Archive for 2013
Jawaani agar haaye
Posted on: April 4, 2013
“Neelkamal” (1947) was directed by Kidar Sharma. He had signed up Raj Kapoor, then working as his third assistant (viz clap boy) as the hero of this movie. When Raj Kapoor enquired which heroine was being signed up opposite him, Kidar Sharma asked him if he had any specific choice. Raj Kapoor named Madhubala who was then signed up for the movie.
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Man pukaare
Posted on: April 3, 2013
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“Tyaag” (1977) was a Films and Films International production. It was produced by N S Kabir and directed by Deen Dayal Sharma. The movie had Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore, Prem Chopra, Bindu, Sulochana Latkar, Harnam, Mukri, Master Tito,Mukri,Asit Sen, Murad,Amrit Patel,Tuntun,Chandrima Bhaduri, Kamal Kapoor, Mohan Jerry, Mahendra Jhaveri, Nayim,Lalita Kumari, Billimoria, Dheeraj Kumar Satyajeet, Gurnam Singh, Raza Murad, Sona, Satyen Kappu etc in it.
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Phool hai bahaaron ka
Posted on: April 3, 2013
Recently four physics students of University of Leicester, UK carried out a study in British Parliament and found out that the hot air produced by the 650 parliamentarians in the house of commons generated 10.34 kW of energy, which if properly harnessed can light up as many as 1000 energy efficient bulbs or 200 conventional bulbs. This report was published under the title “Hot Air in the house of Commons”.
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Bahaar le ke aayi karaar le ke aayi
Posted on: April 3, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Believe it or not, but LUCK plays a great role in the Film Industry.
I am not talking about the ‘Rags to Riches’ or ‘ Riches to Rags’ stories in the film industry. They are there, ofcourse, for everyone to see.
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Phaagun ke din chaar
Posted on: April 3, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
From the day Radio Transmission started in India for public, on 1-4-1930, till the record players and Tape recorders became popular, Radio was the only source of entertainment “Home Delivered” to indian Music Lovers.
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“Lady of the lake” (1960) was produced and directed by A M Khan. The movie had Azad, Nilima, Krishna Kumari etc in it.
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Rut hai suhaani
Posted on: April 3, 2013
“Thhes” (1949) was an Oriental Pictures presentation. It was directed by Kidar Sharma. The movie had Bharat Bhushan, Shashikala, Himmat Rai, Purnima, Maruti, Kamal Mehra, Gyani etc in it.
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Ramaiyya bin neend na aawe
Posted on: April 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 30s and 40s, two groups of female actor-singers emerged prominently. The first group excelled in both acting and singing. Barring a few exceptions, they confined to playback singing on themselves. This group consisted mainly of Khursheed, Kanan Devi, Noor Jahan and Suraiya. The second group though started their filmy career as actor-singer in a smaller way, later they concentrated mainly on playback singing. This group comprised mainly of Rajkumari, Amirbai Karnataki, and Zohrabai Ambalewaali.
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Dhoop ke makaan sa ye
Posted on: April 2, 2013
This article is written by Peevesie, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
What makes a song beautiful? Is it its lyrics, its music, the instrumentation or the vocal quality? The best songs have all four in common, but some songs that we like can be for even one of the above reasons. A lot of people like to proclaim that the current set of songs do not have the same quality as older songs. I do not even know when the time period for new songs does begin and which songs get classified as old.
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Phir shaam se doobaa jaaye dil mera
Posted on: April 2, 2013
This article is written by Bharat Upadhyay, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a new contributor to this blog.
An exceptionally private person, Suman Kalyanpur hardly gives an interview to anyone. What you read about her is generally surmised from little known facts and rumors. She is also a very simple and unassuming person. She very well knew that her voice uncanningly sounded exactly like Lata’s and as such she was called in as a substitute when Lata was either abroad or unwell or had fallen out with a singer or a composer, as was often the case, from time to time. She was considered as poor man’s (producers’) Lata. Not being appreciated for her real talent, which was exceptionally brilliant, her grudge was apparent and she hardly went out to beg for singing assignments to any composers.
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