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Satish Haldan

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Dec 12, 2009, 1:21:58 PM12/12/09
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I recall two such songs

Ek Phool Char Kante (1961) - o beautiful baby of Broadway
and Julie (1975) - my heart is beating

Any other English language songs in Hindi films?

naniwadekar

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Dec 12, 2009, 2:01:58 PM12/12/09
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On Dec 12, 10:21 am, Satish Haldan <haldankar_sat...@yahoo.co.in>
wrote:

Shri Satish Haldankar : The 1930s Geet Kosh lists a few such songs and
is a good starting point for you from historical perspective. The most
famous instance from 1930s is Shanta Apte in Duniya Na Maane (or
Kunku), but it is neither the only one nor the first one.

- dn

Satish Haldan

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Dec 12, 2009, 2:13:36 PM12/12/09
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I do not have any volumes of the Geet Kosh, hence this post.

surjit singh

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Dec 12, 2009, 3:28:59 PM12/12/09
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On Dec 12, 11:13 am, Satish Haldan <haldankar_sat...@yahoo.co.in>

wrote:
> On Dec 13, 12:01 am, naniwadekar <nani3ski...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Dec 12, 10:21 am, Satish Haldan <haldankar_sat...@yahoo.co.in>
> > wrote:
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> > > I recall two such songs
>
> > > Ek Phool Char Kante (1961) - o beautiful baby of Broadway
> > > and Julie (1975) - my heart is beating
>
> > > Any other English language songs in Hindi films?
>
> > Shri Satish Haldankar : The 1930s Geet Kosh lists a few such songs and
> > is a good starting point for you from historical perspective. The most
> > famous instance from 1930s is Shanta Apte in Duniya Na Maane (or
> > Kunku), but it is neither the only one nor the first one.
>
> > - dn
>
> I do not have any volumes of the Geet Kosh, hence this post.

Google is your friend

http://hindi-films-songs.com/articles/1933.html

Mitesh Gandhi

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Dec 13, 2009, 8:06:13 AM12/13/09
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On Dec 13, 6:28 am, surjit singh <surjitsi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 12, 11:13 am, Satish Haldan <haldankar_sat...@yahoo.co.in>
> wrote:
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> here is this poor bloke trying to start a fairly intersting discussion on a topic i havent come across in 10 years of lurking on this newagroup and he gets two responses-one directing him to the geetkosh and the other directing him to google. So what is the purpose of this newsgroup then?

Mitesh
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surjit singh

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Dec 13, 2009, 10:24:27 AM12/13/09
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His was not a discussion, merely a request for information. I did not
direct him to Geet Kosh, merely to an article based on it. No wonder
Jay calls RMIMers ignorant :)

UVR

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Dec 13, 2009, 4:00:08 PM12/13/09
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But, to be fair to Mr. Gandhi's criticism, the OP (Original Poster)
did seem to be asking for comprehensive information on *all* English
language songs that had featured in Hindi films till now. You pointed
him to a source that he didn't have and then to a page that provides
only part of the information he sought.

No, I'm not saying that you should have provided all the information
he sought, but at least the criticism that the OP's query has not been
answered is not invalid.

(Sorry, I myself don't have any information to provide to the OP's
question. So, this is all so much hot air and little more. Ignore
me.)

-UVR.

surjit singh

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Dec 13, 2009, 6:46:50 PM12/13/09
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I am sure an appropriate search on the web or/and rmim archives will
produce more info. It's not as if this question has been asked for the
very first time.

Hema

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Dec 14, 2009, 12:45:20 PM12/14/09
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Indeed, this newsgroup has become a bore! Its also become an old
habit which is why we keep lurking for years, 14 in my case. :)
To answer Satish's question, my google search only found "dhoom again"
as an additional song that is mostly English. There also was a Rafi
song in English that I heard at an RMIM meet and also at Kalraji's
place I think. I don't think it was from a film though. My memory is
aging and google groups search has become cumbersome, but you may be
able to find it.

Hema.

surjit singh

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Dec 14, 2009, 1:15:01 PM12/14/09
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Also, there are a few English songs on my website, but it is not easy
to find songs. I am trying to fix that as time allows.

AR

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Dec 14, 2009, 3:51:23 PM12/14/09
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On Dec 12, 1:21 pm, Satish Haldan <haldankar_sat...@yahoo.co.in>
wrote:

There is one song from Ek Duuje Ke Liye which has a few English lines
("hum bane tum bane ek duuje ke liye, I don't know what to say ... ").
There aren't any other that I know of.

Speaking of English songs, there is an excellent one from a Kannada
film Bilee Hendthi, sung by Vani Jayaram. You'll find it on youtube
(the song is "Happiest moment..."). There is also a Vani Jayram and
Balamuralikrishna duet from a Thamizh film, which is essentially a
rehash of "High on a hill was a lonely goatherd" (from The Sound of
Music). In my opinion, while the Happiest moment song is awesome, the
latter rehash from the Thamizh film is rather awful.

B.G.M.

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Dec 14, 2009, 7:57:53 PM12/14/09
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was n`t there a song from movie "Lagaan", that would fall in this
category?

UVR

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Dec 14, 2009, 8:10:07 PM12/14/09
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I think the original querist was looking for songs that are All
English or primarily in English. The song from Lagaan has a snippet
in English, just the same as the song from Ek Dooje Ke Liye. There
are many such examples in recent films, almost every film seems to
have a "party song" with English words in it.

