Posts Tagged ‘Usha Khanna’
O mere dilbar jaaneman jaaneman
Posted on: June 12, 2009
This song is a rare song in more ways than one. First of all, this song from “Haay Mera Dil” (1968) is rare in the sense that I was neither aware of this movie nor of this song till recently. And secondly, this song is rare in the sense that this song is picturised on Kishore Kumar but the voice that sings the song is some other singer- Manna Dey in this case.
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Maine tujh se kiyaa hai pyaar
Posted on: June 3, 2009
I have posted quite a few tonga songs, in which a horse driven tonga is moving along carrying the hero and heroine. And a song commences.
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Halka halka sa rang ghulaabi saa
Posted on: June 2, 2009
There are many great songs that end up being forgotten after its initial run. In may cases, these songs fail to eve take off.
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Ruk jaa o albeli zaraa ruk jaa
Posted on: June 1, 2009
There are many songs that sound so nice once you listen to them. But all that effect is lost when one watches the picturisation, since the picturisation shows lack of imagination as well as lack of ability on the part of the movie makers. As a result, the movie, as well as the song is consigned to the dustbin of history.
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This song is as rare as a hen’s teeth, I suppose. And it is rare is many ways than one.
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As melancholic songs go, this song must be a strong title contender. “ham tum se juda hoke mar jaayenge ro ro ke” is such a well known song that it needs no introduction.
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Here is another interesting song that I stumbled upon today.
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Raat nikhri huyi zulf bikhri huyi
Posted on: May 19, 2009
When we watch old Bollywood movies , we tend to have stereotypical images of certain characters of these movies. For example, we tend to think that villains and dancers were supposed to have no lives and no feelings unlike the heroes and heroines of the movies.
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Jhoomta saawan dekho aaya
Posted on: April 19, 2009
While looking for forgotten gems, look what I have discovered. This Rafi song is from a forgotten movie called “Do Khilaadi” (1976). Gauhar Kanupri is the lyricist and Usha Khanna has composed the music.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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