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Ham ko chhod ke kahaan jaaoge
Posted on: May 10, 2012
“Shrimati 420″(1956), obviously a take on “Shri 420”, was a Sippy Films Production. It was produced and directed by G P Sippy. The movie had Johny walker, Meena Shorey, Om Prakash etc in it. Surprisingly enough, very little information is available on this movie. As far as I can see, only the names of these three actors are known. And to add to the confusion, various “knowledgeable” sites cannot even agree on the music director of this movie. Some sites mention N Datta as the music director, whereas other sites mention O P Nayyar as the music director. I request our knowledeable readers to throw more light on this movie as well as the music director.
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Nigaahon ka ishaara hai
Posted on: May 10, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The film NIGHT CLUB (1958) was produced under the banner of Varma Pictures and directed by Naresh Saigal. The star cast included Ashok Kumar and Kamini Kaushal in the lead roles with Nishi, Helen, Mubarak, Maruti, S Nazir, Iftekhar, Dhumal, Gope, Keshav Rana and Ram Mohan in supporting roles. All the songs were written by Majrooh Sultanpuri and the music was composed by Madan Mohan.
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“Navratri”(1955) was a Bhagyaudai Pictures Production. it was directed by Raman B Desai. The B grade religious/mythological movie had Manhar Desai, Nirupa Roy, Lalita Pawar, S. N. Tripathi, Sapru, Niranjan Sharma, Babu Raje, Kumkum etc in it.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
During my four decades of sojourn with old Hindi films songs, I have come across many admirers of such songs among my friends, office colleagues and also within my family circle. There were categories of admirers in terms of period songs, fans of some singers, lyricists. music directors etc. There was one more category of admirers who outscored other categories in terms of numbers. Members of this group, while being admirers of popular old Hindi film songs of golden era, were by and large ignorant of other details of the songs especially names of music directors and lyricists. I also noted that out of these details, they were least interested in knowing the names of lyricists.
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“Kaala Paani” (1958) was a Navketan International Production movie. It was directed by Raj Khosla. the movie had Dev Anand, Madhubala, Nalini Jaywant, Sapru, Agha, Nazir Hussain, Krishan Dhawan, Dhiraj, Mukri, Pravin Paul, Heera Sawant, Bir Sakuja, Kishore Sahu, Rashid Khan etc in it.
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Kisne pukaara mujhe main aa gayi
Posted on: May 5, 2012
“Pyaar Kiye Jaa” (1966) was a Chitralaya Pictures production. The movie was directed by C V Sridhar. The movie had Kishore Kumar, Kalpana, Shashi Kapoor, Rajshree(South), Mehmood, Mumtaz, Om Prakash, Chaman Puri, Shivraj,Shyamlal, Veena Kumari, N.S.Bedi, V.D.Puranik etc. The movie turned out to be a big box office success.
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Chaahe kitna mujhe tum bulaaoge
Posted on: May 3, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I was in Kohima (Nagaland) during the first week of December last year to see the week long annual Hornbill Festival. The festival showcases the rich tribal traditions and culture of Nagaland including folk dances, music, sports etc. One day of the festival was reserved for the folk dancers and musicians of all the north-eastern states. My main interest was photography during the festival events and also capturing the tribal village life in the real sense by visiting a nearby Naga village. But some of the dances and musical performances became so rhythmic and foot tapping that I was completely engrossed watching them and in the process I missed taking pictures of some of those events. Surely, some of the dance and musical performances would have been a source of inspiration for Bollywood music directors and choreographers. I also observed that the younger generation In Kohima was very much into music. There are many rock music bands in Kohima. Even in a tribal village, it was a common sight to see young boys and girls moving with guitars.
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Saanchaa naam teraa
Posted on: May 1, 2012
Achala Sachdev (born 3 may 1920- died 30 april 2012) died yesterday. She was 91 and she was three days short of completing 92 years. She started her film career at a young age, as a child actor in fact, but it is as a filmy mother that she is remembered the most.
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Main jaan gayi tujhe sainyya
Posted on: April 30, 2012
“Howrah Bridge” (1958) was a suspense movie which was produced and directed by Shakti Samanta under his banner of Shri Shakti Films Production. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Madhubala, K N Singh, Kammo, Sunder, Salien Bose, Krishnakant, Helen, Dhumal, Madan Puri, Bhagwan Sinha, Kundan, Om Prakash etc in it.
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