Archive for 2012
Kali se nazaaron se bahaaron se
Posted on: June 18, 2012
This blog is like a long distance journey which is going on and on. We are passing milestones after milestones on a regular basis. We do not stop at the milestones, rather we zip through them at high speed and continue our onward journey.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Vijay Anand, the youngest of the Anand brothers clan, is a name very familiar. More so as a producer and director, who has to his credit such rollicking hits like ‘Nau Do Gyaarah’ (1957), ‘Kaala Bazaar’ (1960), ‘Teesri Manzil’ (1966), ‘Jewel Thief’ (1967), ‘Johnny Mera Naam’ (1970) and ‘Tere Mere Sapne’ (1971). He was the director for the magnum opus production of ‘Guide’ (1965) for Dev Anand, arguably the best film of Hindi Cinema.
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Ham to koi bhi nahin
Posted on: June 18, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Prakash ji has written for the second time in ‘Readers Farmaishes’ requesting for the upload of this wonderful sad song in the voice of Lata Mangeshkar. The music composition is by that underrated genius – Ganesh. Prakash ji has mentioned that the song itself is not posted anywhere on the internet. So when I read this comment from Prakash ji, repeating his request for this song, I had to pull this out from my collection, and have posted it on YouTube today.
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Jhoom ke gaa yoon aaj mere dil
Posted on: June 18, 2012
“Patanga”(1971), not to be confused with the blockbuster “Patanga”(1949), was produced by R S Sharma aand Kedar Kapoor. Kedar Kapoor was the director of this movie as well. The movie had Shashi Kapoor, Vimmi, Rajendranath, Sajjan, Leela Misra, Wasti, Jagdish Raaj, Ram Mohan, Shekhar Purohit, Laxmi Chhaya, Ajit, Zeb Rehman, Praveen Paul, Jayshree T.
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Bedardi dagaabaaz jaa
Posted on: June 18, 2012
Manmohan Desai’s name is synonymous with movies containing wholesome entertainment as commercial movies are described in official circles. Manmohan Desai’s movies brough great enjoyment to the lives of movie watchers, especially those who grew up in 1970s.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
During the summer of 1940, Mahatma Gandhi was in Simla, as part of his travels around the country. A public meeting was arranged that was to be addressed by him. Incidentally, the same day, another public function was scheduled. This program was a music program, and a small child, little more than 12 years in age, was to sing. The public made a beeline for the music program and it is on record that Gandhi ji expressed irritation that his call for a public meeting was largely ignored, and the people preferred to attend a music presentation by a child artist.
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Ae mere chaman main hoon wo kali
Posted on: June 17, 2012
“Shart” (1954) was a Manmohan Films Production. It was produced and directed by Manmohan Sabir. The movie had Deepak, Shyama, Shashikala, Mohana, Sulochana, Chaman Puri, Jagdish Kanwal, I. S. Johar etc in it.
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Yahaan ham wahaan tum
Posted on: June 17, 2012
“Shrimati 420″(1956) was obviously a take on the iconic movie “Shri 420″(1955). The movie was a Sippy Films production. It was produced and directed by G P Sippy. The movie had Johny Walker and Meena Shorey in lead roles.
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Morey tumse ulajh gaye nainaa
Posted on: June 17, 2012
“Bedardi” (1951) was a Ranjit Movietone presentation. It was directed by Kidar Sharma. The movie had Geeta Bali, Nimmi, Cuckoo, Jaswant, Amirbai Karnataki, Nazira, Manju, Rashid Khan etc in it.
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