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This article is written by Mahesh Mamadapur, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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6376 | Post No. : | 19773 |
WISHING ALL READERS A WONDERFUL AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 2026, FULL OF JOY, SUCCESS, PEACE, HOPE, ENERGY AND GOOD HEALTH.
As discussed in the last post, the compilation of Mukesh-Asha Bhosale duets has started. But it may take some time as it not only involves preparing a long table of 50+ rows, but also to ensure that no songs are left out and the list is complete. As this is work in progress, I thought I would squeeze in a couple of more posts in the meanwhile instead of taking a long hiatus.
Also, I would like to make the Asha Bhosale post memorable for a special occasion. For that we will cross the bridge when we reach it.
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Andhkaar mein jyot chhupee kyon
Posted on: January 1, 2026
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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6376 | Post No. : | 19772 |
Today’s song is from a Mythological film – Maayaa Machhindra – 1951.
This Super film, Bombay’s film was directed by its owner Aspy Irani. There were 4 lyricists and the music for their lyrics was composed by Premnath (Wadhva), a member of a ‘Same Name Confusion’ pair. The cast consisted of Surendra, Nirupa Roy, Trilok Kapoor, Usha Kiran, Parshuram, Amirbai, Master Vinod (Mehra) and many others.
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This article is written by Nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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6375 | Post No. : | 19771 |
In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the famous line “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet” means names are mere labels, arbitrary conventions that do not define the essence or true quality of a thing (or person). Juliet says this to Romeo, lamenting that his family name (Montague) is the only barrier to their love, as his actual person is still wonderful regardless of that name.
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This article is written by Avinash Scrapwala, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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6375 | Post No. : | 19770 |
#the Decade of Eighties – 1981 – 1990 #
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This song is from the 1983 movie ‘Beqaraar-1983’.
I have presented two songs from this movie in the past. This movie ‘Beqaraar-1983’ was directed by V.B. Rajendra Prasad for ‘Jagpati Art Pictures, Madras’. V.B. Rajendra Prasad was also the producer of this movie. He also wrote the screenplay of this movie. The cast of this movie has Ashok Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Mohnish Behl, Padmini Kolhapure, Supriya Pathak, Om Shivpuri, Satyen Kappu, Asrani, Mohan Choti, Tez Sapru, Chand Usmani, Poornima, Dulari, Seema, and Yasmeen Khan, Sangeeta Behl, Tulsi Devi, Kirti Singh, Aslam Farshauri, Manmood Khan, Master Manoj, Master Dambu and others.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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6375 | Post No. : | 19769 |
Today, December 31, 2025, is the 7th Remembrance Day of Writer-Actor Kader Khan who created a niche for himself in the midst of Hindi film’s first super star writer duo, Salim Javed. In fact, he went one step ahead of them as he was also a prolific character actor of various shades.
The life profile of Kader Khan ( 22/10/1937 – 31/12/2018) is an inspiring one. It is one more of ‘rags to riches’ stories of artists in Hindi film industries. He was born in Kabul but due to poverty, his family shifted to Mumbai and stayed in Kamathipura area in Mumbai. Soon, he lost his mother when he was an infant. His step mother ensured that Kader Khan completes his education. In the midst of extreme poverty, he completed his matriculation and joined Ismail Yusuf College in science stream. After passing Civil Engineering, he got a job as a lecturer in Saboo Siddik College of Engineering on a monthly salary of Rs.300/-. He worked as a lecturer for about seven years up to 1975.
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Is lok mein is raah mein
Posted on: December 31, 2025
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6375 | Post No. : | 19768 |
Today’s song is from a social film – Suhag-1958.
This was a film dubbed from its Tamil version titled “Tang Malai Ragsiyam”. There was a Kannada version too, titled ” Ratnagiri Rahasyam”. Both the South Indian films were made simultaneously in 1957. The Hindi version was made in 1958. I have not seen this film. All 3 versions were directed by B.R. aka Budagaru Ramakrishnaiah Panthulu. For him this was his DEBUT film as a Director. Not only him, but even his assistant Director – Puttanna Kanagal made his DEBUT in direction. Before direction, both were mere actors. Even in later years, they appeared in a few films as actors.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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6374 | Post No. : | 19767 |
Today’s song is from a social film the early era -Janmabhoomi-1936.
This was sort of a hidden or disguised Patriotic film. In those days films were scrutinised minutely by the British Government to eliminate any scene, dialogue or a song, which they suspected was a criticism of the Government. This was to ensure that there should not be any room to create or spread criticism of the Government or to promote patriotism leading to a revolt.
