Wednesday 6 March 2019

Funny Bollywood Songs wtth the Names of Films and Actors.

The Parody songs are liked in every generation starting from the 30s till now. The way these songs have been sung with spunk, the hilarious lyrics and the comic timing of the characters who have sung these on the screen combined with the liveliness of the supporting cast makes these classics in their own right. There’s always some truth to parodies. These Bollywood songs are honest and funny at the same time.
The earliest parody song is found in film ‘Deccan Queen’ (1936), sung by Surendra in his debut film. In this Blog I have selected those songs in which name of the Bollywood Actors or the name of earlier films is embedded in the lyrics.
The first song in my list is from the film Gharib Ke Laal (1939), lyrics Rafi Kashmiri and Kaabil, music Sageer Asif, the song is sung by Mirza Musharraf and Kamla The song starts to the name of heroines of that era,"Tujhe Bibbo kahun ya Sulochana. The lyrics of this song almost entirely consists of film stars’ names. There are over two dozen of them giving us a Who’s Who of the era: Bibbo, Sulochana, Uma Shashi, Jamuna, Motilal, Bilimoria, KL Saigal, Jahanara Kajjan, Shanta Kumari, Ratan Bai, Mehtab, Kanan Devi, Jaddan Bai, Gauhar, Sabita, Devika Rani, Durga Khote, Zubeida, Ghouri, Dixit, Charlie, Surendra, Wasti, Kumar and Rafiq Ghazanavi.

Song of Gharib Ke Laal (1939)

Ek dil tera ek dil mera by Rajkumari, Zohrabai & GM Durrani from Hip Hip Hurray (1948), lyrics Moti BA, music Hanuman Prasad. In this song, you will find embedded parodies of at least twenty everlasting songs of earlier films. Some of these lines or tunes of "Afsana likh rahi hun –(Dard),Angdai teri hai bahana – (Ratan), Aawaz de kahan hain – (Anmol Ghadi), Door hato ae dunayawalo – (Kismet),Dheere dheere aa re baadal –(Kismet) and many more.

Song of Hip Hip Hurray (1948)

In this song, Raj Kapoor is selling Bangles who charms the girls that his choodis will make them look like Nargis, Meena Kumari and Geeta Bali The song is sung by Mohammad Rafi for the film Paapi released in 1953

Song of PAAPI 1953

This iconic song, played on Vividh Bharati on the first day of every month without fail, refers to the names of Agha, Bhagwan, Kishore Kumar, Nimmi, Geeta Bali, Ashok Kumar, Nargis, Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar. Khush Hai Zamana Aaj Pehli Tareekh Hai by Kishore Kumar

Song of Pahli Taarikh (1954)

In this song from the film, Aji Bus Shukriya 1958, the actors ask God for a nice bungalow which would make Meena Kumari, Geeta Bali and Dev Anand die of envy.

Song of Aji Bus Shukriya 1958

In this song Dev Anand sings a rare didactic song, he slams the cacophony which goes for music and eulogises Tansen, Baiju Bawra and Saigal.

Song of Love Marriage (1959)

In this song Johnny Walker who has come back after travelling to Russia, China and England, to give joy to Indians. Raj Kapoor had played dhol in his band; Rafi and Asha Bhosle loved his band; and he mentored (SD) Burman, Shankar-Jaikishan, OP Nayyar and Naushad.

Song of Basant (1960)

In this song of Bewqoof 1960 the names of Jamuna,Suchitra Sen,Kanan Devi,Uttam Kumar,Padmini,Ragini,Shivaji Ganesan,Gemini,Vasan,Chettiar.are embedded in the lyrics.

Song of Bewqoof 1960

In this song, the blue eyes of Raj Kapoor and the walk of Dev Anand are talked. Jeetendra and Mumtaz are sitting with their gaggle of friends and exchanging what they desire in their life partner. The girl wants in her man Raj Kapoor’s blue eyes, Dev Anand’s gait, Dharmendra’s macho and Dilip Kumar’s hair. She also wants the man to be dandy like Sanjay and shy like Shashi Kapoor.

Song of Ma Aur Mamta (1970)

This was a very hit song of 1970, in this song Kishore Kumar sings a funny song taking the names of many film stars and films. At the end of the song he also mentions several stars’ names (including his own in cutely narcissistic manner) and says Income Tax is after all of them. Nice way to have gentle fun on them.

Song of Aansoo Aur Muskan (1970)

Here is one such “Movie Names” song from “Gopi”(1970). This song is picturised on Dilip Kumar and Saira Bano, and the song mentions the names of old movies of both these actors. This song is sung by Mahendra Kapoor and Lata. Rajinder Krishan has written this funny song. Kalyanji Anandji composed the music.

Song of Gopi”(1970)

Here’s a song from ‘Golmaal’, with references to Amitabh, Hema Malini, Rekha and Zeenat Aman and Lata, all of whom, except the last-mentioned, make appearances in the song.