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There were three top heroes in Hindi movies in 1950s. Of them, viz. Raj Kapoor expired in 1980s and Dev Anand just a few days back. One of them, viz Dilip Kumar is still around. He in fact is celebrating his 89th birthday today. He was born on 11 th december 1922 in Peshawar,now in Pakistan. He made his debut in Hindi movies with “Jwaar Bhata” (1944) and his made his mark as a hero with “Jugnu” (1947) and soon he became a hot property in Hindi movies and earned him the sobriquet of “Tragedy king”. It is not an accurate description, becuase he has worked in several light hearted movies as well.
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Main teri nazar ka suroor hoon
Posted on: December 11, 2011
I have discussed as many as five songs from “Jahaan Ara” (1964). There are more nice songs in this movie and every one of them needs to be included in the blog.
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“Chhoomantar” (1956) is a movie which was produced by Sadiq Productions and directed by M Sadiq. The movie had Karan Dewan, Shyama, Johny Walker, Jagirdar, S. Banerjee, Raj Mehra, Amar, Anita Guha, etc in it.
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- In: Arun Kumar Mukherjee-Parul Ghosh duet | Arun Kumar Mukherji songs | Duet | Feelings of heart | Lyrics by Sadanand Kamath | Lyrics contributed by readers | Missing the loved ones | Parul Ghosh songs | Separation song | Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950) | Songs of 1943 | Yearwise breakup of songs
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“Kismat” (1943) is a movie which was produced by Bombay Talkies Ltd, Bombay. Gyan Mukherji was the producer and the star cast had Ashok Kumar, Mumtaz Shanti, Shah Nawaz, Moti, P.F.Pithawala, Prahlad, Harun, Mubarak etc. This movie was India’s first multi starrer movie and also the most successful movie of those days. This movie was the original lost and found movie which was then copied and emulated in countless number of movies for several decades to come.
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Guzre hain aaj ishq mein
Posted on: December 10, 2011
“Dil Diya Dard Liya” (1966) is one of the first “old” movies that I became aware of as a pre teen kid, and my impression about old movies being melancholic stuff was mainly based on this movie, its songs and also its title.
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- In: "Aankh" song | Aansoo song | Feelings of heart | Lyrics by Khyati Bhatt | Lyrics contributed by readers | Melancholic song | Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970) | Songs of 1964 | Talat Mehmood solo | Talat Mehmood songs | Translation by Sudhir | Translations by readers | Yearwise breakup of songs
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Most movies of the olden days had great music. In fact, music served as a major attraction for movie goers. There were many movies that became hits mainly because of the music.
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“Inquilaab” (1956) is an obscure movie which was a W S Fims production. It was directed by Kedar Kapoor. The movie had Ranjan, Shyama, Kuldip Kaur, Tiwari, Sunder, Helen, Sapru etc.
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Ik baar to mil lo gale
Posted on: December 10, 2011
“Andher Nagri Chaupat Raja” (1955) is a Chitramahal production. This movie was directed by Shamim Bhagat. This movie had Chitra, B. M. Vyas, Uma Devi, Gope, Amarnath, David Abraham etc in it.
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When it comes to singers of the earlier decades, Amirbai Karnataki is a singer that I love to listen to. While searching for songs sung by her, I came across this rare and absolutely wonderful song.
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