Posted by: Atul on: May 5, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. Ever since Mughal emperor Sahajehan built the Taj Mahal in memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal, it has become a symbol of eternal love. In terms of its architecture and grandeur, it is [...]
Posted by: Atul on: April 26, 2012
This article is written by Peevesie, a contributor of lyrics and now a writeup contributor to this blog. It is another of my absolute favorite songs and movies. I actually have a superstition that if I see a Hrishikesh Mukherjee Movie on the morning of an exam or an important day, the day will go [...]
Posted by: Atul on: April 25, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. I do not know as to why I suddenly remembered Sanjeev Kumar (real name Haribhai Jariwala) today early in the morning when I was preparing for my morning walk. His anniversary dates were nowhere [...]
Posted by: Atul on: April 20, 2012
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. When I saw the list of songs remaining to complete the score of films in this blog, given by our own in house encyclopedia, Deshmukh Sir, I was actually thrilled that one song from ‘Asli [...]
Posted by: Atul on: March 26, 2012
I am aware of a joke where a Pathan from Afghanistan saw the poster of “Chiraag Kahaan Roshni Kahaan” and went to the movie hall hoping to see a movie depicting the tale of two Khans namely Chiraag Khan and Roshni Khan .
Posted by: Atul on: March 25, 2012
“Dil Diya Dard Liya” (1966) was a Kay Production movie. It was directed by A R Kardar. Star cast of the movie included Dilip Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Shyama, Johnny Walker, Murad, Pran, Rehman, Rani, Sajjan, Sapru, Shah Agha etc.
Posted by: Atul on: March 21, 2012
“Batwaara” (1961) was a Deep and Sandeep Production movie. In other words, this movie was produced by Pradeep Kumar with his brother. Karunesh Thakur directed the movie and the starcast of the movie had names like Pradeep Kumar, Nirupa Roy, Rehman, Jabeen Jalil, Leela Chitnis, Jagdish Sethi, Wasti, Shashikala, Jawahar Kaul etc.
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: February 26, 2012
“Tere Ghar Ke Saamne” (1963) was a Navketan International presentation and it was directed by Vijay Anand. Starcast of the movie had Dev Anand, Nutan, Pratima Devi, Rashid Khan, Harin Chattopadhyaya, Om Prakash, Parveen Choudhary, Jankidas, Rajendranath etc in it.
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