Archive for 2013
“Miss Mary” (1957) was an AVM Production movie. It was produced by A M Veiyappan and directed by L V Prasad. The movie had Meena Kumari, Kishore Kumar, Gemini Ganeshan, Jamuna, Achla Sachdev, Jagdish Sethi, Randhir, Om Prakash, Karunanidhi, Maruti, Shivraj, Kesari, Meenakshi etc in it.
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“Gajre” (1948) was an Allied Arts Production movie. It was directed by R D Mathur. The movie had Motilal, Suraiya, Agha, Nihal, Sangeeta, Geeta Nizami, Sankatha Prasad, Murad etc in it.
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Main jo chala pi kar
Posted on: July 8, 2013
This article is written by Pamir Harvey, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
In Mukti (1977), Shashi Kapoor and Vidya Sinha play a happily married couple, till he is framed for murder and thus gets capital punishment. Thinking that he is dead she relocates to Bombay, where she meets the local goon, who helps the lonely “widow” and her daughter settle down. This other man is played by Sanjeev Kumar. In this song he seems to be drinking so that he can feel brave enough to admit his love to his adored one.
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Chham chham barse ghata
Posted on: July 8, 2013
“Priyatama” (1977) was produced by T C Dewan and directed by Basu Chatterji under the banner of Modern Pictures. The movie had Neetu Singh, Jeetendra, Rakesh Roshan, Asha Sachdev, Utpal Dutt, Reeta Haksar, I S Johar, Ritu Kamal, Murad, Sunder, Latika, Roshni, Ajay Kumar, Asrani, Deven Verma,Asit Sen, Jaya Prabha etc in it.
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“Aasra” (1966) was produced by Madan Mohla and directed by Satyen Bose under the banner of Seven Arts Pictures. The movie had Mala Sinha, Biswajeet, Balraj Sahni, Ameeta, Nirupa Roy, Jagdeep, David, Pravin Paul, Deepak Mukherjee, Bela Bose, Laxmi Chhaya, Baby Farida, Polson, Sabina, Lata Arora, Archana Kapoor, Narbada Shanker, Mukunda Bannerjee, Master Shahid, Master Javed, Baby Guddi, Baby Pammi, Baby Minoti etc in it.
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“Ghar Ghar Mein Deewaali”(1955) was a Minerva Movietone production. It was directed by Jagirdar. The movie had Eruch Tarapore, Jagirdar, Shyama, Sajjan, Manorama etc in it.
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O chanda re door na jaa re
Posted on: July 8, 2013
“Chakravarti Vikramaditya” (1964) was produced by PVV Satyanarayana Murty and directed by Jampana Chandrashekhar Rao. The movie had N T RamaRao and Anjali Devi in lead roles.
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Haay dil gaya dil gaya
Posted on: July 8, 2013
I have mentioned in the past that the “puraani filmon ke geet” programme of Radio Ceylon from 7-30 to 8 AM used to be a very “boring” programme for youngsters like me during late 1960s and all of 1970s. I had become a big fan of Kishore Kumar after I heard his song “Mere saamne waali khidki mein” from “Padosan” (1968) and I wondered why the oldtime singers would not sing like Kishore Kumar.
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Aa gaye aa gaye aa gaye
Posted on: July 7, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Remembering Sardul Kwatra on the anniversary of his passing away (6th July, 2005).
Sardul Kwatra – An impressive and talented composer who failed to impress, in a film world where the sheer number of artists in the 1950s and 60s made it impossible for each one to make a mark. However, in their own limited ways, such artists have left behind musical memories that are no less remarkable. And the wonder is the treasure that is hiding in the obscure, unheard songs that simply did not come to the attention of the listening public for many a reason.
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Lalla lalla lori doodh ki katori
Posted on: July 7, 2013
This article is written by Pamir Harvey, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Mukti (1977) stars Shashi Kapoor, Vidya Sinha, Sanjeev Kumar and Bindiya Goswami. Shashi Kapoor plays Vidya Sinha’s husband. This happy couple has a daughter, who would grow up to be Bindiya Goswami. In the happier times of this small family, the father sings a lullaby to his daughter. As usual in films, these happy times don’t last forever and the father goes missing and then it is the mother’s turn to sing the lullaby with a similar mukhdaa but different antaras. Both versions are included here.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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