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Kuchh bhi kar lo ik din tumko
Posted on: September 28, 2013
This article is written by Peevesie’s mom, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Hullo to all Atulites.
So what is it today? Lata Mangeshkar’s birthday. What was it yesterday? Yash Chopra’s birthday. What was it day before yesterday? Dev Anand’s birthday. So what do we get if we put a search for the above combination? A movie called “Josheela” which was released in 1973.
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Today (28 september 2013) is the 84th birth anniversary of Lata Mangeshkar (DOB 28 september 1929). On this occasion, we will discuss a few songs sung by her.
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Chupke se aaya koi chor re
Posted on: September 28, 2013
Today (28 september 2013) is the 84th birth anniversary of Lata Mangeshkar (DOB 28 september 1929). On this occasion, we will discuss a few songs sung by her.
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This article is written by Bharat Upadhyay, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular to this blog.
DO SITARE-1951, a Famous Picture presentation was produced and directed by D D Kashyap, who also wrote its Story. Screenplay were by Rajinder Singh Bedi. The star cast consisted of Dev Anand, Suraiya, Premnath, Mumtaz, Shakuntala, Kuldip Kaur, Niranjan Sharma, Baij Sharma etc. The film had Lyrics by Rajinder Krishan and Music by Anil Biswas.
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Panchhi pinjra hua puraana
Posted on: September 28, 2013
“Dhanna Bhagat” (1945) was a movie about which little information is available. And the available available may not even be accurate.
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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 September 1988, Doordarshan National channel started telecasting what was to become the stupendously popular serialization of the renowned epic ‘Mahabharat’. And for a period of almost two years (94 Sundays), an audience of almost 20 crore Indians would be glued to the TV sets. And in every episode, the audience was greeted with the rendition of the title song and shlokas, and the every episode was bid good bye with a verse that summarized the story, the state of affairs, and the learnings from the particular episode. These opening and ending title song and verses came through the telecast riding on the booming voice of the one and the only singer who could have made the impact with his voice. His rendition of the opening word ‘Mahaaa-Bhaaarat’ is now etched in the aural memory of the viewers. The voice that had the power to shake a thunder. Mahendra Kapoor – the only voice that could make it happen.
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Duniya hai barbaad dil ki
Posted on: September 27, 2013
“Meena Baazaar” (1950) is a Pancholi Productions movie. It was directed by Ravindra Dave. The movie had Shyam, Nargis, Kuldip Kaur, Gope, Sapru, Kanhaiyalal, Bhudo Advani, Chandabai, Om Prakash etc in it.
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Tere pyaar ki tamanna
Posted on: September 27, 2013
“Tawaif” (1980) was a produced by R C Kumar and directed by B R Chopra for Sunrise Productions. the movie had Rishi Kapoor, Rati Agnihothri, Shammi , Ashok Kumar, Kader Khan, Poonam Dhillon, Deepak Parashar, Asrani, Sushma Seth, Iftekar, Achla Naagar, Sunita Singh, AshaLata, Shahikala, Arun Bakshi,Dev Malhotra, Deepak Sethi, Manjushree, Prabha, Ashok Sharma etc in it. The movie was based on a Novel “Bahut der kar di” by Dr.Masroor Alam.
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Insaaf ka taraazu
Posted on: September 27, 2013
“Insaaf Ka Taraazu” (1980) was based on an Western movie called “Lipstick” (1976). The movie dealt with a topic that was relevant then and sadly remains relevant even today.
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