Posts Tagged ‘Vasant Desai’
Nirbal se ladaayi balwaan ki
Posted on: December 3, 2010
The movie “Toofaan Aur Diyaa” (1956) opens with this song as the credits roll on the screen. This song, in addition to being the movie opening song and the theme song, has to be one of the most inspirational songs of all time.
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Jo tum todo piyaa
Posted on: October 5, 2010
In case of most Hindi songs, lyrics of the song are written by the lyricist hired for this specific purpose. But there are occasions when the lyrics are already available and they are written by persons who lived much before Hindi movies came into existence.
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Mere ae dil bataa
Posted on: October 4, 2010
I just realised that I have discussed only one song from “Jhanak Jhanak Paayal Baaje” (1955) in this blog. This movie has several amazing songs in it.
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Ae maalik tere bande ham
Posted on: October 2, 2010
Here is a song that has gone on to become an iconic song. People know about this song, even though many people may not be aware of the details of this song.
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Piyaa te kahaan gayo
Posted on: September 30, 2010
This song from “Toofaan Aur Diyaa” (1956) was a very old farmaish. When I looked at the lyrics “Piyaa te kahaan”, I thought it was a typo. But when I listened to this song , I realised that the lyrics are in fact what I read.
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Ae kaale baadal bol
Posted on: August 20, 2010
Here is a “Jhoola” song from an old and largely forgotten movie called “Dahej” (1950).
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Dil ham to haare tum kaho pyaare
Posted on: August 16, 2010
While looking for songs, recently I stumbled upon this song from “Ardhaangini” (1959). And as often happens with me, I sat up and took notice. How come this song is not better known. This is a gem of a song really.
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Like in any other fields of activities, momentum matters a lot in a blog like this where regular posting of songs is a given. When I am cruising at a rate of six-seven songs in a day, it looks all to simple and comfortable. But often I hit a roadblock, and I find this momentum lost and then the energy needed to get back to the earlier pace takes some doing.
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Apne sainyya se nainaa ladaaibe
Posted on: May 12, 2010
For many movie watchers, Meena Kumari and Raj Kumar epitomise tragedy roles. And if they are there together in a movie, then one may be justified in fearing the worst, viz ‘Kaajal” (1965). But fortunately, they did not start their careers with such roles, and they can be seen playing happier roles even together. “Ardhaangini” (1958) is one such movie where they were together playing happier roles.
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Ambuaa ki daari pe bole re koyaliyaa
Posted on: May 3, 2010
“Dahej”(1950) is a movie about whose existence I became aware after the farmaishes of an oldtimer reader (Dr Vyas) of this blog. And I am glad that I became aware of this movie. What wonderful songs this movie has !
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