Song: Bade Achhe Lagte Hain Movie: Balika vadhu (1976) Music Director: R D Burman Singer(s): Amit Kumar Lyrics: Anand Bakshi When you want to express your love in simple words, this is the song you should sing. There is no mincing words here, everything is straight and to the point – bade achhe lagte hain. [...]
Song: Rail Gaadi Movie: Ashirwad (1968) Music Director: Vasant Desai Singer(s): Ashok Kumar Lyrics: Harindranath Chattopadhyay While the whole country is celebrating Teacher’s Day, I would like to dedicate this song to all the little kids. This is one of those children songs which is enjoyed by the small and the big alike. The first [...]
Song: Jaaneman Jaaneman Tere Do Nayan Movie: Chhoti Si Baat (1975) Music Director: Salil Chowdhary Singer(s): Asha Bhosle and Yesudas Lyrics: Yogesh This bubbly, playful song stuck with me the first time I heard it. The song is from the movie Chhoti Si Baat, a light-hearted comedy with Amol Palekar as the naive, seedha-saada guy [...]
Song: Jaane Woh Kaise Log The Jinke Movie: Pyaasa (1957) Music Director: S D Burman Singer(s): Hemant Kumar Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi This song reminds me of my college days, engineering college days in particular. No, don’t get me wrong. I did not experience any love disappointment, just that I rediscovered this song during those days [...]
Song: Aake Seedhi Lagi Movie: Half Ticket (1962) Music Director: Salil Chowdhary Singer(s): Kishore Kumar and Kishore Kumar (??!!) Lyrics: Shailendra This song was recently refreshed in the minds of the music lovers by Aabhaas, the young, shy contestant in Star Plus’s Voice of India. He sung this song on the show and won the [...]
Song: Aankhon Mein Raho Movie: Company (2002) Music Director: Sandeep Chowta Singer(s): Sowmya Raoh Lyrics: Nitin Raikwar A fairly recent song from a blockbuster movie. The best part about the song is it has almost no background instrument accompaniment. It is a soulful, quiet number driven solely by the singer’s captivating voice. Music is by [...]
Song: Kahin Ek Masoom Naazuk Si Ladki Movie: Shankar Hussain (1977) Music Director: Khaiyyam Singer(s): Mohammed Rafi Lyrics: Kamal Amrohi This is one of the best songs from the Khayyam-Rafi duo. The same music director-singer pair who has given us memorable songs like the melancholic ghazal Hamari Yaad Aati To Hogi and the romantic duet [...]
Song: Huzoor Is Kadar Movie: Masoom (1983) Music Director: R D Burman Singer(s): Bhupinder and Suresh Wadkar Lyrics: Gulzar This movie tackled a controversial subject, considering the time it was released in. If you have Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi in the lead roles, you can’t expect a masala potboiler, it has to be art [...]
Song: Pyaar Ki Dastaan Movie: Luck By Chance (2009) Music Director: Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy Singer(s): Amit Paul and Mahalakshmi Iyer Lyrics: Javed Akhtar To add some different flavor to this series, let’s look at a relatively new song. Pyaar Ki Dastaan is a slow, romantic number from Luck By Chance and is special to my [...]
