Posted by: Atul on: May 1, 2012
Achala Sachdev (born 3 may 1920- died 30 april 2012) died yesterday. She was 91 and she was three days short of completing 92 years. She started her film career at a young age, as a child actor in fact, but it is as a filmy mother that she is remembered the most.
Posted by: Atul on: April 20, 2012
“Amar” (1954) was a Mehboob Productions movie. It was produced and directed by Mehboob Khan. The movie had Nimmi, Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, Jayant, Ulhas, Mukri, Amar, Shakeel Nomani, Husn Banu, Murad etc in it.
Posted by: Atul on: April 10, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. In my younger days, my uncle used to play M S Subbulakshmi’s (MS) LPs of Venkateshwara Suprabhatam or Vishnu Sahastranamam early morning every day which I used to resent as it became virtually a [...]
Posted by: Atul on: April 6, 2012
When one is disturbed, there is nothing like a soothing bhajan to calm one’s nerves. The music and the singing of the bhajan has a calming influence on the mind, and the philosophical content of the lyrics makes us see things in perspective. Bhajans make us realise that living creatures (including humans) are mortals and [...]
Posted by: Atul on: March 23, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. Greetings to all on the arrival of the Navratri festival, a nine days celebration of Maa Durga, the Mother Goddess. And even more – hearty greetings for a Happy New Year, Nav Samvatsar 2069, the [...]
Posted by: Atul on: March 21, 2012
During the discussion on Rajkumari on the occasion of her death anniversary, it was mentioned that she sang her last song as a playback singer in “Kitaab”(1977).
Posted by: Atul on: March 10, 2012
“Naya Raasta” (1970) was produced by I A Nadiadwala and directed by Khalid Akhtar. Starcast of the movie included Asha Parekh, Jeetendra, Jayshree T., Lalita Pawar, Balraj Sahni, Sujit Kumar, Veena, Farida Jalal, Roopesh Kumar etc.
Posted by: Atul on: March 9, 2012
Music of “Neelkamal” (1968) has got to be one of the greatest music ever created for a Hindi movie. So much so that our own Raja began to imagine that the movie must be equally great. He waited three decades to watch the movie, but was extremely disappointed when he finally got to watch the [...]
Posted by: Atul on: February 20, 2012
Today (Monday 20th february 2012) happens to be Maha Shivratri, and it is a holiday in India today.
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