Posts Tagged ‘Tanuja’
Jawaan muhabbat haseen aankhon mein
Posted on: June 21, 2012
Though “Hamaari Yaad Aayegi” (1961) is today mainly remembered for its iconic title song sung by Mubarak Begam, the other songs from this movie are arguably in the same league, even if they became oivershadowed by the Mubarak Begam song.
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Sochta hoon ye kyaa kiyaa maine
Posted on: June 20, 2012
“Hamaari Yaad Aayegi” (1961) was produced and directed by Kidar Sharma as a launch vehicle for his son Ashok Sharma who was paired opposite Tanuja in this movie.
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Bandhan toote na sanwariya
Posted on: November 8, 2011
“Mom Ki Gudiya” (1973) is a movie that was produced and directed by Mohan Kumar. The movie had Tanuja, Ratan Chopra, Jeevan, Helen, Tuntun, Premnath, Nazeer Hussain, Paaro, Brahmchari, Raj Mehra, Meena T, Brahma Bhardwaj, Rashid Khan etc in it.
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Mehmood had given R D Burman his first break as an independent music director in “Chhote Nawaab” (1962). Ironically, R D Burman was unable to get any other assignment as an independent music director after that. He continued to work as an assistant to his father. Others may not have cared to look at R D Burman, but Mehmood once again reposed his faith on R D Burman as the music director for his movie called “Bhoot Bangla” (1965). Not just that, he gave R D Burman an important acting role too in this movie !
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Like any young pre teen kid growing up in late 1960s and early 1970s, I was learning new things every day. I would listen to songs blaring from loudspeakers and from radios. It was one fine evening in 1960s that I heard a song coming out from the radio. I had never heard this song before, and I loved the song instantly and unconditionally, as kids tend to do.
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Dil mein ek jaane tamanna ne
Posted on: July 31, 2011
On the occasion of Rafi’s death anniversary, today we are offering our tribute to him by discussing a few songs sung by him. Today we will discuss some of those gems that are not yet covered in this blog. and some of these songs are not all that well known. in fact, some of the songs to be discussed will be unknown for most music lovers.
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During the golden era of Hindi movie music (circa 1950-1980), things were quite simple and rudimentary in most fields. Hindi movie songs tended to become popular only if the movie did better, and the movies did better only if they followed certain set formulaes. Movies that tended to deviate from the standard formulae tended to fail and as a result, the songs of such movies too would suffer.
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Kaali palak teri gori
Posted on: September 30, 2010
People these days lament about the degradation in the quality of Hindi movie music today. And as example of exemplary music, the cite the eras of 1950s to 1970s. But I tell you, when I was growing up in that era,then I felt exactly the same way- that 1970s had seen a degradation in the quality of songs vis a vis songs of late 1960s.
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Aaya re khilaune waalaa
Posted on: August 30, 2010
I have not watched this movie called “Bachpan” (1970) but I recently stumbled upon this song from the movie. This song “aaya re khilaune waala” appears in the movie several times (at least four times) including at the end of the movie.
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