Carnival of Blogs on Golden Era of Hindi Film Music – Volume XI – May 2023 Edition

Welcome to May 2023 edition of XI^th Volume of Carnival of Blogs on Golden Era of Hindi Film Music.

Presently we move on to our section on tributes and celebrations for the month –

LnC-Silhouette commemorates the centenary celebration of Mrinal Sen’s birth anniversary with the series Mrinal Sen@100

Bajooband Khul Khul Jaye – Remembering Mohammad Shafi on his 43rd death anniversary.

How KJ Yesudas cast a spell on Hindi film music – After Jaaneman Jaaneman, Basu Chatterji offered Yesudas another song in his next film Chitchor (1976) – what would become the iconic Gori Tera Gaon Bada Pyara. ….. Even though he made his Hindi debut in the late 1970s, by the end of the decade, Yesudas had already sung an impressive number of chart-toppers, most of which have become classics. By one estimate, Yesudas has sung at least 207 film songs in Hindi. This number does not quite do justice to the outsized impact he has had on Hindi film music.

Of Incomplete Tales: My Friendship with Guru Dutt in Parts 1 & 2 and Parts 3 & 4. – Translation & Postscript: Ratnottama Sengupta – In his autobiography Eka Naukar Jatri/ Journey of a Lonesome Boat, Nabendu Ghosh wrote about his troubled friendship with the legend Guru Dutt who valued his writing yet wasted his scripts.

Continuing the series, the year-wise review of Lata Mangeshkar’s career, on Lata Mangeshkar, Mehfil Mein Teri revisits 1958 – Lata Mangeshkar.

Apni Kahaani Chhod Ja: Leave a Story That Will Be Retold – Apni kahaani chhod ja — a line that personifies the masters who created such unforgettable classics as Do Bigha Zamin. Seventy years after the film was released in 1953, we enjoy and discuss this masterpiece by Bimal Roy and sing its songs, which we know by heart. Shirish Waghmode rewinds the song to explore how relevant it still is.

The Sculptors of Film Songs (4): Kishor Desai – the mandolinist,  is the fourth article in the series on music arrangers and musicians. The previous ones have covered Sebastian D’ Souza and Anthony Gonsalves, and Enoch Daniels

May 2023 episode of VIII^th volume of Fading Memories, Unforgettable Songs takes up Manna Dey – Chale Ja Rahein Hai…. : 1957 (1). Till now, we have covered Manna Dey’s less popular, less-heard songs for the years –

1942 – 1946 in the year 2018.

1947 – 1950 in the year 2019.

1951 – 1953 in the year 2020

1954-1955 in the year 2021, and

1956 in the year 2022

We now move on to posts on other subjects –

Playback Singer’s Cameo is about a playback singer appearing as a singer on the screen.

Yatindra Mishra’s ‘Lata Mangeshkar: A Life in Music’ – Over a period of about four years, from 2010 to 2014, Lata Mangeshkar was interviewed by the biographer Yatindra Mishra, the interviews coming together in the form of a Hindi book, Lata: Sur Gatha. The biography won a National Award and was published in its English translation (Lata Mangeshkar: A Life in Music, translated by Ira Pande) earlier this year.

Birdmen of Delhi – on the lovely documentary All That Breathes – There are many ways of talking about Shaunak Sen’s Oscar-nominated documentary All That Breathes – the warm, life-affirming story of two brothers who rescue injured cheel (black kites) in north Delhi – but the moment that drew the author into the film was an early shot that played like a sight-gag from a silent-movie comedy.

Solo Songs with an unobtrusive listener – Many of us love to undertake certain activities especially singing when we are alone. That perhaps explains the popularity of bathroom singing!!. However, this post is about solo songs where the singer is unaware of the fact that there is an unobtrusive listener who is hearing the song, sung more for self- assurance/self-pity or entertainment. For example  yhe part that Mohammad Rafi Sings in Tere Bin Soone Nain Hamaare (Meri Surat Teri Aankhen (1963) – Lyrics: Shailendra – Music: S.D.Burman.

