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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
During 1960-70, Lata Mangeshkar had sung some beautiful non-filmy ghazals. Two of these NFS, viz. dahar mein naqsh-e-wafaa and aankh se aankh milaata hai koi have already been covered in the blog. These ghazals were composed by Faiyyaz Shaukat and K Mahavir respectively. In 1969, a LP of her non-filmy ghazals of Mirza Ghalib composed by her brother Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar was released.
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Kathwa ke naiyya
Posted on: May 4, 2013
- In: Boat song | C Ramchandra songs as a singer | Feelings of heart | Guest posts | Lalita Deulkar songs | Pandit Chandar song | Post by Arunkumar Deshmukh | S L Puri song | Song sung by three or more singers | Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950) | Songs of 1948 | Theme song | Title song | Yearwise breakup of songs
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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
There are only 2 types of movie watchers-
1. Those who can watch Tragedy films and
2. Those who can not watch tragedy films.
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Jaan e jigar yoon hi agar hota rahey
Posted on: May 4, 2013
- In: "beach" song | Asha Bhonsle songs | Duet | expression of love | Feelings of heart | Lyrics by Atif M | Lyrics contributed by readers | Rafi songs | Rafi-Asha Bhonsle duet | Shammi Kapoor songs | Shammi Kapoor songs by Rafi | Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960) | Songs of 1958 | Yearwise breakup of songs
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Normally it is believed that O P Nayyar composed music for only two Shammi Kapoor movies, viz. “Tumsa Nahin Dekha” (1957) and “Kashmir Ki Kali”(1964). But that is not correct. O P Nayyar also composed the music of “Mujrim” (1958). This was an Eagle Films Production. It was produced by F C Mehra and directed by O P Ralhan. The movie had Shammi Kapoor, Ragini, Shubha Khote, Kamal Kapoor, S. N. Banerjee, Tun Tun, Mumtaz Begum, Amrit Rana, Abdul, Agha Miraz, Ratan Gaurang, Sood, Johnny Walker, Geeta Bali, Murad, Ramesh Thakur, Padmini etc in it.
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This blog had songs from “Naadaan”(1951) and “Nadaan” (1971). It turns out that a movie of the same title was also released as early as 1941. Very little information is available about this movie. This movie was directed by Zia Sarhadi. The movie had Aman, Noorjahaan, Masood etc in it.
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Ud jaayegaa hans akela
Posted on: May 3, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
In the Hindu mythology, Gandharvas are stated to be the male heavenly spirit and in the context of music, the term is used for a highly skilled vocalist. Maharashtra had the privilege of having four ‘Gandharvas’. First, Sawai Gandharva (real name : Rambahu Kundgolkar – 19/01/1886 – 12/09/1952). He was a popular Hindustani classical vocalist and Marathi stage actor-singer. He was the first disciple of Ustad Abdul Karim Khan of Kirana gharana. One of the disciples of Sawai Gandharva was Pandit Bhimsen Joshi who later started the annual Sawai Gandharva Festival at Pune in the memory of his guru.
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Jo dil ki tadap na jaane
Posted on: May 3, 2013
“Saawan Ki Ghata” (1966) was a Shakti Films Production. It was produced and directed by Shakti Samanta. The movie had Manoj Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Mumtaz, Pran, Madan Puri, Mridula Rani, JeevanKala, Madhumati, Sajjan, Mohan Choti, S.N.Bannerjee, Padma Khanna, Kundan, Sunder, Jeevan, Master Anwar, Neelam, Ratan Gaurang, Mauji Singh, Karan Singh, Prakash Lahoti, Baby Kavita Oberoi etc in it.
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Peepal taley ghar mera
Posted on: May 3, 2013
“Jeewan Saathi” (1957) was a D S Films Production. It was directed by R S Tara. The movie had Ashok Kumar,Usha Kiran, Anoop Kumar, Pratima Devi, Daisy Irani, Shammi, Murad, Jabeen Jalil, Amarnath etc in it.
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“Beqasoor” (1950) was a Madhukar Pictures Production. It was produced by M R Navalkar and directed by K Amarnath. The movie had Ajit, Madhubala, Pramila, Yakub, Mangla, Gope, Geeta Nizami, Ramesh, Durga Khote etc in it.
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