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Hindi Movie Songs About Life (Zindagi)

admin — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:48:40 +0000

This is 4th of August, 2010 – Kishoreda’s 81st birth anniversary! Time to be reflective, joyous and sentimental! And since I’ve not been able to write and publish about other stalwarts from Hindi cinema music in the recent months, I shall dedicate this particular day to all past playback greats by compiling a list of Hindi movie songs about life (Zindagi). This shall be a work in progress and open to more additions later. So here we go again…Aaj kee shaam, Kishore Kumar, Mohammed Rafi tathaa sabhee anya diggajon ke naam!

Madan Mohan Songs By Others

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:46:47 +0000

And here is a list of Madan Mohan songs by several singers, including some duets by Lata Tai. Also, click here to go to the official Madan Mohan website to surf more about him.

Ab Agar Hum Se (Rafi-Lata)
Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan (Rafi)
Aye Dil Mujhe Bata De (Geeta Dutt)
Baad Muddat Ke Ye Ghadi (Rafi)
Barbad E Mohabbat (Rafi)
Bhor Aayi Gaya Andhera (Manna Dey and others)
Chirag Dil Ka Jalao (Rafi)
Dil Dhoodhta Hai (Bhupinder)
Ek Haseen Sham Ko (Rafi)
Han Yeh Mana Meri Jaan (Rafi-Balbir)
Har Koi Chahta Hai Ek Mutthi Aasman (Kishore)
Har Taraf Ab Yehi (Manna Dey)
Hindustan Ki Kasam (Rafi, Manna Dey & Chorus)
Hoke Majboor Mujhe (Bhupinder, Manna Dey, Mohd Rafi, Talat Mahmood)
Hoke Mayus Tere Dar Se (Ambar Kumar, Mohd Rafi, Shankar Shambhu)
Hum Chal Rahe The (Mukesh)
Hum Se Aaya Na Gaya (Talat)
Is Reshmi Paazeb (Lata-Rafi)
Kaun Aaya Mere Man Ke Dware (Manna Dey)
Likh Kar Tera (Lata-Rafi)
Mai Ri Main Kase Kahoon (Lata & ??)
Mera Naam Abdul Rehman (Kishore-Lata)
Mere Ishq Mein (Asha)
Phir Wohi Sham Wohi Gham (Talat)
Pyar Kabhi Kam (Kishore-Lata)
Saba Se Yeh Kah Do (Asha)
Seekhlo Seekhlo (Kishore-Asha-Usha Mangeshkar)
Shokh Nazar Ki Bijiliyan (Asha)
Tere Dar Pe Aaya Hoon (Rafi)
Tere Kooche Mein (Rafi)
Teri Aankh Ke Ansoon (Talat)
Teri Aankhon Ke Siva (Rafi)
Teri Nigahon Mein (Talat-Asha)
Tum Bin Jeevan (Manna Dey)
Tum Chal Rahe Ho Hum (Lata-Mukesh)
Tum Jo Mil Gaye Ho (Rafi)
Yeh Deewane Ki Zid Hai (Rafi)
Yeh Duniya Yeh Mehfil (Rafi)
Zameen Se Hamen Aasman Par (Rafi-Asha)
Zaroorat Hai Zaroorat Hai (Kishore)
Jhumka Gira Re (Asha)

Mukesh Hindi Movie Songs (K-Z)

admin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:46:30 +0000

Mukesh Hindi Movie Songs (A-J)

admin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:54:12 +0000

Golden Era Gems From Mukeshji!

Time to remember the other golden era legend Mukesh Chand Mathur now. Critics say he sang substantially fewer Hindi movie songs than the other two greats – roughly 900 – however, most of these became immensely popular, and going through the following list might also affirm this belief. Song-after-song, you can see a string of bygone era hits here. I’ve taken all these tracks from Dishant.com, which also suggests, the latter’s well-being will directly affect this thread.

Let me add this more before winding up this introduction. The more I look into the 50s, 60s and the early 70s, the more I find Rafi and Mukesh having better poetry to enthrall audiences. It came down to average during KK’s tenure, more so before his demise – of course, his genius apart from Lata, Asha and RD Burman ensured the interest of music lovers in the Hindi cinema music did not diminish away. But, where is the poetry today? What are they trying to suggest by writing “Bhootni Key” and “Teli Ka Tel” (respect to Gulzar Saheb though, he has adopted well with time). You will find , on the other hand, a whole lot of human stories and emotions studded in the following songs.

More Lata Mangeshkar Duets

admin — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:55:49 +0000

Continuing with Lata Mangeshkar songs, here is a list of more duets by her with singers other than Kishore Kumar and Mohammed Rafi.

More Of Asha Bhonsle Duets

admin — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:06:07 +0000

I have been away from blogging for a while now, but hope to catch up with the lost writing soon. Let us listen more of Asha Bhonsle’s magic, this time her duets with voices other than Kishore and Rafi.

Kishore Rafi Male Duets

admin — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:15:14 +0000

Some popular male duets and chorus songs sung by Kishore Kumar, Mohammed Rafi, Mukesh, Manna Dey, Mahendra Kapoor, RD Burman, Amit Kumar, Shailendra, Anwar, Nitin Mukesh and Kamlesh Avasthi.

