Posted by: Atul on: May 31, 2012
“Waaris” (1954) was a Minerva Movietone production. It was directed by Nitin Bose. The movie had Talat Mehmood, Suraiyya, Jagdish Sethi, Nadira, Sadat Ali, Meheli Modi, Yakub, Achla Sachdev, Roopmala etc in it.
Posted by: Atul on: May 26, 2012
This article is written by Shekher Gupta, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a new contributor to this blog. Without detracting one bit from her merit, capability and musico-longevity, I have to admit that I am not a fan of Asha Bhosle in the same manner as I am of Lataji. That said, [...]
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 23, 2012
“Aag Ka Dariya” (1953) is by now an obscure movie. It was a Shorey Films Production. It was produced and directed by Roop K Shorey. The movie had Karan Dewan, Meena Shorey, Prithviraj Kapoor, Shammi, Majnu, Johnny Walker, Cesil etc in it.
Posted by: Atul on: May 14, 2012
“Yasmeen”(1955) was a musical pictures presentation. It was directed by A R Kardar. The movie had Suresh, Vyjyanti Mala, Jayant, Shyam Kumar, S. N. Banerjee, Maruti, Rashid Khan etc in it.
Posted by: Atul on: May 9, 2012
“Daaera”(1953) is an obscure movie by now. This movie was a Kamal Pictures Production. It was produced and directed by Kamal Amrohi. The movie had Nasir Khan, Meena Kumari, Kammo, Pratima Devi, Roopmala, Jankidas, Kumar, Nana Palsikar, Nisar Ahmed Ansari etc in it.
Posted by: Atul on: May 9, 2012
“Patita” (1953) was a Mars and Movies Production. The movie was directed by Amiya Majumdar. The movie had Dev Anand, Usha Kiran, Krishnakant, Lalita Pawar, Chandrashekhar,Agha, Shivraj etc.
Posted by: Atul on: May 9, 2012
Talat Mehmood is today mainly known for the songs that he sang in Hindi movies. But he began his career as a non film singer. He had gone to Calcutta in late 1930s when he was still a teenager and he began to create waves there with his ghazals.
Posted by: Atul on: May 8, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. During my four decades of sojourn with old Hindi films songs, I have come across many admirers of such songs among my friends, office colleagues and also within my family circle. There were categories [...]
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