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Painjaniyaa chhanke raam
Posted on: October 1, 2013
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog
Here is the “P” song in the A-Z of Rafi songs series. This is a semi classical solo song composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal in the film ‘Waapas” (1969). The lyricist of this song is the venerable poet Majrooh Sultabpuri. It is Majrooh’s birth anniversary today on 1st October, I have come to realise just now.
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Duniya kya hai dafa karo
Posted on: October 1, 2013
“Sarhad”(1960) was an Alankar Chitra Production movie. This forgotten movie had an unusual starcast, consisting of Dev Anand, Raagini, Suchitra Sen, Sajjan, Lalita Pawar etc.
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Jo main chali phir na miloongi
Posted on: October 1, 2013
“Jal Bin Machhli Nritya Bin Bijli” (1971) was a V Shantaram Production movie and it was produced and directed by V Shantaram. The movie had Ravindra, Vasant Parekh, Minal, Abhijeet, Vastala Deshmukh, Iftekhar, Sandhya, Dina Gandhi, Raja Paranjpe, Nanda, Birbal, Praveen Kumar, Sushant Ray etc in it.
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Dil mera udaa jaaye
Posted on: October 1, 2013
“Arjun Pandit” (1976) is a recent movie by the standards of this blog. But surprisingly, little information seems to be available about this movie. This movie was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherji. It had Ashok Kumar, Vinod Mehra, Srividya, Deven Verma, Bindu etc in it.
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“Samaaj” (1954) was produced by Ashok Kumar and directed by Vasant Joglekar. This movie had Ashok Kumar, Anup Kumar, Sumati Gupte, Shashikala, Usha Kiran, Agha, Leela Misra, Samson, N. Hussain etc in it.
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Khuli hawaa mein doley re
Posted on: September 30, 2013
“Champakali” (1957) was a Filmistan Production. It was directed by Nandlal Jaswantlal. The movie had Bharat Bhushan, Suchitra Sen, Pran, Mubarak, Shobha Khote, S. L. Puri, Mumtaz Begum, Ram Avtaar etc in it.
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Saj rahi gali meri maan
Posted on: September 29, 2013
This article is written by Peevesie’s mom, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear Mehmood
Happy birthday to you.
This is the occasion for today. Our beloved comedian who entertained us in nearly 300 movies would have been 81 today. And I am sure we have many songs in ASAD that feature him.
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Maine bulaaya aur tum aaye
Posted on: September 28, 2013
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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 1946, the renowned Ghulam Haider took a very young 18 year old girl to Filmistan Studio, to introduce her to S Mukherjee. The young girl went through a voice audition for the big boss of Filmistan, who summarily rejected her, saying that her voice was too thin, without depth and without range. A disappointed Ghulam Haider had remarked to S Mukherjee, that he would one day regret this decision, and the world will know the capabilities of this artist.
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