Showing posts with label Usha Khanna. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Usha Khanna. Show all posts

Saturday, June 1, 2024

The singing credits were VAgue

Hum Hindustani released in 1960.

The opening line of its title track was Chhodo Kal Ki Baatein.

A recreated version of that song happened to be the fifth song from Sooryavanshi (2021) in my collection.

Alphabetically, it would be the second of those.

And if they were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, it would be the first – it was just two minutes long.

Various Artistes sang it.

Prem Dhawan, who wrote the original, was credited with writing this version too.

Tanishk Bagchi, unsurprisingly, shared composing credits with the original composer, Usha Khanna. 


Thursday, December 14, 2023

Everyone said yes to Rafi

Being aware of that fact that Bolo Bolo Kuchh Toh Bolo was a song from the 1981 film Zamaane Ko Dikhana Hai, I knew the film was produced by Nasir Hussain, and the song, which Majrooh Sultanpuri wrote, was rendered by Mohammed Rafi.

But there was a song of the same name on the soundtrack of Dil Deke Dekho (1959).

It involved the aforementioned trio, and had a line that went, “Pyaar Ho Toh Keh Do Yes”.

Nobody in their right mind would say ‘no’ to them, or to Usha Khanna, who composed the song.

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