After Ballads of Love: Ecstacy and Ballads of Love: Agony D P Rangan concludes the trilogy with Ballads of Love: Flippant where the love birds express their mutual love in a light-hearted manner, e.g. Unko Rupaye Mein Solah Aane Humse Nafart Hai Humko Rupaye Mein Do Rupaye Tumse Mohabbat Hai – Pyar Ki Baatein (1951 ) –  G M Durrani, Asha Bhosle – Lyrics Khawar Zaman – Music: Khayyam

From Bollywood Rewind – Sampada Sharma – Indian Express’s weekly column:

• • • Smita Patil-Naseeruddin Shah’s Bazaar explains how women are pushed into buying society’s misogynistic agenda – Sagar Sarhadi’s Bazaar, starring Smita Patil and Naseeruddin Shah, makes a larger statement by the stolen looks between characters that say much more than words ever could.
    • Gulzar’s Namkeen was the Jee Le Zaraa of its time that cast three female stalwarts in one film – When Farhan Akhtar announced Jee Le Zaraa with three leading female actors, it was applauded for such films are not made very often. But 41 years ago, Gulzar made a film with three leading women that never got as much recognition.
    • Smita Patil’s Bhumika is the celebrity biopic that should have been the blueprint for The Dirty Picture, Mahanati – Smita Patil starrer Bhumika is the story of a successful film actress whose nightmarish life has left her lonely. But, Shyam Benegal doesn’t tell her story via her profession, but used it only as a backdrop.

Songs of Yore has commenced Best songs of 1942 in the series Best songs of year

In continuation to our tradition of ending the post with a few songs of Mohammad Rafi, for the year, it is planned to recall the first duet Mohamad Rafi and Geeta Dutt had with a music director.

Zara Dekh Idhar Idhar Dekh Dekh – Badshah Salamat (1956) – Lyrics: P L Santoshi – Music: Bulo C Rani

Daudo Ji Chor Chor Bhaga Dil Churake – Chaar Minar (1956) – Lyrics:  Vishwamyra Adil – Music:  Shardul Kwatra

Ye Kaisa Yog Liya Sarkaar – Guru Ghantal (1956)  – Lyrics: Ghaafil Harnaalvi – Music: Lachhi Ram

Ghazab Hua Ram Zulm Hua Ram – Agra Road (1957)  – Lyrics: Prem Dhawan – Roshan

 

I look forward to your inputs to enrich the contents of Carnival of Blogs on Golden Era of Hindi Film Music.

Disclaimer: This monthly series of posts is my best-effort-based compilation of posts on Hindi film songs that I normally visit regularly. As I record my sincere thanks to all the original creators of these posts, any other posts that I have nor covered herein shows my lack of awareness of existence of such posts and is by no means any disrespect to their work. The copyrights to the posts, images and video clips remain the properties of the original creators.

Carnival of Blogs on Golden Era of Hindi Film Music – Volume XI – April 2023 Edition

Welcome to April 2023 edition of XI^th Volume of Carnival of Blogs on Golden Era of Hindi Film Music.

Tributes pour in for producer-singer Pamela Chopra, wife of Yash Chopra, who passed away on 20^th April – Pam Chopra and Yash Chopra tied the knot in 1970, but they weren’t impressed with each other after their first meeting for a ‘rishta’.

Rakhi, Pamela Chopra, and the late Yash Chopra are seen doting on baby Aditya Chopra.

Presently we move on to our section on tributes and celebrations for the month –

Lata Mangeshkar sings with Music Directors – nearly all the songs are duets except one – The song may or may not be composed by the same music director.

Shamshad Begum: The voice behind Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar, Saiyyan Dil Mein left Hindi film music due to rampant politics – Shamshad Begum’s voice was behind some of the biggest hits of the 1940s and 1950s but the singer stepped away from Hindi film music because of the rampant politics.

SN Tripathi Part 1: The Vintage Years – A Multi-faceted Talent is the first part of tribute to SN Tripathi on the 35th Anniversary of his Remembrance Day (14 March 1913-28 March 1988), with his songs in the Vintage Years, the 1930s and 40s.

How films became a bridge to my past and my present – Film scholar Suresh Chabria unpacks the meaning of nostalgia in a digital age, about films that were not seen in the digital formats and carriers now available, but mostly in movie theatres and auditoria where film societies and the cultural institutes in Mumbai screened movies in the 1960s. Often, the print or projection quality was of an indifferent nature. But each film satisfied one’s hunger for emotion and spectacle expressed in moving images and sounds that cinephiles everywhere speak of as ‘the magic of cinema’.

