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Mere mann pawan sang udd chal
Posted on: March 28, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Ganesh Sharma, the prodigious composer and the creator of melodies of everlasting memories. Pick up any film done by him, any song created by him, and as you listen, and if you are not aware of the identity of the music director, you will surely wonder who would it be, the creator of such a lovely melody. Somehow, the combination of the tones, the octaves and the emphases make the tunes created by this hugely talented musician simply touch a very endearing nerve, and the heart simply wants to sing along with the flow of the song.
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Ho been waale
Posted on: March 28, 2013
The last time I heard radio on a regular basis was in early 1980s, viz more than three decades ago. I continued to listen to radio for some more time during 1980s but only sporadically and things were never really the same again as far as radio listening was concerned.
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Ae dil e naashaad tera shukriya
Posted on: March 28, 2013
“Aab e Hayaat” (1955) was a Filmistan Production. It was directed by Ramanlal Desai. The movie had Premnath, Shashikala, Helen, Smriti Biswas, Pran, Ameeta, Mubarak, S L Puri, P Kailash etc in it.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Shammi Kapoor had acted in over a dozen films as a lead actor in early 50s, most of which flopped at the box office. Chor Bazaar (1954) was one film. It was produced under the banner of All India Pictures and it was directed by P N Arora. The star cast included Shammi Kapoor, Sumitra Devi, Chitra, Om Prakash, Kammo, Amir, Cuckoo. Parshuram etc with a guest appearance by Wasti. This film had six songs all written by Shakeel Badayuni and set to music by Sardar Malik. I remembered the name of this film only because of an immortal song “huyi ye hamse naadaani teri mehefil mein aa baithhe” from this film which I had heard on my younger days on radio. Recently, I had seen this film on the VCD that I have with me. As usual with almost all VCDs of old films, the film lacks continuity in some places because of lots of cuts. I did not find one song ” Har dar ki thokerein hain” sung by Lata Mangeshkar in the VCD.
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Ulfat ka adhoora afsaana
Posted on: March 28, 2013
“Neeli” (1950) was a Ranjit Film Company production. It was directed by Ratibhai Punatkar. The movie had Dev Anand, Suraiya, Agha, Shyama, Dulari, Cuckoo etc in it.
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“Gunsundari” (1948), by now a forgotten movie, was an Ajit pictures production. It was directed by Ratibhai Punatkar. The movie had Saraswati, Manhar Desai, Nirupa Roy, Dulari, Chhagan, Romeo, Babu Raje, Jal Writer etc in it.
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Holi re holi rangon ki doli
Posted on: March 27, 2013
Today (27 march 2013) is the fifth occasion that this blog is celebrating the festival of Holi. When I look back at the previous Holi songs that were posted in the blog, I find some interesting statistics.
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Holi ki aayi bahaar
Posted on: March 27, 2013
“Anjaan” (1956) was an All India Pictures production. It was directed by M Sadiq. The movie had Pradeep Kumar, Vyjayantimala, Jeevan, Raj Mehra, Minoo Mumtaz, Shammi, Helen, Johnny Walker, Mubarak etc in it.
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Holi khele Nandlala biraj mein
Posted on: March 27, 2013
“Raahi” (1953) was a Naya Sansaar Production movie. It was directted by K A Abbas. The movie had Dev Anand, Nalini Jaiwant, Habib Tanvir, Balraj Sahni, K. Sethi, Manmohan Krishnan, Achla Sachdev, S. Michael, Rasheed, Shaukat Hashmi, David Abraham etc in it.
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