Archive for April 2011
Dard kyun uthhtaa hai dil mein
Posted on: April 27, 2011
“Birhaa Ki Raat” (1950), which is an obscure movie by now, had actors like Dev Anand, Nargis, Madan Puri, Snehprabha Pradhan, Omprakash etc in it. Dev Anand and Nargis paired together ? I never knew that a movie like this existed.
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Ye kaun aayaa re
Posted on: April 27, 2011
“Ziddi” (1948) is the first movie of Kishore Kumar as a solo playback singer. He had earlier sang as part of chorus in “Aath Din” (1946).
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Meri jholi mein hain mere chor
Posted on: April 27, 2011
“Mehmaan”(1942) was directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi for Ranjit Movietone, Bombay. The movie had Madhuri, Ishwarlal, Shamim, Rama Sukul, Mubarak, Kesari, Dharpure, Bhagwandas, Indira etc in it.
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My readers may have noticed my absence from the blog for the last few days. The reason was I was travelling for much of the time in the last few days and I was unable to get hold of internet. At the end of all this journey, now I have ended up at a place where things that I took for granted are a luxury. Electricity itself comes and goes quite frequently here and the less said about internet connectivity, the better. Wireless modem, which works in small towns elsewhere does not work here. Still, I have managed to rig myself an internet connection. The catch is, it works only if there is electicity. I will try and get myself active on the blog again, electicity permitting.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
Minerva Movietone is the renowned flagship company that was launched and nurtured by the great Sohrab Modi. He has given such powerful historical epics to the Indian cinema as Pukar, Sikandar, Prithvi Vallabh, Jhansi Ki Rani, and many other great creations like Mirza Ghalib, Nausehrvan-e-Adil, Kundan, Jailor and Raaj Hatth. His films carry a message of strong commitment to social and national issues. A whole generation’s image of Indian history and Indian society is based on his films. Not all of his movies were commercial successes, but each of them has an indelible imprint of Sohrab Modi’s uncompromising quality and classic cinema.
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O ashaadh ke pahle baadal
Posted on: April 20, 2011
When I first began this blog, this was not the only songs related blog that I began. I also began a blog on vishesh Jaimala where I would post the transcripts of vishesh Jaimala programmes presented by celebrities from the movie world. They would share their experiences and play a few songs. This programme, to my mind, is one of the best ever radio programmes that one can think of. And what celebrities ! Almost all big names (with a few exceptions) presented Vishesh jaimala programmes those days.
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Shrishti thhi anjaan
Posted on: April 20, 2011
“Stree”(1961) is a movie produced by V Shantaram and starring V Shantaram,Sandhya, Parda Chawan, Mumtaz etc. This movie, as well as its music may have been forgotten, but when I discovered the music of this movie some one year back, I loved it. And by now I have discussed as many as three songs from this movie.
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Dheere dheere dhal ri chandaa
Posted on: April 20, 2011
“Angulimaal” (1960) is the story of a Historical/mythological character Angulimaal who was a bandit during Gautam Buddha’s time. He would rob people and cut their fingers (anguli) and wear a garland (mala) made out of these fingers- hence his name Angulimaal. According to tales, he gets hold of Lord Buddha and he intends to subject him to the same treatment, but he gets reformed by Lord Buddha.
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Aaaa jaa mere saathi aajaa
Posted on: April 20, 2011
“Saaranga” (1960) is a mythological movie with lovely songs in it. Listening to the songs of this movie on a peaceful evening is a wonderful experience. That is how I had first heard the title song of this movie (Saarangaa teri yaad mein(Saarangaa)(1960)) in 1970s in Vividh Bharati in a summer evening.
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Lo kaamna pooran huyi hai
Posted on: April 20, 2011
I have discussed a couple of songs from “Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan” (1959) in the past. Here is another song from this movie.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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