Posts Tagged ‘Shankar Jaikishan’
Jaa jaa jaa re jaa re jaa
Posted on: July 23, 2009
“Naya Ghar” (1953) is a very obscure movie by now. I came to know about the existence of this movie while I was searching about the movies of an equally obscure actor.
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“Aah” (1953), not to be confused with “Aag”( 1948) had some lovely songs composed by Shankar Jaikishan, which were equally nicely picturised.
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Jaane na nazar pahchaane jigar
Posted on: July 21, 2009
A boy and a girl, strangers to each other, who get wet in the rain, and are forced to stay the night together- this stuff leads to great romantic possibilities in Bollywood movies. It also leads to the possibilities of songs.
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Here is a lovely song from “Kaali Ghataa” (1951).
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Ham kathputle kaath ke
Posted on: July 20, 2009
I have posted a few songs from “Shikast” (1953) in the past. This movie had Dilip Kumar and Nalini Jaiwant in lead roles.
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I have posted a few songs from “Shikast”(1953) already. This movie had Dilip Kumar and Nalini Jaiwant in lead roles.
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Aa ab laut chalen
Posted on: July 18, 2009
I have seen the movie “Jis Desh me Ganga bahti hai”(1960) but I was not paying attention and as such I do not remember much about this movie. So I had no information about the background of this song from this movie. Now I am told that this movie was about the dacoits of Chambal valley laying their arms and joining the mainstream of society. This song in fact exhorts them to come back to the society.
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Sataa le ae jahaan
Posted on: July 17, 2009
Mukesh singing for Rajendra Kumar is not as common as Rafi singing for him. However, “Sasural” was one movie where Mukesh had given playback for Rajendra Kumar.
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“Suraj” (1966) starring Rajendra Kumar and Vyjyantimala was the biggest music blockbuster of the year. I have posted a few songs from this movie already.
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Tin kanastar peet peet kar
Posted on: July 13, 2009
This was not a song that was created with the aim of becoming an all time classic, nor did it become one. It was a light hearted song, which was Shankar Jaikishan’s way of taking a dig at the fad of copying Western music and using them in Bollywood movies.
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