pyaare pyaare geet liye” too, but that is all I knew about this movie.
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Tin kanastar peet peet kar
Posted on: July 13, 2009
This was not a song that was created with the aim of becoming an all time classic, nor did it become one. It was a light hearted song, which was Shankar Jaikishan’s way of taking a dig at the fad of copying Western music and using them in Bollywood movies.
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Here is a movie about which I had little idea. This movie “Miyaan Biwi Razi” (1960) starred Mehmood and Bharati. Neither the movie nor its music is familiar to me, but when I listened to this song from this movie today, I liked it.
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Mahtaab teraa chehraa
Posted on: July 8, 2009
Mukesh is often regarded as an expert in singing sad songs. But he could bring out other emotions just as expertly in his singing.
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Naani teri morni ko mor le gaye
Posted on: July 7, 2009
This song “naani teri morni ko mor le gaye” is one of the most memorable children’s song in Bollywood. And this song to my mind has a very special place among all children’s song that we have had so far.
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Ajab hai daastaan teri ae zindagi
Posted on: June 26, 2009
When one watches Kishore Kumar on screen, one expects him to sing in his own voice. But there are some rare cases where Kishore KUmar, like normal heroes, has sung in the voices of other playback singers.
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Ghoonghat hataa na dena goriye
Posted on: June 14, 2009
Like many old classics, this particular song is “new” for me. I listened to this song for the first time only yesterday. And after listening to it twice, I was hooked.
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