old hindi film songs warm the heart.

[fivil]

I'm absolutely distraught by the angst-filled nearly-closing chapters of Goong, so I rewatched an old Bollywood video I uploaded on YouTube a few days back that always makes me smile.

It's a delightful black-and-white song from the 1958 comedy Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, starring Kishore Kumar (more famous as a singer than an actor - no hawttie but

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[plazmah]

Haha, I've never seen that video before, but Kishore Kumar is actually parodying other famous songs from different BW movies in those interludes. :)

[fivil]

Can you name them? I've seen like, hmm, less than a handful of songs pre-1958 so I wouldn't really recognize them. But I recognized the parody element instantly - it's something I totally have a thing for.

[plazmah]

I can't name them at all, unfortunately. When I was a kid, my parents had all these classic BW songs on cassette tape and I'd listen to them on long car trips. So I instantly recognized the tunes from each interlude as an different song entirely, but I have no idea what those songs are. :(

[fivil]

Aww, shame. Well, we better start brushing up on those oldies, then. :D (Though one can only really find films from 50's and onwards, hardly any from the 40's are on DVD...)

[lydzi]

I love that song ^^. So bloody cute XD.

[fivil]

:)!

[anonymous]

Okay. That's it. I'm linking to you.
Beth
http://bethlovesbollywood.blogspot.com

[fivil]

Hee, thank you! My Livejournal's a bit of a mixed bag at the moment - ramblings about anything from Bollywood to television shows to music, but I've been contemplating starting a proper Indian cinema blog on some other blogging service, just haven't gotten around to doing it yet.. Too much effort. :D