BR Chopra dared to make Hindi cinema’s first song-less film in 1960, which won a National Award – On BR Chopra’s birth anniversary, revisiting his 1960 film Kanoon which won a National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. The Ashok Kumar-Rajendra Kumar starrer was the first song-less Hindi film.

The Sculptors of Film Songs (3): Enoch Daniels is the third article in the series on music arrangers and musicians. The previous ones have covered Sebastian D’ Souza and Anthony Gonsalves,

Zohra Sehgal: The grand old lady of Indian cinema who walked in the West so Priyanka Chopra, Aishwarya Rai could fly – Arushi Jain – Zohra Sehgal was a multi-hyphenate: an actor, a danseuse, a choreographer, and a stage performer. She defied the barriers of religion, age and gender at every step of her life and was full of life till the very end.

“Ye Raat Phir Na Ayegi, Jawani Beet Jayegi” – Leela Pandey,  who acted in just about a dozen films in eight years, but created her distinct mark. Ye Raat Phir Na Ayegi, Jawani Beet Jayegi (Mahal, 1949 – Rajkumari, Zohrabai Ambalewali – Lyrics: Nakshab Jarchvi – Music: Khemchand Prakash) is one song wherein Leela Pandey shared the screen with Sheela Naik.

Hasrat Jaipuri – The Eternal Romantic – Painting vivid word pictures of the various shades of romance time and time again is no easy task. Yet Hasrat Jaipuri did just that in song after song, leaving us with thousands of verses that express love’s every emotion, writes Anuradha Warrier

April 2023 episode of VIII^th volume of Fading Memories, Unforgettable Songs takes up Hasrat Jaipuri – Beyond Shankar Jaikishan: 1961 _ Part 1.  Till now, we have covered –

The songs from 1950 to 1953 in 2017,

The songs from 1953 to 1955. In 2018

The songs from 1956 -1957 in 2019,

 The songs for 1958 in 2020,

 The songs f0r 1959 in 2021, and

 The songs for 1960 in 2022.

Shailendra Sharma @ Golden Era of Bollywood has not posted the memorial tribute posts for the month till the writing for the present post.:

We now move on to posts on other subjects –

The Bicycle Saga – Part 4 lists songs that can not be categorised into very narrow definitins.

Ten of my favourite crooner/club songs – One club song was almost a mandatory detail for films in 50s, and even 60s. The song came in different avatars: from a floor show in a club, with the singer/dancer surrounded by people sitting at tables; to a grand party. There were songs with hidden meanings, aimed at alerting the baddies to cops lurking among the patrons (or vice-versa). There were songs that teased, songs that blackmailed, songs of all sorts.

Songs of Spouses, the adjective used for the spouse in some cases was also the keynote of the film. The songs are both solos and duets depending on the context. But both wife and husband feature in the song, even if it is a solo.

After Ballads of Love: Ecstacy – D P Rangan comes up with Ballads of Love: Agony, a the theme of ‘love’ deals with the reverse of the coin. For every successful happy finish, there are very many disappointments with unrequited love that end in the separation of lovers going their way apart. Lyricists and music directors had worked in tandem to produce songs of pure agony laying bare frustrations in the conduct of love, and singers also did their part.

Hindi Film Songs Featuring Tribal Dance & Music – It is difficult to distinguish tribal from folk music in Hindi films, with many using the word ‘tribal’ interchangeably with the word ‘folk’. Songs featuring tribal music in films are somewhat stereotypical. These are generally dance songs. Unless the plot of the story revolves round a tribal clan and its chieftain (kabile ka sardaar), these songs are introduced in the film when the lead couple accidentally lands in a tribal hamlet.

From Bollywood Rewind – Sampada Sharma – Indian Express’s weekly column:

• • Gulzar’s Mausam is more palatable than Yash Chopra’s Lamhe, walks the uncomfortable line between parental and romantic love – Mausam has a sex worker in love with an older man, but she doesn’t realise that he was once in love with her mother.
  • This Sharmila Tagore-Sanjeev Kumar film yanks out the romance out of seemingly successful marriages – Basu Bhattacharya’s Griha Pravesh has Amar and Mansi in a loveless marriage and even after they acknowledge the mundane nature of their relationship, they choose to make it work, despite him cheating on her.
  • This Raj Kapoor-Nargis film jails the woman for being friends with a man, while her husband goes scot-free after an attempted murder – Raj Kapoor, Nargis and Dilip Kumar starrer Andaz casually blames the woman for being friends with a man and eventually jails her for it.

