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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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4697 Post No. : 16388

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#the Special Voices of the Decade (1971-1980) – 8 # Usha Mangeshkar #
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Welcome all to the eighth article in this series. Today’s voice is Usha Mangeshkar.
Today’s voice needs no introduction as all of us like minded people are aware about her family members and how she joined her elder sisters in singing for movies.
We are also aware of how she has carved a niche for herself among the many singers who ruled the hearts of millions of cine goers and HFM lovers in all these years.
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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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4697 Post No. : 16387 Movie Count :

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When I was about 15 year old, I saw Dev Anand for the first time. Not on screen, but in person. I had gone to my Uncle, who was an assistant Police Commissioner in Bombay that time. Through his contacts, we attended a shooting of Dev’s film. After this I saw Ashok kumar, Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor and many other actors and actresses in person at various times. Though I did not speak to any cine artiste in those times, I have seen them with my own eyes. So, I had access to their first hand information, their films, songs, music etc. All the material was available in film magazines, newspapers and also in books. If I had wanted to write about them at that time, all the material was available – all credible, genuine and full of facts which could be corroborated or checked with them or with persons close to them……
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4696 Post No. : 16385

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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2011-2021) – Song No. 24
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This day ten years ago(27 May 2011) saw five songs getting covered in the blog. Here are the details:-

Blog Post number Song Movie (Year) Remarks
3931 Chaandni raat aur taare khile hon Bhakt Surdas(1942) Movie YIPPEED by now
3922 Kyun shiqwaa karen kyun aah bharen Pagle(1950) 7 songs covered out of 9 by now
3933 Kahaan hai tu mere sapnon ke raajaa Afsaanaa(1951) Movie YIPPEED by now
3934 Hari ko bisaaro naa Hari na bisaarenge Narsimha Avtaar(1949) 4 songs covered out of 9 by now
3955 Kisi se mili hai nazar be iraadaa Aakhri Sajdaa(1977) Movie YIPPEED by now

Three movies (out of five) whose songs were covered ten years ago have been YIPPEED by now. That leaves us with two movies whose songs are eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (27 May 2021).
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4695 Post No. : 16383

“Hamshakal” (1974)was produced by T Govindrajan and directed by Jambu for Olympic Pictures, Madras. The movie had Rajesh Khanna, Tanuja, Moushumi Chatterjee, Rajesh Behl, Asrani, Meena T., Uma Dhawan, Baby Sonu, Jankidas, Prem Kumar, Madhukar, Pahalwan, Kumud Chhugani, Jagdeep etc. David, Aruna Irani, Manmohan and Asit Sen made special appearances in this movie.
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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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4694 Post No. : 16380 Movie Count :

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‘Sajni’ (1940) was produced under the banner of Sudama Productions and was directed by Sarvottam Badami. The cast included Prithviraj Kapoor, Sabita Devi, Snehprabha Pradhan, Noor Jahan (Sr.), Tarabai, Ghory, Kesri, Dixit, Shakir etc. The story and dialogues for of the film were written by Zia Sarhadi. P L Santoshi, Pandit Indra and Zia Sarhadi wrote the songs which were set to music by Gyan Dutt.
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This article is written by Peevesie’s mom, 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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4693 Post No. : 16379

Hullo Atuldom

This is one of the posts which pays tribute to one great and wishes happy birthday to another.

With this we also will be taking this movie a step closer to YYIIPPEEEEHOOD!!!

“Doosra Aadmi” directed by Ramesh Talwar & produced by Yash Chopra had a cast headed by Rakhee- Neetu Singh- Rishi Kapoor with a supporting cast of Deven Verma, Sheetal, Satyen Kappu, Gita Siddharth, and Parikshat Sahni in a special appearance and Shashi Kapoor in guest appearances. It had songs penned by Majrooh Sultanpuri and tuned by Rajesh Roshan.
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4693 Post No. : 16377 Movie Count :

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Yearwise discussion of Lata Mangeshkar songs in HFM: Part XXXV: Year 1981
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In this episode, we discuss Lata Mangeshkar songs that she sang in Hindi movies released in 1981.
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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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4692 Post No. : 16376 Movie Count :

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Most of us like to see films, be it on a TV, in a cinema hall, or through DVD. Some like old films, some like new films. Did you ever see films like, Khooni Khanzar, Dagabaj Doctor, Shaitaan ka paash, Char chakram, Daku Rani Talwarwali, Jaadu ka dandaa, Zinda Laash, Revolver Rani, Sindbad-Alladin-Alibaba, Flying man, Fighter Sheela, Khooni Darinda, Tarzan aur Jadugar, Tarzan aur Jadui Chiraag, Golden Gang, Murde ki jaan khatare mein, or Jadui putli ?
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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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4691 Post No. : 16375 Movie Count :

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‘Bahurani’ (1940) was produced by Kishore Sahu under the banner of the then newly set up, India Artists Ltd. The star cast included Kishore Sahu and Rose in the lead roles with Anuradha, Mubarak, Pratima Devi, Masood, Nana Palsikar etc in the supporting role. The film had its mahurat shot taken in January 1940 under the direction of Mubarak. In February 1940, R S Junnarkar was assigned the direction of the film along with Mubarak. So, it was their joint directorial venture. For Mubarak, it was his maiden attempt as a director which happened to be his last film as a director. R S Junnarkar was a screen-play and dialogue writer for Huns Pictures of Master Vinayak. It was also his first Hindi film as a director.
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4690 Post No. : 16374

“Maalik”(1958) was produced by Naushad and directed by S M Yusuf for Sunny Art Productions, Bombay. This movie had Suraiyya,Talat Mahmood, Lalita Pawar,Jeevan, Kumar, Paro, Roopmala, Malika, Shalini, Akbar, Kaisar Bai, Radha Kishen, Mukri, Badriprasad, Jagdeep, Prakash, Shahji, Baby Shashi, Master Azaad,Ismayil,Tuntun, Jaago,Maqbool, Siddique, Wasi, Nawab, M Y Shaikh etc in it.
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