Dil Ibadat Kar Raha Hai‘s lyrics were penned by Sayeed Qadri for the 2009 film Tum Mile starring Emraan Hashmi and Soha Ali Khan. Pritam‘s music for the song is only enhanced by KK‘s always soulful singing. Dil Ibadat Kar Raha Hai song details Song Title Dil Ibadat Kar Raha Hai Movie Tum Mile (2009)…
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Hasrat Jaipuri‘s playful lyrics for Woh Chand Khila Woh Taare Hanse are an enduring legacy of the 1959 Hindi film Anari, this in addition to the classic nature of the movie and the star power of Nutan and Raj Kapoor. Lata Mangeshkar‘s bright singing, supported by a single line from Mukesh really bring Shankar-Jaikishan‘s classic…
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Pudhu vellai mazhai is the original Tamil version of the Hindi song which became a nation-wide sensation Yeh haseen wadiyan from the film Roja, which was released in 1992 in it’s original language. The Tamil lyrics were written by Vairamuthu. A R Rahman‘s music was his first outing as lead music composer for a film,…
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The old Hindi song Laaga chunari mein daag had its lyrics written by Sahir Ludhianvi for the 1963 romantic film Dil hi to hai. With Roshan‘s music and Manna Dey‘s magical voice bringing the words to life, it was always going to be a classic. Laaga Chunari Mein Daag song details Song Title Laaga chunari…
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The lyrics for the most popular song from the album Paisa were likely written by Shaleen Sharma with inputs by the rest of his band-mates in Agosh in 2002. The music for Mujhe mil jo jaye thoda paisa would also be a band collaboration with major composition by R. Anandh who went on to compose…
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The lyrics of Yeh haseen vadiyan were penned by P K Mishra for the Hindi version of Roja in 1994. A R Rahman‘s original music from the original Tamil film was carried over unchanged, with this Hindi version being sung by K S Chithra and S P Balasubrahmanyam. Yeh Haseen Vadiyan Yeh Khula Aasman song…
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The phenomenon of the various regional language film industries feeding material to the Hindi film industry in Bombay, and vice-versa, has been going on for a long time. In a country so diverse in its cultures and languages, it was always been natural to translate what works from one market into another market in the…
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The reason the Indian film industry, as a collection of all its many regional language industries, has been the most prolific producer of cinema for a large chunk of film history, is because it is a very deep creature. There are the popular blockbuster films staring big-name stars and top-flight talent, but the vast majority…
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There are some films that are a huge deal when they are released, and fade away into obscurity over time. Sometimes it’s because of the marketing machine and sometimes the film is something different enough for people to take notice, but there are always ever shinier trinkets to pay attention to and their time in…
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Heroes and heroines dancing between trees has been an oft repeated cliché for the tropes of Hindi film songs. Like all clichés, it has some basis in fact, even if not as iconic as it has come to be portrayed. At some point, dancing between the trees started as a simple walk between the trees,…
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By the 1980s, Amitabh Bachchan was at the height of his stardom. While the decade was not the most vibrant for the Hindi film industry in general, Amitabh went on to do some of his most iconic movies at the time. Their success can in no small part also be ascribed to some of the…
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Dil Chahta Hai will remain a landmark film in the world of Hind cinema for many reasons. While it didn’t have the sheer bravado of something like Lagaan from earlier that year, this 2001 film included a change in what was possible within the old tropes, it introduced some important players, and it re-introduced some…
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