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“Kinaare Kinaare” (1963) was produced and directed by Nyay Sharma, a poet and lyricist.
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“Anjali” (1957) was a Kalakunj Production movie. It was directed by Chetan Anand. The movie had Chetan Anand, Sheila Ramani, Mehmood, Sitara, Nimmi, V. S. Thapa, Sapru, Kumkum, Krishna Dhawan, Kammo, Jagdish Raaj, Misra etc in it.
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This article is written by Pamir Harvey, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

June 30th is the date of the publication of Saratchandra Chaterjee’s famous novel Devdas. It was published in 1917, thus we celebrated its 97th birthday on 30 june this year (2014). Devdas has, like no other novel before it or after, captured the imagination of film-makers in India. According to Wikipedia, there have been 16 films based on this story. Two of them have been made in Pakistan and Bangladesh each.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

The mention of this name brings to mind, the mindless sidelining and disregard of talent that was ever the most gifted and capable. But that is life – the unfortunate unkindness it metes out to some people is beyond our intelligence to understand. Comes to mind the lines of Meera Bai’s bhajan –

Koel Kar Dini Kaali
Santo, Karman Ki Gati Nyaari

That the Koel bird is endowed with such a beautiful voice that is incomparable, but the same Maker also made it black and ugly, such are the vagaries of destiny.
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“Mujhe Jeene Do” (1963) was directed by Moni Bhattacharya for Ajanta Arts. The movie had Sunil Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Cuckoo, Nirupa Roy, Rajendranath, Siddhu, Tarun Bose, Dulari, Manorama, Mohan Choti, Asit Sen, Mumtaz, Krishan Dhawan, Sapru, Anwar, Madhumati, Rashid Khan, Babloo, Durga Khote etc in it.
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“Kinaare Kinaare” (1963) was a labour of love for Nyay Sharma, a poet and lyricist. This venture turned out to be a nightmare for him and it ruined him.
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“Anjali” (1957) was a Kalakunj Production movie. It was directed by Chetan Anand. The movie had Chetan Anand, Sheila Ramani, Mehmood, Sitara, Nimmi, V. S. Thapa, Sapru, Kumkum, Krishna Dhawan, Kammo, Jagdish Raaj, Misra etc in it.
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“Samundari Daaku” (1956) was directed by A R Zameendaar for Cine Art Pictures. This obscure movie had Nasir Khan, Nadira, Kumkum, Johnny Walker, Iftekhar, Indu Paul etc in it.
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This article is written by Peevesie’s mom, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

Actually when we were racing towards 10000 I had thought that we will be reaching 10000 on June 27th and it will coincide with RD Burman’s birthday. But that was not to be as after all Atul has his responsibilities towards work and family which are a natural first in any one’s life. So we have reached Gaana number 9931. Chalo lets March Onto 10000.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

THE JOY OF NFS (Song No. 10) Last song of the series
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In the early 40s through the mid 60s, Radio was the only common entertainer for every household. Of course the choice of Gramophone was also there, but only few people could afford to own a gramophone. I remember, our morning used to open with melodious Bhajans from the Radio. Those days’ Mumbai Radio Station’ ( from the beginning, it was called Mumbai Radio station only-not Bombay anytime. For Hindi service it was Bambai) used to start early at 5.30 a.m. It first played Shehnai and then very sweet Bhajans, for an hour or so. That is how Juthika Roy and D.V.Paluskar’s names were etched on the memory card for ever. To listen to their bhajans was a divine experience.
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