Archive for 2012
Bhaagwat Bhagwaan ki hai aarti
Posted on: August 10, 2012
“Bhaagwat Mahima” (1955) was a Filmistan production. It was directed by V panchotia. The movie had Sunder, Prem Adeeb, Krishna Kumari, Sheela Naik, S. N. Puri, Madan Puri, Navin Yagnik etc in it.
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Tum saamne baithhe raho
Posted on: August 9, 2012
Experienced music lovers can often identify the music director by listening to the music of a song. Most music directors have their “signature” tunes that differentiate them from others. So most of the time one can identify a tune as being a tune of Naushad, O P Nayyar, Madan Mohan, S D Burman, Roshan, Shankar Jaikishan, Laxmikant Pyarelal etc.
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Baad e saba tu na aaye to kyaa
Posted on: August 9, 2012
“Apne Huye Paraaye” (1964) was a Mars & Movies Production. It was produced and directed by Ajit Kumar Chakraborty. The movie had Manoj Kumar, Mala Sinha, Shashikala, Agha, Sunder, Lalita Pawar, Dulari, Chand Burque, Iftekar, Savitri, Ramayan Tiwari, Naina, Padma Kumari,Pratap Singh, Joshi, Khan etc in it.
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There have been two Hindi movies called “Shama” and there are many people including “experts” who get mixed up in this confusion. There movies were “Shama” (1946) and “Shama” (1961). The confusion is compounded by the fact that the music directors of these movies were Ghulam Haider and Ghulam Mohammad respectively and there are people who think that the two were the same person. In fact I once watched a podcast about old songs where the podcaster very knowledgeably told the audience that Ghulam Haider, who composed the music of “Shaheed” (1948) later composed the music of “Pakeezah” (1972).
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Hamen koi gham hai
Posted on: August 9, 2012
- In: Asha Bhonsle songs | Duet | Feelings of heart | Kishore Kumar lip syncing in another voice | Lyrics by Sadanand Kamath | Lyrics contributed by readers | One singer singing for two actors | Rafi songs | Rafi-Asha Bhonsle duet | Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960) | Songs of 1956 | Yearwise breakup of songs
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Over one thousand duets have been discussed in the blog. The most prolific team of duet singers in the blog (as well as in Hindi movies) must be Rafi and Asha Bhonsle. As many as 256 Rafi-Asha Bhonsle duets have been discussed in the blog. These 256 Rafi -Asha Bhonsle duet are composed by as many as 44 music directors.
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Dharti ko aakaash pukaare
Posted on: August 9, 2012
“Mela” (1948) was a blockbuster movie of its time. It was a Wadia Films Production. It was produced by S U Sunny and Hila Wadia and directed by S U Sunny. The movie had Dilip Kumar, Nargis, Jeevan, Roopkamal, Amar, Rehman, Baby Zubaida, Nurjehan, Chandabai, Allaudin, Khalil, Abbas, Maqbul Jr., Gulam Mohmed Jr. etc in it.
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