Posts Tagged ‘Shamshad Begum’
Adaa se jhoomte huye
Posted on: March 26, 2009
Chitragupta Srivastava, better known as Chitragupta, made his debut as a music director in 1946. He had to wait for 6 years to deliver his first hit song.
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Kisi ke dil mein rahna thha
Posted on: March 24, 2009
Here is a lovely song from “Baabul” (1950). It is sung by Shamshad Begum and Lata. The song was written by Shakeel Badayuni and Naushad was the music director.
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Here is a song that I heard many a times in Radio Ceylon in the morning between 7-30 AM to 8 AM. And as happened with me most of the time, all I knew about the song was the name of the singers, that is all.
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Holi aayi re Kanhaai Holi aayi re
Posted on: March 10, 2009
Bollywood movies have contributed some memorable Holi songs that have become must play songs during Holi years after years.
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Meri neendon me tum
Posted on: February 27, 2009
There are actors who are known for playing happy go lucky roles and there are actresses who are known for playing melancholic roles. How to make these actresses play cheerful roles ? simple, make them act in the same movies in which the cheerful happy go lucky actor is also acting.
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I have been listening to this song for over three decades and all these days I was under the impression that it must be a song sung in a mela by two females. Yesterday I watched the picturisation of this song for the first time. Wow ! What picturisation !
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While researching Shammi Kapoor’s songs, I was interested to find out who, apart from Rafi, had given playback singing for Shammi Kapoor. I came across a few songs sung by Manna Dey and Mukesh. May be I may find songs sung by a few more male playback singers.
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These days telephones are taken for granted and calling anywhere to anywhere in the world is no big deal.
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“Aar Paar” was one movie that launched O P Nayyar as a music director and he ruled the roost as a music director for the next few years, during which he introduced new kind of music than what was being composed till then.
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