Recent films have had background songs in English.
. Wake Up, Sid -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETJ51kMhr24
. Dostana (two songs) -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM6OxEopW78

The second song in the Dostana does use an Urdu phrase "Khabar
naheen".

-UVR.

Balaji Murthy

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Dec 14, 2009, 8:44:16 PM12/14/09
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> . Wake Up, Sid --http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETJ51kMhr24
> . Dostana (two songs) --http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM6OxEopW78

>
> The second song in the Dostana does use an Urdu phrase "Khabar
> naheen".
>
> -UVR.

Depending on how you define recent, I recall another recent song from
a film called Akele Hum Akele Tum (remake of Kramer vs Kramer), which
goes something like "why did you break my heart", filmed on Aamir
Khan. Don't recall any other details.

- Balaji

Abhay Phadnis

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Dec 14, 2009, 10:19:59 PM12/14/09
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Shyam Benegal's 'Junoon' had a snippet of an English song: a
'tarannum' rendition of Marlowe's "Come live with me and be my love".
I think Jennifer Kendall and Nafisa Ali sang it themselves.

Warm regards,
Abhay

abc.xyz

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Dec 15, 2009, 7:30:49 AM12/15/09
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On Dec 12, 12:21 pm, Satish Haldan <haldankar_sat...@yahoo.co.in>
wrote:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.indian.misc/browse_thread/thread/e131df23bf48b960/9a0441451fb2d562?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=english+song#

Satish Haldan

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Dec 16, 2009, 1:46:44 PM12/16/09
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On Dec 15, 5:30 pm, "abc.xyz" <1a2b3c.x7y...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 12, 12:21 pm, Satish Haldan <haldankar_sat...@yahoo.co.in>
> wrote:
>
> > I recall two such songs
>
> > Ek Phool Char Kante (1961) - o beautiful baby of Broadway
> > and Julie (1975) - my heart is beating
>
> > Any other English language songs in Hindi films?
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.indian.misc/browse_thread/th...

Thanks a lot for the link. It was useful. I should have clarified that
I was looking for complete songs in English with artistes lip-syncing
on the screen and not being played in the background.

I found three more

Mera Naam Joker (1970)
1) Wish me luck as you wave good bye ... : Simi, male voice(*) &
chorus.
2) I come from Alabama with the banjo on my knees ... : chorus

* does anyone know who the male singer was?

Bombay Talkie (1971)
1) Good times and bad tImes : Usha Iyer (Uthap) & chorus
I am not sure whether this song was played in the background or was
lip-synced on the screen. Anyone who knows it one way or the other?

Ravi

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Dec 17, 2009, 2:47:10 AM12/17/09
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On Dec 16, 11:46 pm, Satish Haldan <haldankar_sat...@yahoo.co.in>

Hello,

I remember a song by Moh.Rafi heard many years ago, but remember only
the first lines:

The she I love is a beautiful, beautiful dream come true,
I love her, love her, love her and so will you.

The tune sounded similar to "HumE Lake haiN to kya hua dilwale haiN".

Any takers?

Ravi

Mitesh Gandhi

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Dec 17, 2009, 7:59:53 AM12/17/09
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>
>
> His was not a discussion, merely a request for information. I did not
direct him to Geet Kosh, merely to an article based on it. No wonder
Jay calls RMIMers ignorant :)
>

Sorry i hope I didn't offend you or the other gentleman ( Mr
Naniwadekar). i should have put a smiley face on but not used to using
symbols. I have learnt an enormous amount about hindi music from you
two guys and the other contributors to this newsgroup. It has
increased my pleasure in listening to hindi music 10 fold ( from just
listening to Lata , Mohd rafi, and Mukesh I now listen to all the
singers of the "hindi" music pantheon and appreciate all of them ( pre
1980s) - thanks to you guys!!)

Back on topic I have been looking for a song that I heard once on the
radio in London as a 13 year old which I have never heard since. I
know I should look on Google and it may even be on that amazing site
giitayaan, and i don't have the geetkosh although oneday I would like
to own one. but I thought Id ask the RMIMers anyway. It opens with
the traditional christmas song- "Jingle bells" which Lata sings the
chorus of and then switches to a hindi song. Any takers ?

Thanks in advance

Mitesh
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dodo

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Dec 17, 2009, 8:46:48 AM12/17/09
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcCowKo3uTE
It is from a Sunil Dutt-Asha Parekh movie Zakhmee

surjit singh

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Dec 17, 2009, 1:51:47 PM12/17/09
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On Dec 17, 4:59 am, Mitesh Gandhi <mitesha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > His was not a discussion, merely a request for information. I did not
>
> direct him to Geet Kosh, merely to an article based on it. No wonder
> Jay calls RMIMers ignorant :)

>
> Mitesh

So, your thinking is that whenever somebody asks a question, we should
simply stop our regular life and answer the question completely, even
though we talked about it and answered it many times on RMIM before.
Well, good luck with that :)

Actually all newcomers are not like that. Many (e.g. Asif and
Narsingh), after discovering the group, go through the archives at
least to look for possible answers to questions of interest to them.

Aditya

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Dec 17, 2009, 10:42:21 PM12/17/09
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Mitesh, the song you're looking for is Aao Tumhe Chaand Pe Le Jaayen
from Zakhmee (1975).

Aditya

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