Posts Tagged ‘Zeenat Aman’
“Laawaaris” (1981) received a poor rating in the Hindi weekly magazine (Saaptaahik Hindustan) that I used to read those days. The movie reviewer (Ishwar Singh Bais) opined that the best scene in the movie was the scene where “The End” appeared on the screen.
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These days, we talk of Bollywood movie songs not being what they were in the past. For great songs, we cite the songs of 1960s and 1970s.
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It is not always that one is aware of the details of the songs that one hears. Often one is just aware of the song and that is all.
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It is generally felt that longevity of a song is assured only if the song is serious in nature.
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Here is a song from “Chori Mera Kaam” (1975). I have listened to this song many a times and even enjoyed it as a light hearted song, but all this while I was not aware about the movie this song was from.
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Bachke rahna re baba
Posted on: May 19, 2009
When one talks of “Pukaar”, one means Sohrab Modi’s historical movie of 1939. But another movie of this name was released in 1983 which had Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman and Randhir Kapoor in lead roles.
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Do lafzon ki hai dil ki kahaani
Posted on: March 20, 2009
“The Great Gambler” was an Amitabh Bachchan movie that was pronounced a damp squib when it was released in 1979. That came as a surprise to me because I found it a more watchable movie than many of the supposedly successful Amitabh Bachchan movies like “Muqaddar Ka Sikandar”, “Suhaag” etc.
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Main na bhooloonga
Posted on: March 3, 2009
Here is a song from “Roti Kapda Aur Makaan” that touched the heart strings of the public. This movie became the biggest hit of the year 1974 and many songs of this movie became quite popular.
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During 1970s, when I would try to tune radio Ceylon on wednesday night between 8 PM to 9 PM, tuning to the desired station was not as easy as it is for TV stations. There were so many radio stations on the same 25 metre band and getting a clear reception of Radio Ceylon, while avoiding voices of Voice of America, BBC etc was quite an art.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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