A Journey Through Golden Era Of Hindi Film Music
Whistles symbolize fun, happiness and a carefree attitude. Bird's chirp when happy, we whistle to express ourselves. May not be music to others! Whistling is ubiquitous in hindi movies and in the songs as well. Sometimes it comes as a part of 'Chhed-Chhad', some times of romance! Many a times whistling is a part of …
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Today’s post is actually a sort of Quiz for all old hindi song lovers! I will, as usual, present a list of ten songs and you have to guess why I have put these songs together. Each song will have all the necessary information as to singer, music director, in short about the song and …
I was listening to the songs of 'Sharmili' the other day. One song struck me as interesting, 'Megha Chhaye Aadhi Raat'. Even if the song is not a happy one, the prelude and the interlude of first stanza (Antara), have a completely different mood. The other part of the song has a gloomy mood. Sharmili …
I was eagerly waiting for the monsoon to set in and me writing this post about the rain songs. I think I am too late for this. Half of the monsoon is already over. But it’s better late than never. It’s not for me to be romantic or poetic and go on about the …
Sudhir Phadke, an iconic music director and singer from Marathi Film Industry, has also sang and composed for hindi films. Babuji (As he was affectionately called) has 111 films as a music director to his credit, of which around 21 films were hindi. Majority of his hindi films are from late 1940s and 1950s. He …
Dev Anand, an iconic, chocolate hero of Indian Cinema, with his trademark bangs (Gregory Peck would disagree of course!) charm and quirky walk is still an inspiration! So I thought, why not start my blog writing, on this legendary actor? And to top it all, my father is a huge fan of Dev Anand, and …
Hello, I welcome you all to my blog. I will try to write about hindi film songs, from 1940s to 1970 mainly, Very soon, i will publish my first post, i hope you like it!
