Singer Mukesh acts and sings in Aah(1953)
Songs from Aah were very popular and here is one that has something special. Mukesh sings and acts as horse drawan cart 'driver':
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ieuh2I7AOUI
The horse drawn cart brings back memories from my college days. We (four of us commuting students) used to hire a horse drawn for 8 annas and divide it equally, two annas each. That was to cover the distance from the railway station to the college we attended. Two annas those days bought a piece of wheat halwa for tiffin in the evening. Coffee was one and a half anna. That was considered luxury! :lol:
Mian ki Malhar for the weekend
Here is a song in Mian ki Malhar from Basant Bahar(1956):
Bhay bhanjana vandhana sun hamari............
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBLWQiNXC0w
I like this raga and listen to it often. If you like a classical rendition listen to Bhimsen Joshi or any other stalwarts.
If you want something more recent it is 'Bole re pappihara....' by Vani Jayaram in Guddi (at a faster pace). I will post the link later.
Have a good weekend! :)
Bring back my childhood days !
V_S commented on my golden memories. Thanks V_S. I thought I would post a song about childhood memories:
Bachpan ke din bhula na dena from Deedar(1951)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKplk...eature=related
In fact, it reminds me of my childhood visits to my ancestral village(native place) during summers. There was not much to do except wading in the river that becomes a stream winding on the river bed, climbing mango and tamarind trees, and picking lemons for sharbat! :lol: But there was something I enjoyed. That was horseback riding. My uncle had a few horses and a race cart. In the evenings he allowed us to ride the horses. Not alone.
My first ride was when I was about seven years old. A servant would walk along the horse to make sure the riders did not slip and fall down. Those days are gone. No horses anymore! :( Surprisingly some of my neighbors have horses here!
I wrote a short story about my memories of 40s and 50s. Here is the link:
http://www.mayyam.com/talk/showthrea...thaathaa-(Raj)
From my college days - Chori Chori (1956)
Chori Chori was a very popular movie in the 50s and so were the songs. Here is a song from that movie, a difficult one to sing:
Rasik balma..........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF1lNr-LniI
A few other songs were easy to sing/hum. I will post one later! :) Nothing like those college days and these songs in college functions!
To Rangoon (Burma) with love !
For the next few weeks I will post some lilts to keep the New Year spirit! Here is
'mere piya gaye rangoon........' from Patang(1949):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO-27f41370
Have fun tapping or clapping ! :)
RD: I wrote that article using murasu anjal editor and Inaimathi font. Hope this helps.
Brindavani Sarang (Brindavana Saranga) for the weekend
A song in Brindavana Saranga from Rani Rupmati. The first part(male singing) is in Darbari Kanada and the second part is in Brindavana Saranga, a great combination:
ud ja bhanwar maaya and aaja bhanwar suni....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSxuXeQVDPM
If you like a classical rendition, here is Bhimsen Joshi:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5GEIOlFJhg
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Bismillaah Khan and others have also rendered in this raga.
In carnatic music Rangapura Vihara by Muthuswami Dikshithar and Kaliyuga varadan by Periyasami Thooran are the most popular compositions. Kaliyuga varadan seems to have become popular these days, a welcome change! :)
Have a good weekend! :)
Yahoo! Chaahe koi mujhe junglee...........
A lilt from Junglee(1961). The movie was popular with Shammi Kapoor and Saira Bhanu in the lead.
Yahoo! Chaahe koi mujhe junglee kaa............
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiAPo...eature=related
I posted this song because of something I recalled. It was September 1965. I was on my first flight (of my life) from Madras to Bombay on my way to New York and Chicago. After I took my seat a gentleman came and sat next to me and introduced himself as Shammi Kapoor and I introduced myself. That was all. I was keen on what the hostess was saying. After I got off in Bombay, a friend came to me and said that I was sitting next to a Hindi movie actor. Had I known that I would have asked him to autograph my ticket! :) Next time I met an actor in 1973 or 74 I got an autograph. He was none other than MGR who later became chief minister of Tamilnadu! :)
Shammi Kapoor is gone! May his soul rest in peace.
A Hindi song from a MalayaLam movie
Chaliye kunjanmo from Swati TirunaaL by K.S.Chithra:
Chaliye kunjanmo thum ham mili shyam hari............
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJG83AzECQE
This is one of the few Hindi compostions by Maharaja Swati TirunaaL.
