Archive for March 2013
Today (1 march 2013) is the 63rd birth anniversary of Amit Khanna. On this occasion, here is a song from “Manpasand” (1980). This movie was produced b y Amit Khanna and directed by Basu Chatterji for the banner of Film Unit. The movie had Dev Anand, Tina Munim, Girish Karnad, Mehmood, Simple Kapadia etc in it.
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Na mukhda mod ke jaao
Posted on: March 1, 2013
“Chhoti Si Mulaaqaat” (1967) was an “Our Production”, Calcutta presentation. It was produced by Uttam Kumar and directed by Alo Sarkar. The movie had Uttam Kumar, Vyjyanti Mala, Tarun Bose, Shashikala, Rajendra Nath, Pratima Devi, Veena, Badri Prasad, Sulochana Chatterjee, B B Bhalla, Radheshyam, S Hussan, Vishi Kapoor, Ratan Gaurang, Praveen Paul, Sundeep, Pinky etc in it.
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Jawaani chaand salona
Posted on: March 1, 2013
“Saudaamini” (1950) was a National Screen production. It was directed by P C Joshi. This obscure movie had Cuckoo, Leela Chitnis, P. Joshi, Sona Chatterji, Bikram Kapoor, Zubeida etc in it.
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Nayaa nayaa chaand hai jee
Posted on: March 1, 2013
“Khuda Ka Banda” (1957) was a Chitra Bharati presentation. It was directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi. The movie had Chandrashekhar, Krishna Kumari, Tiwari, Krishna Kumari, Ratnamala, Iswarilal, Maruti, Roopmala, Moni Chatterji, Ram Singh, Kamal Kapoor, Gope, Kanhaiyalal, Amirbai Karnataki, Maya Das, Jagdish Kamal, Azim, Parshuram, Pandit Iqbal etc in it.
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Pitu maatu sahaayak swaami sakha
Posted on: March 1, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
It is a tradition or convention in most of the schools that just before the start of the classes in the morning, students collectively sing a prayer. During my early school days – probably in 1952 or 1953, I remember, we used to sing a prayer ‘pitu maatu sahaayak swami sakhaa tum hi ek naath hamaare ho’. In the absence of public address system, the prayer used to be sung by 4-5 students from our class who had aptitude in singing and others in the class would sing with them in tandem.
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