Posts Tagged ‘Vyjyanti Mala’
Tu naa aaya aur hone lagi shaam re
Posted on: May 5, 2009
Many of the songs in Bollywood movies are based on folk music. This particular song was based on a folk song from the village of the grandmother of Lata. And in fact Lata herself suggested to C Ramchandra to use this folk music.
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I have begun to post songs from “Madhumati” (1958) these days. Here is the second song from this movie.
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Dhoondho dhoondho re saajna
Posted on: April 22, 2009
This song “dhoondho dhoondho re saajna” was on my list of farmaishes for quite some time. I have no idea whether the hero actually searches for the “baala” that the heroine asks him to do in the song, but I was certainly searching for this “gaana”. And finally I managed to locate it yesterday.
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Tere dwaar khadaa ik jogi
Posted on: April 12, 2009
This song from “Nagin” (1954) must be one of the most hummable songs. All these days, I thought that it was a devotional song.
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Chhod de patang meri chhod de
Posted on: April 11, 2009
Though it is the music director who gets most of the credit for a song, it is the assistant music director/ music arranger who does the actual legwork, and should get the real credit.
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Sainya dil mein aana re
Posted on: April 8, 2009
I have heard this song many a times without being aware of its details except the name of the singer.
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Bach ke jaane na doongi dildaar
Posted on: April 7, 2009
Shammi Kapoor’s era lasted for the entire 1960s and “Prince” could well be called his last successful movie. His two subsequent movies as a hero (“Pagla Kahin Ka” and “Jawaan Mohabbat” did not do well).
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Titli udi ud jo chali
Posted on: April 7, 2009
“Suraj”(1966) was the biggest musical blockbuster of the year and its song “bahaaron” phool barsaao” went on to become the most popular song of the year in Binaca geetmala finals.
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Dil pukaare aare aare
Posted on: April 4, 2009
“Jewel Thief” (1967) was a movie featuring Dev Anand and Vyjyanti Mala.
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“Nai Dilli” (1956) was a movie starring Kishore Kumar and Vyjyanti Mala. This movie to my mind was a landmark movie in my mind because one could see the New Delhi of that time and amuse oneself by comparing that with the present day New Delhi. Many present day landmarks of New Delhi were non existent or looked very different those days.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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