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“Shankar Khan” (1966) is a B grade movie about which very little information is available. What I know is that it was a Dara Singh movie produced by Dara Singh himself. This movie had actors like Prithviraj Kapoor, Dara Singh, Randhawa, Jagirdar, Kammo, Pratima Devi, Mohan Choti, Jagdeep, Rajan Kapoor, Savita etc in it.
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I tend to get confused a lot about the movies “Bahaaron Ke Sapne” (1967) and Bahaaron Ki Manzil” (1968). “Bahaaron Ke Sapne” is a Rajesh Khanna- Asha Parekh with R D Burman’s music whereas “Bahaaron Ki Manzil” (1968) have Dharmendra and Meena Kumari in lead roles and it has music by Laxmikant Pyarelal.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

“Punarmilan” (1964), is a story of children lost and found, interwoven with the themes of casteism and untouchability. Produced under the banner of Nagina Films, Bombay, it is directed by Ravindra Dave. The star lineup includes Balraj Sahni, Shashikala, Leela Chitnis, Jagdeep, Ameeta, Asit Set, Mumtaz Begum, Padma Devi, Narmada Shankar, Amarnath etc. The lyricist Gulshan Bawra also plays a comic role. In the film, there are two children lost as small kids. A child of a low caste family is lost in the river, and when rescued, he is adopted by a rich high caste family. And a child of the high caste family is lost, and ends up being adopted by Leela Chitnis, the same person who lost her son in the river. There are various sub plots as the romantic interests of two couples, Balraj Sahni and Shashikala, and Jagdeep and Ameeta, are interwined with the destinies of three families.
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“Tel Maalish Boot Polish”(1961) is a B grade movie whaich was a Rajan Films productions and it was directed by Romney Dey. The movie had Chandrashekhar, Kumkum, Sheikh Mukthaar, Madanpuri, Radhika, Moppet Raja, Amar, Nasreen, Parashuram, JayKumar, JankiDass, Agha, Ravikant, JeevanKala, Ratan Gaurang , M.B.Shetty etc in it.
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“Zeenat” (1945) is a movie that is directed by Shaukat Hussain Rizvi. This movie had Noorjahaan, Zohrabai Ambalewaali, Cuckoo, Shashikala (then a child), Baby Khursheed (later known as Shyama) etc. In fact, this movie seems to be a movie with mainly female actors . : D All the eight songs of this movie have been sung only by female singers, and that includes an all female qawwaali (Aahen na bharin shiqwe na kiye ).
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

The films in India started to talk in 1931, and with it came the music and the songs, that are so inseparable from the culture of this country. No matter what part of the country one talks about, music is the flow that nurtures and strengthens the emotional character of the society. And the music immediately became a crucial thread in the talking films, and the films became a pivotal medium for the folk and popular music to prosper. It was with the coming of the talking films that the concept of a ‘music’ industry was born in India.
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