Posted by: squarecutatul on: November 28, 2009
“Burma Road” (1962) was a low budget movie starring Ashok Kumar, Sheikh Mukhtaar, Kumkum etc. Movie may be a low budget and therefore B grade, but its music was A grade.
Here is a superb song from this movie. It is sung by Lata and Talat Mehmood. Majrooh Sultanpuri is the lyricist and Chitragupta composed the [...]
Posted by: squarecutatul on: November 23, 2009
There are songs with similar opening lines in “Ziddi” (1948) and in “Private Secretary” (1962). Both these songs are sung by Lata and both are superb songs.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: October 30, 2009
Here is another song which is “new” for me. I had neither heard about this song or about this movie called “Zindagi Aur Ham” (1962). This movie had Dinesh (?), Nalini Jaywant, Chand Usmani, David, Mukri etc. The fact that I have not heard about the movie could mean that the movie was a failure [...]
Posted by: squarecutatul on: October 19, 2009
I had never heard this song before. I heard this song for the first time only just now. And what a song it is.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: September 25, 2009
As far as Bollywood music lovers are concerned, most of them like songs that are “light” in nature, rather than the heavy duty stuff (viz classical msic based). But there are classical music based songs that are so nicely created that one loves to listen to such songs.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: September 10, 2009
“Saahib Bibi aur Ghulaam” (1962) was a landmark movie in Bollywood. It was a musical blockbuster too.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: September 7, 2009
I have discovered that “Prempatra” (1962) is a movie that had some sweet melodious songs in it that were composed with loving care by Salil Chaudhary.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: September 6, 2009
In Bollywood movies, most songs are on the topic of love. In most of these songs, the singer wants to achievemore than what he/she has got. Rare is the song where the singer is happy with his/ her lot and has no further aspirations on this count.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: September 2, 2009
I have posted a lovely song from “Sakhi Robin” (1962) in this blog. As it turns out, there are other nice songs in this movie as well.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: August 28, 2009
“Bees Saal Baad” is a memorable movie on several counts. It was not only a landmark movie of its genre, it was a musical blockbuster too.