Archive for August 2013
Mere sapnon ki raani re
Posted on: August 26, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
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The Voice of Mukesh #27
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O what a gem this song is. I tracked this song as part of this series, and heard it for the first time recently. Probably the most beautiful song with the theme of ‘Mere Sapnon Ki Raani’. There is the iconic ‘Mere Sapnon Ki
Raani, Roohi Roohi Roohi’ song from the film ‘Shahjehaan’ (1946), sung by Saigal Sb. After 39 years came another song that took the country by storm –“Mere Sapnon Ki Rani Kab Aayegi Tu”(‘Aradhana’, 1969). In between and thereafter, there are a few other songs with this theme, none so notable as these. And then we have this song in 1948, a rendering by Mukesh, in my opinion, which is simply the best of the lot.
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Ye aankhen jhuki jhuki si
Posted on: August 25, 2013
“Kab Kyun Aur Kahaan” (1970) was produced and directed by Arjun Hingorani. It was he who hit upon the idea of using three word titles, with each word beginning with K. That worked for him as well, seeing that the titles of his movies continued to be like that till 1990s, with titles like “Kahaani Kismat ki” (1973), “Khel Khilaadi Ka” (1977), Kaatilon Ke Kaatil(1981), Kaun Kare Kurbaani (1991) etc. Now you know where Ms Kapoor got her inspiration for all her TV serials with titles beginning with K.
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“Nishaan” (1965) was a Basant Pictures production. It was produced by Homi Wadia and directed by Aspi Irani. The movie had Sanjeev Kumar, Nazima, Helen, Prem Chopra, Sheikh Mukhtar, Shammi, Mukri, Samson, Sulochana Latkar, Ratnamala, Babu Raje, Hiralal, Bismillah, Uma Dutt, Gaikwad, Korega, Mithoo Miyan, Yadav etc in it.
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“Putlibai” (1972), though a recent movie by the standards of this blog has been all but forgotten. If this movie is still remembered by afew music lovers then that is mainly because of a timeless qawwali that this movie contained. This qawwali was Aise besharm aashiq hai ye aaj ke (Putlibai) by Yusuf Azad and Rashida Khatoon, two famous real life qawwaals of those days.
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Oh re baanke sipahiya
Posted on: August 25, 2013
“Behroopiya” (1971) was a Madan Chitra Production movie. It was produced by Ram Kumar and directed by Rajesh Nanda. The movie had Dheeraj Kumar, Snehlata, Faryal, Madhumati,Junior Mehmood, Hira Lal, Honey Irani, Daisy Irani, Helen, Chitra, Ram Kumar, Sheikh etc in it.
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Aayi baaraat baaje gaaje se
Posted on: August 25, 2013
“Aawaaz” (1956) was a Mehboob Productions movie. It was directed by Zia Sarhadi. The movie had Rajendra Kumar, Nalini Jaywant, Usha Kiran, Zul Vellani, Anwar, N. Hussain, Mukri, Murad, Leela Chitnis, Jagdeep etc in it.
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Mukh mod na lena
Posted on: August 25, 2013
“Aashiana” (1952) was produced by Sabharwals and directed by B Trilochan. The movie had Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Iftekhar, Mohana, Randhir, Sadhana etc in it.
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Kahaan tak ham uthhaayen gham
Posted on: August 25, 2013
“Aarzoo” (1950) was an Indian National Production movie. It was directed by Shahid Latif. The movie had Dilip Kumar, kamini Kaushal, Dilip Kumar, Gope, Cuckoo, Arif, Prem Dhawan, Shashikala, Sita Bose, Neelam, Khan, Ganju, Chandabai etc in it.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This is a song from the film Dil ki Rani-1947, and the singer is SHYAM SUNDER, for the film’s Music Director S.D.Burman.
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Sabko bhagwan dekh raha tu
Posted on: August 24, 2013
“Ghar Ghar Ki Baat” (1959) was produced by Ramniklal Shah and directed by Ravindra Dave. The movie had Durga Khote, Minoo Mumtaz, Azra, Suresh ,Mahendra Kumar, Jamal, Asit Sen, Indira, Gulab Bai, Krishnakant, Krishna Kumari, Baby Shobha, Nadir, Burhaan, Pal Sharma, Deepak etc in it.
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