The police became stricter during the war period and it became the reasonKavi pradeep had to go underground for a few months for writing a daring songforthe film ” Kismet”-1943. The song was ” Door hato aye duniya walo (move away, O outsiders)”, which invited the ire of the then Government.
The first Talkie film came in 1931. The first year had just 24 films, but within a span of 3 years, the Talkie films crossed the century mark, with 121 films in 1934, 152 in 1935 and 134 in 1936. Making a film was a complicated process which needed a studio, the latest machinery and a lot of money. This was difficult for a single person and thus the Studio System got established. The studios ruled the industry and the film making. Films were sold on the names of the studios and the actors had secondary appeal to the audience.
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6373 | Post No. : | 19766 |
Today, 29th December 2025 is the eighty-third birth anniversary of Rajesh Khanna.
He needs no introduction to the Hindi Cinema lovers of yesteryears and those who have been following and studying the History of Hindi Cinema and love Hindi Cinema and its music. In fact, he is a well known and well admired actor even among the generation who came after Rajesh Khanna era was over.
Today on the occasion of the eighty-third birth anniversary of Rajesh Khanna I am presenting a song from the 1984 movie ‘Paapi Pet Ka Sawaal Hai’. I had earlier presented a song from this movie on this blog.
This movie “Paapi Pet Ka Sawaal Hai-1984” had an impressive cast viz Rajesh Khanna, Shatrughan Sinha, Rati Agnihotri, Jayaprada, Tina Munim, Kanwaljeet, Om Shivpuri, Bharat Kapoor, Mazhar Khan, Roopesh Kumar, Pinchoo Kapoor, Ajit Kumar, Nalin Dave, Meera, Sarla Yevlekar, Asha Potdar, Amarnath, Asha Sharma, Zenobia, Master Nadeem, Baby Shabana, Uttam Sodhi, Chandan, Seema, Harendra, Birbal, S.N. Tripathi, Kamaldeep, Murad, Brahma Bharadwaj, Chand Usmani, Harjeet, Shaikh, Vyas, Yasmeen, Rajan Haksar, Kartik, Kishin Singloo and others. This movie has as many as seven songs which were written by Hasrat Jaipuri-one song, M.G. Hashmat-two songs, Vishveshwar Sharma-two songs, and Prabha Thakur contributing two songs. Music for this movie was composed by Shankar-Jaikishan. Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Sharda, Prabha Thakur, Suresh Wadkar, Asha Bhonsle, and Anuradha Paudwal were the playback singers for the songs in this movie.
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Mere rasiyaa mere man basiyaa
Posted on: December 29, 2025
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6373 | Post No. : | 19765 |
‘Naya Kaanoon’ (1965) was produced by Girdharilal Manchanda and was directed by R C Talwar. The cast included Ashok Kumar, Vyjayantimala, Bharat Bhushan, Om Prakash, Purnima, Nishi, Leela Mishra, Badri Prasad, Kamal Mehra etc.
The film’s director, R C Talwar (full name: Raghubir Chandra Talwar) was born in Talagang near Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan) on April 21, 1910 in an affluent family. He completed his graduation from Lahore. Knowing that he was interested in pursuing a career in filmmaking, his father sent him to New York to get trained in film photography and sound engineering. After completing the courses, Talwar returned to India via London where he studied the working of the studio system.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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6373 | Post No. : | 19764 |
Today’s song is from yet another Kalpanik (Imaginary) film -Son of Sindbad-1958.
Produced by Balwant Bhatt and Ram Kamlani, the film was directed by the younger brother of Balwant Bhatt – Nanabhai Bhatt. In Gujarat, ‘Nana’ means younger. His real name was Yashwant and his nickname was ‘Batuk’ (means smaller).
Director Nanabhai Bhatt ( 12-6-1915 to 24-4-1999). He was a director in many films.He directed mostly Mythological and stunt films only. Nanabhai was born as Yashwant ( pet name – Batuk) at Porbandar. Since he was the younger one he was called Nanabhai ( opposite to Motabhai-elder brother). This name continued till the end. His father was a doctor. After matriculation, he went to Mumbai in 1934, where his elder brother Balwant Bhatt was working. Balwant started with Imperial,shifted to Sagar and now was with Prakash pictures of Vijay and Shankar Bhatt. He got Nanabhai a job as Sound Recordist.Soon he graduated as Production Executive. He also wrote several screenplays.
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