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Main saagar ki mast lahar
Posted on: June 14, 2012
This article is written by Sadananad Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I have a 78 RPM record (N.50600) of the song ‘saathi na bane koi’ from film DHUAAN (1953) sung by Krishna Goel which was set to music by Dhaniram. Since I was not able to listen to this record (which in any case is in poor condition) for want of a record player, I have been searching for the audio clip of the same on the internet sites.
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Subah hoti hai shaam hoti hai
Posted on: June 13, 2012
“Aplam Chaplam” (1961) was a Mukti Pictures Presentation. It was directed by Roop K Shorey. The starcast of this small budget movie had names like Manju, Tiwari, I. S. Johar, W. M. Khan, Kumkum, Jeevan, Tabassum, Tuntun, Badri Prasad etc in it.
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“Hamaari Yaad Aayegi” (1961) was a Show People Production. It was produced and directed by Kidar Sharma to launch his son Ashok Sharma. The movie had Ashok Sharma, Tanuja, Anant Kumar, Sujata, Vijay, Madhvi, Dubey etc in it.
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“Mirza Ghalib” (1954) was based on the life of Mirza Ghalib. This movie was a Minerva Movietone production and it was directed by Sohrab Modi. the movie had Bharat Bhushan, Suraiyya, Murad, Durga Khote, Jagdish Sethi, Nigar Sultana, Mukri, Baij Sharma, Kumkum, Sadat Ali, Iftekhar, Roshan etc in it.
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Jab ankhiyaan pehli baar milin
Posted on: June 13, 2012
“Paraaye Bas Mein”(1946) is as obscure a movie as any. Hardly any information is available about this movie now.
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“Saanjh Ki Bela” (1980) is a movie which is a recent one by the standards of this blog. Still I was totally oblivious of this movie till recently. It is only when I got down to discuss this song that I became aware of this movie.
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Deewaane yahaan tak aa pahunche
Posted on: June 12, 2012
“Mirza Ghalib” (1954), as the name suggests, was a movie based on the life of the legendary poet Mirza Ghalib. The movie was a musical blockbuster, and the lyrics of most of the songs were based on Mirza Ghalib’s poetry.
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Mohe tirchhi najariyaa na maaro
Posted on: June 11, 2012
“Door Ki Aawaaz” (1964) was a Goel Cine Corporation movie. It was produced and directed by Devendra Goel. The movie had Joy Mukherjee, Saira Banu, Pran, Om Prakash, Durga Khote, Johnny Walker, Manorama, Malika etc in it.
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