Archive for September 2011
“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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“Bees Saal Baad” (1962) is a timeless classic, moviewise as well as music wise. Four well known songs from this movie have been discussed in this blog in the past.
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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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Tum ho haseen kahaan ke
Posted on: September 6, 2011
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Though I already knew about the better known songs of “Sharaabi” (1964), I have become aware of a few more songs of the movie recently.
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“Chitralekha” (1964) has some superb songs in it. As many as five songs from this movie, including most well known songs, have already been discussed.
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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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