Archive for November 2011
Tumhaari chaand si soorat pe
Posted on: November 19, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Today (19th november) is the birth anniversary of Dara Singh, the famous wrestling champion of free style format, and a majorly successful hero of B/C grade action films of the 60s. He continues to be active in films and TV serials, clocking a career that spans more than 50 years now in the industry.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Dara Singh needs no introductions. The name, the face and the physique is very familiar to more than six generation of Hindi film audience, and especially the fans of Indian free style wrestling. Born on the 19th November, 1928, Dara Singh belongs to a Jaat Sikh family of Amritsar. As a teen ager, he grew into a gangling and muscular young man measured in at 6 feet and 2 inches, and the move for becoming a wrestler was almost natural. Trained in the traditional akhaaras of rural Punjab, he was very active in the wrestling circuit in the 40s and 50s, in India, as well as outside India. He is one wrestler who caught the fancy of the general public, and has been a popular figure in professional wrestling till 1983, when he retired from it.
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Sitaarey raah takte hain
Posted on: November 19, 2011
When one talked of “Black Cats” two decades ago, one meant the elite commandos who protect VVIPs. These days they are called SPG (special protection group). But in the distant past, black Cat actually meant “kaali billi”, and there was this belief that a black cat crossing your path when you are going out somewhere was bad omen. As it is, I have a black cat for a pet and that black cat must have crossed my path hundreds of time by now, that is when it is not seated on places like my lap, my laptop, sofa, bed, mat etc.
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There are some actors in Hindi movies who are so badly typedcast that it is rare to see or imagine them in roles different from the ones for which they are well known. For instance, Nimmi is perceived to be an actress who is always dealt a rough deal by the fate. Not just I, even some regulars are of the same view. For example, one regular, while sending me the lyrics of a song picturised on Nimmi informed me that he could detect a faint smile on Nimmi’s face in the pcturisation. I watched that song several times in super slow motion to witness the rare occurence.
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“Mayur Pankh” (1954), a Sahu Productions movie, had Kishore Sahu romancing an English lady (Odette Ferguson). Instead of singing the usual duets, the two would go to various song/dance performances where a female dancer would be performing.
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“Beqasoor” (1950) is a movie which was produced by Madhukar films and directed by K Amarnath. The movie had Ajit, Madhubala,Geeta Nizami, Durga Khote, Yakub, Gope, Pramila etc in it.
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Most people are aware of a movie called “Abhimaan” (1975) starring Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bhaduri. But there was another movie of the same name which was released in 1957.
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“Sikandar e Azam” (1965) is an N C Films production. It was directed by Kedar Kapoor. The star cast of this movie had names like Dara Singh, Mumtaz, Prithviraj Kapoor, Premnath, Prem Chopra, Veena, Ganga, Jeewan, Jagdish Sethi, Tiwari etc.
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“Bilwamangal” (1954), a Minar Movies production was directed by D N Madhok. C H Atma played the title role in this movie and Suraiyya played his love angle. Nirupa Roy, Asha Mathus, Ulhas etc were the other actors to figure in this movie.
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