Archive for 2012
This article is written by Shekhar Gupta, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog.
Lata Mangeshkar has sung more duets with late Mohammad Rafi than with any other singer. The duo showered about 440 melodiously memorable gems on music lovers — beginning with “Chal ho gayi taiyaar” in “Shadi Se Pehle” (1947).
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Pyaar ki aag mein tan badan jal gaya
Posted on: June 1, 2012
“Ziddi” (1964), not to be confused with “Ziddi”(1948) was a Pramod Films Production. It was produced and directed by Pramod Chgakravorty. The movie had Joy Mukherjee, Asha Parekh, Mehmood, Shobha Khote, Dhumal, Raj Mehra, Sulochana, Ullhas, Madan Puri, Nazima, Majnu, etc in it.
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“Adaa” (1951) was produced and directed by Devendra Goel. It was the second venture for his production house , the first being “Aankhen” (1950).
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Kadar mori jaane naa
Posted on: June 1, 2012
“Dhaake Ki Malmal” (1956) was a Nanda Films Presentation. It was produced and directed by J K Nanda. The movie had Kishore Kumar, Madhubala, Ulhas, Sajjan, Raj Mehra, Rajen Haksar, Shyam Kumar, Jagdeep, Om Prakash etc in it.
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Dilwaaley dilwaaley
Posted on: June 1, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Mention of the name Uma Devi, almost invariably brings to mind the peerless melody – ‘Afsaana Likh Rahin Hoon Dil e Beqaraar Ka’ from the film Dard (1947). And then, in the current memory, there is very little else that emerges from depth of yesteryears. But the fact is that Uma Devi (later also known as the comedienne Tun Tun) was fairly active as a playback singer in the 40s and early 50s. And there is a fairly good number of memorable songs that she has rendered during her short career as a playback singer.
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Tere dukh ke din phirenge
Posted on: May 31, 2012
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I learnt only now on visiting this blog that today (31st may) is the death anniversary of Anil Biswas. On this occasion, I am putting together a very quick post for this blog, meant as a tribute to him.
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“Waaris” (1954) was a Minerva Movietone production. It was directed by Nitin Bose. The movie had Talat Mehmood, Suraiyya, Jagdish Sethi, Nadira, Sadat Ali, Meheli Modi, Yakub, Achla Sachdev, Roopmala etc in it.
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Yaad rakhnaa chaand taaron
Posted on: May 31, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I had heard popular songs from ‘Kismet’ (1943) in my childhood. But it took another two decades for me to know that Anil Biswas composed those immortal songs. It was during one of the sittings in my friend’s house sometime in early 70s when I listened for the first time a song from ‘Taraana’ ( 1951)- seene me sulagte hain armaan that I came to know of him as music director. Subsequently,I heard many of his songs from films of 40s and 50s and I started liking those songs. It took me another four decades to know about Anil Biswas’s detailed profile and filmography by which time I realised that he was an institution by himself.
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Tum bhulaaye na gaye
Posted on: May 31, 2012
This article is written by Shekhar Gupta, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog.
Feroza Begum was the better-half of the famed music director Kamal Dasgupta who composed many Bangla movie and private songs and some unforgettable Hindi ones too – in particular for Jawab (1942) and Hospital (1943) which numbers are very much availableon this blog.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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