Archive for September 2012
Ilaahi tu sun le hamaali duaa
Posted on: September 29, 2012
Today (29 september) is the birth anniversary of Mehmood Ali Khan, known to movie watchers simply as Mehmood. Mehmood (29 September 1932 – 23 July 2004) made his debut in Hindi movies as a child actor in 1940s and then graduated as a grown up actor in 1950s. He became a comedian who commanded his own CSP (Comic side plot) in Hindi movies of 1950s and 1960s.
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Nadi kinaare saath hamaare
Posted on: September 29, 2012
“Baabul” (1950) was a Sunny Art Production movie. It was produced and directed by S U Sunny. The movie had Dilip Kumar, Munawwar Sultana, Nargis, Amar, A. Shah, Jankidas, H. Pahari, Vinod, Ismail, Nawab Premi, Jugnu, Chandabala, Seema, Meher, Rajbala, Khursheed, Uma Devi (Tun Tun) etc in it.
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“Farishta” (1958) was a Pancholi Production movie. It was directed by Ravindra Dave. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari, Mubarak, Anita Guha, Sohrab Modi, Mehmood, Nana Palsikar, Sheikh Murad, Mridula etc in it.
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When one talked of a movie called “Sargam” in my younger days, the only movie of this name that I was aware of was the Rishi Kapoor Jayaprada movie of 1980. Later I came to know that a movie of the same title was released in 1950 too which was a Filmistan production. “Sargam” (1950) was directed by P L Santoshi. The movie had Raj Kapoor, Rehana, Om Prakash, Mumtaz Ali, Paro, Ratan Kumar, Chandabai, Rajendra, David Abraham, Tabassum, Radha Krishnan, Samson, Vijayalaxmi, Ramsingh, S. L. Puri, Sudesh etc in it.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Happy 83rd – the year of life.
And Happy 70th – the year of active career.
Lata Mangeshkar, born this day in 1929, started her singing career in 1942, the year she turned 13.
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I am aware of a movie called “Dil e Naadaan” (1953). It turns out that a movie of the same title was released in 1981 too.
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This song “Ganga Mein dooba na Jamuna mein dooba” was an extremely popular song of its time, viz 1970s. I was one of those who lived listening to this song and humming it too, all the while remaining totally oblivious to the details of this song. With time, this song ran its course and was forgotten with time.
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“Bidaai” (1974) was produced and directed by L V Prasad. The movie had Jeetendra, Leena Chandavarkar, Madan Puri, A. K. Hangal, Satyen Kappu, Anwar Hussain, Birbal, Jaishree T, Kanan Kaushal, Durga Khote, Dinesh Hingoo, Asrani, Jagdeep etc in it.
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Na apna thha jo kal guzra
Posted on: September 28, 2012
“Jeevan Rekha” (1974), though a recent movie by the standards of this blog, is one of the more obscure movies. Not much is known about this movie. It was produced by Parshuram J Devnani and directed by N Bhatt. The movie had Chandrashekhar, Ajit, Farida Jalal, K. N. Singh, Pran, Farida Jalal, Tabrez, Jalal Agha, Keshto Mukherjee, Asit Sen, Manmohan etc in it.
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Lata, who turns 83 today has sung for hundreds of music directors. Some of these music directors had some special understanding with her. Madan Mohan was one of the music directors who made the most of Lata’s singing prowess.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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