Archive for July 2012
Jab nain milen nainon se
Posted on: July 14, 2012
“Jaadu” (1951) was a Musical Pictures production. It was directed by A R Kardar. The movie had Suresh, Nalini Jaywant, Sharda, Shyam Kumar, Amanullah etc in it.
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Kyun baje hriday veena ke taar
Posted on: July 14, 2012
Today (14 july) is the death anniversary of Leela Chitnis (9 september 1909- 14 july 2003). She was one of the pioneers of Hindi cimema during its early days. She was a well educated lady from a respectable family who entered movie world which was till then considered the preserve of courtesans. Her association with Bombay Talkies, where she forged a popular pair with Ashok Kumar gave us some memorable movies as well as memorable songs.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The personality personified in these two lines “Dil Hai Hamaara Phool Se Naazuk, Baazu Hain Faulaad” – that is the image of Dara Singh that I have always carried with me. A childhood hero, a super powerful man, who was always friendly and helpful for the needy, and was a scourge for the baddies.
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“Sabse Bada Rupaiyya” (1976) was a Balaji Kalamandir Production. It was produced by Mehmood and directed by S Ramnathan. The movie had Mahmood, Vinod Mehra, Moushumi Chatterjee, Farida Jalal, Jeevan, Sulochana Latkar, Nivedita, Madhu, ChandraShekhar, Agha, Mukri, Sunder, Randhir, Asit Sen, Keshto Mukherjee,
Anwar Ali, Sheikh, Bhushan Tiwari, Babban, Nausir Khatau, Janki Das, Polson,Mulchand, Amir Ali, Narbada Shankar, Ghosh, Saigal, Chavan, Chand, Somender, Parikh, Badshah, Rachna etc in it.
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Ye deewaane ki zidd hai
Posted on: July 13, 2012
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
There are qawwali’s and than there are some qawwali’s. Or should I say there are qawwalis and than there are some filmi qawwalis by Roshan. To begin with I am not a very big fan or a knowledgeable person to talk about qawwali, hence this flippancy 😉 .
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“Gunaahon Ka Devta” (1967) was a Janta Chitra Presentation. It was directed by Devi Sharma. The movie had Jeetendra, Rajashree, Mehmood, Aruna IraniLeela Chitnis, Jeevan, Asit Sen, Jankidas, Randhir, Sujata etc in it.
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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.
I had played my 78 RPM record (No. N.52584) of the song ‘ajab hai daastaan teri ae zindagi’ from the film ‘Shararat’ (1959) umpteen times on my record player in my younger days. But it did not occurr to me at that time that there was something amiss about this song. It was much later I came to know that in this song, Mohammed Rafi had given playback for Kishore Kumar. .
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Aankh mili dil chala gaya
Posted on: July 13, 2012
“Chaandni Raat” (1949), a Tajmahal Pictures production movie, was directed by M Ehsaan. The movie had Shyam, Naseem Bano, David Abraham, Ulhas, Cuckoo, Jillo, Parveen, Noor Jehan, Sayeeda Khan etc in it.
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Bande bande apna mol chukaana
Posted on: July 13, 2012
“Andhera”(1943) is a very old and forgotten movie by now. This movie had K C Dey, Arun Kumar, Sitara, Kesri etc in it.
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Bin phere ham tere
Posted on: July 12, 2012
Today (12 july) is the death anniversary of Rajendra Kumar. Movies featuring Rajendra Kumar tended to have fantastic music in them. As a result, we are spoilt for choice when it comes to discussing songs picturised on Rajendra Kumar. And this despite the fact that we have already discussed several such songs in the blog in the past.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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