Archive for December 2012
Dil lagaa ke qadar gayi pyaare
Posted on: December 2, 2012
“Kaala Paani” (1958) was a Navketan Production movie. It was directed by Raj Khosla. The movie had Dev Anand, Madhubala, Nalini Jaywant, Agha, Kishore Sahu, Rashid Khan, Mukri, Krishna Dhawan, Jankidas, D K Sapru etc in it.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Collecting information from forgotten artists is extremely difficult. First problem is to find them. Many yesteryear actors who are still alive are living in anonymity. People who live around them also may not know their identity, many times. If they are members of CINTAA (Cine and TV Artists’ Association, Mumbai), one may get their addresses, but some actors do not even inform CINTAA, when they shift.
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Wo aayenge khushi ban kar
Posted on: December 2, 2012
“Aurat”(1953) was produced by Munshi Ram Verma and directed by Bhagwandas Verma under the banner of Verma Films. The movie had Premnath, Bina Rai, Purnima, Ullhas, Hiralal, Roopmala, Nazirabai, Mirabai, Devkishan, Mirza, S. Pratap, Shanta Patel, Nazir Kashmiri, Rajkishore etc in it.
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“Chandan Ka Palna” (1967) was an Aarzoo Films Production. It was directed by Ismail Mohan. The movie had Dharmendra, Meena Kumari, Mehmood, Bipin Gupta, Durga Khote, Meena Kumari, Dhumal, Mukri, Mumtaz, Nazir Hussain, Asit Sen etc in it.
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Tum sabse haseen ho
Posted on: December 1, 2012
“Mohabbat Zindagi Hai” (1966) was Produced by K C Gulati for the banner of Roop Chhaaya. Jagdish Nirula was the director of this movie. The movie had Dharmendra, Rajashree, Chand Usmani, Madhavi Mehmood, Nazir Hussain, Deven Verma, Badri Prasad, Sunder, Manmohan, Madhavi, Kundan, Keshav Rana, Parasram, Kirti, Raj Dewan, Deenanath, Johnny Whisky, Prabhu, Neelam, Gitanjali, Sujata, Thelma D`souza, Neeta Sinha, Krishna Duggal, Samina, Subhash, Kumar Anand, Sweety Dutt, Anita etc in it.
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Nazar ki kataari ye kaise chali
Posted on: December 1, 2012
When I began to follow movies in my younger days then at that time Rajesh Khanna was everyone’s favourite actor. Actors of the previous generation, viz Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor and Dev Anand were considered as passe, especially by someone like me. I regarded Dev Anand as an old man trying to act as a youngster in his movies instead of acting in roles befitting his age.
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Hari Om kathha aarambh hoti hai
Posted on: December 1, 2012
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Can you guess how many actors and actresses must have worked in ALL Hindi films from 1931 to 2000 ?
I asked this question to my friend and he hazarded a figure of 2000. I put the number at around 3000 to 4000, myself.
What is your Guess ?
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Mila gaye nain
Posted on: December 1, 2012
“Aarzoo” (1950) was an Indian National Production movie. It was directed by Shahid Latif. The movie had Dilip Kumar, Kamini Kaushal, Shashikala, Gope, Cuckoo Arif, Prem Dhawan, Sita Bose, Neelam, Khan, Ganju, Chandabai etc in it.
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Jawaan hai jahaan
Posted on: December 1, 2012
“Naya Ghar” (1953) was a Kashyap Productions movie. It was produced and directed by D D Kashyap. The movie had Shekhar, Geeta Bali, Begum Para, Jagdev, Leela Chitnis, Ratan Kumar, Shailendra etc in it.
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“Mahal” (1949) was a Bombay Talkies production. This movie was directed by Kamal Amrohi who was making his debut as a director in this movie. This movie was the first Hindi suspense movie and it was made in an extremely professional manner. When the movie begins and credits roll on the screen against the backdrop of a spooky looking mansion (Mahal) and accompanied by suspenseful background music, each and every name that appears on the screen turns out to be legendary name, be they actors or background personnel. For example, choreography of dances in this movie was done by Pt Lachchu Maharaj, while the cinematographer of this movie was Josef Wirsching.
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