Archive for the ‘Actor-Singer song’ Category
Yaara o yaara ishq ne maara
Posted on: June 27, 2013
“Benaam” (1974) was produced by Ranjeet Virk and directed by Narendra Bedi. The movie had Amitabh Bachchan, Moushmi Chatterjee, Madan Puri, Prem Chopra, Iftekhar, Satyen Kappu, Shobha Khote, Dhumal, Hiralal, Sharat Saxena, Helen, Tuntun, Master Bunty, Narendra Chanchal, Pratima Devi, Viju Khote, Jagdish Raaj, Sapru, Chandu, Deepak, Rajpal, Raju Shreshtha etc in it.
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Suno suno mora mann kuchh boley
Posted on: June 21, 2013
“Chaandni” (1942), by now an obscure movie, was a Ranjit Production movie. It was directed by Jayant Desai. This movie had Ishwarlal and Khursheed in lead roles, with Dixit, Noorjahaan and Baby Kamla etc being the other actors.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Remembering Motilal, a great artist and a peerless actor, who departed from this world on 17th June, 1965. A vivacious personality, so full of life and friendship all his life, he passed away friendless and penniless. Another sad commentary on the state of affairs of this industry.
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Tere bin din naahin beete re
Posted on: June 17, 2013
“Do Dil” (1947) was a Jamuna Productions movie. It was directed by Jagdish Sethi. The movie had Motilal, Suraiyyaa, Karan Dewan, Badri Prasad, Gulab, Ram Singh, Shabnam, Sudhir, S Baburao, Khalil etc in it.
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Aata hai dil pe pyaar kyun
Posted on: June 17, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
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The Many Colors of Love #2
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लिखने वाला लिख गया है. . .
(and so the scribe has written. . .)
“Mohabbat Aisi Dhadhkan Hai Jo Samjhaayi Nahin Jaati”.
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Chanda ki chaandni mein haay raama
Posted on: June 16, 2013
“Do Dil” (1947) was a Jamuna Productions movie. It was directed by Jagdish Sethi. The movie had Motilal, Suraiyya, Karan Dewan, Badri Prasad, Gulab, Ram Singh, Shabnam, Sudhir, S Baburao, Khalil etc in it.
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Jam jam rahe meharbaan
Posted on: June 15, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Sajjaad Hussain – the enigmatic genius of the industry. A self trained composer par excellence, for whom the venerated Anil Biswas has used the epithet of the “only original composer” in Hindi films. An artist whose composition have the capacity to surprise you and confound you at the same time. No other music director comes even close to creating the fusion of the spoken sound and the music so seamlessly and so beautifully, and one is left wondering at the depth of this genius as he will move from one arrangement to another one, as the song moves from one antaraa to the next one.
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Phir nain baawre bhar bhar aaye
Posted on: June 15, 2013
“Do Dil” (1947) was a Jamuna Productions movie and it was directed by Jagdish Sethi. The movie had Motilal, Suraiyyaa, Karan Dewan, Badri Prasad, Gulab, Ram Singh, Shabnam, Sudhir, S Baburao, Khalil etc in it.
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Jhoom jhoom ke naache manwa
Posted on: June 15, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
When Manoj Kumar approached him for lyrics and music for his film on the life of Bhagat Singh, the first thing he did was he traveled to Banga village in Punjab, and personally met with the Bhagat Singh’s moher, Mata Vidyawati ji. He talked with her about the legendary martyr, his childhood, his time in college, and as a freedom fighter. And the time he spent in the prison. From these reminiscences of Mata Vidyawati, the incredible poetry that emerged from the pen of this extraordinary poet became the iconic song of patriotic inspiration – “Tu Na Rona Ke Tu Hai Bhagat Singh Ki Maa. . .”.
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“Sehra” (1948) is an obscure movie and hardly any information is available online about this movie. One song from this movie has been discussed in the past. Our beloved inhouse encyclopaedia Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh shared some rare information about this movie at that time. Here is what he has to say about this movie:-
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