Archive for May 2012
Ae chaand sitaaron
Posted on: May 9, 2012
“Daaera”(1953) is an obscure movie by now. This movie was a Kamal Pictures Production. It was produced and directed by Kamal Amrohi. The movie had Nasir Khan, Meena Kumari, Kammo, Pratima Devi, Roopmala, Jankidas, Kumar, Nana Palsikar, Nisar Ahmed Ansari etc in it.
Read more on this topic…
“Patita” (1953) was a Mars and Movies Production. The movie was directed by Amiya Majumdar. The movie had Dev Anand, Usha Kiran, Krishnakant, Lalita Pawar, Chandrashekhar, Agha, Shivraj etc.
Read more on this topic…
Tasweer teri dil mera behla na sakegi
Posted on: May 9, 2012
Talat Mehmood is today mainly known for the songs that he sang in Hindi movies. But he began his career as a non film singer. He had gone to Calcutta in late 1930s when he was still a teenager and he began to create waves there with his ghazals.
Read more on this topic…
Ae mere dil yahaan tu akela nahin
Posted on: May 8, 2012
“Pagla Kahin Ka” (1970) was produced by Ajit Chakravorty and directed by Shakti Samanta.The movie had Shammi Kapoor, Asha Parekh, Sunder, Helen, Prem Chopra, Madhumati, K. N. Singh, Murad, Manmohan Krishna, Madhavi, Mohan Choti, Viju Khote etc in it.
Read more on this topic…
Nazar mein bijli badan mein sholey
Posted on: May 8, 2012
“Puraskaar” (1970) was produced and directed by Ram Kumar. This movie had Joy Mukherjee, Sapna, Fariyal, Abhi Bhattacharya, Farida Jalal, Mahendra, Nigar Sultana, Helen, I. S. Johar, Bipin Gupta, Ram Kumar etc in it. This movie may not be remembered today, but it was quite an interesting movie as Memsaab found.
Read more on this topic…
“Kaala Paani”(1958) was a Navketan International Films Presentation. It was produced by Dev Anand and directed by Raj Khosla.
Read more on this topic…
“Navratri”(1955) was a Bhagyaudai Pictures Production. it was directed by Raman B Desai. The B grade religious/mythological movie had Manhar Desai, Nirupa Roy, Lalita Pawar, S. N. Tripathi, Sapru, Niranjan Sharma, Babu Raje, Kumkum etc in it.
Read more on this topic…
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
During my four decades of sojourn with old Hindi films songs, I have come across many admirers of such songs among my friends, office colleagues and also within my family circle. There were categories of admirers in terms of period songs, fans of some singers, lyricists. music directors etc. There was one more category of admirers who outscored other categories in terms of numbers. Members of this group, while being admirers of popular old Hindi film songs of golden era, were by and large ignorant of other details of the songs especially names of music directors and lyricists. I also noted that out of these details, they were least interested in knowing the names of lyricists.
Read more on this topic…
Katati hai ab to zindagi
Posted on: May 7, 2012
“Naaz”(1954) was a S K Films Production, S K Ojha was the producer and director of this movie. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Nalini Jaiwant, Murad, Arif, Tiwari, Veena, Nawab, S. Nazir, Amar, K. Sabir etc in it.
Read more on this topic…
Agar bewafa tujhko pehchaan jaate
Posted on: May 7, 2012
I first became aware of Prem Dhawan in 1970s as the lyricist of the immortal patriotic song Jahan daal daal par sone ki chidiya karti hai baseraa from Sikandar e Azam. This song was composed by Hansraj Bahl. Subsequently I got to hear a few more songs which were written by Prem Dhawan and composed by Hansraj Bahl. Then I became aware of “Shaheed” (1965) and “Pavitra Paapi”(1970), where Prem Dhawan was the lyricist as well as the music director. And what nice song these two movies had !
Read more on this topic…
Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
Recent comments