Sound of Lollywood: A hip-swinging dance number from the Pakistani Laila-Majnu movie

Tasadduq Hussain’s score for ‘Nai Laila Nia Majnu’ (1969) includes a tune that throbs with the very essence of rock ‘n’ roll.

Nate Rabe

· Sep 16, 2017 · 10:15 am

Sound of Lollywood: The classy classical number by the one and only Noor Jehan

‘Lamian Manzilan Dil Door Kinare’ from the 1951 hit ‘Chan Ve’ is lush with orchestral strings that lift the emotional register.

Nate Rabe

· Sep 09, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Sound of Lollywood: The big difference between ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’ and its Pakistani rip-off

What the Hindi movie does not have but ‘Akbar Amar Anthony’ does: the rip-roaring dance number ‘I Am Black Beauty’.

Nate Rabe

· Sep 02, 2017 · 10:15 am

Sound of Lollywood: In ‘Lakhon Mein Aik’, a reminder of the unhealed wounds of 1947

Zia Sarhady’s script is set in Kashmir in 1948, and examines the effects of independence on Muslim and Hindu families.

Nate Rabe

· Aug 27, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Sound of Lollywood: A singing star and a jazzed-up thumri from Pakistani cinema’s finest decade

‘Jiya More Lage Na’ from the 1974 movie ‘Bhool’, sung by Nadeem, is further evidence of composer Robin Ghosh’s talent.

Nate Rabe

· Aug 19, 2017 · 03:00 pm

Sound of Lollywood: Salman Rushdie versus defenders of Islam (and a song for the Prophet)

In the middle of the unbelievably outlandish ‘International Gorillay’, there is one spot of musical hope.

Nate Rabe

· Aug 13, 2017 · 03:00 pm

Sound of Lollywood: In Pakistan’s version of ‘Lawrence of Arabia’, a stirring lament for love

‘Us Bewafa Ka Shahar Hai’ has become one of the most loved Pakistani film songs of all time.

Nate Rabe

· Aug 05, 2017 · 03:00 pm

Sound of Lollywood: The high notes of hippie ode ‘Make Love Not War’

The song is reminder of the time when Pakistan was a busy thoroughfare along the stoner trail that ran from London to Kathmandu.

Nate Rabe

· Jul 29, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Sound of Lollywood: Listen to Noor Jehan letting it rip in Punjabi

‘Lahori Badshah’ is proof that the singer is in her element in Punjabi rather than in Urdu.

Nate Rabe

· Jul 22, 2017 · 06:15 pm

Sound of Lollywood: Anything goes and that’s the point of ‘Akh Ladti Hai Jab Dildar Se’

‘Dil Nasheen’ scored by the inimitable M Ashraf, has a dance number that sounds like a wedding band hard at work.

Nate Rabe

· Jul 16, 2017 · 08:15 am

Sound of Lollywood: In ‘Main Hun Dream Girl’, peppy women in tight outfits create a ruckus

Anything goes in the title track of the 1986 Pakistani film ‘Dream Girl, directed by cult filmmaker Saeed Ali Khan.

Nate Rabe

· Jul 08, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Sound of Lollywood: Noor Jehan voices the courtesan’s complaint in Pakistani film ‘Umrao Jaan Ada’

‘Jo Bacha Tha Woh Lutane Ke Liye Aaye Hain’ is from the movie that preceded the Indian version by nine years.

Nate Rabe

· Jul 02, 2017 · 03:00 pm