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 24, 2012
“Anita”(1967) was a Raj Khosla Films Production. It was produced and directed by Raj Khosla. The movie had Manoj Kumar, Sadhana, Chand Usmani, Madhumati, Bela Bose, I. S. Johar, Sajjan, Mukri, Dhumal, Prem Chopra etc in it.
Posted by: Atul on: October 18, 2011
“Aurat Teri Yehi Kahaani” (1954) was Ranjit Movietone (assembly line) production, which was directed by their long term director Charurbhuj Doshi. The movie had Bharat Bhushan, Nirupa Roy, Sulochana, Chandrashekhar etc in it.
Posted by: Atul on: August 27, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. Here is one more gem of a song that comes from a grade B/C film. Ek Raat is a 1967 film produced under the banner of East&West Movies, directed by Rajnath. A suspense action drama, [...]
Posted by: Atul on: April 10, 2011
Here is a cute and lovely song that I was not aware of till a few hours ago.
Posted by: Atul on: April 8, 2011
“Navrang” (1958) is a song that is well known for its songs. I have discussed three songs from this movie in the past. Here is another song from this movie. I was not aware of this till a few hours ago.
Posted by: Atul on: March 8, 2011
1963 was a year when Hindi movie music was at its pinnacle. There were countless musical extravanzas that were released that year. Just thinking about the names of the movies boggles the mind. In this year, we had movies like “Mere Mehboob”, “Apna Bana Ke dekho”, “Asli Naqli”, “Meri Soorat teri aankhen”,”Sehra”,”Ye raaste hain pyaar [...]
Posted by: Atul on: October 16, 2010
Two female singers dancing in tandem was a staple diet of B grade historical/ mythological movies of 1960s. But here we find the same thing happening in a Muslim social movie. The movie is “Mere Mehboob” (1963) and here Sadhana and Ameeta are found dancing and singing joyously. They sing in the voices of Lata [...]
Posted by: Atul on: August 1, 2010
I find that there are many songs that I love listening to without having an inkling about their details. And with time getting the details of these songs becomes a problem in case that movie does not do well at the box office.
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