Archive for December 2011
“Nai Roshni” (1967) is a litle known movie, despite being a relatively “recent” movie by the standards of this blog.This movie had Ashok Kumar, Raj Kumar, Mala Sinha, Asit Sen, Pahadi Sanyal, Biswajeet etc in it.
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Phir teri kahaani yaad aayi
Posted on: December 15, 2011
“Dil Diya Dard Liya” (1966) is an archtypical Dilip Kumar movie. At least that is how it appeared to me when I became aware of this movie in my younger days. This movie was being shown in an open space in my colony for free. Young kids like me and my friends , after suffering through the movie for almost half the lenth of the movie, could take it no more and decided to call it quits. “What is all this pyar vyaar, rona dhona, why cannot the hero indulge in some maar dhaad instead”, our leader wondered aloud, and the rest of the kids whole heartedly agreed.
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“Station Master” (1942) is a very old movie indeed. This movie had actors like Jagdish Sethi, Jeewan, Amirbai Karnataki, Baby Suraiyya (same person who grew up to be Suraiyya), Gulab, Kaushalya, Prem Adib, Ratnamala, Shakir, Umakant etc.
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“Madhu” (1959) is a rare movie which was produced by Maya Art Pictures. It was directed by G Mukherji and S Bannerji. The star cast of the movie consisted of names like Karan Dewan, Meena Kumari, Jagdish Sethi, Kumkum, Sundar etc.
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If regulars of this blog are wondering at the reasons behind the reduced output of this blog in the previous days, including no song yesterday, the reason is, I am at a place now where access to internet, especially of the required speed is at a premium. This is in addition to the fact that I am not in a position to get adequate access to internet either. Hopefully things will begin to look up in coming days.
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“Sahaara” (1958) was a Tasweeristaan Production. It was directed by Lekhraj Bhakri. The movie had M Rajan,Meena Kumari, Manoj Kumar, Sunder, Badri Prasad, Kuldip Kaur, Kanhaiyalal, Daisy Irani, Leela Misra, Nirnajan Sharma etc in it.
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“Maine Jeena Seekh Liya” (1959) is a movie which was produced by Filmistan. It was directed by Satish Nigam and the star cast had names like Ameeta, Ravindra Kapoor, Durga Khote, Agha, Badri Prasad, P.Kailash, Kanu Roy etc in it.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellw enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
What does one say about a film named ‘Gvaalan’ (Milkmaid) that was released 1946, exactly 65 years ago? Obscure, unknown, rare are the words that come to mind. Looking for early films of Hansraj Behl, I came across a few songs of this film in my collection, that are undoubtedly rare – and not yet published anywhere. As per the history of Hansraj Behl’s films, this film is one of the three films released in 1946 for which this music director has composed the music. Going by this information, this can very well be his debut film. The other two films released in 1946 with music by him are ‘Pujaari’ and ‘Phulwaari’.
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There were three top heroes in Hindi movies in 1950s. Of them, viz. Raj Kapoor expired in 1980s and Dev Anand just a few days back. One of them, viz Dilip Kumar is still around. He in fact is celebrating his 89th birthday today. He was born on 11 th december 1922 in Peshawar,now in Pakistan. He made his debut in Hindi movies with “Jwaar Bhata” (1944) and his made his mark as a hero with “Jugnu” (1947) and soon he became a hot property in Hindi movies and earned him the sobriquet of “Tragedy king”. It is not an accurate description, becuase he has worked in several light hearted movies as well.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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