Posts Tagged ‘Vasant Desai’
Dil ka khilauna haaye toot gaya
Posted on: November 27, 2008
The movie “Goonj Uthi Shehnaai” has so many evergreen songs that one loses count. I have posted one of them in my blog so far, and there remains another half a dozen or so songs from this movie that deserve to be posted.
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Ankhiyan bhool gayin hain sona
Posted on: November 26, 2008
Bollywood songs typically follow a few set patterns when it comes to their picturisation. Songs that are sung by the lead pair tend to be picturised with them running round trees ( I am told) and later running around open spaces ( presumably as a result of deforestation leading to absence of trees to run around).
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Aayi hai deewali
Posted on: October 27, 2008
I am surprised to note that there are very few Deewali songs in Bollywood movies unlike say Holi or Raakhi songs. One needs to go back many decades to look for deewali songs in Bollywood movies .
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Nain so nain nahin milaao
Posted on: September 12, 2008
“Jhanak Jhanak Paayal Baaje” was a musical blockbuster of its time. This movie had many songs that broke new ground in the history of Bollywood filmy music.
One of the memorable songs from this movie was this duet sung by Lata and Hemant Kumar. And just notice the lyrics. Hasrat Jaipuri, considered a shayar, has written this song where you cannot find any trace of urdu shayari. The words are written in simple semi rural dialect of Hindi spoken in UP.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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