Posts Tagged ‘Shailendra’
Ye sachh hai ai jahhan waalon
Posted on: May 17, 2009
Here is a song from a forgotten movie called “Kal Hamara Hai” (1959). This song is sung by Rafi and picturised on Bharat Bhooshan.
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Aa gale lag jaa mere sapne mere apne
Posted on: May 9, 2009
When I was a kid, wearing a swimming costume used to be a big deal for Bollywood actresses. Wearing such costumes was considered against the Indian culture and was considered tantamount to exposing. Thus we used to read interviews from virtuous actresses saying that they would never wear such revealing dresses in their movies.
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Matwaali aankhon waale
Posted on: May 6, 2009
“Chhote Nawab”(1963) was a movie that was Mehmood’s home production and he acted as the hero in this movie. The biggest contribution of Mehmood in this movie was introducing R D Burman as an independent music director.
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Ham hain to chaand aur taare
Posted on: May 5, 2009
This song from “Main Nashe mein hoon” (1959) is a “tonga” song, where the actors are seated on a tonga/ victoria/ tamtam ( whatever it was called) and sing this song.
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Kal ki daulat aaj ki khushiyaan
Posted on: May 4, 2009
“Asli Naqli” (1962) was a movie starring Dev Anand.
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Suhaana safar aur ye mausam haseen
Posted on: May 4, 2009
In my series of posts on the songs of “Madhumati” (1958), here is the third song.
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Tum jo hamaare meet na hote
Posted on: May 3, 2009
I have posted a few songs from the movie “Aashiq” (1962). Here is another song from this movie.
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I have begun to post songs from “Madhumati” (1958) these days. Here is the second song from this movie.
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Aawaaraa hoon
Posted on: May 2, 2009
Though Raj Kapoor’s career was launched with “Andaaz” and “Barsaat”,”Aawaara” was the movie that firmly established his image by which he is known even today.
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Ghadi ghadi mora dil dhadke
Posted on: May 1, 2009
I recently realised that I have not posted even one song from “Madhumati” (1958) so far. As it is, there are so many great songs from so many movies that such an ommision is not really unexpected. There are just too many great songs that I have not yet posted. Despite posting more than one thousand songs, I am just scratching the surface.
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