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1950s saw a trend of suspense movies in Hndi movies. These movies were obviously inspired by Western movies of the same genre. Some nice suspense movies got made in that decade.

Hindi suspense movies had one thing that was missing in Western suspense movies, viz songs. 😀 And seeing what great musical talents Hindi movies had at that disposal, music lovers have been left with a rich legacy of great songs from such movies.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

Tadbeer (1945) is a social drama, produced and directed by Jayant Desai. It is a film about the unkind hand of fate in the life of a kind hearted, religious and an upright person.
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Every “new” K L Saigal songs that are being discussed these days are like going into unchartered waters, because we are now discussing those K L saigal songs which are not all that commonly known. These are songs that were not played much during Radio Ceylon’s “Puraani filmon ke geet” programme, and these songs are not yet available on youtube.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

Lootera (1965) is a story of pirates and princesses. It is a B grade action drama, with a star cast that includes Dara Singh, Prithviraj Kapoor, Nishi, Helen, Hiralal, Jeevan, Maruti, Bela Bose and others. The music of this movie is simply superb. All songs of this movie are very hummable and well known. And all songs, except one, are rendered by Lata Mangeshkar.
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“Anita”(1967) is a movie starring Manoj Kumar and Sadhana. it was the third part of a trilogy of mystery woman movie that Raj Khosla made. The other two being Wo Kaun Thi and Mera Saayaa. But much has changed by 1967 when this movie was released. But much had changed in all these years. Sadhana, who looked so pretty and stunning with a glowing face, had lost much of her facial glow and charm following some illness. This movie, to the best of my knowledge, was not as much of a success as the other two movies.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

Ajit Merchant, a leading music director for Gujarati films and for the theatre world in Bombay, passed away about 4 months ago (18th March, 2011). He was 80 plus. Although better known for his work in the Gujarati cinema, he did compose music for Hindi movies, albeit a small number. By some accounts, his offerings in the Hindi film world number less than 10. An accomplished music director, Ajit Merchant gave a first important break to a struggling Jagjit Singh in the late 60s. Raj Kapoor was also a fan of Ajit Merchant. It is said that after hearing the song “mari ankh no afini tara roop no bandhani . . .” (from the Gujarati film “Divadndi” he requested Shankar Jaikishan also to listen to it. The result of this reference was the song “Mera joota hai japaani” from film Shri 420, based on the tune of the Gujarati song.
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