Archive for September 2013
Panchhi pinjra hua puraana
Posted on: September 28, 2013
“Dhanna Bhagat” (1945) was a movie about which little information is available. And the available available may not even be accurate.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
In September 1988, Doordarshan National channel started telecasting what was to become the stupendously popular serialization of the renowned epic ‘Mahabharat’. And for a period of almost two years (94 Sundays), an audience of almost 20 crore Indians would be glued to the TV sets. And in every episode, the audience was greeted with the rendition of the title song and shlokas, and the every episode was bid good bye with a verse that summarized the story, the state of affairs, and the learnings from the particular episode. These opening and ending title song and verses came through the telecast riding on the booming voice of the one and the only singer who could have made the impact with his voice. His rendition of the opening word ‘Mahaaa-Bhaaarat’ is now etched in the aural memory of the viewers. The voice that had the power to shake a thunder. Mahendra Kapoor – the only voice that could make it happen.
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Duniya hai barbaad dil ki
Posted on: September 27, 2013
“Meena Baazaar” (1950) is a Pancholi Productions movie. It was directed by Ravindra Dave. The movie had Shyam, Nargis, Kuldip Kaur, Gope, Sapru, Kanhaiyalal, Bhudo Advani, Chandabai, Om Prakash etc in it.
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Tere pyaar ki tamanna
Posted on: September 27, 2013
“Tawaif” (1980) was a produced by R C Kumar and directed by B R Chopra for Sunrise Productions. the movie had Rishi Kapoor, Rati Agnihothri, Shammi , Ashok Kumar, Kader Khan, Poonam Dhillon, Deepak Parashar, Asrani, Sushma Seth, Iftekar, Achla Naagar, Sunita Singh, AshaLata, Shahikala, Arun Bakshi,Dev Malhotra, Deepak Sethi, Manjushree, Prabha, Ashok Sharma etc in it. The movie was based on a Novel “Bahut der kar di” by Dr.Masroor Alam.
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Insaaf ka taraazu
Posted on: September 27, 2013
“Insaaf Ka Taraazu” (1980) was based on an Western movie called “Lipstick” (1976). The movie dealt with a topic that was relevant then and sadly remains relevant even today.
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Ek sawaal hai tumse ye mera
Posted on: September 27, 2013
“Bhoot Bangla”(1965) was produced and directed by Mehmood for Mumtaz Films Production. The movie had Mehmood, Tanuja, Moni Chatterji, Nazir Hussain, Nana Palsikar, Asit Sen, Ranibala, Mohan Choti, Shivraj, Jagdish Raaj, Ameen Sayani, Minoo Mumtaz, R D Burman etc in it.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
When he passed away twenty four years ago, in 1989, it was just one year after that he had received the national award for the Best Male Singer (1988). This was despite the fact that he had suffered a major heart attack in 1980, after which, many reviewers said that he was not his original self, and had lost the quality of his voice.
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Tere naam tere naam tere naam
Posted on: September 26, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
In 1978, BR Chopra made this remarkable film ‘Pati, Patni Aur Who’. I call it remarkable because it is a rare occasion that the theme of marital infidelity is being dealt as a comedy. A happily married executive, wife of his liking through a love marriage, one child, and a comfortable household and life. What more can a man desire. Ah but yes, it is these ‘more’ desires of the man that are the thorn in the side.
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