Today, on the occasion of Nanda’s birthday, here is a different kind of post; Nanda and her eight different voices. If you were a leading actress in the 60s and 70s, like Nanda, you could spend your entire career without having had lip-synced to anybody but Lata and Asha’s voice. Since Lata had that tiff with Rafi, it could be possible that Suman Kalyanpur also lent her voice to you in a duet with him. Thus, it is amazing to see that Nanda moved her lips to eight singers in her short career.
Today is also Madhu-Dustedoff’s birthday. So here is to both of your birthdays!! Read the rest of this entry »
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My ten favourite blind women songs
I got the idea for this post when I read Yves’ review of the Sparsh [1980]. Blind people abound in Hindi cinema mostly as some blind chachas (uncles) in slums or are poor sisters or mothers, for whose eye-operation the hero commits some crime. Then there are the female leads, who are blind, where the story follows one way or the other the plot of Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights. Of course there are stories, where the story follows a different path altogether. All the stories have one thing in common that mostly the curing of the blindness plays a central role in the story. Exceptions as usual confirm the rule.
In my post Mala Sinha song list, while commenting the song from Patanga. I wrote that the species of blind heroines became rare in the 80s. I didn’t know that they had become so abundant in the last decade. My favourites though, as you would guess, are not from the last decade but earlier. Well, here they are! Enjoy!
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My ten favourite Mala Sinha songs
Mala Sinha is an actress, who shaped Hindi film history in the late 50s and 60s with her portrayal of diverse roles, which ranged from a princess to a fisher-woman, from a spy to a blind flower-girl. In my childhood, I saw her a lot in the Chitrahaar and Chhaaya Geet programmes and also in the Sunday evening film. We children, used to make fun of her quite often, but were also in awe of her all the same. Even now, although she makes me laugh unwittingly at times, I do have a soft corner for her and a big one at that!
Choosing songs from her films was not easy. That is why put in some rules
a) One song pro film
b) Only solo songs
c) Songs to which she lip syncs, i.e. no background songs
Madhu, here is to your Mala Sinha, tujhko rakhe ram, tujhko allah rakhe
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Tags: Aa Jao Mere Pyaare, aajaa sanam madhur chandani me hum, Aasra (1966), Anand Bakshi, Ankhen (1968), Anpadh (1962), Asha Bhosle, Baharein Phir Bhi Aayengi (1966), Bahurani (1963), C Ramchandra, Chitragupta, Chori-Chori, Gairaon Pe Karam, Hai Isi Mein Pyar Ki Aabroo, Hamlet (1954), Hasrat Jaipuri, Jaa Re Ud Jaa Re Pancchi – Maya (1961), Kahe Jhoom Jhoom Raat Yeh Suhani, Lata Mangeshkar, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Love Marriage (1959), Madan Mohan, Mai Jagu Saare Raat Sajan Tum, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Mala Sinha, Mala Sinha songs, Meri Aankhon Se Koi, my 10 favourite Mala Sinha songs, Neend Kabhi Rehti Thi Aankhon Mein, O. P. Nayyar, Ophelia, Patang (1960), Pooja Ke Phool (1964), Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Rajendra Krishan, Ramesh Naidu, Rang Dil Ki Dhadkan Bhi, Ravi, S. H. Bihari, Sahir Ludhianvi, Salil Choudhary, Shailendra, Shankar-Jaikishan, Woh Hanske Mile Ham Se
Today, on the occasion of Nanda’s birthday, here is a different kind of post; Nanda and her eight different voices. If you were a leading actress in the 60s and 70s, like Nanda, you could spend your entire career without having had lip-synced to anybody but Lata and Asha’s voice. Since Lata had that tiff with Rafi, it could be possible that Suman Kalyanpur also lent her voice to you in a duet with him. Thus, it is amazing to see that Nanda moved her lips to eight singers in her short career.
Today is also Madhu-Dustedoff’s birthday. So here is to both of your birthdays!! Read the rest of this entry »
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