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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
“Babu Moshai, zindagi badi honi chaahiye lambi nahi”
The exuberant, prophetic words enunciated by a character – terminally ill, fully aware of his fate, and yet living the life to its brim. Anand (1971), the character that captured the imagination of multiple generations of viewers, has gone down in the film history as the ultimate optimist and a very endearing idealist. The wonder that this film is, simply never ceases for me. The extrovert, loud mouthed, always hungry for a conversation, and food – in his filmi demise, he taught a valuable lesson for the living.
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Jabse dekha hai tumhe
Posted on: July 20, 2012
“Dil Aakhir Dil Hai” (1982) came at a time when I was on the verge of irreversibly losing track of Hindi movies. In fact I was not even aware of this movie till I was sent the lyrics of this song by Prakashchandra.
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Last week, I suddenly felt an urge to write an article on Shashi Kapoor whom I admire for being a different Kapoor from his two illustrious brothers – Raj Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor. He may not have the genius and business acumen of Raj Kapoor nor have the yahoo image of Shammi Kapoor. But he scored over his two illustrious brothers in that he was the most handsome among them. I remember a handsome and boyish looking Shashi Kapoor in ‘Waqt’ (1965). With his handsome and ever smiling face, he had a huge fan following during his hey days. He was different from his brothers on one more count – he married an English girl Jennifer Kendal who was associated with a theater group.
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Tum kahaan le chale ho
Posted on: July 20, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
‘Poonam Ki Raat’ (1965) – a film that is rich in wonderful songs. The lyrics from the pen of Shailendra and the lilting tunes from the baton of Salil Chaudhry, have made almost all songs of this film as wonderful gems. Three songs from the film are already represented here – the soulful and pensive rendering of “Dil Tadpe Tadpaaye” by Rafi Saab, the fabulous, ritzy dance number “Ta Dhim Tana Dhim. . .” that only Asha Bhosle can do, and the haunting sounds of “Saathi Re. . . Tujh Bin Jiyaa Udaas Re” in the voice of Lata Mangeshkar. So now it is the turn of a romantic duet to follow. And this song here is one wonderful melodious creation, with voices of Mukesh and Lata Mangeshkar.
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Takra gaya tum se dil hi to hai
Posted on: July 20, 2012
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
“Aan” was a film which I made a point of watching in the theatre when it was running in matinee show. I pestered my mother till she took me to see this film. And all this because of one song in the film i.e Maan mera ehsaan arre naadaan ke maine tujhse kiya hai pyaar
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Ruk ruk ruk kahaan chali deewaani
Posted on: July 20, 2012
If Akshay Kumar movies of 1990s tended to have the word “Khilaadi” in them , then Sheikh Mukhtaar’s movies of 1950s and 1960s used to have the title “Ustaad” in them.
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Sambhal sambhal ke chalna
Posted on: July 20, 2012
“Ten O’ Clock” (1958), not to be confused with “12 O’Clock” (1958), was a Niagara Pictures Production. It was directed by Jugal Kishore. The movie had Suresh, Geeta Bali, Sheikh Mukhtar, Yakub, Maruti, Daisy Irani etc in it.
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Bulbul mere chaman ke
Posted on: July 20, 2012
“Heer” (1956) was a Filmistan production. It was directed by Hamid Dutt. The movie had Pradeep Kumar, Nutan, Ulhas, Darpan, S. L. Puri, Randhir, Krishna Kumari, Zohra Sehgal, Chaman Puri, Mubarak, Murad, Rashid Khan, Lalita Pawar, Shakuntala etc in it.
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Kaun sa taara chaand ko pyaaraa
Posted on: July 20, 2012
“Zalzala” (1952) is by now an obscure movie. This movie was produced by a production house called “Art Film Of Asia”. It was directed by Paul Zills. The movie had Kishore Sahu, Dev Anand, Geeta Bali, Krishnakant, Misra, Shakoor, Raji, Sunalini Devi, Sita Bose, Michael, Manju, Jagdev etc in it.
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