Posts Tagged ‘SD Burman’

  • Discerning Few : Rafi Sings For Bachchan
    na fankaar tujh sa tere baad aya mohammed rafi tu bahut yaad aya - A song from movie Krodh Just the other day I was watching the song and something struck me. I felt that the song was ironical in so many ways. Although its a tribute to Rafi Saab, it was sung by Md.Aziz, a so-called Rafi clone, whose voice is such a far cry from the soothing and melodious voice of Rafi....
    by crazyrals at May 24th, 2009 at 11:05 am
  • Songs in Hindi Films – S D Burman
    Here is Sachin Dev Burman – the grand young man – the Dada of the industry, talking about films, the importance of story/script/direction/photography and how can songs compliment or destroy the films. I feel these views show what a keen observer Sachinda is, and how much dedicated he is towards the art of Hindi Film Music. No wonder his music is evergreen....
    by kcp at May 7th, 2009 at 05:05 am
  • Kishore Kumar : Self Portrait
    iView Author: Kaustubh Pingle (Pune, India) Email:kcpingle [at] gmail [dot]com Kishore Kumar : Self Portrait Source of material : Filmfare 1956, [material is reproduced here with comments to make readers familiar with the writings of Kishore Kumar] First part of the series can be read here :> Kishore kumar : Leaves from my diary My comments : Continuing with my series...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at April 15th, 2009 at 06:04 pm
  • Shakti Samanta – A Musical Tribute
    ye kyaa huaa, kaise huaa, kab huaa kyon huaa, jab huaa, tab huaa chhodo, ye naa socho humne jo dekhaa thaa, sunaa thaa kyaa bataaye wo kyaa thaa sapnaa salonaa thaa khatam to honaa thaa, huaa When the end came, it was really sorrowful. But as all good things come to and end, so did the life of Shakti Samanta. The above lines are from his movie Amar Prem and they are so...
    by crazyrals at April 11th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
  • Nau Do Gyarah and how to escape boredom
    Somewhere during Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin, Aamir Khan and Pooja Bhatt end up in an abandoned barn (or was it a garage), while escaping the clutches of the private jasoos duo of Rakesh Bedi and Virendra Saxena. There’s a radio playing in the background and through the crackle you hear Kishore’s voice singing ‘Hum Hain Rahee Pyar Ke, Hum Se Kuchh Na Boliye’. Aamir...
    by Subrat at April 4th, 2009 at 03:04 am
  • Jai ho! geet sangeet
    iView Author: dilnawaz (Patna, India) Email: syed.tauheed [at] gmail.com “Jai ho! geet sangeet ” SINCE the first Indian talkie songs are part of Hindi films.lyricists, music directors and singers from very past are successfully carrying forward the geet –sangeet tradition LYRICISTS With likes of shakil badayuni, hasrat jaypuri, shailendra, sahir, majrooh...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at February 25th, 2009 at 05:02 am
  • Tere (Mere, Hamare) Ghar Ke Samne : Happy Diwali
    If Tere Ghar Ke Samne is not the best then it is easily among top five romantic comedies ever made in Hindi cinema. TGKS represents perfect blend of romance and comedy and neither comedy takes a shelter in buffoonery nor romance follows an exaggerated lane where overflow of tears, while showing tough conditions or a phase of separation, tries to exploit the emotions of...
    by Rk at October 28th, 2008 at 06:10 am
  • Bombai ka Babu : Suchitra sees him as her brother, Dev Anand sees her as his love interest
    If a team of Raj Khosla, Dev Anand, Jal Mistry, Rajindra Singh Bedi decides to make a film then its understood that direction will give us many thrilling moments to watch in the film and Cinematography will be of top quality. Rajindra Bedi’s story, inspite of having some inspirations from O Henry’s short story A Double Dyed Deceiver becomes unconventional...
    by Rk at September 24th, 2008 at 08:09 am
  • Jewel Thief : Best and most stylish thriller of Hindi cinema
    THANK YOU Navketan, Dev Saab and Vijay Anand to give us Jewel Thief. Your film, Jewel Thief, denies to loose its charm even after 41 years. 41 years is a time period long enough to forget even the places where one enjoys the formative years in the childhood. Lovers of Jewel Thief exist in all the age groups. It does not matter at which age they saw it, film remains in...
    by Rk at July 30th, 2008 at 04:07 am