In continuation to our tradition of ending the post with a few songs of Mohammad Rafi, for the year, it is planned to recall the first duet Mohamad Rafi and Geeta Dutt had with a music director.

Main Bhi Jawan Hun Tum Bhi Jawan Ho – Do Dulhe (1955) – Lyrics: Pt. Indra – Music: B S Kalla

https://youtu.be/n21wZLjqfbY

Meri Jaan Gair Ko Tum Paan Khilaaya Na Karo – Kundan (1955) – Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni – Music: Ghulam Mohammad

Bachna Zara Ye Zamana Hai Bura – Milaap (1955) – Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi – Music: N Datta

Aisi Nazrein Na Daal Karle Khayaal – Riyaasat (1955) – Lyrics: Prem Dhawan – Music: Avinash Vyas

I look forward to your inputs to enrich the contents of Carnival of Blogs on Golden Era of Hindi Film Music.

Disclaimer: This monthly series of posts is my best-effort-based compilation of posts on Hindi film songs that I normally visit regularly. As I record my sincere thanks to all the original creators of these posts, any other posts that I have nor covered herein shows my lack of awareness of existence of such posts and is by no means any disrespect to their work. The copyrights to the posts, images and video clips remain the properties of the original creators.

Carnival of Blogs on Golden Era of Hindi Film Music – Volume XI – March 2023 Edition

Welcome to March 2023 edition of XI^th Volume of Carnival of Blogs on Golden Era of Hindi Film Music.

Songs of Yore presents the festival of colors, Holi, with Kleptomania in Bollywood.

Sampada Sharama has a pointed question: Hindi cinema can’t seem to separate Holi from harassment, is it too much to seek consent? – Hindi cinema has been trying to make its case for normalising harassment on Holi acceptable for decades, and no one’s calling them out.

Presently we move on to our section on tributes and celebrations for the month –

Mausam Aaya Hai Rangeen – Rememberng Sulochana Kadam on her 90^th birthday.

How OP Nayyar was one of the original disruptors of Hindi film music – Ajay Mankotia – ‘Almost all Hindi film songs have beat patterns which are straight and regular. But OP Nayyar had other ideas.’…. the revolution OP Nayyar wrought was bringing on board both the Western and Indian beats to songs. This dual usage gave the song a hitherto unknown texture. One example – ‘Balma Khuli Hawa Mein’ (Kashmir Ki Kali, 1964).

Bollywood Odyssey – The Singing Taxman’s Journey into Film Music, Ajay Mankotia, Readomania

A millennial watches Chashme Buddoor: Farooq Sheikh’s rom-com reminds you of simpler times, but hasn’t aged well – Arushi Jain  – Chashme Buddoor can be watched for its well-meaning performances, not just from Farooq and Deepti, but from every actor and well-intended script.

Continuing the series, the year-wise review of Lata Mangeshkar’s career, on Lata Mangeshkar, Mehfil Mein Teri revisits 1957 – Lata Mangeshkar on the occasion of festivals of Gudi Padwa | Ugadi | Pongal.

March 2023 episode of VIII^th volume of Fading Memories, Unforgettable Songs takes up Ghulam Mohammed and His Singers: 1953. Till now we have covered Ghulam Mohammed’s songs for the year

1943 to 1949 in 2021, and

1950-1952 in 2022.

Shailendra Sharma @ Golden Era of Bollywood has not posted the memorial tribute posts for the month till the writing for the present post.:

We now move on to posts on other subjects –

The Bewitching Artistry of Raat Bhi Hai Kuch Bheegi Bheegi -The intoxicating dance in tune with the rustic, enthralling music of Raat bhi hai kuch bheegi bheegi has a hypnotic effect on Shirish Waghmode.  The song leaves you bewitched and besotted. The white-attired beauty named Waheeda glides across the mirrored floor like a swan, glamorously preening and parading her skills. The music of Jaidev is as rustic and mellifluous as a folk melody can be. Sahir plays with the words, which act like silver anklets, to add rhythm to his lyrics.

