Archive for October 2012
I was at my movie watching “best” in 1980, and movies of that vintage are recent movies by the standards of this blog. Still I had never heard of this movie called “Zaalim” (1980) till now. When one looks at the starcast of this movie, one finds the name of Vinod Khanna as the hero who looked the most likely candidate to challenge Amitabh Bachchan as the leading male actor of those days, but unlike Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna lacked peace of mind and was searching for it in the Ashram of Bhagwan Rajneesh, later known as Osho. As a result, Vinod Khanna was distracted and was unable to devote himself fully to his filmy career. That told on the box office performances of his movies of those days.
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“Majboor” (1964) was a De Luxe Films production. It was directed by Narendra Suri. The movie had Biswajeet, Waheeda Rehman, Rajendranath, Lalita Pawar, Suresh, Sabita Chatterjee, Ram Avtaar, Sapru, Jagdev, Gyani etc in it.
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“Sangeeta” (1950) was a Sudha Pictures Production. It was directed by Ramanlal Desai. The movie had Shyam, Nigar Sultana, Suraiya Choudhary, Ramsingh, Radha Krishnan, Pran, Mumtaz Ali etc in it.
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“Bahaana” (1960) was a Silver Films Production. It was produced by Ram Kumar and directed by M Kumar. The movie had Mehmood, Meena Kumari, Sajjan, Krishna Kumari, Sheela Vaz, Helen, Sulochana Latkar, Anwar, Kumar, Pramila, Azurie, Anwari, Nissar 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.
This is the story of a diva who, despite being in the midst of very adverse family circumstances in her formative years and facing the conservative society, created a niche for herself in the field of classical and ghazal singing. It is also the story of a woman who, despite fame and adulation showered on her by millions of fans, felt lonely all through her life.
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Main hoon pari ban ki pari
Posted on: October 6, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The relentless dedication of one man, and his companions on this musical bandwagon, is clearly evident from the consistent pace at which this blog is making progress by the day. A hundred songs are being consistently added every two weeks, give or take a couple of days. It is this consistency that is the most remarkable feature of this effort. The unflagging interest and the singular determination that is exhibited by the entire team, speaks volumes about the leadership and dedication of this one man.
And yes, we are celebrating another century of posts on this blog today.
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Suno suno ik baat kahoon
Posted on: October 6, 2012
“Memsaab” (1971) was a Guru Dutt Films combines production. It was produced and directed by Atmaram, Guru Dutt’s ypunger brother. This movie had Vinod Khanna, Yogita Bali, Bindu, Abhi Bhattacharya, Asrani, Meena T , Jayashree T , Asit Sen, Hercules, Jagdish Raj, Mac Mohan, Naval Kumar, Rajen Hakser, Rajan, Shakoor, Tarun Bose, Mridula, Ashoo, Keshto Mukherji etc in it.
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Kal ke sapne aaj bhi aanaa
Posted on: October 6, 2012
“Aadmi” (1968)was an S V Films Production. It was directed by A Bhim Singh. The movie was directed by A Bhim Singh. The movie had Dilip Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Manoj Kumar, Pran, Simi Garewal, Sulochana, Ullhas, Mohan Choti, Agha, etc in it.
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