Archive for the ‘dance competition’ Category
“Shabnam” (1964) was a Super Pictures production. It was produced and directed by Aspi Irani. The movie had actors like Mehmood, L.Vijayalaxmi, Sheikh Mukhtaar, Helen, Jeevan, Mukri, Shyam Kumar, Mohan Choti, Jerry, Cukku, Jeevan Kala, Fazal Khan, Uma Dutt, Suresh, Bismilla, Jullian, Khurshid Khan, Habib, Ramesh, Juggu, Surender, Mahabal, Tukaram, Gopal, Sinha, Narayan, Mithoo Miyaa, Shiraz, Shanta Kumari, Hiralal(Guest Artist), Moolchand etc in it.
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This post is written by Raja,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor of write ups to this blog
I would not go so far as to say that I have learnt to appreciate art and culture as I have grown old. I am still very much a novice when it comes to appreciating these finer aspects of life.
What I will say though is that my taste in Hindi movies and songs has evolved considerably since my childhood or school days.
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Aay haay dilrubaa
Posted on: July 31, 2010
I have a catgory of songs in this blog called “dance competition” songs. In this category, typically two dancers compete against each other. This has led to some superb dance competitions between dancers of formidable reputations.
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Piyaa ki gali laage bhali
Posted on: July 24, 2010
Madan Mohan is often associated with serious ghazal songs sung by Lata. But Madan Mohan has composed all kinds of songs including light hearted and non serious songs sung by several singers. In fact, the Madan Mohan song that climbed the highest in Binaca Geetmala annual charts in his lifetime was not a ghazal by Lata but a mela song by Asha Bhonsle. It was the hugely popular Jhumka gira re Bareli ke bazaar me from “Mera Saayaa” (1966).
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“Pyaar Mohabbat” (1966) was a movie starring Dev Anand, Saira Bano, Premnath, Shashikala and others.
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Muqaabla hamse na karo
Posted on: December 22, 2008
This song pits Vyjyantimala, a professionally trained classical dancer ( arguably the best ever female classical dancer in Bollywood history- notwithstanding Padmini, Hema Malini,Jayaprada, Meenakshi Sheshadri etc) with Helen, the best known cabaret dancer in Bollywood movies. And Shammi Kapoor has the envious task of acting as the adjudicator.
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