Bhabhi Songs Part 2: With the Nanad – the first part was Bhabhi songs with Devar

Ballads of Love: Ecstacy – D P Rangan comes with an objectively exhaustive article on one of the most common themes of Bollywood songs.

र and ल in Hindi Film Music – Many indigenous (or देशज) words replace the consonant ल with र. – for example: song where र has been used instead of ल:- Gaya Andhera Hua Ujala

song with lallation: Munna Bada Pyara

song with trilling र : Ek Baat Suni Hai Chachaji Batlaanewaali Hai – Naram Garam (1981)

Ten of my favourite spooky songs, duly presenting a smoke-covered a ghostly figure (invariably female), wandering about in the night and singing a signature spooky song.

My Favourites: Comic Songs are the Hindi films songs that make you smile widely, sometimes even laugh out loudand Kishore Kumar’s Comic Songs where the singer’s vocal calisthenics complement the actor’s clowning.

The Only song that… lists very unusual songs, like The only song that Geeta Dutt & Suraiyaa sang together  – Preet Ka Naata Jodnewaale – Afsar (1950) – Pt.Narendra Sharma – S.D.Burman

From Bollywood Rewind – Sampada Sharma – Indian Express’s weekly column:

• • Jaya Bachchan’s Kora Kagaz explains why a relationship will never survive if you allow parental interference – Kora Kagaz highlights that one’s relationship will always get influenced by those around them, but it is only up to them to choose what relationships they want to save.
  • This 1970s film romanticises child marriage, positions it as the best thing that could happen to the institution of marriage – Director Tarun Majumdar, who made Balika Badhu in 1976, was living in a bubble when he made a film that showed the practice of child marriage as if it was the best gift that the institution of marriage could ever receive.
  • When Shashi Kapoor played a man who found movie actors talentless and frivolous, right at the cusp of his filmy stardom – In Shakespeare Wallah, Shashi Kapoor plays Sanju, a cheating lover who can’t let go of his movie star girlfriend while he is in love with an English theatre artist.

In continuation to our tradition of ending the post with a few songs of Mohammad Rafi, for the year, it is planned to recall the first duet Mohamad Rafi and Geeta Dutt had with a music director.

Chahe Qismat Humko Rulaaye – Neelam Pari (1952) – Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri- Music: Khursheed Anwar

Jeevan Kya Hai Dhalta Suraj – Dana Pani (1953) – Lyrics: Kaif Irfani – Music: Mohan Junior

Sun Sun Sun Sun Zaalima Pyar Humko Tumse Ho Gaya – Aar Paar (1954) – Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri – Music: O P Nayyar

Ek Ladka Ek Ladki, Ek Ladka Ghar Se Nikal Gaya – Khushboo (1954) – Lyrics: G S Nepali – Music: Shankar Lal

I look forward to your inputs to enrich the contents of Carnival of Blogs on Golden Era of Hindi Film Music.

Disclaimer: This monthly series of posts is my best-effort-based compilation of posts on Hindi film songs that I normally visit regularly. As I record my sincere thanks to all the original creators of these posts, any other posts that I have nor covered herein shows my lack of awareness of existence of such posts and is by no means any disrespect to their work. The copyrights to the posts, images and video clips remain the properties of the original creators.

Carnival of Blogs on Golden Era of Hindi Film Music – Volume XI – February 2023 Edition

Welcome to February 2023 edition of XI^th Volume of Carnival of Blogs on Golden Era of Hindi Film Music.

Presently we move on to our section on tributes and celebrations for the month –

Remembering Madhubala – Today and Forever – Anuradha Warrier – Madhubala’s porcelain prettiness, dazzling smile and trademark giggle masked a gifted actor with so much more to offer.

Nimmi – ‘The Unkissed Girl of India’ – D P Ranagn pays tribute to Nimmi on her 90th birth anniversary (b. 18 Feb 1933 – d. 25 March 2020).

The Masters: Jan Nisar Akhtar – Of Romance and Hope – Anuradha Warrier – For a poet who was part of the Progressive Writers’ Movement, Jan Nisar Akhtar’s lyrics for Hindi film songs were delicately shaded with the disparate colours of romance.

