Archive for the ‘“Aankh” song’ Category
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Traditionally, ghazals are supposed to be rendered in a soft voice and in a slow tempo to make the listeners understand the deep meaning behind each words. Ghazals rendered in an appropriate mood can awaken emotional feelings even in a stone-hearted person. Perhaps it was in these context that ghazals were sung in thumri style in the early 20th century, creating a melancholic mood and offering the opportunity for singers to emphasise on some specific words in the ghazals which were important in understanding the meaning in the ghazals. Singers like Begum Akhtar, Kamala Jharia, Master Madan, K C Dey, K L Saigal etc sang ghazals mostly in thumri style.
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Aankh milte hi muhabbat ho gayi
Posted on: April 11, 2013
“Aankh Ki Sharam” (1943) is quite an obscure movie by any standards. The little information that is available on internet suggests that the movie was directed by Balwant Bhatt and that the movie had Prithviraj Kapoor, Kaushalya, Agha, Trilok Kapoor, Moti, Gulab, Himalaya, Nalini Gupta etc in it.
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Meri aankhen banin deewaani
Posted on: April 10, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The magic of Jagmohan’s NFS does not end, it is for ever.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contribuor to this blog.
In India people are too quick to categorise communities. For example, they believe that every Marwadi must be Kanjoosh(stingy), every Gujrati must be a businessman, all Kashmiri women must be beautiful. All Parsees must be eccentric or all Sardarjees must be either in Army/ a carpenter or a Truck driver.
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“Neelkamal” (1947) was produced and directed by Kidar Sharma. The movie had Raj Kapoor and Madhubala in lead roles. The movie also had Begam Para, Nazira, Rajendra, Shanta Kumari, Baby Indira, Kumar Sahu , Pesi Patel, Subhashini etc in it.
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Taaron ki aankhon ka taara tu
Posted on: April 7, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
PHOOLON KI SEJ (1964) was produced by the maestro P Adinarayana Rao under the banner of Anjali Pictures. The film was based on a novel ‘Andhere Chiraag’ written by Gulshan Nanda and directed by Inder Raj Anand who also wrote screen play and dialogues for the film. The star cast included Ashok Kumar, Vyjayntimala, Manoj Kumar, Nirupa Roy, Mehmood, Shubha Khote, Anjali Devi, Lalita Pawar, Kanhaiyalal, Mukri etc. All the songs of the film were written by Hasrat Jaipuri and set to music by P Adinarayana Rao. Orchestration of the songs was done 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.
There is very little that I know about the 1953 film titled ‘Hamdard’. Well, besides the basic information of course. The Geet Kosh listings tell us that this film was produced by Asha Biswas, under the banner of Variety Pictures. The film is directed by S Bhagat, and the star cast includes Shekhar, Nimmi, Smriti Biswas, Yashodharat Katju, Ishu Jagirdar, Harish Bhardwaj, Rajan Kapoor, PD Lal, KS Sengar, and Shivraj etc. The film has a total of nine songs, eight of which come from the pen of Prem Dhawan and one is written by Majrooh Sultanpuri. The music is composed by Anil Biswas.
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Ankhiyon ko snaan karaakar
Posted on: April 5, 2013
“Rangeen Raaten” (1956) was an Ambitious Pictures Production. It was directed by Kidar Sharma. The movie had Shammi Kapoor, Geeta Bali, Mala Sinha, Chand Usmani, Pesi Patel, Rohit, Bhupendra Kapoor etc in it. Yes, it was one of rare movie where Shammi Kapoor and Geeta Bali had acted together.
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Raj Kapoor ki neeli aankhen
Posted on: April 2, 2013
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
pujaari husn ka hoon main
na deewaana jawaani ka
I heard these lines in the inimitable voice of Mohammed Rafi yesterday on Radio Rafi. I was looking for details regarding this song in the Database at mohdrafi.com, so not paying much attention to the radio playing. As the words of the poem registered, it caught my attention. I managed to catch the last line in the audio clip “pujaari husn ka hoon main”.
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