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Bollywood Noir
From the darker side of Bollywood – classic songs about loss and despair. These songs have the most beautiful haunting melodies, that don’t need any translation to make their power felt.
A few songs from Taxi Driver, Pyaasa, from Mughal-e-Azam and Kaagaz Ke Phool: I’m sure this is not the definitive list of tragic Bollywood songs, but what it does contain is from the great masters… and sad… wonderful.
Mughal-e-Azam’s story is about the conflict between love and duty, and the title of the main song “Pyaar kiya to darna kya” seems to translate to: “If you have love, what is there to fear?”
I remember this from the film, that I saw a while ago, in a more poetic translation: “Love cannot be controlled by chains or prisons” – but maybe that was my imagination :-)
Talat Mahmood (with cigarette) sings as Manglu the cynical cab driver, the iconic lost person, the drifter that does not belong. The song “Jaayen to jaayen kahan” (Where should we go?) was a huge hit in the rapidly changing India of 1954, and it still hasn’t lost much of its power.
Then there’s Kagaaz Ke Phool’s tale of self-destructive genius, and Geeta Dutt singing “Waqt Ne Kiyaa” (What has time done?). The world is a garden of paper flowers and broken hearts. The movie wasn’t a great success at the time, and director Guru Dutt descended into depression and suicide in 1964. The dark side of Bollywood.
playlist: Bollywood Noir
| # | Artist | Title | Year |
| 1 | Lata Mangeshkar | Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya – Mughal-e-Azam | 1960 |
| 2 | Lata Mangeshkar | Mohabbat ki jhooti kahani – Mughal-e-Azam | 1960 |
| 3 | Mohammed Rafi | Ae mohabbat zindabad – Mughal-e-Azam | 1960 |
| 4 | Hemant Kumar | Jane woh Kaise Log The – Pyaasa | 1957 |
| 5 | Geeta Dutt | Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Haseen Sitam – Kaagaz Ke phool | 1959 |
| 6 | Talat Mahmood | Jaayen To Jaayen Kahaan – Taxi Driver | 1954 |
| 7 | Hemant Kumar | Tum Pukar Lo Tumhara Intezar – Khamoshi | 1969 |
| 8 | Lata Mangeshkar | Duniya Mein Hum Aaye Hain – Mother India | 1957 |
| 9 | Noor Jehan | Rim Jhim Parey Pohaar – Koel | 1961 |
| 10 | Lata Mangeshkar | Ae Malik Tere Bande Hum – Do Aankhen Bara Haath | 1957 |
| 11 | Geeta Dutt – Hemant Kumar | Na Yeh Chand Hoga – Shart | 1954 |
| 12 | Kishore and Asha | Yeh Raaten Yeh Mausam – Dilli Ka Thug | 1958 |
| 13 | Lata Mangeshkar | Ruk Ja Raat – Dil Ek Mandir | 1963 |
| 14 | Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey | Yeh Raat Bheegi Bheegi – Chori Chori | 1957 |
| 15 | Lata Mangeshkar | Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil – Bees Saal Baad | 1962 |
| 16 | Lata Mangeshkar | Aap Ki Nazron Ne Samjha – Anpadh | 1962 |
| 17 | Mukesh | Kahin Door Jab Din – Anand | 1970 |
| 18 | Mohd Rafi | Likhay Jo Khat Tujhay – Kanyadan | 1969 |
| 19 | Shamshad Begum, Kishore Kumar | Mere Nindon Mein Tum – Naya Andaz | 1956 |
| 20 | Talat Mahmood | Zindagi Dene Wale Sun – Dil-e-Nadan | 1953 |
| 21 | Mohammed Rafi | Babul Ki Duayen Leti Ja – Neel Kamal | 1968 |
| Total play length: 01:18:42 | |||
download: Bollywood Noir (40x)
7 comments
your Playist seems to have movie titles instead of singer names. for e.g. Anpadh, Bees Saal Baad, Khamoshi, Kagaz Ke phool, etc.
Top right photo is Dev Anand (Talat is background singing) however. Talat photo is lower left.
Trust me there more and better sad songs on any subject you can think of.
Ha, yes I know this isn’t exactly the definitive list; I see what you mean by movie titles instead of singer names though –
will fixhave fixed that.FYI, #9 song is from pakistani film. Noor Jahan left India after partition in 1947, so technically not bollywood
and #20 khayyam is Music director of that movie.
#20: doing stuff in great haste will get you errors like that. Glad you’re pointing them out to me. #9: technically correct, but I still love the music; don’t you?
I hadn’t heard it before but just listened to it in youtube. It is fine but not my kind of sad song.
Unlike Hai Isi Mein Pyaar Ki Aabroo – Anpadh (1962) which one of the most sad songs ever and lyrics are just superb. Naushad said of this song that he would trade all his songs for it.
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sorry here is the translation of “Hai Isi Mein Pyaar Ki Aabroo”
Hope you like it.
http://lyricstranslate.com/en/hai-isi-main-pyar-ki-aabroo-pride-love.html