Posted by: Atul on: June 1, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. Mention of the name Uma Devi, almost invariably brings to mind the peerless melody – ‘Afsaana Likh Rahin Hoon Dil e Beqaraar Ka’ from the film Dard (1947). And then, in the current memory, there [...]
Posted by: Atul on: May 25, 2012
Today(25th may) happens to be the seventh death anniversary of Sunil Dutt (6 june 1929-25 may 2005). Born Balraj Dutt, Sunil Dutt was one of the earliest Radio Ceylon announcers before he got his break in Hindi movies in “Railway Platform” (1955).
Posted by: Atul on: May 24, 2012
“Laila Majnu” (1953) was an All India Pictures production. It was directed by K Amarnath. Nutan and Shammi Kapoor has played the title roles in this movie with Ratan Kumar, Ulhas, Begum Para, Kammo, Wasti etc being the other actors.
Posted by: Atul on: May 21, 2012
“Gehra Daag”(1963) was a Ralhan Productions movie. It was produced and directed by O P Ralhan. The movie had Rajendra Kumar, Mala Sinha, Madan Puri, Lalita Pawar, Usha Kiran, Mumtaz, Ragini, Bhupet Raja, Ratnamala, Moppet Shahid, Manmohan Krishna, Bihari, Ram Mohan, Tun Tun etc in it.
Posted by: Atul on: May 20, 2012
“Door Ki Aawaaz”(1964) was a Goel Cine Corporation production. It was produced and directed by Devendra Goel. The movie had Joy Mukherjee, Saira Banu, Pran, Om Prakash, Durga Khote, Johnny Walker, Manorama, Malika etc in it.
Posted by: Atul on: May 18, 2012
“Ummeed” (1962) was a Rajan Films production. It was directed by Nitin Bose. The movie had Joy Mukherjee, Nanda, Ashok Kumar, Leela Naidu, Agha, Tuntun, Leela Mishra, Tarun Bose, Laxmi Chhaya, Chandrima Bhaduri, Nazir Kashmiri, Jankidas, Madhumati, Sabita Chatterjee, Ravi Kant, Hazara Singh, Parashram, Hussain, Jeevankala, Ramesh etc in it.
Posted by: Atul on: April 27, 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 caption of this song, “tere pyaar mein dildaar” I thought I recognised this song. When I started to play it, it turned out to be a Lata Mangeshkar song, while I [...]
Posted by: Atul on: April 25, 2012
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This song is from the epic called ‘Mughal-e-Azam”. Seeing this film on the big screen is an experience to behold, which our children are having no opportunity to do. I have seen it at ‘Maratha [...]
Posted by: Atul on: April 21, 2012
“Kaun Apna Apna Paraaya” (1963) was a Golden Films Production movie. It was produced by Tony walker (Johny Walker’s brother) who also starred in the movie as Hero under the name of Vijay Kumar. Niranjan directed the movie. The movie had Waheeda Rehman, Vijay Kumar, Johnny Walker, Nirupa Roy, Tun Tun, Amar, Shammi, Dulari, Hammad, [...]
Posted by: Atul on: April 21, 2012
“Amar” (1954) was a Mehboob Productions movie. It was directed by Mehboob Khan. The movie had Dilip Kumar, Nimmi, Madhubala, Jayant, Ulhas, Mukri, Amar, Shakeel Nomani, Husn Banu, Murad etc in it.
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