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3483 Post No. : 13991 Movie Count :

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“Nai Maa” (1960) was produced by A A Nadiadwala and directed by P L Santoshi for Pushpa Pictures, Bombay. This “social” movie had Balraj Sahni, Shyama, Peace Kanwal, Maruti, Bela, Daisy Irani, Rani, Niranjan Sharma, Maqbool, Jilani, Kathana, Shiv Kumar in it.
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This is the 200th song of N Datta as a music director in the blog.

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3481 Post No. : 13985 Movie Count :

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Missing Films of 1960s – 53
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Lal Lal Gaal. . .

I know I do not need to say more. Everyone is so familiar this song. And the special thing about this song? In my humble opinion, this probably is the fastest melody that any music director has got Rafi Sb to sing. The year is 1957 and the film – ‘Mr X’.

And then, this same music director, ten years later, has got the booming voice Mahendra Kapoor to sing the softest of the melodies – “Chaand Bhi Koi Deewaana Hai. . .”. The year is 1968 and the film – ‘Apna Ghar Apni Kahaani’.

Remembering N Datta – well quite late for his anniversary (both of which fell in December). And so this post has also been in the making, for well about a month.
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Blog Day : 3481 Post No. : 13984

“Ek Mutthi Aasmaan”(1973) was directed by Veerendra Sinha for Pragati Chitra International, Madras. The movie, descrobed as a social movie , had Radha Saluja, Vijay Arora, Gulshan Arora, Aruna Irani, Kamini Kaushal, I S Johar, Kamal Kapoor, Mahendra (south), Sanjeeva etc, with guest appearances by Yogita Bali, Lalita Pawar, Mehmood, Fariyaal, Kiran, Rajat Rakshit and Pran.
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Blog Day : 3478 Post No. : 13974

“Aalingan” (1974) was directed by C L Dheer for Jasmine Films. The movie had Romesh Sharma, Zaheera, Anjana Mumtaz, Satyen Kappu, Suresh Chatwal, Aashu, Jugnu, Achla Sachdev, Nitin Sethi, Raji Sethi, Chanda, Poonam, Vinod Sharma, Raj Verma, Nagar, Chandu, Pampi etc in it.
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3478 Post No. : 13973 Movie Count :

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Rare Gems – Laxmikant Pyarelal
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Being a fellow contributor to the ASAD blog, one is privy to being in the WhatsApp group, which while reading through the posts sometime back I came across my name and I was surprised. Atul Ji, the creator of ASAD had mentioned that my name had come up as the one with the longest absence from the group, with my last post more than two years ago.

It’s true and I would like to sincerely apologise to one and all about this. It can be attributed to many reasons including work etc, but it was never the lack of interest. My love for HFM and listening to it (and that too rare songs) is what gives me the maximum pleasure and acts as a real pain killer and a soother of sorts.

I have been meaning to post this song from almost immediately after my last post here. It is as rare as songs can go and would fit in to any programs broadcasted by SLBC (Radio Ceylon for us old timers) like Bhoole Bisre Geet or Jaane Pehchane Geet, etc
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Blog Day : 3477 Post No. : 13969

“Ek Mutthi Aasmaan”(1973) was directed by Veerendra Sinha for Pragati Chitra International, Madras. The movie, descrobed as a social movie , had Radha Saluja, Vijay Arora, ulshan arora, Aruna Irani, Kamini Kaushal, I S Johar, Kamal Kapoor, Mahendra (south), Sanjeeva etc, with guest appearances by Yogita Bali, Lalita Pawar, Mehmood, Fariyaal, Kiran, Rajat Rakshit and Pran.
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Blog Day : 3476 Post No. : 13963

“Shaan” (1980) was a movie directed by Ramesh Sippy and produced by Sippy Films. Music was by Rahul Dev Burman and Anand Bakshi was the lyricist. The credits of the movie show a dancer shaking herself to Usha Uthup’s singing and Mohd. Rafi is credited as late Mohd. Rafi. (The release date of the movie was 12 Dec 1980.) Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Usha Mangeshkar and RD were the other singers.

