Posted by: squarecutatul on: October 27, 2009
I have posted a few songs from ‘Baabul” (1950) already. Al these songs were (and still are) very popular. But one of the most popular (and as yet unposted) song from this movie is the iconic song “chhod baabul ka ghar mohe pi ke nagar aaj jaana padaa”.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: October 21, 2009
“Anokhi Ada” to me was a movie of 1970s starring Jeetendra and Vinod Khanna, but I came to know that there was another movie of this name in 1948 too. Why did these oldtimers choose the same name as a new movie and then had some boring music in that- this is what I used [...]
Posted by: squarecutatul on: October 15, 2009
I have posted a few songs from “Deedaar” (1951) but the most well known song from the movie is not one of them.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: October 15, 2009
When one talks of “Dard” (1947), one is mostly reminded on the immortal song “Afsaana likh rahi hoon dile bekaraar ka” which took the natio by storm. It was sung by Umadevi (later known as Tuntun) and picturised on Munawar Sultana.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: October 14, 2009
“Mughal e Azam” (1960) was a musical blockbuster and almost all its songs have gone on to become iconic songs. Though I have posted a few songs from this movie, I need to post all the songs from this movie.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: October 12, 2009
One big reason why the songs of the golden era are still popular is the lyrics of these songs, which were meaningful and they in fact formed the soul of these songs.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: October 9, 2009
I had once mentioned that the version of song seen in the movie and heard in the records was often different because they were recorded on two separate occassions. Imagine a great song being recorded not once but twice ! Once for the movie sound track, and once for the record company.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: October 3, 2009
I am aware that “Babul” (1950) had Dilip Kumar and Nargis in lead roles. So I was confused when I watched this song from “Babul”. I had no difficulty identifying Dilip Kumar singing in Talat Mehmood’s voice, but who was the lady. she looked unfamiliar. And she did not look like Nargis.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: October 1, 2009
The musical combination of Shakeel Badayuni and Naushad delivered several great songs. “Palki” (1967) was one of the last such movies which had lyrics by Shakeel Badayuni and music by Naushad.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: September 25, 2009
I have posted several songs from “Shahjahaan” (1946), but even I was not aware of this gem.