Archive for the ‘Bhajan’ Category
“Naya Raasta” (1970) was produced by I A Nadiadwala and directed by Khalid Akhtar. Starcast of the movie included Asha Parekh, Jeetendra, Jayshree T., Lalita Pawar, Balraj Sahni, Sujit Kumar, Veena, Farida Jalal, Roopesh Kumar etc.
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He rom rom mein basne waale raam
Posted on: March 9, 2012
Music of “Neelkamal” (1968) has got to be one of the greatest music ever created for a Hindi movie. So much so that our own Raja began to imagine that the movie must be equally great. He waited three decades to watch the movie, but was extremely disappointed when he finally got to watch the movie.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Kavi Pradeep, the famous poet and lyricist, has been a well known figure both in the film industry and in the field of Hindi literature. He is one of the few poets who have sung their own writings in the films. Going by the numbers, probably Pradeep ji is a leader in this category of lyricist-singer. He has a fairly large number of songs to his credit, that he has sung himself.
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“Sheroo” (1957) is an S P Productions movie. It was directed by Shakti Samanta. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Nalini Jaiwant, Anoop Kumar, Rashid Khan etc in it.
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Jeewan jyoti bujhti jaaye
Posted on: December 30, 2011
In Hindi movies, a female character singing a bhajan in front of the idol of a God used to be a standard scene from 1950s to 1970s. I have always wondered who pioneered this genre of songs. Now I believe that I have got my answer. Having watched a few such songs from the earlier days of Hindi movies, I have now come to the conclusion that Amirbai Karnataki could well be the first singer to sing such bhajans as well as the first actress to enact them on screen.
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Sabko naach nachaane waala
Posted on: November 24, 2011
“Kan Kan Mein Bhagwaan” (1963) was a Roopkala pictures presentation. it was directed by Babubhai Mistry. The cast included names like Anita Guha, Mahipal, Ratnamala, Ram Singh, Krishna Kumari, Raja Nene etc in it.
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Bhaj re madhur madhur naam
Posted on: November 24, 2011
“Narsinh Avtaar” (1949) was a Minerva Movietone presentation. It was directed by Sohrab Modi. The movie had names like Mahipal, Laxman, Hari Shivdasani, Tiwari, Niranjan Sharma, Shobhana Samarth, Madan Mohan, Kamal etc in it.
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“Jailor” (1958) was a Minerva movietone movie. it was directed by Sohrab Modi. The star cast included Sohrab Modi, Geeta Bali, Kamini Kaushal,Pratima Devi, Abhi Bhattacharya, Nana Palsikar, Daisy Irani, Raj Kumar, E. Tarapore etc.
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Jiske sir upar tu swaami
Posted on: November 10, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Guru Nanak Dev ji de prakash utsav diyan saareyan nu lakh-lakh wadhaiyan hon ji!!!
A million greetings and best wishes on the occasion of the anniversary of the advent of Shri Guru Nanak Dev ji.
Today is the most significant celebration in the Sikh tradition, the day of arrival of Shri Guru Nanak Dev ji on this earth, in the year 1469. The actual calendar dates vary, because the manner in which the common use calendars have been transformed over the centuries. However, the celebration now occurs on the full moon day of the month of Kartik, which is today. Honored as the first Guru in the lineage of ten Gurus of Sikhism, he was born in the village of Talwandi, now known as Nankana Sahib, is near Lahore in present-day Pakistan.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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