Archive for May 2012
Qadam qadam par bichche hain kaante
Posted on: May 28, 2012
Today (28th may), which happens to be the birthday of music director Vinod gives me a good reason to discuss a few songs composed by him. Vinod, whose real name was Eric Robert was born on 28th may 1922 at Lahore. He came to Bombay in late 1940s alongwith Roop K Shorey. Vinod composed music in about 32 Hindi movies and a few Punjabi movies. He was one of the pioneers of Hindi movie music during its formative years. He was one of those who used western music as well as Hinglish lyrics in his compositions at a time when such compositions were not quite in vogue.
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Zara back ke chalo ri mori guinyaan
Posted on: May 28, 2012
“Garma Garam” (1957) was a G M Pictures presentation. It was directed by P L Santoshi. The movie had Bhagwan, Agha, Nadira, Anwar, Gope, Maruti, Krishna Kumari, Mumtaz, Om Prakash etc in it.
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“Mukhda” (1951) is an obscure movie by now. It was a Shorey Pictures presentation. It was produced and directed by Roop K Shorey. The movie had Satish, Kuldip Kaur, Majnu, Neeta, Siddiqui, Kukku etc in it. I am surprised to note that the name of Meena Shorey, the wife of Roop K Shorey does not figure in the list of actors. The list of actors in the starcast could well be only partial.
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Main to Ram ratan dhan paayo
Posted on: May 28, 2012
This article is written by Shekhar Gupta, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog.
Many have sung Meera bhajans – from classical greats like M.S. Subbulakshmi to Bollywood greats such as Lata Mangeshkar … and so many in between – and to their credit. But for me, Juthika Roy’s vocals and expression seem to be made for Meera bhajans. Her Meera numbers touch even my atheist heart! Juthika Roy’s private numbers are galore, but she seems to have sang for only three movies: Lalkar (1944) under the baton of C Ramchandra, Ratnadeep (1952) under Robin Chatterjee (Hindi and Bangla versions) and the Bangla movie Dhooli (1954) under Ranjan Sarkar.
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Mujhe mera pyaar de de
Posted on: May 27, 2012
“Hamsaaya”(1968) was produced and directed by Joy Mukherji. This movie had Joy Mukherjee, Sharmila Tagore, Mala Sinha, Rehman, Gajanan Jagirdar, D. K. Sapru, Malika, Madan Puri, Jankidas, Jagdish Kamal, Polson etc in it.
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“Inspector”(1956) was a Pushpa Pictures presentation. It was directed by Shakti Samanta. the movie had Ashok Kumar, Geeta Bali, Pratima Devi, Maruti, N. Hussain, Achla Sachdev, K. N. Singh, Mehmood, Pran etc.
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Hamaari aankhon se dil ke tukde
Posted on: May 27, 2012
“Gawaiyya” (1954) was a R B Production movie. It was directed by H P Sharma. The movie had Surendra, Sulochana Chatterji, Vijayalaxmi, Sundar, Sapru, Heera Sawant, Kumkum etc in it.
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Aa muhabbat ki basti basaayenge ham
Posted on: May 27, 2012
This article is written by Shekhar Gupta, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog.
My all-time favourite Lata-Kishore duet is from the Famina Production’s Fareb (1953) ” Aa, mohabbat ki basti basaayenge hum”, in which the duo are at their soulful best in expressing the pangs of separation of the two lovers, so poignantly captured in Majrooh Sultanpuri’s breath-taking imagery “dekh dharti se aakaash hai kitni door!”
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“Daaku Ki Ladki” (1954) is an extremely obscure movie by now. This movie was a Harish production movie. It was produced and directed by Harish. The movie had Geeta Bali, Sheikh Mukhtar, Arjun, Mukri, Deepa, Shivraj, Cuckoo, Sankatha Prasad etc in it.
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