Archive for April 2013
“Nawab Sahib” (1978) was produced by Satnam Rohra and directed by Rajinder Singh Bedi. The movie had Rehana Sultan, Parikshit Sahni, Johnny Walkar, Omprakash, Bharat Bhushan, Farida jalal, Chaman Puri,Tamanna, Ranjeet,Chand Usmani etc in it.
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Aankh se aankh milaata hai koi
Posted on: April 20, 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 human nature that most top professionals would think that they are perfect in their professions, be it in the fields of sports or fine arts. Then why do we need coaches, guides, trainers etc ? A few years back, it looked odd to me to know that top seeded professional lawn tennis players have personal coaches. Some of the coaches may not have even played in any of the grand slam tournaments. Even in cricket, some of the teams’ coaches have not been top cricketers in their own national team. Now I know of two maxims in professional sportsman-coach relationship. First, all top players need not be perfect and coaches of these top players need not be top sportsmen in their fields. Second, the best coaches have the wherewithal to extract from the top professionals something more than the perfect which makes a vast difference in closely fought competition. This led me to think why not have a system of coaches (in Indian musical parlance, ‘guru’) for professional singers as well?
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“Do Dost” (1960) was a Deep Chitra Production movie. It was directed by K Anand. This B grade movie had Helen, Kamran, Mehmood, Chitra etc in it.
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Sunaayi de na de tum ko
Posted on: April 20, 2013
“Laal Bangla” (1966) was a Jugal Productions movie. It was produced and directed by Jugal Kishore. The movie had Sujit Kumar, Prithviraj Kapoor, Sheikh Mukhtar, Jayanthi, Shyama, Rachna, Jugal Kishore, Hiralal, Mohan Choti etc in it.
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“Jalti Nishaani” (1957) was a Emsheth production movie. It was directed by Harish. The movie had Kamal Kapoor, Geeta Bali, Kuldeep Kaur, Sundar, Ulhaas, Chaman Puri etc in it.
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Itna bhi na wo samjha ke gaye
Posted on: April 20, 2013
The film “Moorti” was a Ranjit Movietone production. The film was directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi. The movie had Khursheed, Motilal, Padma Bannerjee, Yashwant Dave, Kamal Zamindaar, Kaneez, Tara Bai, PD Laal, Chakram etc in it.
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“Jungle Princess” (1942) was a Wadia Movietone production. This movie had Nadia in title role. John Cawas, Shehzaadi,Sardar Mansoor, Hari Shivdasani etc were the other actors in it. One detailed review of this movie is available at Memsaab’s blog.
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Baar baar haan bolo yaar haan
Posted on: April 19, 2013
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Song no. 5 of the ‘desert’ series. It is a group motivational song from the film “Lagaan – Once upon a time in India” (2001).
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Tosey naina lagaa ke main haari
Posted on: April 19, 2013
“Ishaara” (1964) was produced and directed by K Amarnath. The movie had Joy Mukherjee, Vyjayanthimala, Jayant, Subbiraj, Azra, Pratima Devi, Agha, Pran, Shammi, Sajjan, Murad, Praveen Paul, Shivdasani, Kesari, Raja Amrohi, Ruby Mayer, Brahm Bhardwaj, Prem Sagar, Amrit Rana, Ravikant etc in it.
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