Archive for May 2013
Jis roop mein bhi aao
Posted on: May 10, 2013
“Dhoop Chhaaon” (1977) was a Trishul Production presentation. It was produced by K K Jain and S N Jain and directed by Prahlad Sharma. The movie had Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini, Yogita Bali, Shaukat Kaifi Azmi, Ritu Kamal, Nazir Hussain, Madhu Malhothra, Badri Prasad, Yunus Parwaiz, Dinesh Hingoo, Dimpy, Om Shivpuri, Gajaanan Jagirdar, Manmohan, Kammo, Jankidass, Kamal Kapoor, Manmohan Krishna, Satyen Kappu, Kumud Tripathi, Zebunnisa, Bhushan Tiwari etc in it.
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Maine pee lee mera dil kiya
Posted on: May 10, 2013
“Maharaja” (1970) was an N S Films production. It was produced and directed by Naresh Saigal. The movie had Nutan, Sanjan Khan, Helen, Jeevan, Nirupa Roy, Rajendranath, Sujit Kumar, Manmohan Krishna, Murad, Rajan Haksar, Tarun Bose, Manmohan, Lalita Kumari, Ameena, Assie, Dilip Dutt, Sumal, Prabhat Kumar, Master Omi, Master Raja, Omkar, Introducing new face Roopa, Hiralal, Randhir, Shashi, etc in it.
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People intersted in old Hindi movie music often come across names that may confuse people. For instance, there are people who confuse between Naushad and Nashaad. Then there are people (including some who are regarded as knowledgeable by others as well as by themselves) who think that Ghulam Haider and Ghulam Mohammad are one and the same ! A few years back, I was listening to an audiocast (I think the actual tem used in different) of a programme on old songs. The presenter presented a song from “Shaheed, viz. Watan ki raah mein watan ke naujawaan shaheed ho (Shaheed) . After the song, the presenter informed the listeners that the music of this song was compose by Ghulma Haider, and that music lovers are awrae of this music director for his compositions in “Paakeeza” (1972). After listening to this sentence, I lost all respect for the knowledge of the presenter about old Hindi movies.
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This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Since ‘chaudhvin ka chaand ho ya aaftaab ho’ from the film ‘ Chaudhvin ka chaand ‘, no one had really attempted to recreate the magic of it. The reason is obvious that it is a tough act to follow. The beauty of that song in black n white is not comparable to anything.
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Ae mere hamsafar kya tujhe hai khabar
Posted on: May 9, 2013
“Maalkin” (1953) was a Gopi Productions movie. It was produced by Ram Kamlani and directed by O P Dutta. The movie had Sajjan, Nutan, Purnima, Pran, Durga Khote, Gope, Raj Mehra, Yakub etc in it.
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Suno ji suno unhen pakdo
Posted on: May 9, 2013
“Manoranjan” (1974) was an Eagle Films production. It was produced by F C Mehra and directed by Shammi Kapoor. The movie had Zeenat Aman, Sanjeev Kumar, Dev Kumar, Shammi Kapoor, Faryal, Madan Puri, Paintal, Asit Sen, Mac Mohan, Agha etc in it.
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“My Love” (1970) was an Atool Arts production movie. It was produced and directed by S Sukhdev. The movie had Shashi Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore, Laxmi Chhaaya, Azra, Madan Puri, Rajindernath, Nirupa Roy, Jayant, Raj Mehra, Ifthikar, Sulochana Chatterjee, Manorama, Pinchoo Kapoor, Prayag Raj, Mustafa, Jerry, Miss.Caron Leslie etc in it.
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Ye sitam kya hai
Posted on: May 9, 2013
“Tower House” (1962) was a Disha Productions movie. It was produced by J C Malhotra and directed by N A Ansari. The movie had Ajeet, Shakeela, N A Ansari, Bhagwan, Nazima, Madhumati, Nilofar, Pratima Devi, S. N. Banerjee, Rajan Kapoor, Loutan, Shukla, Champak, Raaj Rani, Raj Kumar, Maqbool, Bakshi, Bihari etc in it.
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