Archive for September 2012
Today (26 september) is the 89th birth anniversary of Dev Anand (26 september 1923- 3 december 2011). On this occasion, here is a song from “Lootmaar” (1980). In fact this song has two versions. The first version is sung mainly by Kishore Kumar, with voices of Varsha Bhonsle and Shivangi Kolhapure also figuring. This version is lip synced by Dev Anand, Tina Munim and a kid playing Dev Anand’s son. I request our knowledgeable readers to help identify this kid.
PS-Now I have read at wikipedia that this kid was Tina Munim’s real brother called Manan.
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“Manpasand” (1980) was a Filmunit Production. It was produced by Amit Khanna and directed by Basu Chatterji. The movie had Dev Anand, Tina Munim, Girish Karnaad, Mehmood, Leela Mishra, Simple Kapadia, Jalal Agha, Birbal, Chandu, Ratan Gaurang, Tarun Ghosh, Raj Kishore, Vishnu Shama, Amol Sen, Pardesi, Sunder, Taneja, Piloo J Wadia, Veena etc in it.
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“Ek Ke Baad Ek” (1960) was a Raj Kala Production movie. It was directed by Raj Rishi. The movie had Dev Anand, Tarla, S K Prem, Radhakrishan, Hiralal, Ravikant, Sharada, Prabhu Dayal, Madhu Apte etc.
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In Hindi movies, the hero is often a small kid in the first reel who then transforms into the grown up hero in the blink of an eye. The kid who plays the role of the young hero shares the same hair style, dress and mannerism that the grown up hero is known for. Thus master Mayur (playing Amitabh Bachchan’s childhood role) would sport the same hairstyle and dress that Amitabh Bachchan was known for, and he would in fact even sing love song for the small girl who would later grow up to become the heroine. 🙂
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“Satta Baazaar” (1959) was a Nagina Films production. It was directed by Ravindra Dave. The movie had Balraj Sahni, Meena Kumari, Krishnakant, Suresh, Vijaya Choudhry, Asit Sen, Johnny Walker, Tiwari etc in it.
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Nain bina meri duniya andheri
Posted on: September 26, 2012
“Amrit Manthan” (1961) was an Agrawal Production movie. It was directed by S N Tripathi. The movie had Manhar Desai, Usha Kiran, Sundar, Ullhas, Sulochana Chatterji, Yashodhara Katju, Jeevankala, Amirbai Karnataki, Ratnamala etc in it.
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Parda hata de mukhda dikha de
Posted on: September 26, 2012
In 1960s, movies involving Mehmood had CSP (comic side plot) which often ran nearly as long as the main plot and that was supposed to be funny. In most of these CSPs, Shubha Khote would play Mehmood’s love interest and Dhumal would be her father.
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Dhitang dhitang boley
Posted on: September 26, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
AAWAAZ (1956) was a Mehboob Production film directed by Zia Sarhadi. I do not know the story of the film but when Mehboob and Zia Sarhadi come together for a film, one can expect that with their leftist ideologies, the film would depict the class conflict between rich and poor. The film had Rajendra Kumar and Nalini Jaywant in the lead roles with Usha Kiran, Zul Vellani, Nazir Hussain, Leela Chitnis, D K Sapru, Jagdeep, Anwar Hussain, etc in the supporting roles. With a story of class conflicts and Nazir Hussain and Leela Chitnis in the film, one can visualise that the film would have a lot of melodramatic contents.
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“Malhar” (1951) was a Darling Films production. It was directed by Harish. The movie had Arjun Bakshi, Shammi, Moti Sagar, Sonali Devi, S K Prem, Sunalini Devi, Kanhaiyalal, Sankata Prasad etc in it.
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