Archive for the ‘Bhajan’ Category
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
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Lesser known singers- Singer 6 (Binota Chakraborty)
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In the early era of films, the line between the various language films was very thin. Films were often made taking inspiration from other language films. Many times films were made on topics related to other languages. For example, films on Sant Tukaram, Dnyaneshwar, Sant Sakhu, Gora Kumbhar and even Namdeo-the saints popular in Maharashtra-were made in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu languages. Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films were also made on the lives of on Sant Tulsidas and Kabir.
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“Maha Pooja” (1954) was an Amr Jyoti Films Production. It was directed by Shanti Kumar. the movie had Amirbai Karnataki, Shashi Kapoor (not the better known one), Anant Marathe, Naina, Prem Adib, Ratnamala etc.
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“Shabaab”(1954) was a Sadiq Production movie. It was produced and directed by M Sadiq. The movie had Bharat Bhushan, Nutan, Wasti, Badriprasad, Yashodhara Katju etc in it.
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Hari basey sakal sansaara
Posted on: September 12, 2012
“Achhoot Kanya” (1936) was a Bombay Talkies Production. It was produced by Himanshu Rai and directed by Franz Osten. The movie had Ashok Kumar and Devika Rani in lead roles.
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Today (20 august) is the death anniversary of Avinash Vyas. Avinash Vyas had a long career in Hindi movie beginning from 1943 (Mahasati Anusuya) to 1981 (Bhakt Gora Kumbhar).
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Tum mere swaami antaryaami
Posted on: August 7, 2012
Today (7 August) is the birth anniversary of P L Santoshi, who was a movie maker as well as a leading lyricist of 1940s and 1950s.
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Raam naam Ghanshyaam naam
Posted on: July 14, 2012
This article is written by Shekhar Gupta, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Yatrik (1952) was one of New Theatres’ last productions before it went on a five-decade hibernation in 1955 after the Bengali movie Bakul.
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Preet kiye dukh hoye
Posted on: July 2, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I remember the film GARAM COAT(1955) mainly because I had listened to one of its songs ‘jogiyaa se preet kiye dukh hoye’ in my friend’s house sometime in early 70s. Thereafter, I do not remember to have heard this song on the radio or any other medium until a few days back on YT.
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“Johny Mera Naam” (1970) was a Trimurti Films Provate Limited production. It was produced by Gulshan Rai and directed by Vijay Anand. The movie had Dev Anand, Hema Malini, Pran, PremNath, Randhawa, Padma Khanna, Jeevan, Jagadish Raj, Sulochana Latkar, I.S.Johar, Ifthekar, Sajjan, Sham Kumar, Tabassum, Dulari, Madhup Sharma, Anil, Chander, Mridula, Radheshyam, Bihari, V.Gopal, Keshav Rana, Subroto, Baby Reshma, Saudagar Singh, Hardith Singh etc in it.
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