Archive for 2012
Dekha hai tumne jidhar jidhar
Posted on: May 6, 2012
“Nazraana”(1961) was a Venus Pictures Production. It was directed by C Sridhar and the movie had Raj Kapoor, Vyjayanthimala, Usha Kiran, Sabita Chatterjee, Gemini Ganesan, Agha, Niranjan Sharma, Achala Sachdev, Master Shahid etc in it.
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Haay ghazab kahin taara tootaa
Posted on: May 5, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
We are all very familiar with the ‘mujra’ form of dance performance. And there are umpteen songs in Hindi films that apply to this genre. The setting basically is either a family gathering for a social event, or it is the place of the dancing girl. All the famous dancers on Hindi screen have done some very wonderful ‘mujra’ songs on the screen.
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Kisne pukaara mujhe main aa gayi
Posted on: May 5, 2012
“Pyaar Kiye Jaa” (1966) was a Chitralaya Pictures production. The movie was directed by C V Sridhar. The movie had Kishore Kumar, Kalpana, Shashi Kapoor, Rajshree(South), Mehmood, Mumtaz, Om Prakash, Chaman Puri, Shivraj,Shyamlal, Veena Kumari, N.S.Bedi, V.D.Puranik etc. The movie turned out to be a big box office success.
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Bachke balam kahaan jaaoge
Posted on: May 5, 2012
“Naya Andaz” (1956) was a K Amarnath Productions movie. It was produced and directed by K Amarnath. The movie had Meena Kumari, Kishore Kumar, Gope, Kumkum, Jayant, Pran, Johnny Walker, Murad etc in it.
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“Jahaan Ara” (1964) was a Light and Shade Pictures Production. It was directed by Vinod Kumar. The movie had Bharat Bhushan, Mala Sinha, Prithviraj Kapoor, Sunder, Aroona Irani,Shashikala, Minoo Mumtaz, Siddhu, Randhir, Om Prakash,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.
Ever since Mughal emperor Sahajehan built the Taj Mahal in memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal, it has become a symbol of eternal love. In terms of its architecture and grandeur, it is regarded as the eighth wonder of the world. It is estimated that nearly four million tourists- both domestic and foreigners visit Taj Mahal annually. For young couples, visiting Taj Mahal is like visiting the temple of love.
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Hauley hauley hawaayen doley
Posted on: May 5, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The tribulations of life keep jumping from one whirlwind to another. Here is a bit of information that I should have shared on the blog some time back. So there is this loosely knit group of music lovers in Delhi, and they are planning a year long stint of programs to celebrate the 100th year of Indian Cinema.
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Phir bhi hai dil beqaraar
Posted on: May 4, 2012
In 1950s and 1960s, there were a few movies whose titles resembled the names of girls, and a few such titles happened to be the names of well known actresses of those days too. For instance, there were movie titles like “Sadhana” (1958), “Raagini” (1958), “Kalpana”(1960) etc.
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Kal jalega chaand saari raat
Posted on: May 4, 2012
“Nirmohi”(1952) is an obscure movie by now. From the little information available about this movie, one can see that the movie was produced by Sheetal M and directed by Baij Sharma. The movie had Nutan, Sajjan, Raj Mehra, Leela Misra, Chaman Puri, Neeru, Amarnath, C. L. Kavish etc in it.
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