Ragam:Brindavana Saranga
Muhje jeene do------composer jaidev---sahir lyrics-------sunil dutt----waheeda rehman
Enjoyed muhje jeene do, compositions of Composer Jaidev, Sahir lyrics.
Muhje jeene do by handsome bandit stars Sunil dutt and a beautiful courtesan by Waheeda Rehman.
wonderful movie, love to revisit again. remember watching sometime during late 90s.
raat hain kuchh bheegi bheegi... by Lataji for Composer Jaidev.
Our dashing bandit laid his eyes on the beautiful Waheeda Rehman while she was entertaining in a marriage hall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jHCOLUsW6I
Nadi naare na jao.......by Ashaji for Composer Jaidev.
After their marriage, they were running from the police with their men, Waheeda rehman was teasing and begging her handsome hubby.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXQM16SXY_Q
There is a lullaby by Waheeda rehman with heart ache, singing for her infant, couldn't enjoy his childhood, just wants him to grow up older, fearful of raising him with dangers. Our bandit realizes what kind of a danger he is putting his dear ones with his kind of life and sins, change of heart happens...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3v9elScU4s
beautiful compositions.
Bandit kidnapped the courtesan.
Initially she despised him.
Later he asked her to marry him. She was elated.
now she is out of the indecent and dirty profession.
Every girl dreams of a blissful marriage, she is no exception.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUYGiBNgMvA
vinatha.
Back to my school/college days Aah(1953)
Aah dubbed into Tamil as Avan is my most favourite movie. I liked the songs so much I used to wait outside the 'Touring Talkies' in the town where we lived and listen to the songs. Here is one by Mukesh:
Raat andheri door savera.........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Len9...eature=related
I am sure you are wondering about 'Touring Talkies'. Touring talkies is a large tent with the projector at one end the screen at the other end, as in regular thetres. It was enclosed by a fence made of coconut leaves. It was not soundproof. You could listen to the songs, but not see what was on the screen. That was fine for people who wanted to listen to the songs and dialogue. The area between the screen and the projector was divided into floor, bench and chair. Floor ticket was three and a half annas, bench five annas and chair ten annas. I was more interested in the songs and not the dialogue (nothing like Manohara and Parasakthi ! :) ) If I went to watch I would go for bench. If I went with friends it was floor, a thick layer of river sand. Of course standing outside the talkies for three hours takes some diversion. We used to get a glass of tea and a bun to earn the right to sit on the bench in the tea stall.
How things have changed in the last fifty or more years? Now you have music at your finger tips. I still have the 78 rpm records (called plates those days),33 rpm records, 45 rpm records, magnetic tape reels, audio cassettes, 8 track cartridges,CDs and DVDs, I collected from 1965. Someday I will store everything in a hard drive. When I catalog them I am likely to find some rare albums. I will share them with you!
Music at your finger tips? You never had it so easy! That was what I used tell my student in my introductory lecture on Digital Communications and othe related topics. That is right!
.................................You never had it so easy!............................................. ...................
Have fun. I will post more from Aah.
I could not find the Tamil version - kaarirul neram kaalaiyo dhooram kaNNeer baaram nenjile.
A song for Republic Day from Jagruti(1954)
Aao bacho tumhe dhikaaye
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWsGP...eature=related
That train with a steam engine always brings back memories of my train travel in India. I have gone around India a couple of times by train when I was a student- Madras to Calcutta, Calcutta to Kalka, Kalka to Simla by mountain railway, Delhi to Bombay and Bombay to Madras. It is an experience I would not want to miss if I could do it again. I was commuting to collge. Those days it was know as South Indian Railways(SIR), later changed to Southern Railways(SR). They had third class, intermediate class, second class and first class. I used to travel by third class during regular months with a three month season ticket costing eleven rupees and four annas. A couple of months before the examinations I would switch to Intermediate class paying twentytwo rupees and eight annas for three months. That was to make it easy for me to study while travelling. Whether I really studied is debatable! :lol:
Thanks vinatha and V_S. I was interested in music from my elementary school days! As they say, Tanjore soil (maN) and Kaveri water makes you musically inclined. Not sure how valid it is! :) But, we did live close to some great musicians! :)
Back to school/college days
A popular song from the fifties, Yeh zindagi usiki hai from Anarkali(1953):
Happy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfB6rUHu9tg
Sad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7PU6...eature=related
Tune copied in the Tamil movie Kaveri:
en sindhai noyum theerumaa...........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODjPNvmvHWN
