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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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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In 2001, the film Dil Chahta Hai was at least a minor revelation. Made with a technical skill and a disregard for many common Hindi film wisdoms, it set the bar for the many youthful movies in the following decade and beyond. At the time, one of the major reasons it caught the attention of…
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In the early 2000s, there was a rash of films that were either made by film-makers of India origin living in other parts of the world, or by Indian film-makers about the Indian diaspora, and clearly targeted at that audience. Even if they were in Hindi, they were not quite Bollywood films, and in fact…
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In Hindi films and songs, like in many other things, there are the popular, there are the highly regarded and lauded, and then there are all the rest, some of whom grow in status over time and come to be recognised as ignored gems. While the song Waqt ne kiya kya haseen sitam had its…
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Tere mere sapne, released in 1996 was not a super-hit movie, but it still stands out in memory if you lived through the time, because it was memorable in various small ways. For one it was produced by Amitabh Bachchan’s on again, off again production house ABCL. It also introduced into the Hindi film world…
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Jo haal dil ka is a very strange song. It’s strange only in the context in which it is presented. After all, heroines in wet, clingy clothes, mouthing sensual songs near waterfalls and other convenient water features is hardly strange for a Hindi film; It’s par for the course, but this song has no attempt…
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As a singer, KK is one of those hidden gems. Not that he is unknown by any means, but over more than a decade, he’s sung some of the most iconic songs of Hindi cinema, while always remaining a fairly low profile character. His singing has a versatility and a certain heart-wrenching quality that none…
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As much of a startling change to the landscape of Hindi film music as A.R. Rahman was in the mid-1990s, his transition from Tamil films to mainstream Hindi cinema was also a gradual one from the audience’s perspective. He only showed up on the average film-fan’s radar with the release of the Hindi dub of…
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When Pehla nasha, from Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, first played on screens large and small in 1992, and Aamir Khan appeared in a loud red shirt and flung his sweater into the picturesque landscape behind him, in slow motion, you knew something had changed and that something new was beginning. Pehla nasha went on to…
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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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