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There may be more Hindi movies called “Laila Majnu” than one can count, but the two main movies of this title that I can readily recall are the ones that came in 1953 and 1976. The 1953 movie had Nutan and Shammi Kapoor playing the legendary lovers while the same roles wre enacted by Ranjeeta and Shammi Kapoor’s nephew Rishi Kapoor , respectively.
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Balam kabhi aa sajan kabhi aa
Posted on: July 20, 2011
Lata was Madan Mohan’s female singer of choice, but it does not mean that he has not used other female singers in his songs. Curiously enough, Madan Mohan did not use the voice of Lata in the movie called “Bombay Race Course” (1965). The female singers in this movie were Asha Bhonsle and Suman Kalyanpur.
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It is on 19th july 2008 that this blog was born. Today this blog has completed three years. This gives me an opportunity to look back and reminisce on the musical journey that this blog has undergone in these three eventful years.
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Ham pe ilzaam ye kyun hai
Posted on: July 19, 2011
Here is a Helen song with a difference.In this song, Helen is not performing a cabarat or even a mujra. Rather she is emoting like a “normal” actress. Yes, Helen had a big enough role in this movie called “Kahin Din Kahin Raat” (1968).
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Main kyun na naachoon aaj kaho jee
Posted on: July 18, 2011
“Paighaam” (1959)which was a Gemini Pictures productions, is a movie that had Dilip Kumar and Raj Kumar together for the first time. This big budget movie was directed by S S Vasan.
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I am aware of the more popular songs of “Boot polish” (1953) and I have in fact discussed three songs from this movie in the past. I have not seen the movie, so I am not aware of all the songs of this movie.
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“Dushman” appears to be quite a popular title of Hindi movies. About half a dozen movies of this name have been produced so far. In this blog, I have discussed songs from three such movies, viz “Dushman” (1938),”Dushman”(1957) and “Dushman” (1971).
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I have heard this song many a times but I was not aware of its details till recently. It is only just now that I have come to know that this song is from “Saawan Ki Ghata” (1966). The song is sung by Asha Bhonsle. The music is composed by O P Nayyar.
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Aisa lagey kahin door se
Posted on: June 30, 2011
It is generally believed that songs become rare and obscure due to ravages of time. And the process is speeded up if the song is from an obscure movie.
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Meha barasne lagaa hai aaj ki raat
Posted on: June 20, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
Shaque (1976) is an off-beat social drama, with a notable star cast. The main players in this film are Vinod Khanna, Shabana Azmi, Utpal Dutt, Durga Khote, Bindu, Farida Jalal, besides other lesser known actors. The movie is written, co-produced and directed by the husband wife team of Aruna Raje and Vikas Desai. (This team also wrote and directed Gehraayee (1980) and Sitam (1982)). The theme of Shaque is about a marriage endangered by doubts and fear.
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