Posted by: squarecutatul in: ● January 20, 2010
“Basant Bahar” is a movie that was based on the subject of music itself, like “Baiju Baawra” before it. As can be expected, such movies were full of songs. And all these songs have easily become immortal. There are so many such songs in each of these movies hat one is just amazed. And one [...]
Posted by: squarecutatul in: ● November 13, 2009
Here is this song “naache man mora magan” from “Meri Soorat Teri Aankhen”. I have listened to this song in past, but never fully or with rapt attention. But this time, when I listened to this song as a preparation for including it in the blog, I really was made to sit up and take [...]
Posted by: squarecutatul in: ● November 12, 2009
This is supposed to be a comedy song sung by a lesser actor in the movie, and comedy is sought to be introduced by singing a semi classical song.
Posted by: squarecutatul in: ● November 11, 2009
Manna Dey was an outsider as far as singing mainstream songs were concerned. Unlike other singers, he was reduced to singing unusual songs viz songs for lesser characters in the movie, viz comedian etc. Difficult songs, unlikely to get popular with lay public viz semi classical songs were also given to him to sing. In [...]
Posted by: squarecutatul in: ● November 7, 2009
I have posted one song from “Dil Hi to hai”. That song viz “Tum agar mujhko na chaho to koi baat nahin” was sung by Mukesh and it is a very well known Mukesh song. This movie also had another memorable song picturised on Raj kapoor. This time the singer was not Mukesh, but Manna [...]
Posted by: squarecutatul in: ● October 12, 2009
Guide had some awesome songs. Not only did they become very popular among public, even creators of bollywood music ( singers, lyricists, music directors) voted Guide as the biggest musical blockbuster bollywood movie, with as many as 3 songs of this movie being adjusted among the top 20 songs of all time. ( Source – [...]
Posted by: squarecutatul in: ● October 12, 2009
“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 [...]
Posted by: squarecutatul in: ● October 12, 2009
Public have their own rankings for songs, but what about the elite, those who create such songs ? How do they rank songs and which are the songs that they rate the best ? A couple of years ago, an Indian magazine ( Outlook ) had taken a poll of people associated with Bollywood music [...]
Posted by: squarecutatul in: ● October 9, 2009
Here is a song that is barely known to people like me who actually lived through the era when this movie was released. The reason why this song is unknown are many, for one, this movie, “Talassh” had the misfortune of being released simultaneously with Aradhana. The songs of Talaash, though great in their own [...]