Archive for July 2011
Jagat mein prem hi prem bhara hai
Posted on: July 17, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Krorepati (alias Millionaire) is a 1936 production from New Theatres Calcutta, directed by Hem Chander. The music compositions for this movie are shared by RC Boral and Pankaj Mullick. There is a total of 12 songs in this movie, of which 4 are composed by RC Boral and 8 by Pankaj Mullick. As fortune would have it, the recordings of all the 8 songs composed by Pankaj Mullick are not available from any source so far.
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Ho dheere se gagri utaar
Posted on: July 16, 2011
“Zindagi Aur Ham” (1962) is a little known movie that had actors like Dinesh (?),Nalini Jaiwant,Chand Usmani,David,Mukri,Leela Mishra etc. This Parwez pictures movie was directed by Pt Anand Kumar.
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“Sitaara” (1955) is an obscure movie starring Pradeep Kumar and Vyjyantimala, and also Begam Para,Helen etc. As is the case with most obscure movies, this movie too has some nice songs in it that deserve to be better known among music lovers.
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Kyaa dhadak dhadak dil dhadkey
Posted on: July 16, 2011
Music director Roshan was born on 16 july in the year 1917. He had a very successful career lasting nearly 18 years before he was snatched away at a relatively young age of only 50, when he was at the peak of his musical prowess.
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Though the concept of playback singing was introduced in 1930s itself, but actors continued to sing their own songs till late 1940s. It was only in 1950s that the concept of singing actors finally gave way and playback singing finally became the norm.
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This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
What a gem of a song ! Ghulam Mohammed at his melodious best. I am sure you will find yourself humming this song over and over after you have heard it once. That is what is happening in my mind as I am putting down the lyrics and preparing this write up, the leading lines just keep playing again and again in my mind – ‘chhodo chhodo ji piyaa mera todo na jiyaa’. What a lovely composition this one is.
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Jo naukri dilaa de
Posted on: July 16, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The versatility of Saigal Saab never ceases to amaze. Given that only 185 recordings of his songs are available, may the history of Indian cinema have been different, had Saigal Saab lived a longer life.
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Neend nigaahon ki kho jaati hai
Posted on: July 15, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Lootera (1965) is a story of pirates and princesses. It is a B grade action drama, with a star cast that includes Dara Singh, Prithviraj Kapoor, Nishi, Helen, Hiralal, Jeevan, Maruti, Bela Bose and others. The music of this movie is simply superb. All songs of this movie are very hummable and well known. And all songs, except one, are rendered by Lata Mangeshkar.
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“Anita”(1967) is a movie starring Manoj Kumar and Sadhana. it was the third part of a trilogy of mystery woman movie that Raj Khosla made. The other two being Wo Kaun Thi and Mera Saayaa. But much has changed by 1967 when this movie was released. But much had changed in all these years. Sadhana, who looked so pretty and stunning with a glowing face, had lost much of her facial glow and charm following some illness. This movie, to the best of my knowledge, was not as much of a success as the other two movies.
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