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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
And so, exactly a week ago, I get this email from Khyati ji. A quick reminder and a request – reminding me that the blog anniversary itself is approaching and that her request is for a special song and a write up from me. So Khyati ji, thanks for the reminder and the nudge for this write up. And I hope that you like this contribution.
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Aa bhi jaa meri duniyaa mein
Posted on: July 19, 2012
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The 19th of July may not seem like a particularly noteworthy date in the history of mankind. But for this blog, it is a special day – because it happens to be the birthday of this blog. Yes, friends, it was on the 19th of July 2008 that Atul started this blog that we have all come to love so much over the years.
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Rajesh Khanna (29 december 2012-18 july 2012) is no more. He breathed his last yesterday. He was just 69 years of age. He was ailing for a few months but we thought that his ailment was nothing more than routine age related problems that everyone with advancing age has to face.
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Allah megh de paani de
Posted on: July 19, 2012
Yesterday (18 july 2012) was a sad day for followers of Hindi movies, especially for those who lived through 1970s. Rajesh Khanna (29 december 1942- 18 july 2012) is no more. He was only 69. It was not an age to go.
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Thahar zara o jaanewaale
Posted on: July 18, 2012
“Boot Polish” (1953) was an R K Films production. It was directed by Prakash Arora. The movie had David Abraham, Raj Kapoor, Veera, Chand Burque, Babay Naaz, Kumar, Shailendra, Bhudo Advani, Prabhu Arora etc in it.
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Iss waade ka matlab kyaa samjhoon
Posted on: July 18, 2012
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This song is from the film “Duniya”(1949). The singer is Rafi and Music Director is C.Ramchandra, with lyrics by Aarzoo Lucknowi.
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Apni naakaami se mujhko kaam hai
Posted on: July 18, 2012
“Subah Ka Taara” (1954) was a Rajkamal Pictures production. It was produced and directed by V Shantaram. The movie had V Shantaram,Pradeep Kumar, Jayshree, Rajshree, Amirbai Karnataki, Shakuntala, Neelam, Nimbalkar, Naaz, Chhagan, Romeo etc in it.
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“Dard” (1947) was a Kardar Production movie. It was produced and directed by A R Kardar. The movie had Suraiya, Shyam Kumar, Munawwar Sultana, Nusrat, Badri Prasad, Husn Banu, Pratima Devi etc in it.
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Ham par jaadoo daal gaye ho julmi
Posted on: July 17, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
July 17th is the birth anniversary of Snehal Bhatkar ( 17/07/1919 – 29/05/2007), one of the forgotten music directors of the Hindi film industry. On his last death anniversary, I had written an article on him for this blog. So I would skip his profile. Snehal Bhatkar was a talented music director who, like many lesser known music directors, lost in the rigmarole of the Hindi film industry.
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Chali pawan harson
Posted on: July 17, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
July 17th is the death anniversary of Kanan Devi (22/04/1916-17/07/1992). I had written an article for this blog on her last birth anniversary. So I will not go into her profile. She was one of the most beautiful and graceful actors of her time. She brought respectability to female actors. It is said that she was the highest paid film actors of her time and in one film, ‘Chandrashekhar'(1948), she was paid one rupee more than the remuneration paid to her lead actor Ashok Kumar. Sahir Ludhianvi, probably took a hint from her when he started demanding one rupee more than that paid to the music directors.
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