Posted by: Atul on: May 4, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. Recently,I came across an audio clip of a film FOR LADIES ONLY (1951). This film was also known by the name ‘TITLI’. I had never heard of this film. A search in the Indian [...]
Posted by: Atul on: March 26, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. Roshan, a name that immediately brings to mind the iconic qawwalis of ‘Barsaat Ki Raat’ (1960), or the perennial sentimental favorite “Caarvaan Guzar Gayaa, Gubaar Dekhte Rahey” from the film ‘Nai Umar Ki Nai Fasal’ [...]
Posted by: Atul on: March 15, 2012
“Hongkong”(1962), I am discovering, is full of some amazingly different kind of songs. These are all light hearted songs picturised on foreign locations.
Posted by: Atul on: March 13, 2012
“Hongkong” (1962) was produced and directed by A S Pachchi. The satrcast included Ashok Kumar, B Saroja Devi, Helen etc. This movie was one of the first movies that treated Indian movie goers to the sights of foreign locations, which was then a novelty in Hindi movies.
Posted by: Atul on: February 14, 2012
Today (14th february), otherwise known as Valentine’s day, is also the birthday of Jaan Nisaar Akhtar. Jaan Nisaar Akhtar’s name suggests that he may be a shayar who mostly wrote songs on the themes of husn o ishq. Jaan Nisaar Akhtar could in fact write light hearted songs as well. Here is a fun timepass [...]
Posted by: Atul on: February 13, 2012
In Hindi movies, most artists tend to get typed cast and most people can only visualise one standard kind of performance from them. When it comes to Hindi movie music, for instance, what kind of music does one expect when Bharat Vyas is the lyricist and S N Triptahi is the music director ? We [...]
Posted by: Atul on: January 9, 2012
Today (9th january) is the birthday of Mahendra Kapoor. For this day we have lots and lots of Mahendra Kapoor songs lined up for the occasion. Here is a lovely song from “Kanyadaan”(1968). This song is sung by Mahendra Kapoor, Asha Bhonsle and chorus. The song is picturised as a picnic song o Dilip Raaj, [...]
Posted by: Atul on: November 25, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This song is a wonderful fun song from the film Khel (1950). And a fitting finale, too. Of the nine songs in this film, eight are already posted here on this blog. This is the [...]
Posted by: Atul on: November 9, 2011
“Dr Z” (1959) is as obscure a movie as any movie can ever be. This movie was a Baliwala Films presentation and it was directed by Jal. The cast of this movie had such B grade superstars as Mahipal, Nirupa Roy, Hiralal, Mirza Musharraf etc in it.
Posted by: Atul on: October 20, 2011
“Akalmand” (1966) was a comedy movie produced by Mukul and directed by Roop K. The movie was a comedy movie and it had I S Johar, kishore Kumar, Sonia Sahni etc in it.
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