Archive for June 2012
Nainaa boley nainaa
Posted on: June 3, 2012
Today (3rd june) happens to be the birthday of Illayaraja. Like many greats of South Indian movies, he too had a brief foray into Hindi movies, though working in South Indian movies continued to be their major field of activity where he has been a legend for the past few decades.
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This article is written by Shekhar Gupta, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog.
For those not at all religious, only a sublime expression of nishkaam bhakti (unconditional devotion without any desire or expectation of recompense) may possibly move them.
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Ye pyaar thhaa ya kuchch aur thhaa
Posted on: June 2, 2012
Raj Kapoor (14 December 1924 – 2 June 1988) departed for the heavenly abode this day twentyfour years ago.
This blog has several songs picturised on Raj Kapoor. Here is a song which is not picturised on him, but it is a song whose picturisation was directed by him.
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Khudaara yoon na dil todo
Posted on: June 2, 2012
“Ye Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hai” (1966) was produced and directed by R K Naiyyar. The movie had Joy Mukherjee, Saira Bano, Madan Puri, Ashok Kumar, Motilal, Badri Prasad, Manmohan etc in it.
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Bahut purdard hai ae sunanewaalon
Posted on: June 2, 2012
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This movie “Birha ki Raat” (1950) had Dev Anand and Nargis playing lead roles, which is a rare occurance. Video links are not available on youtube for the songs of this film, so we make do with only the audio links. Only one song, a duet by Rafi-Lata is posted in the blog so far. When I heard this Rafi solo “bahut purdard hai ae sunnewaalon daastan meri” for the first time, it touched me. Then on second hearing I found it to be a very endearing ghazal.
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This article is written by Shekhar Gupta, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog.
Lata Mangeshkar has sung more duets with late Mohammad Rafi than with any other singer. The duo showered about 440 melodiously memorable gems on music lovers — beginning with “Chal ho gayi taiyaar” in “Shadi Se Pehle” (1947).
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Pyaar ki aag mein tan badan jal gaya
Posted on: June 1, 2012
“Ziddi” (1964), not to be confused with “Ziddi”(1948) was a Pramod Films Production. It was produced and directed by Pramod Chgakravorty. The movie had Joy Mukherjee, Asha Parekh, Mehmood, Shobha Khote, Dhumal, Raj Mehra, Sulochana, Ullhas, Madan Puri, Nazima, Majnu, etc in it.
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“Adaa” (1951) was produced and directed by Devendra Goel. It was the second venture for his production house , the first being “Aankhen” (1950).
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Kadar mori jaane naa
Posted on: June 1, 2012
“Dhaake Ki Malmal” (1956) was a Nanda Films Presentation. It was produced and directed by J K Nanda. The movie had Kishore Kumar, Madhubala, Ulhas, Sajjan, Raj Mehra, Rajen Haksar, Shyam Kumar, Jagdeep, Om Prakash etc in it.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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