My ten favourite bangala (bungalow) songs
A dream of one’s own house/cottage in the suburbs has been and is the motor of many middle class households all over the world. Maybe it is the security it offers or the need for privacy, to have a garden and the cosy life which one associates with it and thus to achieve ultimate goal of every human being to be happy. If one really ‘achieves’ all these things with the acquisition of this cosy house is secondary. I think the dream in itself the best part of it.
Like many of the dreams and aspirations of the common man (whoever or whatever he/she is), even this aspect has not been neglected in the Hindi film songs. Here are my favourites!
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My ten favourite Krishna songs
Today is Krishna Janmasthami, Krishna’s birthday. Krishna is the most favourite of all the Hindu deities in Hindi films and is sung about in many ways. Today while discussing with Madhu on Facebook, I started listing some Krishna songs, which came into mind and thus this list happened. It was made in a hurry, so pardon any mistakes made.
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Tags: A. K. Hangal, aaj sajan mohe ang laga lo, aan milo aan milo, ae sakhi radhike banwari ho gayi, Amar Prem [1972], Amol Palekar, Anand Bakshi, Apne Paraye [1980], Baby Naaz, Bappi Lahiri, Baseraa [1981], Biswajeet, Chitragupt, Devdas [1955], Dulari, Geeta Dutt & Manna Dey, Gulzar, guru dutt, Happy Janmasthami, Jaan Nisar Akhtar, Janmasthami, Jurmana [1979], kaanhaa bole naa, Kaise Kahoon [1964], Krishn, Krishna’s birthday, Lata Mangeshkar, maane naa maane naa manamohana, Madam XYZ [1959], Manmohan Krishna, manmohan man me, Mohammed Rafi, mohe panghat pe nandalal chhed gayo re, Mughal-E-Azam [1960], My ten favourite Krishna songs, Nana Palsikar, Nanda, Naushad, Poonam Dhillon, Prem Dhawan, Pyaasa [1957], R. D. Burman, raina biti jaye, Rajesh Khanna, Rakesh Pandey, Rakhee, Rekha, S. D. Burman, Saanware sunawo bansuri, Sahir, Salil Chowdhury, Sangat [1976], Shakeel Badayuni, Sharmila Tagore, shyam na aaye, shyam rang ranga re, Suman Kalyanpur, Waheeda Rehman, Yogesh Yesudas
First of all I would like to thank everybody for their good wishes to my/our blog on its birthday.
The quiz got a nice response. Shashi and Samir sent me the answers the very next day. They had some sophisticated techniques to get to the answers. Samir in his feedback to the quiz elaborated on it. Samir, would you be so kind to post it also in the comments section below? It is very enlightening!
Lalitha was very industrious and worked till the last hour and sent me her answer four hours back.
Totally eight persons sent me their answers and it was fun going through them. Lomo and Andi were new for me. They told me that they usually read my posts and the comments by the readers and that they enjoy it a lot and at times more the comments than the post itself (so says Andi).
Here are the scores
Archana = 128,5
Pacifist = 126
Shashi = 124
Samir = 106
Lomo = 100
Lalitha = 93
Andi = 93
Anu = 55
Congratulations Archana for scoring the most points and thanks to all participants! The email communication with you regarding the hints and clues was a source of great pleasure for me!
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My ten favourite Parveen Babi songs
Parveen Babi would have turned 63 today (4th April). She was a wonderful actress and a beautiful one at that. Born in Junagadh, Gujarat, she made her film-debut with Charitra [1973] opposite the cricket player Salim Durrani (is he related to G. M. Durrani, the singer?). I couldn’t find any video from Charitra but here is a song and here another one from her second film Dhuen Ki Lakeer [1974] opposite Ramesh Arora. Both the films flopped but she got noticed and had her major hit with Amitabh starrer Majboor [1974]. From then on there was no looking back. She not only had looks and sex-appeal but also good acting skills. If it were not for her impulsiveness and her illness, she would have reached heights, which other actresses could only have dreamt of. Instead she got reduced to playing the seductress and heroines in multistarrers like Shaan [1980], Do Aur Do Paanch [1980], The Burning Train [1980] and Mahaan [1983] or playing bit roles in Kranti [1981] and Razia Sultan [1983]. Nonetheless she left a big impression on the viewers and is still remembered for her mesmerizing looks and fabulous screen-presence.
I won’t go on about her sad end to her life and other tragic details of her life. These things can be read about in internet. Here is a post dedicated to this exceptional actress. Ten of her solo songs, which I like. Enjoy!
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