Archive for April 2012
Manmohana tu jo bhi de
Posted on: April 6, 2012
When one is disturbed, there is nothing like a soothing bhajan to calm one’s nerves. The music and the singing of the bhajan has a calming influence on the mind, and the philosophical content of the lyrics makes us see things in perspective. Bhajans make us realise that living creatures (including humans) are mortals and we are mere puppets in the grand scheme of things. Things are not supposed to work out according to our wishes, so we should better reconcile ourselves with whatever is in store for us.
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Thhoda sa aitbaar keejiye
Posted on: April 6, 2012
“Chowkidaar” (1974) did not create any impression at the box office when it was released. And it meant that yet another movie with Madan Mohan’s compositions flopped and the songs of this movie remained unheard and unwatched by moviegoers.
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Maine kaha babuji itna bataaoge
Posted on: April 6, 2012
If a movie title has nouns like “Behan”,”Bahu”, Bhabhi” etc in it preceded by adjectives like “Badi”, “Chhoti” etc then one can safely conclude that sacrificing characters lie ahead in the movie and unless one is masochistic in nature, one needs to steer clear of such movies.
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“Zindagi Ya Toofaan” (1958) was a Seraphim pictures presentation. It was directed by Nakshab. The movie had Pradeep Kumar, Nutan, Johnny Walker, Om Prakash, Minoo Mumtaz, Yakub etc in it.
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Zara seekh lo ankhiyon sharmaana
Posted on: April 6, 2012
“Vachan”(1955) was a Goel Cine Corporation movie. It was produced by Devendra Goel and directed by Raj Rishi. The movie had Rajendra Kumar, Geeta Bali, Neelma, Madan Puri, S. K. Prem, Radhakrishen, Raajdeep, Praveen Paul, Babboo etc in it.
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Bol pardesia ye toone kyaa kiyaa
Posted on: April 6, 2012
“Mangu” (1954) was a movie where Md Shafi was the original music director but O P Nayyar managed to get in at the expense of Md Shafi and composed four songs.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
In my native place in Mangalore district (and perhaps other places in India specially in villages), it was a tradition in almost every house that all family members would assemble in the Pooja Room soon after the dusk for singing some devotional songs. In a joint family system, this tradition also worked as a means of creating bonding among large family members. After shifting to Mumbai in early 50s, with a nuclear family and a city culture, this tradition slowly got discontinued. But my mother would sing at least a couple of devotional songs every day after dusk while doing her kitchen chores. One of the devotional songs which I had often heard in my childhood was in the Konkani language, my mother tongue. I was very much impressed by the lyrics and the tune of the song.
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I became aware of “Puraskaar” (1970) after Memsaab reviewed this movie in her blog. It turns out that the movie is a treasure of great songs. I wonder how I was not aware of this movie when it was released in 1970s, seeing that this movie had music by R D Burman and I, like most music lovers was a big fan of R D Burman’s music.
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Rehne do chanda badli mein
Posted on: April 5, 2012
“Chowkidaar”(1974) was produced by Gopal Ralhan and directed by Shyam Ralhan. The movie had Sanjeev Kumar, Yogita Bali, Vinod Khanna, Jeevan, Asit Sen, Jaishree T., Zebunissa, Om Prakash etc in it.
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Naiyya meri chalti jaaye
Posted on: April 5, 2012
“My Friend” (1974) was produced by Punamchand Shah and N Patel. This movie was directed by M Rehman, who was a son of Naushad. Naushad was the music director of this movie.
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