Posts Tagged ‘Shiv Hari’
Shaharyar, who died on 13th february 2012 wrote lyrics in only half a dozen movies, but his output as a movie lyricist was of a high calibre, as befitting a Jnanpeeth award winner, the highest literary award in India.
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Ang se ang lagaanaa sajan
Posted on: March 20, 2011
I have discussed nearly twenty Holi songs in this blog during the three Holis that this blog has seen so far. That covers almost all the well known Holi songs and also a few songs that are not all that well known.
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Tu mere saamne main tere saamne
Posted on: May 14, 2009
For those interested in cricket in general and IPL in particular, Shahrukh Khan and Juhi Chawla are the owners of the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team. They came together in 2008 to buy this floundering team.
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“Chaandni” (1989) was a movie full of classy songs. And that was no mean achievement at a time when the quality of music in Bollywood movie music had hit rock bottom.
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“Chaandni” was like a welcome musical oasis among the desert of plagiarised disco music in 1980s. And the fact that the music directors of this movie, shiv Hari had worked with legendary music directors of the golden era of Bollywood music certainly helped.
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The golden era of Bollywood movie songs was supposed to have ended circa 1980 when lyrics took the backseat and music became synonymous with plagiarised disco beats. Most songs of 1980s had trouble maintaining their popularity for more than a few weeks. Creation of all time great timeless classics became a thing of the past in 1980s.
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Morni baagaan maa
Posted on: March 20, 2009
Here is a song from a relatively newer movie by the standards of this blog. The movie is “Lamhe” (1991).
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Rang barse bheege chunar
Posted on: March 10, 2009
“Silsila” was based on the real life story of Amitabh Bachchan , Jaya Bhaduri and Rekha. To this day, wonder how all three of them agreed to wash their dirty linens in public in this movie.
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This movie was “Darr”, a Yash Chopra movie, where the upcoming hero Sharrukh Khan played a negative role and stole the thunder.
And it was this song that defines his character in this movie, that of a psycho who is obsessed about possessing the girl of his dream, who is already married to someone else.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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