Amitabh Bachchan- Shashi Kapoor- Shatrughan Sinha were the male lead with Sunil Dutt being credited as special appearance. Rakhee- Parveen Babi- Bindiya Goswami were the female lead with Helen and Bindu putting in guest appearances. Johnny Walker headed the supporting cast and Mazhar Khan made his debut in this movie and Kulbhushan Kharbanda got his first villain role, though the movie didn’t do the same wonders for him as Ramesh Sippy’s previous “Sholay” did for Amjad Khan. Salim- Javed were the script writers. The movie was of the typical-Bollywood-masala genre. Sunil Dutt played an upright cop with Amitabh and Shashi as his time-wasting, happy-go-lucky, “naalaayak” brothers who are jolted to being responsible persons when their brother gets gruesomely-murdered. Then the movie follows standard lines of the brothers seeking out the villain with the help of Shatru and entering the villain’s den in disguise as folk dancers etc. in between all this they also find time to con a few people, fall in love with the heroines, have lover’s tiffs (roothna manana etc.) That gives scope for around six/ seven songs in the movie of which two are love songs, one a club dance, etc. etc.
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3476 Post No. : 13962 Movie Count :

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Missing Films of 1960s – 50
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Films get made, they are processed and censored, they get released – and quite a number of them simply fade away without a trace. The fate is shared by many a films. Unless the film was a success, or was produced by a big production house, or had a cast of actors or music director associated with it, who were well known.

I do not mean to say that all films were disasters, and were financial debacles. No. Rather many of the B/C grade adventures and stunt type films, would actually do very good business in the 2nd and 3rd tiered circuits, catering to a class of audience, who were avowed loyalists to this genre. So they may not have been failures as such. But then, not being associated with big names in the industry, there generally was no one to look after them, once the first and second runs in the theatres were done with. What with the celluloid originals requiring large storage spaces, and also the controlled environment to maintain, most producer simply turned their backs on these films, and moved on with their pockets filled as much as the film’s run could give them. After that, it was the trash heap, or the fire of silver extractors, that simply destroyed so many of these films. ‘Heritage’ is probably a word that our film industry simply does not comprehend.
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Blog Day : 3474 Post No. : 13953

The film ‘Tere Mere Sapne’ is an intense personal favorite, as are many of Vijay Anand’s films. This film is a very sensitive, rational and balanced view of the healthcare systems in our country, especially in the rural areas. Of course, the time frame is of 1960s (the film released in 1971). The medical profession and healthcare systems have seen unbelievable transformations, especially the brazen and vulgar commercialization of this profession, that was once considered a hallowed service of the people. But maybe more of that later.

I like this film, in all its aspects. I know when this film was released, there were many articles in magazines and newspapers, trying to find and point out technical and medical faults with the film’s many medical scenarios. It was like pointing out the defects in a mango, that one is no doubt enjoying, but still complaining that the skin of the mango is too thick or too thin. 🙂 My counter to this discussion was – please, hold on, this is a film, a dramatization of human situations. The director is trying to tell a story, about a very important profession in the society, attempting to exhibit certain ground realities, and also trying to suggest some approaches. It is not a treatise on anatomy or cardiology, that should be scientifically perfect, but does not tell a story.
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3474 Post No. : 13950 Movie Count :

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Missing Films of 1960s – 48
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Going by just the numbers, possibly the ‘Tarzan’ genre of films is the longest such category of films in the Hindi film industry. In the first five decades (from 1931 to 1980), I have tried to pick out the filmography by manual browsing through the Geet Kosh, I am able to locate a total of 15 films that starts with the word ‘Tarzan’ – and this might well be a record in the history of Hindi films.

Debut film for today is one of these Tarzan films – ‘Tarzan Aur Circus’. This 1965 film is produced under the banner of Sargam Chitra, Bombay, and is directed by Shiv Kumar. The brief list of actors includes Azad, Chitra, Sherry, Sundar, Sujata, Rajan Kapoor etc.
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