Archive for the ‘Dance song’ Category
8th september is Asha Bhonsle’s birthday. On this occasion, I have discussed a couple of rare and special songs sung by Asha Bhonsle. Here is another fantastic song sung by her.
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“Shankar Khan” (1966) is a B grade movie about which very little information is available. What I know is that it was a Dara Singh movie produced by Dara Singh himself. This movie had actors like Prithviraj Kapoor, Dara Singh, Randhawa, Jagirdar, Kammo, Pratima Devi, Mohan Choti, Jagdeep, Rajan Kapoor, Savita etc in it.
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Main jannat ki hoor hoon
Posted on: September 3, 2011
“Laal Pari” (1954) is a movie about which lots of sites claim to have all the information, but they cannot even have an idea what they are talking about, nor do they care.
Here is a song from this obscure movie. this song is sung by Geeta Dutt. Asad Bhopali is the lyricist. Music is composed by Hansraj Bahl.
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“Chaalis Baba Ek Chor” (1954) is a movie about which every internet site claims to have all the information, but when one visits there, one finds hardly anything of substance. From the little available information, it would seem that Kamini Kaushal was definitely there in this movie. 😀 And then people like Omprakash, Balraj Sahni etc may also have been there in this movie.
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“Panghat” (1943) is a Prakash Pictures production. It was directed by K J Parmar and Mahesh Chandra. It had actors like Umakant, Ratnamala, Jeewan, Sushil Kumar, Raj Kumari, Shukul, Chiman Seth etc in it. There is not much information available on this movie on internet and much of the information (including what is available on imdb) is misleading and incorrect. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw more light on this 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.
aaj phir jeene ki tamanna hai
aaj phir marne ka irada hai
No better words to express the exuberance and the playfulness of a liberated spirit. A poet’s dream and life’s illustration in reality, all anxieties and caution thrown to the winds and the desires to live the life the way it should be. These words from the pen of Shailendra, and numerous other such gems, of all moods and flavors, embellish the Hindi film screen for 160+ films across two decades. A poet par excellence, Shailendra was a rebel spirit meshed in a romantic mould, whose understanding and expression of human emotions and situations is second to none.
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“Yahudi” (1958) is a Hindi movie based on an alien story. And the way that the foreign tale has been told Indian style is interesting.
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“Hatimtai” (1956) , as the name suggests is a B grade Arabian nights tale movie that depicts the tale of Hatimtai who sets out to complete the tasks assigned to him before he can land the big prize.
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Pyaar karo pyaar badi cheez hai
Posted on: August 28, 2011
Was there a movie called “Ameer” (1954). I have some lovely songs from this movie, but I seem to be able to find no details about this movie. Searching for “Ameer” (1954) gives me “Amar” (1954), which is not what I am lookng for ofcourse.
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Khanke to khanke kyun khanke
Posted on: August 19, 2011
I may think that I know a lot about old Hindi movies and their songs, but I often find myself humbled as I find my knowledge to be quite insignificant and inadequate vis a vis the knowledge possessed by the visitors of this blog. Thanks to the invaluable informations provided by the readers through their comments, farmaishes, lyrics, e mails etc, I learn new things almost on a daily basis.
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