Archive for May 2011
Rimjhim barse paani aaj morey angnaa
Posted on: May 9, 2011
Look what a remarkable gem I discovered just a few hours ago ! This song is from “Pardesi” (1957). Though I have discussed two songs from this movie already in the past, I was not aware of the fact that this movie was an Indo Soviet production which was made in Hindi as well as Russian languages. In the movie, a Russian man (played by Oleg Strizhenov) comes to India and falls in love with an Indian village belle, played by Nargis.
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“Raahi” (1953) was a movie that was based on Mulkraj Anand’s novel “Ek Kali Aur Do Pattiyaan”(Two leaves and a bud). Dev Anand and Nalini Jaiwant were the main lead in this movie.
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So gayi chaandni
Posted on: May 8, 2011
“Aakaash” (1953) is a forgotten movie which had Agha, Balraj Sahni, Nadira, Manmohan Krishan, Shammi (not to be confused with Shammi Kapoor), Badri Prasad, Jillo etc in it.
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People may be aware of a movie called “Zameen Aasmaan”(1984) and even “Zameen Aasmaan” (1972), but there was another movie of this name as far back as 1946. This movie “Zameen Aasmaan” (1946) has been forgotten and its music is just as obscure. Just now I accidently came across a song from this movie. and what a wonderful discovery it is ! This song, which I would have dismissed as “boring” in my younger days in 1970s is something that I would now go miles to listen to. What a divine composition it is !
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Unka ishaaraa jaan se pyaaraa
Posted on: May 7, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This is such a beautiful gem of a song, that I heard for the first time today. The movie is Pehli Nazar (1945). Many will remember this as the debut movie for Mukesh, ‘Dil Jalta Hai To Jalne De’. The lead characters of this movie are Motilal, Veena, Nigar Sultana, Cuckoo, Bibbo, B Pendarkar etc. The lyrics are created by Dr. Safdar Aah Sitapuri, and the music compositions are by Anil Biswas. The singer is Naseem Akhtar.
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Meghraaj meghraaj
Posted on: May 7, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Mehboob Khan is famous as one of the key pioneers and one of the greatest film makers of Indian cinema. Born in 1907 in at Bilimoria in Gujarat, he ran away from home at a very young age with dreams of making in big in the film industry of Bombay. He started out as a junior artist (extra) during the silent films era, making a debut as one of forty thieves in the 1927 silent version of ‘Alibaba and Forty Thieves’, produced by the Imperial Film Company of Ardeshir Irani. He caught the attention of Ardeshir Irani who made him an assistant director in his company. Later he moved to Sagar Movietone company, and appeared in bit roles in some of their movies. In 1935 he went on to independently direct his first film, ‘Judgment of Allah’ produced by Sagar Movietone. The movie was a great success in its time. His cameraman for this movie was Faredoon Irani, with whom Mehboob struck a lasting friendship. Faredoon was to capture in camera, almost all the films produced and directed by Mehboob.
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Kuchh aur zamaanaa kehta hai
Posted on: May 6, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
Chhoti Chhoti Baatein (1965) is the last movie of the great actor Motilal. Motilal had been active in the Hindi film world for more than 3 decades by then. This was his first (and also the last) venture as a director and producer. Unfortunately, Motilal passed away before the release date of the movie, and in more than one ways, this movie turns out to be his swansong.
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“Angulimaal” (1960) is a movie based on the life of angulimaal, a bandit who was a contemporary of Lord Budhha who got reformed after his interaction with the latter. This movie had Bharat Bhushan,Nimmi,Anita Guha,Helen etc in it.
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Chhedi maut ne shehnaayi
Posted on: May 6, 2011
“Heer” (1956) is a story based on the Punjabi Tragic love story of Heer Ranjha, which has been an important source of inspiration for several Hindi movies.
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