Gujarati Movie Songs By Mukesh

admin — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:50:50 +0000

The following is a list of Gujarati movie songs by Mukesh, I have been able to collect recently. Some of these are truly old ones, since Mukesh could be heard imitating KL Sehgal in those few. A few of them are quite familiar and therefore, could be assumed to have been popular since the old days. I know, some of you have been searching out for particular Gujarati movie songs on my site (I always save them for my later use) including those sung by Rafi and Mukesh. I’ll soon upload a few of Rafi and Talat Mahmood Gazals, as well as some Lata and Geeta Dutt movie numbers. Enjoy these Gujju songs in the Sugam Sangeet mode by Mukesh for the time being. Sugam Sangeet, Light Music or Gazal whatever, I’ve chosen to publish them under Gujarati folk music for my own simplicity.

Btw, how do you define Sugam Sangeet? Any suggestion?

Did Studio Generated Sounds Make Kishoreda The Great Singer He Was?

admin — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:01:21 +0000

Of Course Not! And Be Assured, No Sensible Music Listener Will Entertain This Line Of Argument Ever!

I have often seen Rafi fans making this accusation in debates, it hardly bothers the Kishoreda fans though. However, let us examine today whether it was possible to technically enhance some songs more compared to others, just to develop a better knowhow about the way music might be functioning.

The allegations by Rafi fans notwithstanding, I had myself began noticing the so-called studio effects in KK songs way ago, and was eager to know more about the science and logic involved in producing them. Most of these songs that caught my attention were from the early and mid-70, when Kaka was riding on a roller coaster, and the industry was witnessing a fresh bout of green, purple an blue romance, unlike the black and white of the bygone era. Listen to and watch a few of them here:

And a couple of audio tracks to listen now. Check later, if the site appears down or broken (it sometimes does) :

Yeh laal rang kab mujhe chhodega

Jaa mujhe naa ab yaad aa

Did you notice the studio generated echo sounds there? These were not to be heard so explicitly during Rafi’s heydays in the 50s and 60s, (even though they were existent at that time), and subsequently more advanced inline mixing techniques came in the later periods, so we can’t listen even these sounds anymore.

Let me quote from Wikipedia, why echo chambers were needed in the music industry and how they helped the experience of music to grow further:

“The development of artificial echo chambers was important for sound recording because of the limitations of early recording systems. Except in the case of live performances, the majority of commercial popular recordings were made in specially constructed studios. These rooms were both heavily insulated to exclude external noises and they were internally anechoic — that is, they were designed not to produce any internal echoes or reverberation of sound at all.

Because virtually every sound we hear in everyday life is a complex mixture of both the source sound and its echoes and reverberations, audiences not surprisingly found the totally “dry” and echo-free sound of early recordings unappealing. Consequently, record producers and engineers quickly came up with a very effective method of adding “artificial” echo which could, in the hands of experts, be controlled with a remarkable degree of accuracy.”

Coming back to the 70s, these were also the times, when the Indian cinema was experiencing its first techno-cultural overhaul, with cinema scope, slow motion filming, multi track sound effects and shades of Hollywood and Western music making their first noticeable presence felt across the Indian movie halls. The Indian way of storytelling romance, depicting action and performing playback was also getting influenced by them. I think the making of Sholay, Dum Maaro Dum, Bobby and the creation of enticing numbers like Jai Jai Shiv Shankar and Khullam Khullaa Pyaar Karenge were no mere coincidences during that period. Neither was the fact that Amitabh Bachchan, the first Indian mega and action star (apart from Kaka’s brief romantic tenure), was introduced in the same era.

These were also the times of many socio-political and spiritual changes taking place across the world. India had to pass through the agony of Emergency, the first major challenge to its democratic functioning. The subsequent elections also saw how India could throw the perpetrators out of power and head back to the same orderly way of living and governance (the Indian way of orderliness, of course ). These were also the days, which came soon after the stirring influence of the wandering hippies and the mega success of The Beatles across the West during the 60s. And finally, India’s own answer to many of the Western influences was also taking shape during this period, in the form of Bhagwan Rajneesh – the unparalleled preacher, counselor, philosopher and guru from Pune. Gandhi was weakening, no doubt, and so was the usual Indian conservatism.

The likes of RD Burman, Kishoreda and Asha Bhonsle were among those who could rise to the occasion in the Indian music industry in those days. It wasn’t merely the Indian cinema, but also an entire generation needed them to have a new vision…an entirely new experience. If you listened to the above songs, you might notice, it wasn’t merely the electronic and echo sounds, but also the clever way of enhancing them together with other sounds by RDB, that coupled with KK’s own timing and instincts, which resulted into the fascinating experience of music we just spoke about.

In short, KK had a better grasp of the nuances of the 70s, so he succeeded over Rafi. Difficult to say, how the latter’s combo with RDB might have proved, had it taken place during KK’s time, but one should pay more respect to Mukesh and Rafi anyway, for they were unable to see during the 50s and 60s, the kind of advancement KK was able to muster from the recording studios later.

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PS - The technical advancements might have been one reason, I enjoyed listening to Rafi and Mukesh from the 70s more compared to their earlier numbers.

For example, here is one Rafi song from the 60s. And listen to him from the 70s now. See the overall change in the depth of sound as the 70s came. The same about Mukesh in the 50s, and subsequently from the 70s….and yet more from the same era.

Also Do Note: A lot of guess work has gone behind this story, so you might be noticing factual errors, if you were better informed on this subject (e.g echo sounds were in use well before the 70s, there are some Hindi songs from the 50s and 60s as well studded with echo generations, so my guess is, it was extensively used only after KK and RDB came together, which might be factually incorrect). Please, get the gist of my article and do not read much from its minute details.