Archive for October 2011
Has anyone heard of a Hindi movie by the name “Black Tiger” (1960) ? I certainly had not. But just because I had not heard about it does not mean that this movie did not exist. This movie was very much in existence and it was a quintessential B grade movie. It was produced by an imaginatively named production house called Highway Pictures. The movie was directed by the legendary director of such movies, namely Akkoo. The “star cast” of this movie includes such B grade superstars as Nazma, Azad, Nadira, Habib, Sheikh etc.
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Jo waqt pe kaam aa jaaye
Posted on: October 28, 2011
“Farishta”(1958) is a Pancholi Productions movie which was directed by Ravindra Dave. The star cast of this movie included names like Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari, Sohrab Modi, Mubarak, Nana Palsikar, Anita Guha, Murad, Mehmood , Sheikh, Mridula etc.
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Ik din ik armaan bharaa dil
Posted on: October 28, 2011
“Gareebi” (1949) is a movie about which very little information is available on internet. Fortunately, we have our own encyclopaedia Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh, who was not only around when these movies were released, but on many cases he even watched such movies and took notes.
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Shaam dekho dhal rahi hai
Posted on: October 27, 2011
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Welcome all readers to another century celebration. With this post, this blog now has completed publication of 4900 songs, which is a remarkable feat by many standards. And this milestone is yet again marked with the consistency and continuity that has been unbroken for more than three years now. Much more than the number and the content of the posts, it is the perseverance and commitment to this effort, that are the outstanding qualities of maintaining the healthy pace of growth on this blog. And I present all kudos and praise to Atul ji, for spearheading this effort. A singular effort that is unparalleled in the cyber space. Heartfelt greetings to Atul ji and all readers of this blog, and best wishes and all my support in the cause of what this blog is attempting to accomplish.
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Pawan jhakoraa sang mere gaaye
Posted on: October 27, 2011
“Meri Bhabhi” (1969) is a movie produced by A G Films. It was directed by Khalid Akhtar. the movie had Sunil Dutt, Waheeda Rehmaan, Kamini Kaushal, Abhi Bhattacharya, Mehmood, Aruna Irani, Lalita Pawaar,Kanhaiyya laal, Raj Mehra, Tiwari, Mukri, Sundar,Lalita kumar, Baby Sabihaa etc in it.
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Sona na sitaaron ka hai kehna
Posted on: October 27, 2011
“Opera House” (1961) is a Pushpa Pictures presentation. It was directed by P L Santoshi. The movie had Ajit, B Saroja Devi,K. N. Singh, Lalita Pawar, Bela Bose, Maruti, Johnny Whisky,Baalam, Mumtaz Begum,Niranjan Sharma,S N Bannerji etc in it.
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Though I have not kept track of it, I have a feeling that most songs picturised on Shammi Kapoor (in his Shammi Kapoor style movies) have been covered in this blog. I need to put all these songs in some proper tags so that keeping track of them becomes easier.
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“Husn Ka Chor” (1953) is not a movie that too many people have heard of. It was a quintessential B grade movie. Information about such movies are conspicuous by their absence on internet.
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Deepawali manaayen suhaanee
Posted on: October 26, 2011
“Shirdi Ke saibaba” (1977) is a movie which is based on a book Sri Sai Charitra written by Late Sri Govindrao Dabholkar. The movie was produced by Salra charities trust. Ashok.V. Bhooshan directed the movie. The movie had Sudhir Dalvi, Manmohan Krishna, Raj Mehra,Usha Chavhan, Chanda, Vatsala Deshmukh,
Suman Dharmadhikari, Kumari Mahalaxmi, Laxman Chawla, Shrikanth Moghe, Preetham Beli,Jyotsna Kirpekar, Bhavna, C.S.Dubey, Ratnamala, Master Tito etc in it. In addition,some well known actors, viz. Hemamalini, Manoj kumar, Shathrughna Sinha, Premnath, Rajendra Kumar, Madan Puri,Paintal, Sathsh,Dheeraj kumar, Krishan Dhawan, Sachin etc had made guest appearances in this movie.
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