Posts Tagged ‘Suman Kalyanpur’
I have mentioned in the past that Ganesh was an outstanding music director who unfortunately did not get his due from the Bollywood industry that he so richly deserved.
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Haal e dil unko sunaanaa thaa
Posted on: June 26, 2009
As obscure movies go, this has to be among the more obscure ones. The movie is called “Fariyaad”(1964) and it had unknown names like Ashok, Zeb Rahman, Shabaani, Gyaani etc. I do not think too many people would have watched this movie or would even be aware of this movie even when it was released.
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When I first heard this song, this song reminded me of the song “lag jaa gale ke phir ye haseen raat ho na ho” from “woh kaun thi”.
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Jo hampe guzarti hai
Posted on: June 14, 2009
Suman Kalyanpur had a voice that sounded very similar to Lata, and that hurt her career. But having listened to lots of songs sung by Suman Kalyanpur, now I feel that I have become somewhat able to distinguish her voice from Lata’s voice.
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“Paaras” (1971) was a movie starring Sanjeev Kumar and Rakhi. This movie may have been forgotten, along with its songs. But one just needs to listen to the songs of this movie to realise what fine songs this movie had.
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One two three four
Posted on: April 20, 2009
Though most Bollywood songs in 1950s were based on desi music ( classical and folk music), western music were also being introduced those days. C Ramchandra was one of the main pioneers who introduced western music in Bollywood. Another such pioneer was N Dutta.
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Nashe mein ham nashe mein tum
Posted on: April 18, 2009
When someone talks about “Black Cat”, one thinks of the well armed special protection group commandoes who protect VVIPs of India. But long ago in more laidback days, black cat only meant what it literally means, viz ‘kaali billi”, the small domesticated cat which, if it crossed your way, was considered inauspicious (for you, not for the cat itself).
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Man gaaye wo taraana
Posted on: April 17, 2009
Listening to this song prima facie reminds one of the tune of the song “Rangeela re” (“Prem Pujaari”), but as one begins to listen further to this song, this song sounds nice on its own merit.
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Kabhi aaj kabhi kal kabhi parson
Posted on: April 6, 2009
We have read a lot about how Suman Kalyanpur had a voice very similar to Lata and that affected her career big time.
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Taaron ki thandi chaiyyaan
Posted on: April 1, 2009
As is usual with me, I have been discovering many forgotten gems almost on a daily basis as far as bollywood songs are concerned.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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