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It has been mentioned by several readers that Dev Anand appeared almost immortal to them and it was inconceivable to them that he could ever die. But time and tide waits for none and everyone has to succumb some day. Dev Anand breathed his last on 3rd of december 2011 at the age of 88. He led an active life till the end. His zest for life and his youthful exuberance is something that is difficult to emulate for most people. With time , he had lost weight and had shrunk as was bound to happen, but his mental faculties continues to be sharp and he could still walk on his feet. Most people can only dream of such physical fitness if they ever live up to that age.
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Tu pea aur jee
Posted on: December 4, 2011
“Des Pardes” (1978) was a movie on the theme of NRIs including illegal immigrants. This movie introduced Tina Munim to Hindi movies.This was the first Dev Anand movie that I watched during its initial release.
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“Hare Rama Hare Krishna” (1971) which discussed the then popular “Hippie culture” was the second movie directed by Dev Anand. This movie was hugely popular and it set some new trends in India. This movie made Zeenat Aman an instant star and a fashion icon.
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Dev Anand, who left for heavenly abode yesterday (3th december 2011) in London, was a legend among legends in the annals of Indian movie industry. He started his career in 1940s as an actor and quickly went on to become one of the big three heroes of 1950s, other two being Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar. Dev Anand typically played suave, urban, dashing and stylish characters in his movies. He got his first break in Prabhat theatre’s “Hum Ek Hain” (1946). He got his big break in “Ziddi” (1948) and that enabled him to get a foothold in the industry. Soon, he set up his own production house, viz Navketan too.
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Pukaaro mujhe naam lekar pukaaro
Posted on: December 4, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Continuing with the series of delightful but rare songs from Mukesh. This offering is a lovely heartfelt melody from an unreleased and obscure film from 1964, ‘Bhool Na Jaanaa’. The songs, that have thankfully not been lost, are a wonderful treat, and the credit goes to Daan Singh, who is the composer for this film. Practically all the songs of this film are gems of the first water, something that speaks to the unsung talent of this great musician from Jaipur. There are seven songs available from this unreleased film, three of which are already discussed on this blog, viz. “Mere Humnasheen Mere Humnawaan” sung by Geeta Dutt, “Gora Gora Mukhdaa Ye Tu Ne Kahaan Paayaa Hai” sung by Mukesh, and “Gham e Dil Kis Se Kahoon” also by Mukesh. The earlier posts include brief write ups about the circumstances of this film, and how it got shelved. A film about the 1962 war with China, it got entangled with the changed government policy in 1964-65 to not depict anything negative about China. And Daan Singh, a very talented musician, was branded unlucky with his very first venture itself.
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Most movie songs that people get to hear are included in the movies, and so audios as well as videos of most songs are available. But there are cases when some songs are excluded for one reason or the other.
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Tumhi to meri poojaa ho
Posted on: December 4, 2011
Suhaagan (1964) was an A L S production movie. This movie, which had flopped at the box office was directed by K S Gopalkrishnan. The movie had Guru Dutt, Mala Sinha, Feroz Khan, David Abraham, Leela Chitnis, Om Prakash, Nazir Hussain, Deven Verma, Indira, Lata Sinha, S. Varlaxmi etc in it.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music
A qawwaali with a difference. In that the performers on screen are not sitting down, but are prancing around in a completely free format. This is not the only non-sitting-down qawwaali performance, but I am sure it must be a very strong contender of being one of the funniest qawwaali performances to be seen on screen.
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Meri muhabbat paak muhabbat
Posted on: December 3, 2011
“April fool” (1964) is a movie which was produced and directed by Subodh Mukherji. The movie had Biswajeet and Saira Bano in lead roles.
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