Posted by: Atul on: May 24, 2012
There are many regulars who have reminded me that today (24th may) is the death anniversary of Majrooh Sultanpuri. Indeed I have been aware of this occasion.
Posted by: Atul on: May 11, 2012
“Jhumru” (1961) was a labour of love by Kishore Kumar. Kishore Kumar wore multiple hats in this movie. He was the producer, director, actor as well as the music director of this movie.
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: April 19, 2012
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. Recently I wrote up a 1970s song here and today I’m presenting another 1970s song. I know that by the standards of this blog, the 1970s is a fairly recent decade. Most of the songs [...]
Posted by: Atul on: April 18, 2012
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. One of the advantages of living through a period (as opposed to reading or hearing about it second-hand) is that you have your own experiences of it that nothing else can quite substitute for. Of [...]
Posted by: Atul on: April 4, 2012
The regulars of the blog know it by now that I miss no opportunity to gloat about my pets. And such opportunities present themselves in the form of songs featuring dogs and cats. My pets seem to have become popular, guazing by the fact that regulars tell me about various dog songs that they come [...]
Posted by: Atul on: March 22, 2012
“Bambai Ka Chor” (1962) was a New Original Pictures presentation. It was directed by S D Narag. Starcast of the movie included names like Kishore Kumar, Mala Sinha, Helen, Pratima Devi, Honey Irani, Amar, Krishna Kumari, Iftekhar etc.
Posted by: Atul on: March 18, 2012
In our personal lives, we remember various important dates viz bithdays, anniversaries etc of our near and dear ones and greet them on the occasion. Hindi movie personality whom we discuss in this blog also seem like family to us and we discuss them on this blog on important days.
Posted by: Atul on: March 15, 2012
It is one of those songs that I liked a lot without having an inkling of its details. The fact that the song was sung by Kishore Kumar was all that mattered. Of course, I assumed that a song this popular could only be an R D Burman composition.
Posted by: Atul on: March 3, 2012
1970s, especially the first half of it was ruled by R D Burman as a music director. So much so that the other music directors too began to compose music that sounded like R D Burman’s music. And of course they began to use the voice of Kishore Kumar also, who had become the top [...]
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