Posts Tagged ‘Shamshad Begam’
Udan khatole pe ud jaaun
Posted on: September 5, 2010
In Hindi movies, Kids are supposed to be a straight line extention of grown ups, so they are shown behaving like grown ups. Lead actors who are shown in love with each other in their grown up age are shown to be in love with each other even in their childhood in case their childhood is depicted in the movie.
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Ae kaale baadal bol
Posted on: August 20, 2010
Here is a “Jhoola” song from an old and largely forgotten movie called “Dahej” (1950).
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Gham ka fasaanaa kisko sunaayen
Posted on: August 13, 2010
“Mela” (1948) was a movie starring very young Nargis and Dilip Kumar in lead roles.
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Thanks to the farmaish by my readers, I have realised that “Mastaana” (1954) has some nice songs in it. When I listened to this song from “Mastaana” (1954), I realised that I had hit a goldmine.
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Taana der na taani tum
Posted on: August 8, 2010
“Pyaar Ka Saagar” (1961) was a Filrays Production. It was directed by Devendra Goel. The movie had Rajendra Kumar, Meena Kumari, Madan Puri, O. P. Ralhan, Leela Misra, Jagdish Raaj, Moha Choti, S. K. Prem etc in it.
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Jaise ko taisaa nahle pe dahlaa
Posted on: July 2, 2010
If Nargis was “Mother India”, then who was “Miss India” ? This is my favourite quiz to movie lovers. And incidentally both these movies were released in the same year viz 1957.
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Halla gulla lailla halla gulla
Posted on: June 2, 2010
“Dholak” (1950) was a movie that is not remembered much, but I have discovered that this movie was one of the biggest musical blockbuster movies of all times.
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It is my belief that Roshan should be called the king of filmi qawwalis the way Madan Mohan is described as the king of Ghazals. Many of the qawwaalis that Roshan has created in movies have gone on to become immortal.
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I have posted a few songs from “Shrimatiji” (1952). The music of this song sounds far far ahead of its time. This movie had songs of several genres that were non-existent/ un heard of those days.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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