Archive for September 2011
“Main Hoon Alladin” (1965) was a quintessential B grade movie which was produced by Ramkrishna Films. It was directed by Mohammad Hussain. The movie had Ajit and Saeeda Khan in lead roles. Other actors in this movie were Madan Puri, Maruti, Jagirdar, Shyam Sunder, Mumtaz Begum, David Abraham etc.
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“Aao Pyaar Karen” (1964) was a movie produced by Filmalaya. This movie was a home production of Joy Mukherji, the hero of this movie, because his family was the major stake holder in Filmalaya. Saira Bano was the leading lady opposte him. Other actors in this movie were Madhvi, Shyam Chatterji, Rajendranath, Merlyn, Manavendranath, Jayant Shah etc. This movie was directed by R K Nayyar.
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“Saahib Bibi Aur Ghulaam” (1962) was a Guru Dutt production movie. It was directed by Abrar Alwi. The movie had actors like Guru Dutt, Meena Kumari, Rehman, Waheeda Rehman, Sapru, Dhumal, N. Hussain, S. N. Banerjee, Krishan Dhawan, Jawahar Kaul, Bikram Kapoor, Pratima Devi, Ranjit Kumari, S. N. Banerjee, Krishan Dhawan, Jawahar Kaul, Bikram Kapoor, Bimla Kumari etc in it.
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I have discussed one song from “Suhaag Sindoor” (1961) in the past. At that time, I had little knowledge about that movie.
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I had mentioned in an earlier discussion that Helen’s aspirations (if any) of playing mainstream rolers in Hindi movies (where mainstream roles means donning a sari /salwar kurta etc and singing songs that are the preserve of leading ladies) were realised on movies like “Cha Cha Cha” (1964) and “Lahu Ke Do Rang” (1979). She in fact won the Filmfare award for best supporting actress too, for her role in “Lahu Ke Do Rang” (1979).
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Maathe ki bindiyaa bole
Posted on: September 23, 2011
When one thinks of Helen, one thinks of a cabarat song(typically sung by Asha Bhonsle) where Helen, suitably under dressed by Indian standards, performs her dance and then bows out, playing no further part in the movie. There are many Helen fans though who would like to see her in meatier roles in these movies.
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Aaj main dekhoon jidhar jidhar
Posted on: September 23, 2011
“Doli” (1969) is a movie which was produced by Bahaar films combines. Hargobind Duggal was the producer and Adurthi Subba Rao directed the movie. This movie had a star cast consisting of names like Rajesh khanna, Babita,Prem Chopra, Om prakash, Nazima,Nana Palsikar, Raj Mehra, sulochana Latkar, Sunder, Kanhaiyyalal, Pandhari bai,Randhir,Shivraj, Sulochana Chatterjee, Hari Shivdasani, Shammi, Praveen Paul, Polson, Nazir Kashmiri, Birbal, Johnny Whisky, Narbada Shankar, Radheshyam etc.
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“Bharosa” (1963) was a Vasu production movie and it was directed by K Shankar. This movie had actors like Guru Dutt, Asha Parekh, Shobha Khote, Sulochana Chatterji, Nana Palsikar, Neena, Shivraj, Lalita Pawar, Om Prakash, Mehmood, Sudesh Kumar etc.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Tere Ghar Ke Saamne (1963) is a classic for many a reason. A production from the house of Navketan, Dev Anand’s film company, this film was a major success in its time, and its music continues to set many a hearts aflutter.
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Regulars of this blog may have noticed that I tend to discuss the songs of a few artists regularly and then after some time, I stop discussing that artist and begin to discuss the songs of some other artist.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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