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 »
Tags: Agra Road [1957], Akashdeep [1965], Asha Bhosle, betaab nigahon se mujhe dekhne walo, Chhalia [1973], Chitragupta, Dustedoff’s birthday, Geeta Dutt, Gumnaam [1965], gunahao ka chirag jal na sakega, Hasrat Jaipuri, jaan-e-chaman shola badan, Kala Bazaar [1960], Khaiyyam, Lata Mangeshkar, Leela Chitnis, Majrooh Sultanpuri, mile to phir jhuke nahin, Mohabbat Isko Kahete Hain [1965], Mohd. Rafi, Mukesh, na main dhan chahoon, Nanda's eight voices, Nanda’s birthday, Nartaki [1963], Navin Nischol, pike ham tum jo chale, Prem Dhawan, R. D. Burman, Rajinder Krishan, Ravi, Roshan, S. D. Burman, Shailendra, Shakeel Badayuni, Shankar-Jaikishan, Sharda, Shashi Kapoor, Sudha Malhotra, Suman Kalyanpur, Sunil Dutt, theriye hosh me aa loo, Usha Mangeshkar, Vani Jairam, zindagi me aap aaye
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
My Ten Favourite Telephone Songs From Hindi Films
The research for the fruit expose has been needing me to call lots of people on phone. This lead me to the idea of making a telephone song list. Okay, I didn’t come up with it in the last few days, but have been collecting them over the last few months. And the fact that, that I love Jalte hai jiske liye just drove me to make this list. Not all of the songs are sung completely on the telephone. Some just start with it and end up with the characters cavorting around the trees, but telephone songs they are.
So, give me a ring!
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Tags: Aadesh Srivastav, Alka Yagnik, Amitabh Bachchan, Anand Bakshi, Anhonee (1952), Anil Biswas, Anjaan, Asha Bhosle, atulsongaday, Baazi 1968, Baghban (2003), Bombay Ka Chor (1962), C Ramchandra, Chand Zard Zard Hai Mere Dil Mein, Ek Nanhi Munni Ladki Thi (1970), Ganesh, Gope, Hello Hello Ji, Hema Malini, Jaali Note (1960), Jalte Hain Jiske Liye, Jidher Dekhoon Teri Tasveer, Juari (1968), Kahan Gaya Mera Sanam, Kaho Kya Hai Ji, Kalyanji-Anandji, Kishore Kumar, Krishna Bose, Mahaan (1983), Main Yahaan Tu Wahaan, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Mala Sinha, Mere Dil Ki Dhadkan Kyaa Bole, Mohd. Rafi, Mr. Naidu, Mubarak Begum, Mumtaz, Nanda, Nargis, Neend Ud Jaye Teri Chain Se Sone Wale, Nigar Sultana, Nutan. Mere Piya Gaye Rangoon, O. P. Nayyar, Patanga (1949), Pyar Ki Yeh Batein Humko Na Samjao, R. D. Burman, Rajinder Krishan, Ravi, S. D. Burman, Sameer, Samshad Begum & Chitalkar, Shailendra Raj Kapoor, Shakeel Badayuni, Shashi Kapoor, Sujata (1959), Suman Kalyanpur, Sunil Dutt, Talat Mahmood, Talat Mahmood & Lata Mangeshkar, Talat Mohammad, Tanuja, Telephone songs, Waheeda Rehman
Ten of my favourite flower songs
Blame it on dustedoff! Yeah, she asked me to do this post. And since I always do what I am asked to. Here it is.
Flowers and love go together. Flower codes abound as to what flower to send as secret message. In Hindi film songs, the flowers have been mostly used as similies or metaphors for the heroine. Gulabi hooth (rosy lips) being one of the common comparisons.
In my list I have again used some criteria to boil my list down to ten:
1. Songs with flowers used as adjectives have not been taken (so, no ‘gulabi aankhen jo teri dekhi’)
2. One different flower pro song (i.e. if I like two songs, both with rose in it more than the song with jasmine, than I had to choose between the two rose songs)
3. One song pro film (that was very easy)
4. When the name of the flower is the name of a character in the film, it has been rejected (so no ‘ghar jayegi, tar jayegi’
So here are my 10 favourite solo songs featuring ten different flowers.
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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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