Archive for the ‘“chaand” song’ Category
Chanda khele aankh michauli
Posted on: October 7, 2011
“Jogan” (1950) was a Ranjit film company movie. It was directed by Kidar Sharma. The star cast of this movie had Dilip Kumar, Nargis,Pratima Devi, Purnima, Tabassum, Ramesh Thakur, Darpan, Rajendra Kumar, Manju, Anwari, Pesi Patel etc in it.
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Ae chaand zaraa sun le
Posted on: September 28, 2011
“Pyaar ki Manzil” (1950), a by now obscure movie, was produced by a production house with a fancy name, viz. “Super Team Federal” ! This movie was directed by Keky Mistry. The movie had Rehman, Munawwar Sultana, Pratima Devi, Kamal, Gope, Ramesh Sinha, Sita Bose, Jankidas, Niranjan Sharma etc.
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Kal ke chaand aaj ke sapne
Posted on: September 20, 2011
While discussing lori (lullaby) songs, I have mentioned that most lullabies are sung by female singers and picturised on actresses playing mother to some tiny tot. But it does not mean that there have not been lories sung by male singers. There may be just a few such songs but they are there.
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“Rimjhim” (1949) is a movie that had Kishore Sahu and Ramola in lead roles. I have just now discovered the songs of this movie.
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These days, I love to listen to the songs sung by female singers of 1930s and 1940s. And one singer that I have discovered only just recently is Nirmala Devi. today, she is known to people more as the mother of actor Govinda, but to me she is a star in her own right.
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Jab chaand jawaan hogaa
Posted on: August 18, 2011
Here is a song that is a very rare song on several counts.
This song is from an obscure movie called “‘”Bairam Khan” (1946). This song is sung by not one or two or three, but four female singers ! This song is sung by Geeta Dutt (then Roy), Shamshad Begam, Naseem Begam and Munawwar Sultana.
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Chaand chhupa aur taare doobey
Posted on: August 17, 2011
“Sohni Mahiwal”(1958), as the name suggests is one of the four tragic love stories of Punjab. The other such stories being Heer Ranjha,Mirza Sahiban and Sassi Punnun. Several movies have been made on these tales, not only in Hindi, but also in Punjabi and other languages.
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Husn se chaand bhi sharmaayaa hai
Posted on: August 14, 2011
In show business, it is not enough to just silently go about your job behind the scene. One needs to be in the limelight and one needs to keep lobbying with influential people who can help advance one’s career. People who are good in their jobs as well as good in Public relations forge ahead whereas others, who may be equally good if not so, may find themselves underappreciated.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Music director Ajit Merchant is better known for his contributions to the Gujarati cinema and to the theatre world in Bombay. He did venture into the Hindi film world also, albeit his contribution is limited to less than 10 movies. Saperaa (1961) is one of the movies that Ajit Merchant composed music for. I have already discussed a wonderful Manna Dey solo from this movie, some days back. Here is another beautiful gem of a song from the same movie. This is a duet, that is rendered so lovingly by Manna Dey and Suman Kalyanpur. The lyrics are by Indeewar. The lead roles in this movie are played by Jyoti and Ranjan. Other actors in the film are Tiwari, Jeevnkala, Sunder, Uma Dutt, Neena, Rajan Kapoor etc.
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There have been quite a few movies made on Raja Harishchandra, the mythological king regarded as the epitome of generosity in ancient scriptures. One of these movies was “Raja Harishchandra” (1952).
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