Posts Tagged ‘Shakeel Badayuni’
Khudaa nigehbaan ho tumhaaraa
Posted on: April 15, 2010
“Mughal e Azam” (1960) was a mega block buster in all respects, be it the movie, or its music. There were several songs in this movie and almost all of them have gone on to become evergreen iconic songs.
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Muqaddar aajmaanaa chaahtaa hoon
Posted on: April 14, 2010
I have heard the “better known” songs from “Door Ki Aawaaz” (1964) but that is not saying much, since this movie apparently had many more great songs than what met my eyes (and ears) till now. I see that Raja had given me a farmaish for two songs from this movie that I had never herad before.
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“Udan Khatola” (1955) is a movie that had some nice songs in it. As many as three songs from this movie had figured in the list of top 16 songs of the year 1955 in the Binaca geetmala annual list of 1955.
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Jab dil se dil takraataa hai
Posted on: April 4, 2010
In movies, only the young and beautiful (read hero and heroine) are seen romancing, which to my mind is not fair. even old and ugly people also have the right to romance. So I always rejoice when villains, comedians and bit actors are shown romancing in movie songs.
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Ye duniya ke mele magar ham akele
Posted on: April 4, 2010
One interesting genre of Bollywood songs is the one kind where the leading man/ leading lady reach the villain’s hideout and keep him amused by singing and dancing. The villains must be severely entertainment starved, seeing how eager they are in watching the song and dance performance. and this allows the colleagues of the dancing persons to enter the den unnoticed. 😉
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Beech bhanwar mein aan phansi hai
Posted on: April 1, 2010
I have posted a few songs from “Dard” (1947) in the past, including the iconic “afsaana likh rahi hoon” from this movie.
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Shammi Kapoor made his Bollywood debut in 1953. One of his movies that were released that year was “Rail Ka Dibba” (1953). Here where Shammi Kapoor was paired opposite Madhubala.
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Khelo rang hamaare sang
Posted on: March 1, 2010
Today is Holi and it is just the right occasion for me to post “Holi” festival songs. Last year I posted most well known Holi songs. But there are still a few nice Holi songs that still remain to be posted.
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Tere husn ki kyaa taareef karoon
Posted on: January 5, 2010
I am aware of this song, and I am aware of the movie “Leader” (1964) as well, but I did not know till yesterday that this song was from “Leader” (1964).
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Muhabbat choome jinke haath
Posted on: January 5, 2010
I have posted a few songs from “Aan” (1952), but I was not aware about the existence of this song. This song is sung by Rafi and Shamshad Begam.
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