Posted by: Atul on: August 31, 2011
“Sharaabi” (1964) is a movie that had Dev Anand and Madhubala in lead roles. But despite their presence, and despite some nice music, the movie failed at the box office.
Posted by: Atul on: August 31, 2011
Normally when I discuss a song by mistake that I have already discussed in the past, I realise it as soon as I post it. But while discussing a Yahudi song,, I was in a hurry and I had lowered my guard , so an already discussed song went through. But the alert regular Mr [...]
Posted by: Atul on: August 31, 2011
“Mast Qalandar” (1955) is an obscure B grade movie that had such B grade superstars as Mahipal,Johny Walker,Helen,Tiwari,Naaz etc in it. Kedar Kapoor was the director.
Posted by: Atul on: August 31, 2011
“Jaggu” (1952) was a B grade movie that is by now an obscure and forgotten movie. From the little that I have been able to find out about this movie, it had actors like Kamal Kapoor, Shyama, Kuldip Kaur,Jagdish Sethi, Baby Nanda etc in it.
Posted by: Atul on: August 31, 2011
When one has to find details about Hindi movie songs, especially old songs, one has to be quite wary of the authenticity of the information. There are information about old songs that are incorrect. If such an information appears in one site, then it is faithfully cut and pasted by all other sites, and with [...]
Posted by: Atul on: August 31, 2011
“Meri Aankhen” (1939) is such an old and obscure movie that there may not be too much information available about this movie on internet. I have not been able to gather any information about this movie. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on this movie.
Posted by: Atul on: August 31, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. A debate that does not seem to garner much attention from critics and music lovers, is about the on screen presence and on screen histrionics of Saigal Saab. The singing voice, which is at once [...]
Posted by: Atul on: August 30, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. aaj phir jeene ki tamanna hai aaj phir marne ka irada hai No better words to express the exuberance and the playfulness of a liberated spirit. A poet’s dream and life’s illustration in reality, all [...]
Posted by: Atul on: August 30, 2011
“Yahudi” (1958) is a Hindi movie based on an alien story. And the way that the foreign tale has been told Indian style is interesting.
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