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It is my observation that the careers of many actors in Hindi movies were made and sustained thanks to the great music that their movies had. It is difficult to imagine these movies becoming hits without their hit music. And as we all know, Hindi moviegoers are initially attracted towards movie halls because of the music and these songs are often one of the biggest selling points of these movies. Movies without songs have a hard time finding distributors.
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“Bahu Begam” (1967) was a Sanamkada Production movie. It was directed by M Sadiq. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari, Pradeep Kumar, Sapru, Naaz, Leela Misra, Helen, Johnny Walker, Lalita Pawar, Zeb Rehman etc in it.
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By 1977, Rekha’s career was going nowhere and movie critics commented that she was wasting her career like Faryal. Faryal was held as the gold standard of career wasters those days, though I suppose Randhir Kapoor was not far behind her.
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Sadhana was one of the biggest female star of her time in 1960s. But her aura was all but gone by late 1960s and 1970s. There were several reasons for that including the fact that she fell ill at the prime of her career that kept her out of movies in late 1960s. By the time she recovered and tried to make a comeback, the Hindi movie world had moved on and the new generation of movie goers had their own stars among the newer crop of female actors.
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“Sanjog”(1961) was a Light and Shade productions movie. It was produced by Om Prakash (the actor) and directed by Pramod Chakraborty. The movie had Pradeep Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Shubha Khote,Mehmood, Sunder, Raj Mehra, Leela Misra, Om Prakash, Pachhi etc in it.
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Teri nazron ka ishaara mil gaya
Posted on: August 29, 2012
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Perhaps there is something about me which makes me always root for the underdog in any situation. In the very first men’s singles Wimbledon tennis final I followed, I rooted for the 40-year old Ken Rosewall as he was brutally brushed aside by the 22-year old all-conquering Jimmy Connors.
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Jeene de ye duniya
Posted on: August 25, 2012
Today (25 august) is the birthday of Rajeev Kapoor, the youngest son of Raj Kapoor. He is the least known among the three fim actor sons of Raj Kapoor.
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Main pankhh lagaa ke udd jaaun
Posted on: August 25, 2012
“Armaan” (1953) was a Film Trust of India production. It was directed by Fali Mistry. The movie had Madhubala, Jagirdar, Shakila, Gulab, Dev Anand, Murad, K. N. Singh etc in it.
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Aaja re aajaa na sata re piya
Posted on: August 23, 2012
“Chhoomantar” (1956) was a Sadiq Production movie. It was produced and directed by M Sadiq. The movie had Shyama, Karan Dewan, Jagirdar, S. Banerjee, Raj Mehra, Amar, Anita Guha, Johnny Walker etc in it.
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“Tilottama” (1954) was a Basant Pictures production. It was directed by Babubhai Mistry. The movie had P. Kailash, Chitra, Shree Bhagwan, Maruti, B. M. Vyas, Indira Bansal, Babu Raje, Amrut, Tribhuvan Sinha, Sarita, Devchandra, Mohimo Laxmikant, Abdulla, Yadav, Karega, Julian, Mansoor, Aftab, Rachal, Heera Sawant, Chanda, Pushpa, Gulab, Subhadra etc in it.
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