Posted by: squarecutatul in: ● December 30, 2009
If news channels decide to work Bollywood style where every news would be presented in the form of a song, then which song would be sung for weather news ?
Posted by: squarecutatul in: ● November 29, 2009
Ring tones has become a big business after the advent of mobile phones. In India, ring tones of movie songs are very popular. Though many people have new songs as their ringtones, some people like old songs as their ring tones as well.
Posted by: squarecutatul in: ● November 22, 2009
This song was one of the earliest songs that left an indelible mark in my tender mind. I could identify the voice of Rafi even those days, but the concept of lyricists and music directors was not yet known to me at that time.
Posted by: squarecutatul in: ● November 11, 2009
Legend has it that Salil Chaudhari, the leading music director of 1950s refused to take Kishore Kumar seriously on finding out that Kishore Kumar was untrained in classical music. But when he listened to Kishore Kumar’s voice, Salil Chaudhari changed his opinion and agreed to use Kishore Kumar’s voice in his forthcoming movie called “Naukri”, [...]
Posted by: squarecutatul in: ● November 7, 2009
Wow ! This was a song that I liked very much those days, before I forgot all about it since the song stopped playing on radio and loudspeakers. And now I have listened to this song once again after some 35 years.
Posted by: squarecutatul in: ● November 6, 2009
“Albela” was a definitive movie in Bollywood history. Bhagwan, then a C grade movie producer, took a big risk in producing this movie which was a big step forward for him. He took a big financial risk in producing this movie, and his gamble paid off. It is another matter that he failed to replicate [...]
Posted by: squarecutatul in: ● November 5, 2009
These days, movie makers spend huge amounts trying to promote their movies, and still there is no guarantee that their promotions have any effect at the box office. All the songs and dances shown in these promos are often ineffective.
Posted by: squarecutatul in: ● October 21, 2009
Here is a Mukesh song with a difference. Yes, it is not a sad song. It is a happy song. This song is from a by now forgotten movie called “Naadaan” (1971) and it was picturised on Navin Nischol. This song was reasonably popular at that time. But as I have repeatedly mentioned, 1971 was [...]
Posted by: squarecutatul in: ● October 20, 2009
“Apna Desh” was a movie that appealed to majority of movie goers. It had almost every thing that the movie going janta wanted. In those days, movie going public were undergoing a change of taste. Movies where hero sang sad songs and got bashed by the villains were proving unpopular. People wanted the heroes of [...]
Posted by: squarecutatul in: ● October 16, 2009
This movie “Manzil” was one of the unsuccessful movies of Amitabh Bachchan, but this one song from this movie, viz “Rimjhim gire saawan” has become the stuff of legends already. It is one of the first songs that comes to mind when one thinks of rain songs.