Author Archive
“Navratri”(1955) was a Bhagyaudai Pictures Production. it was directed by Raman B Desai. The B grade religious/mythological movie had Manhar Desai, Nirupa Roy, Lalita Pawar, S. N. Tripathi, Sapru, Niranjan Sharma, Babu Raje, Kumkum etc in it.
Read more on this topic…
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
During my four decades of sojourn with old Hindi films songs, I have come across many admirers of such songs among my friends, office colleagues and also within my family circle. There were categories of admirers in terms of period songs, fans of some singers, lyricists. music directors etc. There was one more category of admirers who outscored other categories in terms of numbers. Members of this group, while being admirers of popular old Hindi film songs of golden era, were by and large ignorant of other details of the songs especially names of music directors and lyricists. I also noted that out of these details, they were least interested in knowing the names of lyricists.
Read more on this topic…
Katati hai ab to zindagi
Posted on: May 7, 2012
“Naaz”(1954) was a S K Films Production, S K Ojha was the producer and director of this movie. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Nalini Jaiwant, Murad, Arif, Tiwari, Veena, Nawab, S. Nazir, Amar, K. Sabir etc in it.
Read more on this topic…
Agar bewafa tujhko pehchaan jaate
Posted on: May 7, 2012
I first became aware of Prem Dhawan in 1970s as the lyricist of the immortal patriotic song Jahan daal daal par sone ki chidiya karti hai baseraa from Sikandar e Azam. This song was composed by Hansraj Bahl. Subsequently I got to hear a few more songs which were written by Prem Dhawan and composed by Hansraj Bahl. Then I became aware of “Shaheed” (1965) and “Pavitra Paapi”(1970), where Prem Dhawan was the lyricist as well as the music director. And what nice song these two movies had !
Read more on this topic…
“Yeh Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hai” (1966) was a R K Nayyar Films production. It was produced and directed by R K Nayyar. The movie had Joy Mukherjee, Saira Bano, Ashok Kumar, Madan Puri, Motilal, Badri Prasad, Manmohan etc in it.
Read more on this topic…
“Kaala Paani” (1958) was a Navketan International Production movie. It was directed by Raj Khosla. the movie had Dev Anand, Madhubala, Nalini Jaywant, Sapru, Agha, Nazir Hussain, Krishan Dhawan, Dhiraj, Mukri, Pravin Paul, Heera Sawant, Bir Sakuja, Kishore Sahu, Rashid Khan etc in it.
Read more on this topic…
We have discussed a couple of songs from “Teesri Kasam” (1966) recently. In the course of that discussion, I have learnt the story of the novel called “Maare Gaye Gulfaam” which was picturised as “Teesri Kasam”. The movie has faithfully reproduced the flavour of the novel. The movie failed to find favour with the majority of the moviegoers during its first release, but the re-releases have seen the movie doing better.
Read more on this topic…
Dekha hai tumne jidhar jidhar
Posted on: May 6, 2012
“Nazraana”(1961) was a Venus Pictures Production. It was directed by C Sridhar and the movie had Raj Kapoor, Vyjayanthimala, Usha Kiran, Sabita Chatterjee, Gemini Ganesan, Agha, Niranjan Sharma, Achala Sachdev, Master Shahid etc in it.
Read more on this topic…
Haay ghazab kahin taara tootaa
Posted on: May 5, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
We are all very familiar with the ‘mujra’ form of dance performance. And there are umpteen songs in Hindi films that apply to this genre. The setting basically is either a family gathering for a social event, or it is the place of the dancing girl. All the famous dancers on Hindi screen have done some very wonderful ‘mujra’ songs on the screen.
Read more on this topic…
Recent comments