Archive for July 2013
Shiqwa tera main gaaun
Posted on: July 12, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
During the early 70s when I got interested in Hindi film songs of the golden era. I had heard from my seniors in this field talking about singers, music directors and lyricists of 30s and 40s with some anecdotes. While, I had almost forgotten many of the unfamiliar names over a period of time until the advent of the internet technology, one of very few names which firmly remained in my mind was that of D N Madhok. From their discussions, I had then realised that he must have been an influential lyricist of his time. He was stated to be one of very few lyricists of that time who used to give lyrics to music director with tunes. While this may be a boon for the struggling music directors, my guess is that the established and self-respecting music directors must have surely resented his ‘value addition’ to the lyrics. One of the music directors of the 40s ( I am not very sure but it was probably Shyam Sundar) had a tiff with him on this issue and he never worked with him.
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Koyee pardesi aaya pardes mein
Posted on: July 11, 2013
“Hum Hain Laajawaab”(1984) was a Milan Movies production. It was produced by Jawahirlal Bafna, C D Mehta, Vasant Desai and Mrs B N Shah and directed by Mohan Segal. The movie had Kumar Gaurav, Padmini Kolhapure,Monty Nath, Shakti Kapoor, Kalpana Iyer, Kamal Kapoor, Yunus Parvez, Kiran Vairale, Ravinder Kapoor, Rakesh Bedi, Prem Kalara, Vikas Anand, Jagdish Raj, Shivraj, Mohan Choti, Mushtaq Merchant, Birbal, Sudhir Dalvi, Gauri Varma, Sunil Dhawan, Shakeel, Baby Dadi, Viju Khote, Bhola, Ranveer Raj, Master Vikas, Manmauji, Praveen Kumar, Suhel Khan, Master Ravi, Mayur, Huma Khan, Manmauji etc in it.
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Dukh sukh ki har ik maala
Posted on: July 11, 2013
Today (11 july 2013) is the 12th death anniversary of Qateel Shifaai (24 december 1919- 11 july 2001). He was mostly active in Pakistani movie industry as a lyricist, but some of his lyrics have been used in a few Hindi movie songs as well.
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Pag pag thokar khaaye jawaani
Posted on: July 11, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
A natural talent that made a significant impression when launched, but eventually could not compare to the range and versatility of its peers.
Another reason often mentioned is the simplicity and the lack of awareness of the machinations of the film world. An innocent contravention, and the anchor support was taken away. And then the talent transmogrified into another role. And the resulting fun and laughter, then lasted a good half a century.
Remembering Uma Devi on the anniversary of her birth today – 11th July, 2013.
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“Kailashpati” (1962) was a Prabha Pictures production. It was directed by Dhirubhai Desai. The movie had Mahesh Desai, Sumitra Devi, Jeevan, Niranjan Sharma, Padma Rani etc in it.
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Tum se dil kya lagaaya gaye kaam se
Posted on: July 11, 2013
“Duniya Rang Rangeeli” (1957) was a Sadiq Production movie. It was produced and directed by M Sadiq. The movie had Johnny Walker, Chand Usmani, Shyama, Rajendra Kumar, Jeevan, Amar, S N Banerjee etc in it.
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I had first become aware of “Miss Mary” (1957) five years ago when this movie was reviewed by Memsaab in her blog. I went ahead to my friendly VCD/DVD shop and managed to find its VCD. I watched the movie and liked it, including its songs.
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Na tadapne ki ijaazat hai
Posted on: July 11, 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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Teri oar teri oar haay rabba
Posted on: July 10, 2013
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This song won the Filmfare award for Best female playback singer of 2008, for Shreya Ghoshal. Shreya Ghoshal is one find of the decade as far as female playback singers are concerned. She is here there everywhere, in all films. She has dominated the female playback scene for some years now. With Lata and Asha both almost out of contention and singing few songs, there was a gap which is filled somewhat first by Alka Yagnik in the 90’s and than by Shreya Ghoshal. I especially like her solo songs. Of course, nobody can quite dominate a field like Lata and Asha did for 40 odd years. The field is wide open now and with more competetion from all around. But Shreya Ghoshal is most talented of the lot and sounds good in all types of songs.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
“Wo Jab Yaad Aaye, Bahut Yaad Aaye”(‘Parasmani’, 1963).
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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