Archive for 2013
“Jungle Princess” (1942) was a Wadia Movietone production. This movie had Nadia in title role. John Cawas, Shehzaadi,Sardar Mansoor, Hari Shivdasani etc were the other actors in it. One detailed review of this movie is available at Memsaab’s blog.
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Baar baar haan bolo yaar haan
Posted on: April 19, 2013
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Song no. 5 of the ‘desert’ series. It is a group motivational song from the film “Lagaan – Once upon a time in India” (2001).
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Tosey naina lagaa ke main haari
Posted on: April 19, 2013
“Ishaara” (1964) was produced and directed by K Amarnath. The movie had Joy Mukherjee, Vyjayanthimala, Jayant, Subbiraj, Azra, Pratima Devi, Agha, Pran, Shammi, Sajjan, Murad, Praveen Paul, Shivdasani, Kesari, Raja Amrohi, Ruby Mayer, Brahm Bhardwaj, Prem Sagar, Amrit Rana, Ravikant etc in it.
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Pyaasi hai mamta meri aa jaa re
Posted on: April 19, 2013
“Maa Beta” (1962) was a Tasveeristan Production movie. It was produced by Kuldip Sehgal and directed by Lejhraj Bhakri. The movie had Nirupa Roy, Manoj Kumar, Ameeta, Lalita Pawar, Manmohan Krishan, I.S.Johar, Sheela Ramani, Kumar, Vijay Dutta, Manorama, Leela Mishra, Tarun Bose, Indira Bhansal, Shamlal, Raj Prakash, Madhumati, Shukla, Brahm Dutt, Brahm Bhardwaj etc in it.
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Aag raag se aag lagaa do
Posted on: April 19, 2013
“Sultaan e Aalam” (1956) was produced by H P Mehra. The movie had Mahipal, Chitra, Heeralal, Kuldip Kaur etc in it.
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Jis din se miley tum ham
Posted on: April 19, 2013
I have mentioned in the past that Hindi movie music is like an ocean and that some of gems in this ocean are buried deep and they can be brought up only by diving deep into it.
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Bogi bogi bogi
Posted on: April 19, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
HAM LOG (1951) was a typical Zia Sarhadi film highlighting the social issues in keeping with the socialistic ideology followed by Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA). The film was produced under the banner of Ranjit Movietone. In this film, social issues were raised that arose out of the difficulties faced by a poor family of Lalaji Harcharandas (Kanhaiyalal) and his wife (Durga Khote), unemployed son Raj (Balraj Sahani), a sickly daughter Paro (Nutan) and a school going son (Master Ratan). The problem is further accentuated by the arrest of Lalaji for allegedly stealing money from his employer for which he is sent to prison.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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