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“Devar” (1966) was a De Luxe fims production and it was directed by Mohan Segal. This cast of this movie included names like Dharmendra,SKishore Kumar, Sabita Chatterji,Sharmila Tagore,Deven Verma, Shashikala,Dhumal, Sulochana, Raj Mehra, Sapru, Tarun Bose, Durga Khote etc.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

When the name of the picture is ‘Dara Singh’, one can be one hundred percent sure of two things. One, of course, that Dara Singh is the hero, and secondly, the theme of this film cannot be anything else other than stunt or gangsters or pirates.
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“Pehle Aap” (1944) is a movie that came as a critic juncture in the annals of Hindi movie music and it determined the course of action that Hindi movie music was to take. Songs of this movie as well as the other movies with music by Naushad were based on folk music. It was a major departure from earlier music which was based on classical rag based music. Music lovers loved this folk music based music. The classical music based songs too continued to be composed but it became clear that the key to win the public over was through folk music based songs.
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“Gharana”(1961) is a movie that was produced by Gemini Films and directed by s S Vasan. This movie had actors like Raj Kumar, Rajendra Kumar,Asha Parekh,Shubha Khote,Minu Mumtaz,Devika, Bipin Gupta, Lalita Pawaar,Aghaa,Kanhaiyyalal etc.
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I tend to get confused a lot about the movies “Bahaaron Ke Sapne” (1967) and Bahaaron Ki Manzil” (1968). “Bahaaron Ke Sapne” is a Rajesh Khanna- Asha Parekh with R D Burman’s music whereas “Bahaaron Ki Manzil” (1968) have Dharmendra and Meena Kumari in lead roles and it has music by Laxmikant Pyarelal.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

The famous poet and film maker, Kidar Sharma tells the story behind the song, Dukh ke ab din beetat naahin from the film Devdaas (1935). The film shooting, editing etc. was completed and the film was being made ready for release. A screening was arranged for the distributor companies. After the screening, one of the distributors commented about the flow of the narrative through the film, and said the flow was somewhat bumpy and not well connected in one or two places. In the brief discussion that ensued, it was decided to insert another song in the film. Given the release schedule, there was almost no time to create and film another song and then integrate it into the movie. The two of them (Saigal Saab and Kidar Sharma) got together the same evening. Kidar Saab would write the words, and Saigal Saab did the composition then and there. By the morning, the song ‘Dukh Ke Ab Din Beetat Naahin’ was ready to be produced. It was recorded the same day, and also filmed the same day.
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