Archive for September 2011
“Anokha Pyaar” (1948) was an Ambika Films Company production. It was directed by M I Dharmsen. The movie had Kesari, Dilip Kumar, Nargis, Nalini Jaywant, Mukri, Ved, Uma Dutt, Habib, Sheikh, Sankatha Prasad etc in it.
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Jeewan naiyya behti jaaye
Posted on: September 23, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Pankaj Babu’s last association with Hindi film world was in 1954. After the film Kasturi, in 1954 he did not work for any more Hindi films. His association with the Bengali cinema lasted for some more years, till 1972, beyond which he was content with the peace, and with teaching music. The Padam Shri award for this remarkable musician came in 1970, followed in 1972 by Dada Saheb Phalke award for lifetime contribution to Indian Cinema.
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Champakali hai udaas
Posted on: September 23, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I came across this gem of a sweet song of sadness today, and have simply fallen in love with it. Very simple words, very simple composition, and such effortless but impressive rendering by a voice that should merited to be known and heard more than it actually is.
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I am aware of a movie called “Aan Baan” (1956), but it turns out that there was another movie of the same name in 1972 as well. I am surprised that I should know about the 1956 movie of this name , but be totally oblivious of the 1972 movie of this name.
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Mad bhari ye hawaayen
Posted on: September 22, 2011
“Anokha Daan” (1972) is a movie I knew little about even though this movie was released during my pre teen/teen years when I was at my curious best. So this movie must have been forgotten just as soon as it was released.
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“Devar” (1966) was a De Luxe fims production and it was directed by Mohan Segal. This cast of this movie included names like Dharmendra,SKishore Kumar, Sabita Chatterji,Sharmila Tagore,Deven Verma, Shashikala,Dhumal, Sulochana, Raj Mehra, Sapru, Tarun Bose, Durga Khote etc.
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Mujhe jabse muhabbat ho gayi
Posted on: September 22, 2011
Like most music lovers, I am only aware of the more popular songs of movies and I am often blissfully unaware of the lesser songs from these movies.
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Tera jalwa nazar mein basaayaa
Posted on: September 22, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
When the name of the picture is ‘Dara Singh’, one can be one hundred percent sure of two things. One, of course, that Dara Singh is the hero, and secondly, the theme of this film cannot be anything else other than stunt or gangsters or pirates.
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Kitni haseen ho tum
Posted on: September 22, 2011
“Ye Dil Kisko Doon” (1963) is not a movie that I know much about. Whatever I know about this movie is thanks to the information sent to me by Prakashchandra alongwith the lyrics of this song from the movie.
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“Sabak” (1950) is a movie that was produced by Sadiq Productions and directed by M Sadiq. This movie had Karan Dewan,Munawwar Sultana, Om Prakash,Jaageerdaar, Jillo etc in it.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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