Posts Tagged ‘Shailendra’
Ae dil pyaar ki manzil
Posted on: May 30, 2009
“Aas Ka Panchchi” (1961) may have been forgotten by now, but when I listen to the songs of this movie, I am quite impressed.
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I have already posted a few songs from “Chandni Chowk” (1954). Roshan was the music director whereas Majrooh Sultanpuri had written those songs.
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Chaand sa mukhdaa kyun sharmaaya
Posted on: May 26, 2009
I was not aware that Sunil Dutt and Madhubala had ever worked together. Now I have come to realise that the two worked together in “Insaan Jaag Uthaa (1959).
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I thought I had already posted this song. It is only when I checked up that I realised that I had posted two other songs from this movie, but not this one.
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TV serial makers these days tend to take the title of some old movie and use it as the title of their serials. “Saas bhi kabhi bahu thi”, for instance, was a movie of the same name in 1970. Similarly, “Hare kaanch ki choodiyaan” was a movie of 1967.
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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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