Film Songs Sung in English?
dandylion_13
Hi Everyone,
I'm trying to come up with a list of all known film songs sung
substantially in English. A few that come to mind are Give Me Love
(Pyar Do Pyar Do) from Janbaaz and One Two Cha Cha Cha from Shalimar. I
suspect there may be many, many others.
If anyone knows of any, no matter how obscure, please list them here
along with the film from which they came. Hopefully we can come up with
a an exhaustive list.
Thanks very much! I look forwards to your replies!!!
Cheers,
- Dandylion_13
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Vasu Chakravarthy
My heart is beating...........from JULIE.
Another one..
Listen to the pouring rain....from Bombay To Goa.
Sudhir
MD: Shankar Jaikishan
Song: Bombshell Baby of Bombay
Singer: Iqbal Singh
Sudhir
zeitg...@lycos.com (Vasu Chakravarthy) wrote in message news:<104946e9.02072...@posting.google.com>...
aanand
honeymoon period of Supriya pathak and Anant nag
anand.
sud...@yahoo.com (Sudhir) wrote in message news:<5bb9021d.02072...@posting.google.com>...
shalu
> I think there is one song in KAlyug played in background during
> honeymoon period of Supriya pathak and Anant nag
The song was "What's your problem" sung by Preeti Sagar.
But IIRC those were the only English words in the song the rest being in Hindi.
It went like "kyaa hai teraa Gam bataa". Also IIRC music was by
Vanraj Bhatia. That's all I can remember.
In the movie Supriya Pathak has a cassette player on which she keeps listening
to the same song over and over again. There is a scene where even Anant Nag gets
annoyed and says "jab dekho tab ek hii gaanaa sunte rahtii ho" - or something to that effect.
shalu
Richard Turner
MD: Bavatharini Illaiyaraja
Film: Mitr - My Friend (2002)
Song: Give Me Hugs
Singer: Sunitha Sarathy
Happy listenings,
Richard Turner, UK
(posting after 3 year's absence)
sud...@yahoo.com (Sudhir) wrote in message news:<5bb9021d.02072...@posting.google.com>...
Vijay Kumar K
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I'm trying to come up with a list of all known film songs sung
> substantially in English. A few that come to mind are Give Me Love
> (Pyar Do Pyar Do) from Janbaaz and One Two Cha Cha Cha from Shalimar. I
> suspect there may be many, many others.
>
> If anyone knows of any, no matter how obscure, please list them here
> along with the film from which they came. Hopefully we can come up with
> a an exhaustive list.
>
> Thanks very much! I look forwards to your replies!!!
>
> Cheers,
> - Dandylion_13
A song from Lagaan was mentioned on RMIM some time back - all in English.
There is a Christopher Marlowe poem set to music for the film Junoon.
A search on Google's RMIM archives should reveal both.
Vijay
SKalra902
also mention the one from a Sanjay Dutt-Govinda-Karisma Kapoor starrer (?).
The song is "What is mobile number, what is your dial number....".
Happy listenings.
Satish Kalra
Abhay Jain
"Sudhir" <sud...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Film: Ek Phool Char Kaante
>
> MD: Shankar Jaikishan
>
> Song: Bombshell Baby of Bombay
>
>
> Singer: Iqbal Singh
>
>
>
> Sudhir
>
>
Wasn't there a background song in Sangam, somthing like, "Kiss me babay..."
It has been so long (64) since I saw it.
Abhay
Ramesh . S
>
> I'm trying to come up with a list of all known film songs sung
> substantially in English.
>
> along with the film from which they came. Hopefully we can come up with
> a an exhaustive list.
There is a sequence of songs that Usha Uthup [ then Iyer ] sings in
a club in "Bombay to Goa" at the farmaaish of amitabh and aruna irani.
Iirc, atleast a couple of them were in English.
regards
ramesh
vibhendu
A Gary Lawyer-Gulzar-Vishal Bhardwaj combo from 'Jahaan Tum Le Chalo'
is entirely in English.
Warren Senders
>> substantially in English.
I have a strong recollection of seeing a video clip of
Amitabh lip-synching to a rendition of Cole Porter's
"It's All Right With Me" in some sort of night-club
scene. But I can't imagine what film it's in. Anybody?
