Archive for the ‘Asha Bhonsle songs’ Category
“Nishaan” (1965) was a Basant Pictures production. It was produced by Homi Wadia and directed by Aspi Irani. The movie had Sanjeev Kumar, Nazima, Helen, Prem Chopra, Sheikh Mukhtar, Shammi, Mukri, Samson, Sulochana Latkar, Ratnamala, Babu Raje, Hiralal, Bismillah, Uma Dutt, Gaikwad, Korega, Mithoo Miyan, Yadav etc in it.
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Ye aankhen jhuki jhuki si
Posted on: August 25, 2013
“Kab Kyun Aur Kahaan” (1970) was produced and directed by Arjun Hingorani. It was he who hit upon the idea of using three word titles, with each word beginning with K. That worked for him as well, seeing that the titles of his movies continued to be like that till 1990s, with titles like “Kahaani Kismat ki” (1973), “Khel Khilaadi Ka” (1977), Kaatilon Ke Kaatil(1981), Kaun Kare Kurbaani (1991) etc. Now you know where Ms Kapoor got her inspiration for all her TV serials with titles beginning with K.
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“Putlibai” (1972), though a recent movie by the standards of this blog has been all but forgotten. If this movie is still remembered by afew music lovers then that is mainly because of a timeless qawwali that this movie contained. This qawwali was Aise besharm aashiq hai ye aaj ke (Putlibai) by Yusuf Azad and Rashida Khatoon, two famous real life qawwaals of those days.
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Oh re baanke sipahiya
Posted on: August 25, 2013
“Behroopiya” (1971) was a Madan Chitra Production movie. It was produced by Ram Kumar and directed by Rajesh Nanda. The movie had Dheeraj Kumar, Snehlata, Faryal, Madhumati,Junior Mehmood, Hira Lal, Honey Irani, Daisy Irani, Helen, Chitra, Ram Kumar, Sheikh etc in it.
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Teri nazron ne hamko chheda hai
Posted on: August 22, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This is the second song in the series “Music Directors singing for other Music Directors”.
This is a song from film BARAATI-1954,sung by Chitalkar and Asha Bhonsale. The Music Director was Roshan.
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Aaj ki haseen raat hans ke guzaar
Posted on: August 21, 2013
“Ek Raat” (1967) was an East and West Movies productions. It was directed by Rajnath. The movie had Sheikh Mukhtar, Shyama, Simi Garewal, Madan Puri, Samson, Laxmi Chhaaya, Ravi Kumar, David Abraham etc in it.
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Bhole piyaa jaane kya tumne kiya
Posted on: August 21, 2013
“Poonam Ki Raat” (1965) was produced and directed by Kishore Sahu. The movie had Manoj Kumar, Kumud Chhugani, Kishore Sahu, Nandini, Shiv Kumar, Rajendranath, Robin Banerji, Sapru, Jankidas, Prem Chopra, etc in it.
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Meri raakhi ki rakhiyo tu aan re
Posted on: August 20, 2013
“Naya Kanoon” (1965) was a movie with a different story line. Most movie goers of the time were not mature to appreciate such movies and as such the movie failed at the box office. Here is what Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh, our beloved inhouse encyclopaedia, has to say about this movie:
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Paas aakar to yoon na sharmaaiye
Posted on: August 18, 2013
“Laadla”(1966) was directed by R Krishnan and S Panju under the banner of AVM productions. The movie had Balraj Sahni, Nirupa Roy, Kumud Chuggani, Sudhir Kumar, Mukri, Johnny Whisky, Pandhari Bai, Jagdeep, Shammi, Sulochana Chatterjee, Chandni, Gayatri, Swaraj Kumar Gupta, Kunwar Kesho, Manmohan Krishna, Parshuram, V D Puranik, Umesh Sharma etc in it.
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Nainon mein sooraj ki kirnen
Posted on: August 14, 2013
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Today, the 14th of August 2013, is the second death anniversary of our beloved Shammi Kapoor.
It feels like just yesterday that news of his death splashed on TV, shocking many of us and keeping us in a state of sadness for days after the event. And yet, it is two years already. How time flies!
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