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Blog Day :6542Post No. :20358

For my next song we turn to a Lata Mangeshkar melody – “Sultana Mera Naam Hai” from Sangram (1976) which is a lively cabaret-style dance number composed by Bappi Lahiri with lyrics by Gauhar Kanpuri. It is a nightclub-oriented songs and reflects the changing musical trends of the mid-1970s, when Western rhythms and cabaret sequences had become popular in Hindi cinema.

Musically, the song combines a strong dance beat with brass instrumentation and a catchy refrain. Bappi Lahiri’s arrangement is energetic but not yet as disco-driven as the style he would become famous for a few years later. Instead, it sits somewhere between the traditional Hindi film cabaret of the 1960s and the emerging disco sound of the late 1970s.

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Blog Day :6541Post No. :20355Movie Count :5220

Continuing the series on actresses whose names start with A and who have lip-synched to Asha Bhosle’s songs, we come today to Anu Aggarwal, the Aashiqui girl.

Anu Aggarwal arrived with a bang. Her very first film created a huge splash. I still remember the posters of Aashiqui (1990) when they were released. The posters showed a man and a woman hidden behind a jacket, apparently sharing a kiss behind it. Everybody was curious to know who the actor and actress were and what they looked like. The build-up was immense. The songs from the film were first aired on Chitrahaar. The very next day, they became the talk of the town, attracting both praise and criticism.

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Blog Day :6540Post No. :20351Movie Count :5218

We now move on to the next actress whose name begins with an “A” and who has lip-synced to a song by Asha Bhosle. Today, we feature Anjala Zaveri.

Anjala Zaveri was launched in a big way through Vinod Khanna’s film Himalay Putra (1997). Since Akshaye Khanna was to be introduced in this film, a nationwide search campaign was conducted to find a suitable heroine for him. A similar kind of large-scale build-up had earlier been seen with Henna (1990), which benefited from it and became successful.

Anjala Zaveri was born in the UK into a Gujarati-speaking family. However, since Himalay Putra was not a major success, her acting career stalled before it could properly take off. The success that eluded her in the Bombay film industry was partially compensated by her work in the Telugu and Tamil film industries, where she remained active for the next eight years or so. In total, she appeared in 23 films: 7 in Hindi, 11 in Telugu, 3 in Tamil, and 1 each in Kannada and Malayalam.

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Blog Day :6538Post No. :20343

#The Decade of Eighties – 1981 – 1990 #

YEAR 1983-2

The song under discussion is from the movie ‘Painter Babu-1983’. It was a special movie for teenagers of those days like us.

Board examination for Xth were upon us and obviously that was uppermost in our minds. At the same time, we were not immune to the other topics of our interest, viz cricket, Hindi movies, and listening to Hindi movie songs on radio.

‘Painter Babu’ was being promoted on radio just as we were preparing for our board exams (of class Xth). Songs of this movie, that were frequently played on radio was a hot topic of discussion in my friend circle. The radio promotion of this movie had its intended effect on us and we became curious about this movie and its debutant lead pair. The fact this movie was produced by Manoj Kumar was in any case an added attraction. AThe fact that Manoj Kumar’s brother was making his debut (with three others also makingtheir debuts), had our friend’s circle excited about this movie. The music of this movie was composed by music duo Uttam Singh- Jagdish Khanna. These names were new for me. We finally got to watch this movie during tsummer vacations after our board examination was over.

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Blog Day :6538Post No. :20342

Kamsune/Unsune songs of Asha Bhosle – 114

The next two rare songs are from the album “Bandagi” (1972). I’m presenting them back to back.

The first rare song of Asha Bhosle in my series is “Mera Naam Hai Jawani Mastani” from “Bandagi” (1972). The song is written by Rajinder Krishan and composed by Shankar Jaikishan.

“Bandagi” (1972) was directed by K Shankar for MCR Films, Madras. The movie had Vinod Mehra, Sandhya Roy, Madan Puri, Sujit Kumar, Ramesh Deo, Sundar, Birbal, Shivraj, Prem Kumar, Gemini Balu, Indira Bansal, Shammi, Shabnam, Pandhari Bai, Padma Khanna, Jagdeep etc in it.

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Blog Day :6537Post No. :20338

Kamsune/Unsune songs of Asha Bhosle – 113

Today I present a rare duet sung by Asha Bhosle and Mohd. Rafi Saab. The song “Main Hoon Haseen Tum Ne Kaha” is from “Harfan Maula” (1976). It was written by Majrooh Sultanpuri and composed by Shamji Ghanshamji.

‘Harfan Maulaa-1976’ was produced and directed by S.M.Saagar for ‘Adhikar International, Bombay’. It had Ashok Kumar, Kabir Bedi, Asha Sachdev, Satish Kaul, Anwar Hussain, Kundan, Yashraj, Aroop Kumar, Shetty, Ramlal, Master Ripple, Danny Junior, Mumtaz Begam, Mughni Abbasi and Rukhsana. Zaheera, Aruna Irani, Helen, Shakila Banu Bhopali, N.A.Ansari, K.N.Singh, Chandrashekhar, Satyen Kappu, Bindu and Mehmood made special appearances in this movie.

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Blog Day :6536Post No. :20335

“Baaghi”(1964) was produced by R L Suri and directed by Ram Dayal for Mukul Movies, Bombay. This movie had Pradeep Kumar, Leela Naidu,Mumtaz, Veena, Jayant, Hiralal, Jeevan, Vijaya Chowdhary, Jagdeep, Helen, Madhumati, Mridula, Ulhas, Naaz, Rajan Haksar etc in it.

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Blog Day :6535Post No. :20329

Today’s song is from a daring and novel film of the first decade of the Talkie films, Khwaabon Ki Duniya-1937.

Made by Prakash Pictures, it was directed by Vijay Bhatt, one of the owners, with music by Lallubhai Nayak. The cast included Jayant, Sardar Akhtar, Shirin bano, Lallubhai, Umakant, M.Ismail, Zahoor, Madhav Marathe and others.

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Blog Day :6533Post No. :20324

“Chanda Aur Bijli”(1966) was produced and directed by AtmaRam for Guru Dutt Films combines. This movie had Sanjeev Kumar, Padmini, Sachin Pilgaonkar aka Master Sachin, Jeevan, Kesto Mukherjee, Bela Bose, Ulhas, Pratima Devi, Bipin Gupta, Akashdeep, Mohan Choti, Jankidas, Jerry, Dev Kishan, Mahavir, Junior Mehmood, Muniraj, Pardesi, Radheshyam, Zebunnissa, Randhir, Johnny, Farooque, Kuddoos, Abubakkar, Jayashree etc in it.

Nabendu Ghosh adapted the novel “Oliver Twist” for Hindi movie audiences and wrote the screenplay of this movie.

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Blog Day :6531Post No. :20319

Today’s song is from a Mythological film Waman Avtar – 1955.

The film was made by Bombay film productions, Bombay. It was produced byB.C.Patel and Raman B. Desai. Desai also directed this film. The music was by an expert in such films -Avinash Vyas, ably assisted by Sanmukh Babu Upadhyaya- who became an independent Music Director in later years. The cast of the film included many artistes, but the main were Nirupa Roy, Trilok Kapoor, Sapru, Praveen Kumar, Bipin Gupta, Janaki Das, Yashodhara Katju and many others. Lyrics were by G.S.Nepali and Kavi Pradeep.

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