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Archive for June 2012


“Dhaake Ki Malmal” (1956) was a Nanda Films Production. It was produced and directed by J K Nanda. The movie had Kishore Kumar, Madhubala, Ulhas, Rajan Haksar, Jeevan, Jagdeep, Shyam Kumar, Sajjan, Raj Mehra, Om Prakash etc in it.
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“Maha Pooja” (1954), as the name suggests, was a low budget religious mythological movie, the kind which was partonised in rural and semi rural areas rather than in big cities.It was an Amar Jyoti Films production. It was directed by Shanti Kumar. The credit for this movie shows names like Amirbai Karnataki, Shashi Kapoor, Anant Marathe, Naina, Prem Adib, Ratnamala etc in it. I am certain that the Shashi Kapoor of this movie is different from the brother of Raj Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor.
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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.

During my travels and trekking in the Himalaya, I have met some interesting personalities – from fellow travellers/ trekkers, drivers, guides, porters, villagers etc. I even had the company of Bhotia dogs during some of my high altitude treks. I remember that in 1986, a Bhotia dog accompanied me during the full 65 kms of trek from start to finish crossing a pass with knee deep snow. Fortunately, it was a round trek thus bringing the Bhotia dog back to his village.
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“Ek Kali Muskaayi” (1968) was a Panchdeep Chitra Production. It was produced and directed by Vasant Joglekar. The starcast had Ashok Kumar, Meera Joglekar, Joy Mukherjee,Mehmood, Om prakash, Nirupa Roy, Lalita Pawaar, Mallika, Neelam, Nana Palsikar, Sunder etc in it.
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“Maa Ka Aanchal” (1970) was a Hari Natraj Films Production. It was produced and directed by Jagdev Bhambri. The movie had Sanjeev Kumar, Abhi Bhattacharya, Anjana(Mumtaz), Leela Mishra,Jagdev,Sheela R., Satpal Nishan, Sushma, Johnny Whisky, V.Gopal, Gopal Segal, Amol Sen, Dilip Dutt, Deena Nath, Master Rattan, Abdul, RajKumar Dutt, Abdul etc in it.
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“Ghar Ka Chiraag” (1967) was a Hari Natraj Films production. It was directed by Jagdev Bhambhri. The movie had Biswajeet, Waheeda Rehman, Dharmendra,Dev Kumar, Indrani Mukherjee, Balraj Sahni, Chand Usmani,Mohan Choti, Abhi Bhattacharya, Purnima, Shekhar Purohit, V.Gopal,Tuntun etc in it.
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Today (25 june) is the birth anniversary of Madan Mohan. We in this blog already have discussed as many as 278 Madan Mohan compositions, which work out to about one third of all Madan Mohan compositions in Hindi movies. Today gives us a reason to add up a few more songs to this tally.
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