Posted by: squarecutatul on: December 31, 2008
I have mentioned it earlier that “Mera Saaya” was full of outstanding Lata-Madan Mohan songs that have gone on to become immortal evergreen songs. But pray which of “Mera Saaya” songs became the most popular those days? It was none of these Lata songs, or even the Rafi one.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: December 31, 2008
This outstanding song “tum bin jaaun kahan” appears twice in the movie. This song was sung by Rafi for Shashi Kapoor and Kishore Kumar for a lesser character. Lyricist was Majrooh and R D Burman had composed the music.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: December 31, 2008
In my younger days, when one talked about movies like “Adalat”, “Parvarish” etc, I was reminded about movies of 1970s with these names and featuring Amitabh Bachchan, and the movies of 1958 with the same names were boring in my view.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: December 31, 2008
If one wants to watch a more genteel version of teasing songs than Shammi Kapoor vintage, then one need not go to songs that were sung twenty years earlier. One can go and listen to songs from a contemporary movie called “twenty years later” viz “bees saal baad”.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: December 31, 2008
Jeetendra has been picturised in Bollywood movies while riding all kinds of vehicles from bullock carts to trains,and from buses and trucks. In one movie,Jeetendra was even shown riding an elephant.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: December 30, 2008
During the peak of his career, Shammi Kapoor songs were sung by Rafi and picturised on Kashmir, Shimla etc.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: December 30, 2008
There are many songs in which hero teases the lady in Bollywood movies. The degree of teasing depends on the hero as well as on the singer. With heroes like Dharmendra, Shammi Kapoor singing in the voices of Kishore Kumar or Rafi, you can expect teasing of a vigorous nature, where the hero would shake [...]
Posted by: squarecutatul on: December 30, 2008
Meena Kumari is typecast in many people’s mind as a tragedy queen, but there were days when she used to play happy bubbly roles. For instance, I have watched her in “Miss Mary” and how cute and pretty she looks in that movie playing a normal female possessing a sense of humour. How dearly I [...]
Posted by: squarecutatul on: December 30, 2008
From the name, the movie “Raajhath” appears a historical/ mythological fare. The movie had Pradeep Kumar and Madhubala in lead roles.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: December 30, 2008
I have watched the movie “Miss Mary” and I loved the movie. In fact, I liked its songs as well. The situation under which ths song is sung is quite a romantic situation. Gemini Ganeshan and Meena Kumari are posing as a married couple for the sake of their job,and their employer,Raybahadur feels that they [...]