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Nazar ki kataari ye kaise chali
Posted on: December 1, 2012
When I began to follow movies in my younger days then at that time Rajesh Khanna was everyone’s favourite actor. Actors of the previous generation, viz Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor and Dev Anand were considered as passe, especially by someone like me. I regarded Dev Anand as an old man trying to act as a youngster in his movies instead of acting in roles befitting his age.
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Haji Haji Haji arre Haji baba
Posted on: November 30, 2012
“Mere Sanam”(1965) was a Sippy Films Production movie. It was produced by G P Sippy and directed by Amar Kumar. The movie had Biswajeet, Asha Parekh, Pran, Rajendranath, Mumtaz, Dhumal, Achla Sachdev, Nazir Hussain, Asit Sen etc in it.
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Phir thhes lagi dil ko
Posted on: November 29, 2012
Prima Facie, it would appear that most Shammi Kapoor style movies starring Shammi Kapoor had music by Shankar Jaikishan. But that is not really the case. There have been several music directors compositing music for Shammi Kapoor’s movies beginning from “Tumsa Nahin Dekha” (1957) when Shammi Kapoor finally came into his own.
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If a Hindi movie is named “Sadhana”, “Raagini”, “Kalpana” etc then one can be rest assured that the movie will not have the actress of that name in these movies. But it is different with a movie title like “Johny Walker” (1957). This movie, which was a Natraj production movie directed by Ved Mohan, had Johny Walker in the title role. The movie also had Shyama, Tony Walker, Raj Mehra, Amar, Sulochana etc in it.
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Aasmaan ka ticket kataa lo
Posted on: November 29, 2012
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
After the Talkie films got established and enjoyed a good response from public, more people entered the business, more films were made and naturally more actors and actresses were needed. There was no problem in getting good, educated and talented actors. Problem was getting good, educated and talented actresses.
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Ek Chhokariya beech bajariya
Posted on: November 28, 2012
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
When Alam Ara was released in 1931, people were awe-struck. Additionally, there were 7 songs in it. It was a novelty that the moving images on screen not only talked but they also sang. Alam Ara was lauded as a Landmark. One would imagine that there must have been a spate of Talkie films in its wake, but surprisingly only 24 in 1931, 61 in 1932 and 76 films in 1933 were made. This was because silent films were still being made till september 1934. Further the new filmmakers were yet to join the field. After 1934 the number crossed 100 and never stopped again.
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Tumse nahin kam tumse nahin kam
Posted on: November 28, 2012
“Chham Chhama Chham” (1952) was a Mohan Pictures Production. It was directed by P L Santoshi. The movie had Kishore Kumar, Rehana, Radha Krishnan, Pran, Mohana etc in it.
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Meri jhilmil jhilmil bindiya
Posted on: November 27, 2012
“Mama Bhanja” (1977), not to be confused with Manmohan Desai directed “Chacha Bhatija” (1977), was directed by Naresh Kumar. The movie had real life Chacha bhatija (Shammi Kapoor and Randhir Kapoor ) playing Mama and Bhanja respectively. The movie also had Parveen Babi, Asha Sachdev, Nadira, Jagdish Raj, Lalita Pawar, Ram Mohan etc in it.
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Aa pardesi baalma morey angnaa
Posted on: November 27, 2012
“Chham Chhama Chham” (1952) was a Mohan Pictures Production. It was directed by P L Santoshi. The movie had Kishore Kumar, Radha Krishnan, Rehana, Pran, Mohana etc in it.
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Mujhse shaam suhaani
Posted on: November 24, 2012
“Meri Biwi Ki Shaadi” (1979) was adapted from “Haay Mera Dil”, a drama first staged in 1970s and which went on to complete over 1000 shows over the next four decades.
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