Archive for December 2012
“Udan Khatola” (1955) was a Sunny Art Production movie. It was produced and directed by S U Sunny. The movie had Dilip Kumar, Nimmi, Surya Kumari,Jeevan, Agha, Nawab, Tuntun 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.
Among the Mughal emperors, Bahadur Shah Zafar (24/10/1775 – 7/11/1862) evoked my sympathy whenever I used to read the chapters on Mughal Empire in the history book during my school days. One rarely comes across such a moving tale of a reluctant emperor at a time when Mughal empire had almost crumbled. It is an irony of fate that the last emperor of Muhgal dynasty who had ruled India for over 300 years had to spend the last few years of his life in exile in Rangoon (Yongon) in Burma (Myanmar) and died unsung in anonymity.
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Ae ichak bichak churr
Posted on: December 11, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
“Baawre Nain” (1950) was the film that made the industry and the masses take notice of this new music director named Roshan. Roshan had made a debut with the film ‘Neki Aur Badi’ (1949), produced and directed by Kidar Sharma. With the kind of year that 1949 was – an absolute parade of films with fabulous music, not a surprise that a novice music director’s debut venture went by unacknowledged. ‘Neki Aur Badi’ settled into obscurity both as a film and also for the music. When Kidar Sharma planned his next venture, ‘Baawre Nain’, he restated his confidence in Roshan, by once again engaging him to create the music for it. And Roshan responded likewise, creating such wonderful tunes for this film, this after more than sixty years, this film is remembered now, simply on the basis of its music and songs.
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Fariyaad na karna
Posted on: December 11, 2012
“Gharaana” (1949) was a Shan e Hind Pictures production. It was directed by S Bhatia. The movie had Amina, Khatoon, Leela Kumari, Paro, Iftekhar etc in it.
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Chalo haseen geet ek banaayen
Posted on: December 10, 2012
Today (10 december) happens to be Ashok Kumar’s death anniversary as well as Rati Agnihotri’s birthday.The two of them were from entirely different generations, as there was an age difference of 49 years between the two ! Still, the two of them have not only worked together but they have even figured in a duet song !
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“Saawan Ko Aane Do” (1979) was a Rajshree Productions movie. It was produced by Tarachand Barjatya and directed by Kanak Mishra. This movie had Arun Govil, Zarina Wahab, Reeta Bhaduri, Amrish Puri etc in it.
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Mori atariya pe aa ja ho
Posted on: December 10, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The Voice of Mukesh #7
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As we had progressed from 1941 to 1942, one duet song for Mukesh was so far missing from the posts, on account of this song being unavailable anywhere I had checked at that point in time. Well, since then, things have changed, and now I have been able to recently acquire an audio recording of this song which I am posting online today. I must thank Shri Pradeep Sharma ji of Delhi, who has been very kind to share this song with me. I came in touch with Pradeep ji, just about one week ago. And in our very first meeting, he shared with me that he is a Mukesh fan, and has most of the songs by this singer. I immediately asked him whether he had this song. He confirmed it spontaneously. Mind you, all this exchange is happening as we meet for the first time, have just said hello, and the only next sentence he had said that he is a Mukesh fan. All other detailed introductions and discussion on collections and singers and songs, happened later. The request for the song, the confirmation and the promise to send it, happened first. And the next day, the song was sitting in my mailbox.
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Kyaa huaa ye mujhe kyaa huaa
Posted on: December 10, 2012
“Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai” (1960) was an R K Films Production. It was produced by Raj Kapoor and directed by Radhu Karmarkar. The movie had Raj Kapoor, Padmini, Pran, Chanchal, Lalita Pawar, Raj Mehra, Tiwari, Nana Palsikar, Nayampalli, Salochana Chatterjee, Vishwa Mehra, Baboo Rao, S. K. Singh, Rattan Gaurang, Chang, Mohamed Ali, Anwari Bai, Sadhana, Azim, Master Amar etc in it.
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“Air Mail” (1960) must be one of the most obscure Hindi movies of all time. This B grade movie was a People Pictures presentation. It was directed by B J Patel. The movie had Jyoti, Mirajkar, Ranjan, Malini, Rajen Kapoor etc in it.
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Saawan mein garwa lagaa loongi
Posted on: December 10, 2012
I have discussed songs from “Insaaf” (1956) and “Insaaf” (1966) in the past. It appears that a movie of this title was released at every 10 years inerval those days, seeing that there was a movie with this title in 1946 too. 🙂
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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