Archive for June 2012
Laut ke aa gaye hain wo
Posted on: June 20, 2012
“Khamosh Nigaahen” (1946) is an obscure movie by now. This movie had the distinction of being the debut movie of Vinod as a music director.
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Meri zindagi ke hamsafar
Posted on: June 19, 2012
“Shrimati 420″(1956) is a lesser known movie by now. This movie was produced and directed by G P Sippy. The movie had Johny Walker and Meena Shorey in lead roles.
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Saajan tumse pyaar karoon main
Posted on: June 19, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Recently, I came across a rare song ‘saajan tumse pyaar karoon main’ from the film BADNAAM (1952) sung by Lata Mangeshkar. It was written by Hasrat Jaipuri and set to music by Basant Prakash. I always felt that this talented music director belonging to the golden era of Hindi film songs was side tracked by Hindi film industry for reasons best known to them. As a result, during his 30years of active filmy career, he was the music director in about a dozen films only, some of which were joint ventures with other music directors.
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“Mangu” (1954) was produced by Sheikh Mukhtaar and directed by M A Ansari. The movie had Sheikh Mukhtar, Nigar Sultana, Aroon, Mukri, Ansari, Sheila Ramani etc in it.
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“Shart” (1954) was a Filmistan Production. The movie was directed by B Mitra. The movie had Deepak, Shyama, Shashikala, Mohana, Sulochana, Chaman Puri, Jagdish Kanwal, I. S. Johar etc in it.
Here is a song from this movie. This song is sung by Geeta Dutt and chorus. I had great difficulty in identifying the actors in the picturisation. They are all familiar faces but they are so young in this picturisation that they are almost unrecognisable. Shashikala lip syncs in Geeta Dutt’s voice. Her accomplice in this picturisation is played by a thin bearded person, who is none other that I S Johar. From the picturisation, it seems that they are upto some mischief as befit the conduct of villains in Hindi movies.
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Kali se nazaaron se bahaaron se
Posted on: June 18, 2012
This blog is like a long distance journey which is going on and on. We are passing milestones after milestones on a regular basis. We do not stop at the milestones, rather we zip through them at high speed and continue our onward journey.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Vijay Anand, the youngest of the Anand brothers clan, is a name very familiar. More so as a producer and director, who has to his credit such rollicking hits like ‘Nau Do Gyaarah’ (1957), ‘Kaala Bazaar’ (1960), ‘Teesri Manzil’ (1966), ‘Jewel Thief’ (1967), ‘Johnny Mera Naam’ (1970) and ‘Tere Mere Sapne’ (1971). He was the director for the magnum opus production of ‘Guide’ (1965) for Dev Anand, arguably the best film of Hindi Cinema.
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Ham to koi bhi nahin
Posted on: June 18, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Prakash ji has written for the second time in ‘Readers Farmaishes’ requesting for the upload of this wonderful sad song in the voice of Lata Mangeshkar. The music composition is by that underrated genius – Ganesh. Prakash ji has mentioned that the song itself is not posted anywhere on the internet. So when I read this comment from Prakash ji, repeating his request for this song, I had to pull this out from my collection, and have posted it on YouTube today.
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Jhoom ke gaa yoon aaj mere dil
Posted on: June 18, 2012
“Patanga”(1971), not to be confused with the blockbuster “Patanga”(1949), was produced by R S Sharma aand Kedar Kapoor. Kedar Kapoor was the director of this movie as well. The movie had Shashi Kapoor, Vimmi, Rajendranath, Sajjan, Leela Misra, Wasti, Jagdish Raaj, Ram Mohan, Shekhar Purohit, Laxmi Chhaya, Ajit, Zeb Rehman, Praveen Paul, Jayshree T.
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Bedardi dagaabaaz jaa
Posted on: June 18, 2012
Manmohan Desai’s name is synonymous with movies containing wholesome entertainment as commercial movies are described in official circles. Manmohan Desai’s movies brough great enjoyment to the lives of movie watchers, especially those who grew up in 1970s.
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