Archive for July 2013
O bedardi aa mil jaldi
Posted on: July 14, 2013
“Heera Moti” (1959) was produced by Pravin Desai and directed by Krishan Chopra for Rupalaya production. The story of this movie was based on Munshi Premchand’s story called “Do Bailon Ki Katha” (Story of two bullocks). Heera and Moti are the names of the two bullocks in this lovely story which is written from the point of view of the two bullocks.
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Naav badhaa le maajhi
Posted on: July 14, 2013
“Ferry” (1954) was a Film trust of India production. It was directed by Hemen Gupta. the movie had Dev Anand, Geeta Bali, Nand Kishore, Premlata, Ram Singh, Gulab, Jagdish Kanwal, Jankidas, Narbada Shanker, Chand Burque etc in it.
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“Marine Drive” (1955) was a Sippy Films Production. It was produced and directed by G P Sippy. The movie had Ajit, Bina Rai, Roopmala, Vijayalaxmi, Yakub, Johnny Walker, K. N. Singh, Om Prakash, Tuntun etc in it.
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“Ganga Ki Saugandh” (1978) was Sultan Ahmad production. It had Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha, Prana, Amjad Khan, I S Johar, Bindu, Anju Mahendru etc in it.
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Main teri gunahgaar hoon
Posted on: July 13, 2013
Yesterday (12 july 2013) brought us the sad news that Pran, the legendary villain of 1950s and 60s who then turned a legendary character actor of later decades had breathed his last. Pran Krishan Sikand (12 february 1920- 12 july 2013) made his debut in Hindi movies with “Khaandaan” (1942) as a hero. This movie was produced in Lahore, his favourite place. He subsequently made a mark as a hero in Lahore movie circles.
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Ye bhool huyi bhoole se kabhi
Posted on: July 13, 2013
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The ‘harmonium song’ and ‘roadside tamasha song’ are no more featuring in films now. The last song of these genre that I can recall was in the film ‘Aashiqui’ by Kumar Sanu and Anuradha Paudwal which goes :
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“Yasmeen” (1955) was a Musical Pictures Production movie. It was directed by A R Kardar. The movie had Vyjayantimala, Suresh, Sham Kumar, Jayant, Maruti, S. N. Banerji, Rajan Haksar, Mumtaz, Rashid Khan, Amrit Rana, Habib, Wahid, Bazid Khan, M. A. Khan, Nawab, Amir, Bakshi etc in it.
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“Neeli” (1950) was a Ranjit Film Company production. It was directed by Ratibhai Punatkar. The movie had Dev Anand, Suraiya, Agha, Shyama, Dulari, Cuckoo etc in it.
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Pehle paisa phir bhagwaan
Posted on: July 12, 2013
“Miss Mary” (1957) was an AVM Productions movie. It was produced by A V Meiyappan and directed by L V Prasad. The movie had Meena Kumari, Kishore Kumar, Gemini Ganeshan, Jamuna, Achla Sachdev, Jagdish Sethi, Randhir, Om Prakash, Karunanidhi, Maruti, Shivraj, Kesari, Meenakshi etc in it.
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Rut rangeeli hai suhaani raat hai
Posted on: July 12, 2013
“Pyaar ki Jeet” (1948) was a Famous Pictures production. It was directed by O P Datta. The movie had Rehman, Suraiya, Gope, Gyani, Raj Mehra, Manorama, Leela Misra, Yashodhara Katju, Niranjan Sharma etc in it.
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