Posted by: Atul on: April 21, 2012
I was at Jabalpur when this blog was started. After about 18 months later, I shifted to another -pur in another state and I was based there for two years. Now I have shifted to yet another -pur in yet another state.
Posted by: Atul on: November 23, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. Gulzar, a name that will bring to mind poems and songs of unsullied beauty and edifying simplicity. A play on words that sound commonplace, and yet the meaning and the message they carry are so [...]
Posted by: Atul on: November 14, 2011
“Ham Panchchi Ek Daal Ke” (1957), as the title suggests was a movie stressing the fact that India represents unity in diversity. This movie was a children’s movie and the songs of this movie were picturisation on children.
Posted by: Atul on: November 10, 2011
“Asli Naqli” (1962) is a L B Films production and it was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherji. The movie had Dev Anand, Sadhana, Hari Shivdasani, Sandhya Roy, Nazir Hussain, Anwar, Mukri, Keshto Mukherjee, Leela Chitnis in it.
Posted by: Atul on: October 30, 2011
“Miss Bombay” (1957) was not about a female beauty queen, but about a bus called “Miss Bombay”, which is driven by Ajit in the movie. This movie was produced by N C films and it was directed by Kedar Kapoor. The movie had Ajit, Nalini Jaiwant, Bhagwan,Tiwari,Rehman,Vijaylaxmi,Bhudo Adwani,Pravin Pal etc in it. This movie may [...]
Posted by: Atul on: October 11, 2010
If Rekha celebrates her birthday on 10th october then can Amitabh Bachchan be far behind ? He celebrates his birthday the very next day, viz. 11th october. And that gives me an opportunity (rather command from my regular readers) to post Amitabh Bachchan songs on this opportunity.
Posted by: Atul on: December 19, 2009
In the second half of 1950s, we had movie titles beginning with Miss, Mr and so on. thus we had movies like Miss India, Miss India, Mr X, Mr and Mrs 55 etc.
Posted by: Atul on: March 24, 2009
Watching old movie songs can often turn out to be lessons in history. For instance, how many people in India know that Goa was not part of India till 1961 and that it was still a Portuguese territory till 1961 ?
Posted by: Atul on: March 6, 2009
“Satyakaam” (1969) is a movie that has long been forgotten though it was a movie that had received rave reviews during its time.
Posted by: Atul on: February 21, 2009
Happy bubbly songs are a category of song that everyone likes, be they young or old. And no songs can be as bubbly as those composed by R D Burman or Laxmikant Pyarelal.
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