Posted by: Atul on: April 29, 2012
“Raagini” (1958) was an Ashok Pictures production. It was directed by Rakhan. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Kishore Kumar, Padmini, Jabeen Jaleel, Nazir Hussain, Achla Sachdev, etc in it.
Posted by: Atul on: March 3, 2012
“Ye Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke” (1963) was based on a true incident,namely the case of K M Nanawati, though the makers of this movie issued an disclaimer that all people and incidents depicted in the movie were fictional, which fooled nobody.
Posted by: Atul on: January 13, 2012
A man who is fully drunk and is going home at night singing a song justifying his state of intoxication is a scene that has been immortalised in Hindi movies by the song Zindagi khwaab hai (Jaagte Raho) . This song was sung by Mukesh and it was picturised on Motilal.
Posted by: Atul on: December 28, 2011
“Amaanush” (1975) is a movie which was produced in Bangla as well as Hindi. The star cast as well as the music of the two versions were common. The star cast consisted of some big names of Bangla movies, viz Uttam Kumar, Anil Chatterjee, Manik Dutt,Utpal Dutt etc. Even Sharmila Tagore, the leading lady of [...]
Posted by: Atul on: December 4, 2011
“Des Pardes” (1978) was a movie on the theme of NRIs including illegal immigrants. This movie introduced Tina Munim to Hindi movies.This was the first Dev Anand movie that I watched during its initial release.
Posted by: Atul on: November 7, 2011
“Hum Deewaane” (1965) is by now an obscure movie. This B grade movie was produced by Young India Entertainers and it was directed by Bhagwan. Bhagwan himself played the lead role in this movie alongwith Chandrashekhar, Mumtaz, Anwar, Agha, Maruti, Iftekhar, Rajen Haksar, Helen etc.
Posted by: Atul on: October 14, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. ‘Ek Sapera Ek Lutera’ (1965) is a musical bonanza from the pen of Asad Bhopali and the baton of Usha Khanna. The film itself is a B grade production, and did just OK on the [...]
Posted by: Atul on: October 3, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog. A wonderful, but scarcely heard melody this one. As I am scouting for more songs composed by Usha Khanna, I came across this gem of a song from the film Flat No. 9, in my [...]
Posted by: Atul on: September 24, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. Radio broadcast services were introduced in India in 1927. The first establishment to broadcast radio signals for public consumption was a private company named India Broadcasting Corporation (IBC). This company was the forerunner of All [...]
Posted by: Atul on: July 24, 2011
Here is a drunkard song that begins with the line ‘Main nashe mein hoon”. No, this song is not the title song ( Mujhko yaaron maaf karna main nashe me hoon) of “Main Nashe Mein Hoon” (1959) sung by Mukesh. This song is from another movie that was released in the same year.
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