Continuing the series, the year-wise review of Lata Mangeshkar’s career, on Lata Mangeshkar, Mehfil Mein Teri revisits Lata Mangeshkar’s songs with lesser known or forgotten male singers.

Lata Mangeshkar: Ten Solos, Ten Composers – Part 4 is the last post in the series of Lata Mangeshkar obituary series, beginning with My Favourite Solos with Ten Composers, followed by the songs the other great music directors for whom Lata sang some exceptional songs and Ten Solos, Ten Composers

Gujara Hua Zamana – 21 Gaan Salute to Lataji!! – a tribute on her first death anniversary.

“The Sculptors of Film Music’ series presents Anthony Gonsalves, one of the pioneering music arrangers of Hind Film Music of Golden Era.

February 2023 episode of VIII^th volume of Fading Memories, Unforgettable Songs takes up Talat Mahmood – Duets with Asha Bhosle – 1951| 1952 | 1953. Till now, we have explored –

In 2017, an overview of Talat Mahmood’s duets receding from the memory.

In 2018, Talat Mahmood’s duets with rare co-singers,

In 2019, Talat Mahmood’s duets with Mubarak Begum and with Madhubala Jhaveri,

In 2020, Talat Mahmood’s duets with Geeta Dutt, essentially from 1950 to 1952,

In 2021, Talat Mahmood: Duets with Geeta Dutt, from  1954 to 1957, with one duet even in 1972, and

In 2022, Talat Mahmood: Dets with Shamshad Begum.

Shailendra Sharma @ Golden Era of Bollywood has not posted the memorial tribute posts for the month till the writing for the present post.:

We now move on to posts on other subjects –

Yeh Un Dinoñ Ki Baat Hai – In Conversation with Yasir Abbasi – Yeh Un Dinoñ Ki Baat Hai: Urdu Memoirs of Cinema Legends, selected and translated by Yasir Abbasi and published by Bloomsbury India, brings together an eclectic collection of memoirs written by renowned writers and cine artists and published in Urdu magazines of yore, many of which are now defunct.

Book Review: “चल उड़ जा रे पंछी (संगीतकार चित्रगुप्त: व्यक्ति एवं कृति)” – By: Dr. Narendra Nath Pandey | Kautilya Books, New Delhi: 2022 | ISBN: 978-93-90885-68-8

Book Review: Jerry Pinto’s ‘Helen: The Making of a Bollywood H-Bomb’

A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors – L Aruna Dhir –

Zeenat Aman recalls the time she was ‘earnest’ for her new job at 16: ‘We shot around the Taj in a quest for the perfect image’ – Zeenat Aman quipped that her advertisement, however, was eclipsed by tabla maestro Zakir Hussain’s memorable campaign for the brand.

My Favourites: Women and Chores’ Songs – Some of these songs are absolutely wonderful, and some of the sequences make absolute sense in the context of the film.

Melodies with partly sung mukhda are the songs wherein mukhada precedes humming, or even an anatara.

The Bicycle Saga, commenced last year with Part !, peddles on with Part 2 (A couple on the bicycle) and Part 3 (Solo bicycle songs).

Ten ‘Anti-Love’ Songs – These are not ‘Don’t love me’ songs but are the songs which wonder why people fall in love.

The Gaali Songs are quite light-hearted fun songs even as the lyrics do contain cuss words like Badtameez, Bluffmaster, Junglee, Jaanwar, Loafer and so on

From Bollywood Rewind – Sampada Sharma – Indian Express’s weekly column:

• • Decades before Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan vowed to save Bharat Mata, Dharmendra played the fan-favourite spy in Ankhen – Dharmendra and Mala Sinha starrer Ankhen, directed by Ramanand Sagar, is the story of a spy who is ready to sacrifice himself for his Bharat Mata.
  • Jaya Bachchan’s Piya Ka Ghar puts focus on female desire when the sasural won’t let the newlyweds be – Jaya Bachchan and Anil Dhawan starrer Piya Ka Ghar, directed by Basu Chatterjee, has the newly weds struggling for some alone time until the woman puts her foot down and decides to move on.
  • Gulzar’s Angoor, the original Cirkus, is the ‘comedy of errors’ that drags a one-line premise for over two hours – The 1982 film Angoor, directed by Gulzar, is way more subtle than Rohit Shetty’s Cirkus, but watching it in 2023 feels like an arduous task.

