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“Doraaha”(1952) was a Progressive Pictures Production. It was directed by Bal Chhabra. The movie had Shekhar, Nalini Jaywant, Agha, Jagdeesh Sethi, Murad etc in it.
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“Aankhen” (1950) was produced and directed by Devendra Goel. This movie had Shekhar, Nalini Jaiwant, Bharat Bhushan, Cuckoo, Anwari, Yakub, Yashodhara Katju, Bhudo Advani etc in it.
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“Baazaar” (1949) was a Madhukar Pictures production. It was produced and directed by K Amarnath. The movie had Shyam, Nigar Sultana, Gope, Amir Banu, Misra, Yakub, Cuckoo, Badri Prasad etc in it.
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Today (8 july) is the death anniversary of lyricist Saraswati Kumar “Deepak”. He was active in Hindi movies mainly in 1940s and 1950s. This blog has 15 songs written by him as of now.
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Mere laadlon tum phoolo phalo
Posted on: July 7, 2012
“Sant Gyaneshwar” (1964) was one of the B grade movies that rode on the back of their A grade music to attract movie lovers to the movie hall and succeed at the box office. This movie was a Ranglok pictures presentation. It was produced by Ramraj Nahta and directed by Manikbhai Vyas. The movie had Sudhir Kumar, Surekha, Babloo, Jeevan, Sulochana Latkar, Shahu Modak, Asit Sen, Madhumati, Dev Kumar, Ulhas, Narmada Shankar, Meena etc in it.
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Haal e dil hamaaraa jaane na bewafaa
Posted on: July 7, 2012
“Shrimaan Satyawaadi” (1960) was a Roopkala Productions movie. This movie was directed by S M Abbas. The movie had Raj Kapoor, Shakila, Mehmood, Nazir Hussain, Radhakrishan, Raja Nene etc.
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Ho gaye barbaad hum
Posted on: July 7, 2012
“Ramman” (1954) was a Metropolitan Films Production. It was produced by Gemini Dewan and directed by Hiren Bose. The movie had Karan Dewan, Meena, Cuckoo, Om Prakash, Purnima, Majnu, Gulab, Randhir, V. Panchotia etc in it. I wonder if the Meena of this movie is Meena Kumari or Meena Shorey. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw more light on this fact as well as on this obscure movie itself.
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This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Here is another fun song from the film “Minister”. Two months ago the post another song “Aji Biwi ko ghar pe bitthla ke” from this film appeared in the blog. The song I am discussing now will be the third song from this film. This is a “telephone song” sung by Mohammed Rafi and Asha Bhosle. Music is by Madan Mohan and Lyricist is Rajendra Krishan. Unfortunately, I dont recognise the two actors who are lip synching this song. The song is funny enough, just like “mere piyaa gaye rangoon”. Bhagwaan Dada is seen only briefly during the song. Telephone songs have their own appeal as the the singers are required to be on the opposite ends of the line. But in this song, though it starts in a telephone booth and ends there too, the protagonists are singing it with each other and roaming around outdoors.
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Taqdeer jagaa kar aayi hoon
Posted on: July 7, 2012
“Dulaari” (1949) was a Kardar Production movie. It was produced and directed by A R Kardar. The movie had Suresh, Madhubala, Geeta Bali, Shyam Kumar, Jayant, Amar, Pratima Devi, Nawab etc in it.
Musically this movie is today fondly remembered for the song that made Rafi a singing sensation. This song, viz. Suhaani raat dhal chuki is the reason why most people know about this movie.
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Baadal dal sa nikal chalaa
Posted on: July 7, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Anil Biswas, a name that is associated with the Hindi film music, almost from its inception in the early 30s – an association that lasted all the way into the decade of 60s. It is almost as if the golden age of film music came to an end when this hugely talented composer decided to call it a day, and retired from film music in the late 60s. Today is the 98th birth anniversary of this doyen of Hindi film music.
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