Archive for January 2013
Nand nandan bilmaai
Posted on: January 28, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
January 28th is the birth day of playback singer Suman Kalyanpur. She is a living example of how the career of a talented singer can be marred by a close resemblance of the voice of the numero uno singer in the field, in her case Lata Mangeshkar. Naturally, film industry preferred the reigning queen rather than giving enough opportunity to Suman Kalyanpur to prove her worth. She was mostly used as a substitute for Lata Mangeshkar when the latter was not available for recording the songs. Alternatively, she would get the singing assignments in low budget films. In the circumstances, I thought that she would have utilised her spare time in recording many NFSs. I find that even in respect of NFSs, Suman Kalyanpur is lagging in numbers in comparison to other top playback singers like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Mohammed Rafi, Mukesh etc. Was she really interested in pursuing playback singing career ? She is known to be a very private and low profile person. Only those who were close to her could get to know her mind. It took Ameen Sayani more than 40 years to persuade her to give an interview for a radio programme. Subsequently, she has given a couple of interviews through which we have come across some more information about her singing career.
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Kahaan hai kahaan hai Kanhaiyya
Posted on: January 28, 2013
“Kanhaiyya”(1959) is an S P Pictures Production. The movie was produced by Sant Singh and Pachhi. The movie was directed by S N Tripathi (according to cineplot) and by Om Prakash (according to other sites). I wonder what is the real fact. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw more light on this matter.
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Diya to jalaa sab raat re baalam
Posted on: January 28, 2013
“Dhaake Ki Malmal” (1956) was a Nanda Films Production. It was 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. As many as four songs from this movie have been discussed in the past.
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This article is written by Shekhar Gupta, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
My curiosity in the Keshav Talpade directed Tigress (1948) was piqued when Mr. Sudhir Kapur posted the patriotic number Hum iss zameen ke hain from this film on the occasion of India’s Republic Day a couple of days ago.
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“Chham Chhama Chham” was a Mohan Pictures production. It was directed by P L Santoshi. The movie had Kishore Kumar, Rehana, Radha Krishnan, Pran Mohana etc in it.
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Lo chhip gaya chaand
Posted on: January 27, 2013
“Ham Panchhi Ek Daal Ke” (1957) was an AVM Productions movie. It was directed by P L Santoshi. The movie had Sumitra, P. Kailash, Kanu Roy, Majnu, Ranjan, Ameeta etc in it.
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Aagaaz chala anjaam chala
Posted on: January 27, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
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The Voice of Mukesh #13
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We are in the discussion of Mukesh songs from 1946. The last song posted was “Kiye Jaa Pyaar, Kiye Jaa Pyaar” from the film ‘Raajputani’. The second Mukesh song from this film, which is a duet with Hamida Banu – “Jaa Parwaane Jaa. . .”, is already posted on this blog. These two cover the songs by Mukesh for this film.
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Hum iss zameen ke hain
Posted on: January 26, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Greetings to all friends and readers on the Republic Day celebrations for today. The nation, in its latest incarnation as a the Republic of India, is 63 years old today. There are celebrations that are happening today across the country, with the main event being held in the capital city of Delhi.
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Raat zulm ki kat jaayegi
Posted on: January 26, 2013
On the occasion of the 64th republic day of India (26 january 2013), here is a song from “Amar Shaheed” (1960). This movie was a Padmini Pictures production. It was directed by B R Panthalu. The movie had Padmini, Gemini Ganeshan, Ragini, Shivaji Ganeshan etc in it.
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