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“Naya Daur” (1957) was a B R Productions movie. It was produced and directed by B R Chopra. The movie had Dilip Kumar, Vyjyanti Mala, Ajit, Chand Usmani, Jeevan, Nazir Hussain, Manmohan Krishna, Leela Chitnis, S. N. Banerjee, Pratima Devi, Daisy Irani, Nazir Kashmiri, Radha Krishnan, Johnny Walker etc in it.
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This article is written by Peevesie’s mom, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Recently our dear Arunkumarji had begun a new series where in he was featuring songs of those actors who are not trained singers but who have sung a line or two in some song or other in their own voice. That means basically he is showing us the image se hatke side of the actors. The song which I am writing about is also image se hatke for the actor concerned.
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“Captain Sheroo”(1963) was a Bina Chitra Production movie. It was directed by Dharam Kumar. The movie had Helen, Jairaj, Maruti, Niranjan Sharma, Lajwanti, Tuntun, Tiwari etc in it.
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Dil le ke dagaa denge
Posted on: January 28, 2013
“Naya Daur”(1957) was produced and directed by B R Chopra. The movie had Dilip Kumar, Vyjyanti Mala, Ajit, Chand Usmani, Jeevan, Nazir Hussain, Manmohan Krishna, Leela Chitnis, S. N. Banerjee, Pratima Devi, Daisy Irani, Nazir Kashmiri, Radha Krishnan, Johnny Walker etc in it.
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Nand nandan bilmaai
Posted on: January 28, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
January 28th is the birth day of playback singer Suman Kalyanpur. She is a living example of how the career of a talented singer can be marred by a close resemblance of the voice of the numero uno singer in the field, in her case Lata Mangeshkar. Naturally, film industry preferred the reigning queen rather than giving enough opportunity to Suman Kalyanpur to prove her worth. She was mostly used as a substitute for Lata Mangeshkar when the latter was not available for recording the songs. Alternatively, she would get the singing assignments in low budget films. In the circumstances, I thought that she would have utilised her spare time in recording many NFSs. I find that even in respect of NFSs, Suman Kalyanpur is lagging in numbers in comparison to other top playback singers like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Mohammed Rafi, Mukesh etc. Was she really interested in pursuing playback singing career ? She is known to be a very private and low profile person. Only those who were close to her could get to know her mind. It took Ameen Sayani more than 40 years to persuade her to give an interview for a radio programme. Subsequently, she has given a couple of interviews through which we have come across some more information about her singing career.
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Kahaan hai kahaan hai Kanhaiyya
Posted on: January 28, 2013
“Kanhaiyya”(1959) is an S P Pictures Production. The movie was produced by Sant Singh and Pachhi. The movie was directed by S N Tripathi (according to cineplot) and by Om Prakash (according to other sites). I wonder what is the real fact. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw more light on this matter.
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Diya to jalaa sab raat re baalam
Posted on: January 28, 2013
“Dhaake Ki Malmal” (1956) was a Nanda Films Production. It was directed by J K Nanda. The movie had Kishore Kumar, Madhubala, Ulhas, Sajjan, Raj Mehra, Rajen Haksar, Shyam Kumar, Jagdeep, Om Prakash etc in it. As many as four songs from this movie have been discussed in the past.
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This article is written by Shekhar Gupta, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
My curiosity in the Keshav Talpade directed Tigress (1948) was piqued when Mr. Sudhir Kapur posted the patriotic number Hum iss zameen ke hain from this film on the occasion of India’s Republic Day a couple of days ago.
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“Chham Chhama Chham” was a Mohan Pictures production. It was directed by P L Santoshi. The movie had Kishore Kumar, Rehana, Radha Krishnan, Pran Mohana etc in it.
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Lo chhip gaya chaand
Posted on: January 27, 2013
“Ham Panchhi Ek Daal Ke” (1957) was an AVM Productions movie. It was directed by P L Santoshi. The movie had Sumitra, P. Kailash, Kanu Roy, Majnu, Ranjan, Ameeta etc in it.
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