Warren
SKalra902
Another one Amitabh sang in English (partial?) in some film of the late 80's
(?) was 'Don't Worry, Be Happy".
A newer song, from 1994 or thereabouts, is "Rain is falling chhamaachham chham,
laDaki ne aa.nkh maarii gir gaye hum...".
Happy listenings.
Satish Kalra
Dinesh Krishnajois
>
> I'm trying to come up with a list of all known film songs sung
> substantially in English. A few that come to mind are Give Me Love
> (Pyar Do Pyar Do) from Janbaaz and One Two Cha Cha Cha from Shalimar. I
> suspect there may be many, many others.
>
> If anyone knows of any, no matter how obscure, please list them here
> along with the film from which they came. Hopefully we can come up with
> a an exhaustive list.
>
> Thanks very much! I look forwards to your replies!!!
>
> Cheers,
> - Dandylion_13
From the south of Vindhyas:
Two songs that I can recall from Kannada films:
1. Love is a merry melody
Film: besugE (Kannada)
Singer: Vani Jeyaram.(She does a horrible job of pronunciation)
Lyrics: R.N.Jayagopal
M.D.: Vijaybhaskar
2. Happiest moments, sweet and pleasent
Film: biLi hendathI (Kannada)
Singer: Vani Jeyaram and S.Janaki (?)
Lyrics: ??
M.D.: ??
Regards,
- Dinesh Krishnajois.
cricfan
"SKalra902" <skal...@aol.com> wrote in message
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>
> Another one Amitabh sang in English (partial?) in some film of the late
80's
> (?) was 'Don't Worry, Be Happy".
>
> A newer song, from 1994 or thereabouts, is "Rain is falling chhamaachham
chham,
> laDaki ne aa.nkh maarii gir gaye hum...".
>
I think the original poster wanted the entire song to be in English. There
are many instances of English words in predominantly Hindi songs -
1. The whole thing is that ke bhaiyya sabse bada rupaiyya [picturised on
Mehmood's
father in a Raj Kapoor film + Mehmood himself in his film 'Sabse bada
rupaiyya']
2. Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot [Jalwa, a remixed version is in 'Bend it like
Beckham']
3. The very irritating "I don't know what you say" [Ek Duje Ke liye title
song]
4. An evening in Paris [ title song]
5. Ruk Ruk, Ruk ..O My darling give me a look [some Tabu film]
6. C-A-T Cat cat mane billi [Dilli ka Thug]
7. Troilus and Cressida - Sir. William Walton's opera [Dil Chahta Hain]
8. Monica, O my darling [Caravan]
9. There's Shammi Kapoor(?)/Rafi song which goes "O, my looooooove" ;-)
10. Japan, Love in Tokyo [title song]
11. I am a street dancer [Street Dancer]
12. My name is Anthony Gonsalves [ AAA]
13. Mera naam chin chin chu Hello Mr. how do you do [Howrah Bridge]
14. You are my Sonia Gandhi [KKKG}
15. O my darling come come come..Sunday ke Sunday [Shehnai]
16. It happens only in India [some Number 1 Govinda film]
17. Duniya Bolegi Happy birthday to you [?]
18. Ladies and Gentlemen,etc, etc... ke mein aaya hoon / Kishore song [?]
etc, etc..
Cheers
Arun
Shalini Razdan
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>
> "SKalra902" <skal...@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:20020731193731...@mb-fr.aol.com...
>
> >
> > Another one Amitabh sang in English (partial?) in some film of the late
> 80's
> > (?) was 'Don't Worry, Be Happy".
> >
> > A newer song, from 1994 or thereabouts, is "Rain is falling chhamaachham
> chham,
> > laDaki ne aa.nkh maarii gir gaye hum...".
> >
>
>
> I think the original poster wanted the entire song to be in English. There
> are many instances of English words in predominantly Hindi songs -
One song entirely in English is "Baby, let's dance together" from Shalimar.
I believe the MD for the song is Sapan Chakravorty. I also have a vague
recollection of an English song in "Aakhri Khaat" but can't remember the
words offhand...?
