Posted by: Atul on: May 24, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. The history of Rajasthan is a legendary saga of warriors and warfare over the centuries. The annals of Rajput clans date back to pre-Christ era, and the origins of the various dynasties are linked back into [...]
Posted by: Atul on: March 10, 2012
“Naya Raasta” (1970) was produced by I A Nadiadwala and directed by Khalid Akhtar. Starcast of the movie included Asha Parekh, Jeetendra, Jayshree T., Lalita Pawar, Balraj Sahni, Sujit Kumar, Veena, Farida Jalal, Roopesh Kumar etc.
Posted by: Atul on: March 1, 2012
Manoj Kumar, like the politicians of those days, had hit upon the formula of championing the cause of the “Aam Janta” and he would make movies where he played a character appropriately called Bharat who would take up cudgels on behalf of the public.
Posted by: Atul on: February 12, 2012
“Shahanshah” (1953) was a G P Production movie. It was directed by Amiya Chaudhary. Star cast of the movie included names e. g. Ranjan, Kamini Kaushal, Shakila, Achala Sachdev, Agha, Mukri, Ramesh Sippy, Cuckoo, K. N. Singh, Neeru etc.
Posted by: Atul on: January 26, 2012
On the occasion of the 63rd republic day of India (26th january 2012), we are discussing a few patriotic songs today. Here is a song of this genre from “Aakraman” (1975). This song is sung by Kishore Kumar and it is picturised on Rajesh Khanna, who plays a handicapped person who has lost one leg [...]
Posted by: Atul on: November 14, 2011
“Ham Panchchi Ek Daal Ke” (1957), as the title suggests was a movie stressing the fact that India represents unity in diversity. This movie was a children’s movie and the songs of this movie were picturisation on children.
Posted by: Atul on: November 14, 2011
Yesterday this blog reached 5000 songs. Today is 14th november, which is celebrated as the children’s day. The day is over and it is night time, and not a single song has been discussed on this occasion ! No, I have neither run out of steam nor I have forgotten about this day. In fact [...]
Posted by: Atul on: September 23, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. Pankaj Babu’s last association with Hindi film world was in 1954. After the film Kasturi, in 1954 he did not work for any more Hindi films. His association with the Bengali cinema lasted for some [...]
Recent comments