Posts Tagged ‘Shakeel Badayuni’
Here is yet another Piano cum Party song that was almost a must in Bollywood movies of 1960s. The hero typically would sing a song seated on a piano kept near a big staircase. The big hall would be full of the invitees to the party. Except the main characters, others would be under strict orders not to make any movements.
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Man ki been matwaari baaje
Posted on: February 11, 2009
When I watched this song, the first thing that occured to me was that this scene, if not the entire movie, was definitely inspired from the Sanskrit novel called “Rajtarangini” written by the famous Sanskrit scholar Bilhan. In that story, a music tutor is employed to teach music to the princess of a state. Afraid that the two may feel attracted to each other if they come face to face, the two are separated from each other by a curtain. The princess is told that the music tutor is ugly and the music totor is told that the princess is blind.
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“Udan Khatola” had some fantastic songs composed by Naushad which are popular even today.
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Manmohan man mein ho tumhi
Posted on: February 6, 2009
This movie called “Kaise Kahoon” (1964) is quite unknown to most people. But the music of this movie is quite remarkable . Music director of this movie was S D Burman and he teamed up with lyricist Shakeel Badayuni in this movie.
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More sainyaa ji utrenge paar
Posted on: February 1, 2009
This song from “Udan Khatola” should have been an “udan Khatola” song, but I find that it is just a “boat” song. The boatwoman ( who is she ?) is required to carry Dilip Kumar and Nimmi to the other bank of the river and she states that her song should enable the duo reach there safely.
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Mili khaaq mein muhabbat
Posted on: January 28, 2009
It is difficult to believe it now, but both Guru Dutt and Meena Kumari actually used to play happy roles when they began their acting careers. It was sometime in late 1950s that both began to act in sad roles and they both got typecast into such roles so much that their past roles were soon forgotten.
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Rafi has sung songs of many genres. When it came to drunkard songs, he began to sing such songs in 1960s. Most of these drunk songs tended to be sung for Raj Kumar,but he sang such songs for other actors too.
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Husn waale tera jawaab nahin
Posted on: January 6, 2009
Rajendra Kumar, also known as Jubilee Kumar was the most successful male star in 1960s and Rafi was the most successful male playback singer.
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Ham bhi agar bachche hote
Posted on: January 4, 2009
Here is a song that is a perenniel favourite of kids and grown ups both. The song is very well known but few people can tell which movie this song was from. Even I keep forgetting, but it is good that my farmaish senders make my task easier by mentioning the name of the movie with their farmaishes.
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If one wants to watch a more genteel version of teasing songs than Shammi Kapoor vintage, then one need not go to songs that were sung twenty years earlier. One can go and listen to songs from a contemporary movie called “twenty years later” viz “bees saal baad”.
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