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 25, 2009
I love to post old songs from the past. While doing so, I have stumbled upon many forgotten songs. Not just forgotten songs, I find that many well known songs too are yet to be posted here, such is the quantity of quality songs from the past.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: November 24, 2009
In Bollywood movies, when boy first sees a girl, he would sing a teasing song addressed to her. She would take exception, naturally, but later on, she would fall in love with him and then they would sing a duet, running round trees.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: November 22, 2009
When one thinks of Shammi Kapoor, one invariably thinks of Rafi, Hasrat Jaipuri and Shankar Jaikishan. There are many people who in fact may well think that they were together with Shammi Kapoor right from the beginning of Shammi Kapoor phenomenon.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: November 21, 2009
I thought that I had posted this song already. Then I realised that I had not posted this song. Though I had got the lyrics of this song ready a while back, I do not know why I had not yet posted it.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: November 21, 2009
It is quite common for me to remark that many of the songs being posted are songs that I came across only recently. And I also find myself remarking frequently that I found these songs to be gem stuff, even though the movies as well as the songs contained in these movies failed to get [...]
Posted by: squarecutatul on: November 17, 2009
“Mere Jeewan Saathi” (1972) is a movie starring Rajesh Khanna and Tanuja, the hit pair of “Haathi Mere Saathi”. This movie, like most Rajesh Khanna movies, was a musical blockbuster, where almost all songs went on to become very popular.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: November 15, 2009
In old Bollywood movies, most leadng actors would be shown seated on a grand piano and singing a song. Now it is not possible to sing and play a grand piano simultaneously, but when you are lip syncingto some one else’s voice and music is someone else’s creation, as are the lyrics,then nothing is impossible [...]
Posted by: squarecutatul on: November 12, 2009
The reasons why the songs from the golden era of Bollywood music (circa 1950-1980) still retain their magic
are-
(1) the creators of these songs devoted time and energy to create them
(2) the creators were extremely talented and committed
(3) the listeners of these songs did not have too many other means of entertainment so they too listened [...]
Posted by: squarecutatul on: November 10, 2009
When one is looking for musical gems from the past, there are just too many of them. One big source of such great songs is the so called B and C grade movies. Look for the music of the music directors of such movies, and you will strike pay dirt.