Archive for September 2011
When I was growing up a a pre teen and later teenage kid in 1970s, I, alongwith the rest of India was a big fan of Kishore Kumar. Rafi, the erstwhile dominant male playback singer of he previous two decades found himself virtually jobless for nearly one year, before he began to get singing assignments again.
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Meri padosan hai dil ki dushman
Posted on: September 7, 2011
“Simla Road” (1969) is a quintessential B grade movie which was forgotten almost as soon as it was released. This movie had Dev Kumar and Sarita in lead roles. Dev Kumar later found himself playing roles of villain’s henchman, whereas Sarita vanished from movies without a trace.
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I love you you love me
Posted on: September 7, 2011
“Raat Andheri Thhi” (1967) is a B grade movie about which very little is known these days. Theinformation that I have been able to gather about this movie tells me that this movie had Feroz Khan, Sheikh Mukhtar, Lolita Chaterjee & Helen in it, which makes it an archtypical B grade movie of the 1960s. These movies had Sheikh Mukhtraa playing the same kind of roles that would later be played by amitabh Bachchan in this angrey young man movies. Sheikh Mukhtar would use his bulky figure for strongarm tactics, and he would leave the task of singing and dancing to the chocolate faced side hero of the movie, which happens to be Feroz Khan in this movie.
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“Teasing” songs where the hero teases the heroine while singing a roadside Romeo genre of song is not quite my cup of tea, especially when the hero is someone like Rajendra Kumar. But I am prepared to condone such teasing when the hero is someone like Shammi Kapoor or Kishore Kumar. Who said that I am impartial in my likings of actors. 😀 Yes,I am objective and impartial in my likings only when it comes to singers, not actors. 🙂
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The original “Devdas” was produced in 1935. The next Devdas came up exactly twenty years later, in 1955.
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Raat raat bhar jaag jaag kar
Posted on: September 7, 2011
“Pyaar Ka Saagar” (1961) is a movie starring Rajendra Kumar and Meena Kumari. Rajendra Kumar was on his way to become Jubilee Kumar while Meena Kumari has already graduated to tragedy roles by that time.
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“Apna Bana Ke Dekho” (1962) is a movie which has Manoj Kumar, Asha Parekh, Achala Sachdev, Sundar, Nazir Husain etc in it. Though I have not explored the songs of this movie, I am sure that this movie has some nice songs in it
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“Do Dil” (1947) is a movie which is directed by Jagdish Sethi. Its cast includes Motilal, Suraiya , Karan Diwan , Badri Prasad etc.
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Jo mujhe bhulaake chale gaye
Posted on: September 7, 2011
“Sangeeta” (1950) is a movie produced by Sudha Pictures and directed by Ramanlal Desai. This movie had Shyam, Suraiyya, Nigar Sultana, Mumtaz Ali, Pran, Ram Singh, Radakrishnan etc in it.
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Humjoliyon ki thhee toliyaan
Posted on: September 7, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The wondrous characteristic about Saigal Saab is that whatever he sang, it became music. Even the songs with passages of prose and pauses, sound like melodies. His rendition of ‘Piye Jaa Aur Piye Jaa’ from Pujaarin (1936) is a combination of verse and prosaic speech, of a person under the influence of alcohol. It is stated that this song was recorded without any rehearsals. Just the first take is the final version we hear today. Or the song ‘Ek Raja Ka Betaa Le Kar Udne Waalaa Ghodaa’ from President (1937). Combining story telling with singing, it set up a fresh style for children songs. All examples of a gifted artist who would convert words to music.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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