We have concluded Micro View of Duets for 1943, with MY Top Music Directors.

In continuation to our tradition of ending the post with a few songs of Mohammad Rafi, for the year, it is planned to recall the first duet Mohammad Rafi and Geeta Dutt had with a music director.

Shamma Jalti Hai To Parwane Chale Aate Hain – Bawra (1950) – Ghafil Haranalvi – Krishna Dayal

Chupke Chupke Dil Mein Aane Wale – Haramra Ghar (1950) – Rammurthy Chaturvedi – Chitragupta

Jise Dundte Phirti Hai Meri Nazar – Sheesh Mahal (1950) – Nazim Panipati – Vasant Desai

Panghat Pe Dekho Aayi Milan Ki Bela – Naujawan (1951) – Sahir Ludhianvi – S D Burman

I look forward to your inputs to enrich the contents of Carnival of Blogs on Golden Era of Hindi Film Music.

Disclaimer: This monthly series of posts is my best-effort-based compilation of posts on Hindi film songs that I normally visit regularly. As I record my sincere thanks to all the original creators of these posts, any other posts that I have nor covered herein shows my lack of awareness of existence of such posts and is by no means any disrespect to their work. The copyrights to the posts, images and video clips remain the properties of the original creators.

Carnival of Blogs on Golden Era of Hindi Film Music – Volume XI – January 2023 Edition

Welcome to January 2023 edition of XI^th Volume of Carnival of Blogs on Golden Era of Hindi Film Music.

Mehfil Mein Meri opens the New Year with A New Beginning………., with a new subject to one’s liking.

So True….. everything is done in full flow when you do it because you like it.

Indeed, a very good thought to begin the New Year.

SoY opens the new year account with ‘Parent’-‘Adult’-‘Child’ in songs has also an implicit message that every ‘adult’ should continue to strive to keep ‘child’ within remain live throughout the life cycle.

Presently we move on to our section on tributes and celebrations for the month –

Hrishikesh Mukherjee: Master of the Middle Path By Ratnottama Sengupta – A heartfelt piece as a centenary tribute to master filmmaker Hrishikesh Mukherjee.  – “This is one of the biggest ironies of life you know! That, as we grow in years, we grow more experienced, and richer in thought. But, the more we have to give to the world, the less equal, less capable our body gets…”

An exclusive pen and ink sketch of Hrishikesh Mukherjee by renowned artist Subrata Gangopadhyay

Pyarelal Santoshi: Jack of All Trades? – D P Ranagn pays tribute to polymath  Pyare Lal (P.L.) Santoshi

Films Are Art, Not Commerce was the motto that Khwaja Ahmed (K.A.) Abbas that remains a testament to this man’s dedication, commitment and perseverance.

Continuing the series, the year-wise review of Lata Mangeshkar’s career, on Lata Mangeshkar, Mehfil Mein Teri revisits favourites from the year 1956 in 1956 – Lata Mangeshkar

The Masters: Kaifi Azmi b- Born Sayyed Athar Husain Rizvi on in Mijwan (Azamgarh, Eastern Uttar Pradesh) in a zamindar family, Kaifi Azmi demonstrated his poetic skills very early on.

“Hum Ko Mann Ki Shakti Dena Mann Vijay Karein” – Lalita Kumari – Born in Peshawar on July 6, 1938, Lalita Kumari entered the world of Hindi films through Navketan’s AandhiyaN (1952).

Behind the Scenes – A Patchwork Quilt is just that – a patchwork of memories – of Paranjpye’s life, travels, plays, films – and the persons and personalities she met along the way.

November 2022 episode of Fading Memories, Unforgettable Songs takes up Jaidev: Brilliant, But Underrated, Composer:  1976 – 1977. Till now,

In 2018, we listened to his songs from the most successful films phase of 1955 to 1963.