Shalini
> Cheers
> Arun
>
>
Cricfan
> >
> > I think the original poster wanted the entire song to be in English. There
> > are many instances of English words in predominantly Hindi songs -
>
> One song entirely in English is "Baby, let's dance together" from Shalimar.
> I believe the MD for the song is Sapan Chakravorty. I also have a vague
> recollection of an English song in "Aakhri Khaat" but can't remember the
> words offhand...?
>
> Shalini
There's a comic one in 'Bawarchi' which goes "Good morning, Good morning,
Good morning"
Cheers
Arun
Ket...@att.net
says...
Not entirely in English. Kishore gets scolded by Harindranath Chattopadhya and
switches to "Namaste, namaste O' Pitaji" almost immediately.
Ketan
Surajit A. Bose
> >> recollection of an English song in "Aakhri Khaat" but can't remember the
> >> words offhand...?
Aakhri Khaat? The last bed? I seem to have missed that movie 8-)
Arun wrote:
> >There's a comic one in 'Bawarchi' which goes "Good morning, Good morning,
> >Good morning"
Ketan added:
> Not entirely in English. Kishore gets scolded by Harindranath Chattopadhya
> and switches to "Namaste, namaste O' Pitaji" almost immediately.
And anyway, the English portion is only one part of a much longer song:
"bhor aaii gayaa aa.Ndhiyaaraa".
I seem to recall a few more lines: "the morning rays are coming / the
happy days are coming" or something like that.
-s
Vish Krishnan
Life". Shanta Apte does a rendition of it for Shantaram's DUNIYA NA
MAANE (1937). The Marathi version of the film (KUNKU) is perhaps
better known.
This may well be among the earliest and finest examples of a Hindi
film song done entirely in English. The feisty Ms. Apte seems almost
to challenge the Prabhat orchestra for the next counterpoint.
Keshavrao Bhole (part of the Prabhat trinity of composers) is credited
for the score, but the symphonic accompaniment sounds excruciatingly
familiar.
A version of the song is available for purchase on CD at
http://www.indianscreen.com. I am not implying there are other
versions, but I won't be surprised if there are. The choice of verses
seems interesting to me. For instance, the opening verse of the poem
("Tell me not in mournful numbers") is not included in the song,
which, instead, begins with:
In the world's broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle,
Be a hero in the strife!
The movie may have a longer, different version. Video CDs or PAL tapes
should definitely be available in Prabhat country (aka Pune-Kolhapur).
cheers
vish
Ashok
Thanks, Vish, for the fascinating information. The Geet Kosh also
gives the title of the song as "Song of Life". I don't know if it is
an alternative title, but the title in the text was "A Psalm of Life".
I remember it as one my early encounters with the quirks of English
spelling. Later on, I discovered that the title is actually longer:
"A Psalm of Life. What the Heart of the Young Man Said to the Psalmist".
Ashok
cricfan
"Surajit A. Bose" <sb...@saintmarys.edu> wrote in message
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> Arun wrote:
>
>
> > >There's a comic one in 'Bawarchi' which goes "Good morning, Good
morning,
> > >Good morning"
>
> Ketan added:
>
> > Not entirely in English. Kishore gets scolded by Harindranath
Chattopadhya
> > and switches to "Namaste, namaste O' Pitaji" almost immediately.
>
> And anyway, the English portion is only one part of a much longer song:
> "bhor aaii gayaa aa.Ndhiyaaraa".
>
> I seem to recall a few more lines: "the morning rays are coming / the
> happy days are coming" or something like that.
>
> -s
That's why I remembered it. It [bhor aaii] is such a good song that it
took a devious mind to include a cacophonic "Good morning, Good morning"
to spoil it completely. The film as such had lovely songs, didn't it? I
thought
Paintal did a brilliant take of a Kathak dance master.
Cheers
Arun
SKalra902
>> I seem to recall a few more lines: "the morning rays are coming / the
>> happy days are coming" or something like that.
>>
>> -s
>
>That's why I remembered it. It [bhor aaii] is such a good song that it
>took a devious mind to include a cacophonic "Good morning, Good morning"
>to spoil it completely. The film as such had lovely songs, didn't it? I
>thought
>Paintal did a brilliant take of a Kathak dance master.
