Archive for February 2012
“Zindagi” (1964) was a Gemini Pictures Production and it was directed by Ramanand Sagar. Atarcast of the movie had Prithviraj kapoor, Rajendra kumar, Raaj kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Nirupa roy, Jeevan, Leela Chitnis, Dhumal, Moolchand, Mumtaz Begum, Heeralal, Kanhaiyyalal, Mehmood, Helen, Jayant etc.
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Jab kisi ke rukhh pe zulfen
Posted on: February 24, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog
Remembering Talat Mehmood on his 88th birth anniversary today, the 24th of February.
The moon generally does not venture out during the daytime. For if it does, then no one can see it, and no one would pay any attention – for daytime is the time of the sun. No matter however enchanting the moon may seem by itself, daytime is not the time for it.
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“Adaa” (1951) is a Goel Cine Corporation movie. This movie was produced and directed by Devendra Goel. Starcast of the movie had Rehana, Shekher, Gope, Madan Puri, Mohana, Shanta Kumari etc in it.
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Honthhon pe taraane aa gaye jee
Posted on: February 24, 2012
24th february is the birth anniversary of Talat Mehmood and as is the practice with us, we gift ourselves some Talat Mehmood related gems on this occasion. 🙂
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Ye khushi ka samaa
Posted on: February 24, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Talat Mehmood ( 24-02-1924 – 09-05-1998) and the song ‘ tasveer teri dil mera behalaa naa sakegi’ are synonymous. I was under the impression that this song was from a film. But after getting hold of a 78 rpm record ( N.16767) of this song in early 70s, I realised that it was a non-filmy song. I came to know much later that this was one of the top selling gramophone records issued in early 40s and this song brought Talat Mehmood to the limelight as a singer in Hindi film industry.
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Laayi kahaan hai zindagi
Posted on: February 23, 2012
Yesterday Peevesie’s mom made her debut as a lyrics contributor by sending the lyrics of a song from “Taxi Taxie” (1977). The movie may be of recent vintage, but little information is available about this movie. That is where we can always log on to our inhouse encyclopaedia and get all the details. Here is what our walking encyclopaedia Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh has to say about this movie:-
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Tose laage nainaa
Posted on: February 23, 2012
“Nayi Raahen” (1959) is an obscure movie by now. It was a Goel Cine Corporation Production. Devendra Goel was the producer and the movie was directed by Brij Sadanah. Starcast of the movie includes names like Ashok Kumar,Geeta Bali,Shubha Khote, Anoop Kumar, Nazir Hussain, RadhaKrishan, Madan Puri, Mohan Choti, Nazir Kashmiri etc.
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Here is another song from the popular “How come this song was not posted earlier !” category. My excuse for not posting it earlier remains the same old one. I thought the song was already discussed but I was wrong.
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Saagar pe aaj maujon ka raaj
Posted on: February 23, 2012
“Rangoli” (1962) was an RSB Films presentation. It was directed by Amar Kumar. Starcast of the movie had Kishore Kumar, Vyjyantimala, N. Hussain, Jeevan, Ulhas, Sulochana, Khurshid, Durga Khote, Iftekhar, Dhumal etc in it.
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