Posts Tagged ‘Shankar Jaikishan’
In Bollywood, actors tend to be typecast, and most people tend to have a preconceived notions about the roles played by various actors.
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I am aware of at least two movies by the name “Seema”. One was released in 1955 and another was in 1971. Curiously, both these movies had music by Shankar Jaikishan.
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Dil achcha hai achchi hai soorat
Posted on: October 27, 2009
I have not watched the movie “Tum Haseen Main Jawaan” (1970) but going by the songs of this movie, I think this movie was one whose story was quite over the top.
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Paan khaaye sainyaa hamaaro
Posted on: October 25, 2009
I notice that I have posted only one song from “Teesri Kasam” (1966) so far. This movie is a goldmine of songs that have gone on to become classics.
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Just how many nice songs did a typical Bollywood movie use to have in olden days ? I have already posted three songs from “Dil Apna Aur Preet Paraayi” (1960) and it turns out that a few great songs from this movie are still left to be covered.
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Ye aankhen uff yumma
Posted on: October 12, 2009
The movie “Jab pyaar kisi se hota hai” (1961) had music by Shankar Jaikishan, lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri, songs by Rafi and Lata, the lead actress was Asha Parekh. All that this movie needed was Shammi Kapoor.
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“Ek Dil Sau Afsaane” (1963) was a movie starring Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman. It had the usual musical team of Raj Kapoor.
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“Pyaar Mohabbat” (1966) was a movie starring Dev Anand, Saira Bano, Premnath, Shashikala and others.
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Ye albeli pyaar ki raahein
Posted on: September 22, 2009
“Dharti” (1970) was one of the last movies in which both Rajendra Kumar and Waheeda Rehman were seen in lead roles. By this time both had begun to show their ages and were soon upstaged by younger and fresher faces.
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In late 1940s and early 1950s, actors were shown seated at the piano and singing a song. Now singing a song and playing a piano simultaneously is a superhuman job, but Bollywood actors would be shown doing that routinely.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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