>
>Cheers
>Arun
>
There is a new song (some film in 2002) titled "Happy Days are here again...".
Happy listenings.
Satish Kalra
naniwadekar
Warren Senders <war...@aol.comqwerty> wrote -
forum members will be better placed to answer your question.
Was it in Agra or Jaipur or Atrauli or Gwalior or Kirana or
Rampur? Or maybe the night-club was in Mumbai only but
the director insisted, absolutely, stubbornly, peremptorily
insisted that the night-club be situated in Bhendi Bazaar locality
and brooked no argument, spared no expense, to have his wish.
Jokes apart, in addition to the rare rmim appearance by Bostonbuwa Senders,
there was one more serendipitous occurrence pertaining to
this thread. A friend asked me whether I knew there was one film
named Dukhiyari before Gyan Dutt's 1940s film by the same name.
I looked for it in 1930s Geet Kosh. The page next to it listed
an English song in the film Duniya Naa Mane - 1937, sung by
Shanta Apte. I decided to mention it in this thread but Vish has
beaten me to it by a day.
Vish Krishnan wrote -
>
> One of my favourite poems from High school was Longfellow's "Song of
> Life". Shanta Apte does a rendition of it for Shantaram's DUNIYA NA
> MAANE (1937). The Marathi version of the film (KUNKU) is perhaps
> better known.
>
Shanta Apte's English song is included in both Duniya Na Maane
and its Marathi version, Kunku.
http://www.upperstall.com/films/kunku.html
- dn
naniwadekar
alias 'naagan ki raaginii'.
Produced by Himanshurai (sic) India International Talkies, Bambai.
MD - Ernest Broadhurst. Director - J J Freer Hunt.
Cast : Devika Rani, Sudha Rani, Himanshu Rai, Diwan Sharar
Lyricist : Not known (could be Sharar) ; story : Diwan Sharar
'Karma' is the first 'sawaak' film produced by India jointly with
'videsh' (England). (I don't know what the ubiquitous Geet Kosh
word 'sawaak' means.) In the same year, PRABHAT made a
colour-film named Sairandhri. Shantaram had visited Germany
to make its coloured print(s).
Karma has 4 songs. Two Hindi songs were released by
GCIL-HMV label on 78 disc. Of the two remaining songs,
one is Hindi, the other English : 'Now the moon her light
has shed'. All four songs were sung by Devika Rani.
As has already been mentioned in the thread, Shantabai
Apte has sung one of the earliest English songs used in a
Hindi Film, for Prabhat's Duniya Na Maane - 1937. An
excerpt of this song, Longfellow's 'Song of Life', has
been included in the following zip file.
http://gantisri.tripod.com/dn-11aug.zip
- dn
manju
>
> I'm trying to come up with a list of all known film songs sung
> substantially in English. A few that come to mind are Give Me Love
> (Pyar Do Pyar Do) from Janbaaz and One Two Cha Cha Cha from Shalimar. I
> suspect there may be many, many others.
>
> If anyone knows of any, no matter how obscure, please list them here
> along with the film from which they came. Hopefully we can come up with
> a an exhaustive list.
>
> Thanks very much! I look forwards to your replies!!!
>
> Cheers,
> - Dandylion_13
"My Heart is Beating" from the film Julie.
Dinesh Krishnajois
> Film - Karma - 1933. alias Fate alias 'Song of Serpent'
> alias 'naagan ki raaginii'.
> Produced by Himanshurai (sic) India International Talkies, Bambai.
> MD - Ernest Broadhurst. Director - J J Freer Hunt.
> Cast : Devika Rani, Sudha Rani, Himanshu Rai, Diwan Sharar
> Lyricist : Not known (could be Sharar) ; story : Diwan Sharar
>
> 'Karma' is the first 'sawaak' film produced by India jointly with
> 'videsh' (England). (I don't know what the ubiquitous Geet Kosh
> word 'sawaak' means.) In the same year, PRABHAT made a
sawaak = talkie
- Dinesh.
>
> - dn