Posts Tagged ‘Singer-MD’
Kadam kadam badhaaye jaa
Posted on: August 15, 2010
Of all the national leaders who fought for Indian independence, the name of Subhash Chandra Bose is taken with great respect by many Indians.
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There are several patriotic songs in Hindi movies. Most of these songs were created after independence, when India had already acquired independence. Creating patriotic songs in an independent nation is easy, but just imagine the case when India was not yet an independent nation.
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Dil mere ud jaa
Posted on: July 18, 2010
I have never heard of a movie called “Roshni” (1949). But that did not prevent me from stumbling upon a song from this movie.
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Bholi soorat dil ke khote
Posted on: July 12, 2010
It was in late 1940s and early 1950s that Indian movie music was discovering new sources of inspirations for its songs, apart from classical music. These new sources of inspiration being Indian folk music and western music.
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Tu hi bataa de mujhko ae dil
Posted on: June 25, 2010
Kasturi (1954) is a forgotten movie by now. This movie had actors like Sajjan, Nimmi, Bipin Gupta and even Helen.
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Hamen maar chalaa ye khayaal ye gham
Posted on: June 7, 2010
I have posted many songs composed by Anil Biswas in this blog. These songs were sung by well known singers. Here is a song where one can listen to his voice as well.
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“Khidki”(1948) is a movie starring Rehana and Jawahar Kaul. The songs of this movie are of great historical importance because all the singers who would soon become all time legends sang in this movie.
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Raah bani khud manzil
Posted on: April 28, 2010
I have posted three songs from “Kohraa” (1964). Each of these songs are immortal songs that one can listen to any number of times.
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Love songs in Bollywood movies have often used “Chaand” to good effect. In such songs, “Chaand” symbolised beauty, what with female face being compared with “Chaand” (moon) and chaandni (moonlight) being used as a romantic backdrop for some memorable songs.
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I have been posting the songs of “Sargam” (1950) here these days. It is while posting these songs that I am discovering these songs for the first time. What wonderful songs these are ! And I am also surprised at the number of such songs. There are at least a dozen such songs, and all of them just mind boggling. And it is just as mind boggling to realise that this movie has been forgotten today.
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