Archive for the ‘Mukesh-Lata duet’ Category
Tum kahaan le chale ho
Posted on: July 20, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
‘Poonam Ki Raat’ (1965) – a film that is rich in wonderful songs. The lyrics from the pen of Shailendra and the lilting tunes from the baton of Salil Chaudhry, have made almost all songs of this film as wonderful gems. Three songs from the film are already represented here – the soulful and pensive rendering of “Dil Tadpe Tadpaaye” by Rafi Saab, the fabulous, ritzy dance number “Ta Dhim Tana Dhim. . .” that only Asha Bhosle can do, and the haunting sounds of “Saathi Re. . . Tujh Bin Jiyaa Udaas Re” in the voice of Lata Mangeshkar. So now it is the turn of a romantic duet to follow. And this song here is one wonderful melodious creation, with voices of Mukesh and Lata Mangeshkar.
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“Sasuraal”(1961) was a Prasad Production movie. It was directed by T Prakash Rao. The movie had Rajendra Kumar, B. Saroja Devi, Shobha Khote, Leela Misra, Anwar Hussain, Randhir, Mehmood, Jayshree Gadkar, Dhumal, Misra, Ratnamala, Wasti, Lalita Pawar, Bipin Gupta etc in it.
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Aa tu aa zara dil mein aa
Posted on: July 6, 2012
“Phoolon Ki Sez”(1964) was an Anjali pictures production. It was directed by Inder Raj Anand. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Vyjyantimala, Nirupa Roy, Shobha Khote, Kanhaiyalal, Mukri,Lalita Pawar, Mehmood etc in it.
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Chadhe chanda to tum bhi chale aana
Posted on: July 3, 2012
“Aplam Chaplam” (1961) is a movie about which very little is known. Fortunately we can count on our beloved inhouse encyclopaedia Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh to provide us all the details about such obscure movies. Here is what he has to say about “Aplam Chaplam” (1961):-
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Jawaan muhabbat haseen aankhon mein
Posted on: June 21, 2012
Though “Hamaari Yaad Aayegi” (1961) is today mainly remembered for its iconic title song sung by Mubarak Begam, the other songs from this movie are arguably in the same league, even if they became oivershadowed by the Mubarak Begam song.
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Sochta hoon ye kyaa kiyaa maine
Posted on: June 20, 2012
“Hamaari Yaad Aayegi” (1961) was produced and directed by Kidar Sharma as a launch vehicle for his son Ashok Sharma who was paired opposite Tanuja in this movie.
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Yaad rakhnaa chaand taaron
Posted on: May 31, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I had heard popular songs from ‘Kismet’ (1943) in my childhood. But it took another two decades for me to know that Anil Biswas composed those immortal songs. It was during one of the sittings in my friend’s house sometime in early 70s when I listened for the first time a song from ‘Taraana’ ( 1951)- seene me sulagte hain armaan that I came to know of him as music director. Subsequently,I heard many of his songs from films of 40s and 50s and I started liking those songs. It took me another four decades to know about Anil Biswas’s detailed profile and filmography by which time I realised that he was an institution by himself.
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Mujhe mubaarak puraani yaaden
Posted on: May 25, 2012
“Zabak”(1961) was a B grade movie with A grade music. The movie was directed by Homi Wadia. The movie had Mahipal, Shyama, Sahira, Achla Sachdev, Manhar Desai etc in it.
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“Chandramukhi” (1960) was a Kanti Production movie. It was directed by R Thakur. This B grade movie had Manhar Desai, Kavita, B. M. Vyas, Maruti etc in it.
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Kuchh aise bandhan hote hain
Posted on: May 18, 2012
With the success of “Chor Machaaye Shor” (1974), Shashi Kapoor had become a much sought after actor.Shashi Kapoor decided to make hay while the sun shone and he signed up each and every offer that came his way. Shashi Kapoor signed up so many movies that he did not have dates to give for his various producers for shooting. Normally actors give “dates” in units of “shifts” for shooting, where one shift consists of six hours (I may be incorrect about the duration of a shift. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw more light on a “shift”). But Shashi Kapoor began to give time in hours for shooting, much to the chagrin of his producers, including Raj Kapoor, his own brother.
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