Archive for the ‘Artist century song in blog’ Category
Tum chaand ke saath chale aao
Posted on: September 10, 2012
“Aashiaana”(1952) was a Sabharwal’s production. It was directed by B Trilochan. The movie had Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Iftekhar, Mohana, Randhir etc in it.
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When the musical bandwagon of this blog rolls on at its cruising speed then we move on at the rate of 100 songs per fortnight. The previous century was one fortnight ago. In other words, we complete yet another century of songs with this song.
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Teri nazron ka ishaara mil gaya
Posted on: August 29, 2012
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Perhaps there is something about me which makes me always root for the underdog in any situation. In the very first men’s singles Wimbledon tennis final I followed, I rooted for the 40-year old Ken Rosewall as he was brutally brushed aside by the 22-year old all-conquering Jimmy Connors.
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We in this blog like to celebrate milestones. The most frequent form of milestone that we achieve in the blog are century of songs. So far we have achieved as many as 65 such centuries.
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Paa laagoon kar joree re
Posted on: August 22, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Mahipal, a name that is so familiar as the actor behind the ‘Raaj Kavi Diwaakar’ in V Shantaram’s ‘Navrang’ (1959), as the healer Zabak in Basant Picture film ‘Zabak’ (1961), or the swashbuckling swordsman Paras in Movieland’s film ‘Parasmani’ (1963), and many more characters played by him in films with historical, mythological and religious themes. But not many people know that Mahipal Chandra Bhandari, a young lad of 23 from Jodhpur, made his debut in films both as an actor and a poet. His first film as an actor, ‘Nazraana’ (1942), a twin production in Hindi and Maarwari, turned out to be a flop, and it would not be for another 8 years, till 1950, that he would catch the attention of the industry and the audience alike, as a performer on the screen. But in the interim, his talent and his childhood interest is writing poetry, kept him busy writing lyrics for films like ‘Maali’ (1944) and ‘Aap Ki Sewa Mein’ (1947).
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“Yaadon Ki Kasam” (1985) was directed by Vinod Dewan and this movie had Mithun Chakrabory, Zeenat Aman, Shakti Kapoor etc in it.
I am not much aware of this movie since this movie is from a time when my bloackout period for Hindi movies has already begun. So I was neither aware of this movie nor its songs.
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“Baaraat” (1960) was a K Amarnath Production movie. It was produced and directed by K Amarnath. The movie had Ajit, Shakila, Pratima Devi, Salim, Murad, Mukri etc in it.
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Apni baanhon se koi kaam to lo
Posted on: August 14, 2012
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This song is Hasrat Jaipuri’s 400th song in the blog
Today is the first death anniversary of Shammi Kapoor, one of Hindi cinema’s most loved actors of all-time.
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Pardes balam tum jaaoge
Posted on: July 24, 2012
“Mela” (1948) was a Wadia Films Presentation. It was produced by S U Sunny and Hila Wadia. The movie was directed by S U Sunny. The movie had Dilip Kumar, Nargis, Jeevan, Roopkamal, Amar, Rehman, Baby Zubaida, Noorjehan, Chandabai, Allaudin, Khalil, Abbas, Maqbul Jr., Ghulam Mohmed Jr. etc in it.
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Koi bechaaraa
Posted on: June 30, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Apropos nothing in particular I just remembered of a wonderful song, that led to more songs from the same film. And on an impulse, I checked the blog. And thought, wow, this picture is not yet represented here. (Another category maybe – ‘How come this picture is not yet on this blog’).
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