In 2019, we listened to his more remembered songs from his less remembered films for 1964 to 1970,

in 2020, we listened to highly appreciated songs from the films that did not succeed in 1971,

In 2021, we recalled the songs that have faded out because the films flopped in 1972-1973, and

In 2022, we listened to his melodies form relatively not so known films for the years 1974 and 1975

Shailendra Sharma @ Golden Era of Bollywood has not posted the memorial tribute posts for the month till the writing for the present post.:

We now move on to posts on other subjects –

Contribution of Marathi Composers in Bollywood – Part I focuses on Snehal Bhatkar and  N Dutta, Part II on Dattaram, Sudhir Phadke and Vasant Desai and Part III on C Ramchandra.

Some Favorite Noor Jehan Film Songs Related to Lal Shahbaz Qalandar (and some other Qalandars too), the songs that come from the playback singing that she did in Pakistani films revolving around Lal Shahbaz Qalandar – or, in at least one or two cases, other Qalandars or saints in the Sufi tradition

Chal Ri Sajani Ab Kya Soche – Torn Between Two Worlds – Chal ri sajani ab kya soche is synonymous with the bidaai, the heart-breaking moment of departure when the bride steps across the threshold into an unknown world. Shirish Waghmode revisits this classic created by the SD Burman-Majrooh-Mukesh team and emoted in perfect sync by Suchitra Sen and Dev Anand along with Nasir Hussain (the father) and Achala Sachdev (the mother) for Raj Khosla’s Bombai Ka Babu.

Javed Akhtar on how cinema has changed: ‘Improved on the form though lost out on the context’ – A Book Excerpt – Nasreen Munni Kabir’s conversation book ‘Talking Life’ follows ‘Talking Films’ and ‘Talking Songs’.

Bhabhi Songs Part 1: With the Devar – Some of the songs do not specifically have these kinship terms mentioned in the lyrics but the characters on screen play the role of the devar and bhabhi.

Ten of my favourite ‘two songs in one’, the songs where the two styles of the song alternate

The ‘Fusion Songs’ lists songs that has seamlessly interwoven two different styles of music in the song

Songs of Anger focuses on Hindi films songs with the words the words krodh (क्रोध)/ khafa (ख़फ़ा)/naaraaz (नाराज़)/gussa (ग़ुस्सा)

From Bollywood Rewind – Sampada Sharma – Indian Express’s weekly column:

Gulzar’s Parichay is a study of a dysfunctional family, but can we accept that ours is broken? – Gulzar’s Parichay is a humble reminder that love might be the solution to all problems but to actually solve those problems, loving each other is never sufficient.

Basu Chatterjee’s Khatta Meetha is India’s version of Modern Family, but with all the problematic tropes – Khatta Meetha might seem like a harmless, innocent film that is designed to appeal to the good-heartedness of a regular middle class family. But the movie casually ignores the tropes that it introduces and turns it into plot points.

Gulzar’s Achanak is what Akshay Kumar’s Rustom would have been if it didn’t take the easy way out – In Gulzar’s 1973 film Achanak, an army officer murders his cheating wife and her lover but then we start questioning how this relationship even disintegrated.

We have moved forward with Micro View of Duets for 1943, with Female-Female Duets⁽⁺⁾ and Triads⁽⁺⁾ to conclude with My Top Duets.

In continuation to our tradition of ending the post with a few songs of Mohammad Rafi, for the year, it is planned to recall the first duet Mohamad Rafi and Geeta Dutt had with a music director.

Jai Hind Ki Yeh KahaniyaN – Mansarovar (1946) – Deepak/IshwarChandra Kapoor – S N Tripathi

Sambhal Sambhal Ke Jaiyao O Banjare… Dilli Door Hai – Saajan (1947) – with Lalita Deolkar – Rammurti Chaturvedi – C Ramchandra

Phool Ko Le Baitha Khaar, Tera Kanto Se Hai Pyar – Chunariya (1948) – Mulkraj Bhakri – Hansraj Behl

Badla Hua Duniya Mein Ulfat Ka Fasana Hai – Hamari Manzil (1949) – Qamar Jalalabadi – Husnlal Bhagatram

I look forward to your inputs to enrich the contents of Carnival of Blogs on Golden Era of Hindi Film Music.

Disclaimer: This monthly series of posts is my best-effort-based compilation of posts on Hindi film songs that I normally visit regularly. As I record my sincere thanks to all the original creators of these posts, any other posts that I have nor covered herein shows my lack of awareness of existence of such posts and is by no means any disrespect to their work. The copyrights to the posts, images and video clips remain the properties of the original creators