Posted by: Atul on: April 17, 2011
“Bilwamangal” (1954) is a movie that was based on the life of the blind poet Surdas. K C Dey, a blind artist of Hindi movies had played the title role.
Posted by: Atul on: April 17, 2011
There have been several Hindi movies called “Kurukshetra” and almost all of these movies ended up as obscure movies.
Posted by: Atul on: April 17, 2011
“Parwaanaa” (1947) is a movie which had K L Saigal, the then reigning K L Saigal acting opposite the then rising star Suraiyya. And both of them had sung their own songs, of course.
Posted by: Atul on: April 17, 2011
Hindi movies prior to independence are movies which had actors about whom very little is known today. Except some well known names of those days, others have been forgotten.
Posted by: Atul on: April 16, 2011
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog. When we think of Bollywood personalities whose career was cut short cruelly by death, a few names immediately spring to mind.
Posted by: Atul on: April 16, 2011
“Bhabhi Ki Choodiyaan” (1961) is a movie that has become an immortal movie thanks to its song Jyoti kalash chhalke. There are in fact visitors of this blog who visit this blog to just listen to this song daily.
Posted by: Atul on: April 16, 2011
“Kavi Kalidas” (1959) is a movie based on the life of the great Sanskrit language poet called Kalidas. This movie has songs that are naturally in Sanskritised Hindi. And these songs sound so sweet to the ears.
Posted by: Atul on: April 16, 2011
“Dil e Naadaan” (1953) is a movie that had Talat Mehmood, Shyama and Peace Kanwal in it.This movie, which apparently was a love triangle, had some nice songs in it. I have already discussed three songs from this movie.
Posted by: Atul on: April 16, 2011
“Parineeta” (1953) was a movie based on a Bangla novel. This movie, which was based on Bengal background had some nice songs in it.
Posted by: Atul on: April 16, 2011
Here is a rare song from an obscure movie that I heard for the first time only recently. Though the song is more than six decades old, it sounds so refreshing and timeless even today.
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