Archive for the ‘Duet’ Category
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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“Mangu” (1954) was produced by Sheikh Mukhtaar and directed by M A Ansari. The movie had Sheikh Mukhtar, Nigar Sultana, Aroon, Mukri, Ansari, Sheila Ramani etc in it.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Vijay Anand, the youngest of the Anand brothers clan, is a name very familiar. More so as a producer and director, who has to his credit such rollicking hits like ‘Nau Do Gyaarah’ (1957), ‘Kaala Bazaar’ (1960), ‘Teesri Manzil’ (1966), ‘Jewel Thief’ (1967), ‘Johnny Mera Naam’ (1970) and ‘Tere Mere Sapne’ (1971). He was the director for the magnum opus production of ‘Guide’ (1965) for Dev Anand, arguably the best film of Hindi Cinema.
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Yahaan ham wahaan tum
Posted on: June 17, 2012
“Shrimati 420″(1956) was obviously a take on the iconic movie “Shri 420″(1955). The movie was a Sippy Films production. It was produced and directed by G P Sippy. The movie had Johny Walker and Meena Shorey in lead roles.
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Maine ek khwaab sa dekha hai
Posted on: June 15, 2012
“Waqt” (1965) was one of the most influential Hindi movies of all times. The story of “Waqt” (1965) was by no means original, but the scale and presentation of the the story was was certainly grand. I have already given several reasons in the past why I call this movie an influential movie.
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Kalpana ke ghan baraste
Posted on: June 9, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
June 9, 2012 is the birth centenary of the music director Vasant Desai whom I regard as a man who worked in Hindi film industry on his own terms without being a part of the rate race among his contemporary music directors. Being a devotee of the traditional music, he did not succumb to the lure of money in composing music for mass appeal.
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“Neeli Aankhen” (1962) was a Society Pictures presentation. It was directed by Ved Mohan. The movie had Ajit, Shakeela, Helen, Johnny Walker, Raj Mehra, Tiwari, Tuntun, W.M.Khan, Shetty etc in it.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Some days back, I had posted the first song from the film ‘Dark Street’ (1961), first on this blog that is. The song is ‘Itne Badey Jahaan Mein, Apna Bhi Koi Hota’ . It was a farmaish from Prakash ji that was pending for some time. In that write up, I had written that the film has some more wonderful songs, and had promised I would be posting more songs from this film. So here is the next song from this film. This is a gem of a duet rendered by Manna Dey and Suman Kalyanpur. The lyrics for this film are penned by Indeevar and Gulshan Baawra. The YouTube post identifies the lyricist as Gulshan Baawra.
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Raaste mein ik haseen
Posted on: June 4, 2012
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Today is the birthday of Nutan, one of Hindi movies’ most loved actresses of yesteryear. She also just happens to be one of my own favourites and therefore I am very happy to write up a song for her.
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This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Today, the 4th of June, is the birth anniversary of Bina Rai.
It also happens to be the birth anniversary of Nutan. In fact both Nutan and Bina Rai were born on the exact same date – the 4th of June 1936. What a coincidence!
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