Archive for December 2011
Sooni re nagariyaa
Posted on: December 21, 2011
“Uphaar”(1971) was a Rajshree Productions movie. It was directed by Sudhendu Roy. Rajshree Productions had hit upon the formula of signing up newcomers for their movies instead of big stars. They relied on great music and heartwarming storyline to attract movie goers and this formula served them well for nearly a quarter of a century.
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Dulhan Maarwaad ki
Posted on: December 21, 2011
I have discussed as many as six songs from “Anpadh” (1962) including the most well known songs from the movie, viz the two ghazals from it.
Here is another song, which is a lesser known song from this movie. This song is a stage dance song which is picturised as a cultural programme on stage which is watched by a houseful audience.
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Maano ya na maano
Posted on: December 21, 2011
“First Love” (1961) is a lesser known movie. This movie is a Natraj Production presentation. It was directed by Vedmohan. The movie had actors like Mehmood, Preetibala (Zeb Rehman), Naaz, Raj Mehra, Amar etc in it.
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Jhoom jhoom kar baadal aaye
Posted on: December 21, 2011
For music lovers of Hindi movie music, there is a vast repository of well known songs to chose from. And if one wants to go off the beaten track and savour songs that few people even know exist, then there is an equally vast repository of musical gems. In this blog, we keep discovering such unheard gems from times gone by, almost on a regular basis.
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Koi ye baat kya samjhe
Posted on: December 21, 2011
“Khilaadi” (1950) was a Talwar Films production. The movie had an impressive star cast consisting of Ashok Kumar, Suraiya, Kumar, Indu, E. Tarapore, Anoop Kumar, Narbada Shanker, Sunder, Cuckoo etc.
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“Majhdhaar” (1947) is a movie which I know nothing about. Whatever I know about this movie is from what is mentioned in the YT entry of this song. This movie was a Minerva Production and it was directed by Sohrab Modi. Star cast consisted of Surendra, Khursheed, Sadiq Ali, E Tarapore, Baby Tabassum, Rafiq Ghaznavi, Surekha etc.
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Aankh meri lad gayi re lad gayi
Posted on: December 21, 2011
“Chunariya” (1948) is by now an obscure movie. From the little information that I have about this movie, I know that this movie had Wasti, Manorama, Pran etc in it.
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Tera jogi aayaa
Posted on: December 20, 2011
“Mera Jeewan” (1976) is a “recent” movie by the standards of this blog. This movie was no great shakes at the box office, but its title song, viz Mera jeewan kuchh kaam na aaya was quite popular during its time, so much so that other songs of this movie were overshadowed as a result.
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Hamko tumse pyaar hai
Posted on: December 20, 2011
“Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye” (1963) is a movie produced by Y T U Baria Films. K Parvez was the director and the star cast of the movie included names like Mehmood, Shakila, Johnny Walker, Omprakash, Poornima, Sheila Kashmiri, Shammi, Anwar Hussain, Brahm, Amar, Altaf, Dilip Dutt, Baby Devika, Jeevankala, Madhumathi, Kallan, Babu Raje etc.
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“Jahaan Ara”(1964) is a movie that flopped big time at the box office. This movie was not meant for ordinary movie goers and the people appreciative of such movies did not add up to much those days.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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