Archive for the ‘Duet’ Category
Main to baanke nainon waali
Posted on: March 20, 2012
“Chhoomantar” (1956) was a Sadiq Production movie. It was produced and directed by M Sadiq. Starcast of the movie included names like Johny Walker, Shyama, Karan Dewan, Jagirdar, S. Banerjee, Raj Mehra, Amar, Anita Guha, etc.
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Pad gaye jhoole saawan rut aayi re
Posted on: March 20, 2012
“Bahu Begam” (1967) was a movie which was produced and directed by M Sadiq. Starcast of the movie included names like Ashok Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, Meena Kumari, Sapru, Naaz, Leela Misra, Helen, Johnny Walker, Lalita Pawar, Zeb Rehman, etc.
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Mausam e bahaar yaar
Posted on: March 20, 2012
“Sargam” (1950) was a Filmistan production. It was directed by P L Santoshi and the starcast included names like Raj Kapoor, Rehana, Om Prakash, Mumtaz Ali, Paro, Ratan Kumar, Chandabai, Rajendra, David Abraham, Tabassum, Radha Krishnan, Samson, Vijayalaxmi, Ramsingh, S. L. Puri, Sudesh etc.
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I am aware of the movie “Laila Majnu” (1976) but I was not aware that a movie called “Daastaan e Laila Majnu” was released two years prior to that. This movie, viz. “Daastaan e Laila Majnu” (1974) was obviously a B grade movie.It was produced and directed by R L Desai. Starcast of the movie included names like Kanwaljeet, Anamika, B. M. Vyas, Dulari, Jayshree T., S. N. Tripathi, K. N. Singh, etc.
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There was a Hindi movie called “Commercial Pilot Officer”(1963). This obscure movie was a Deepak Jyoti Production. That is all I know about this movie.
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Maine tujhe maanga tujhe paaya hai
Posted on: March 18, 2012
In our personal lives, we remember various important dates viz bithdays, anniversaries etc of our near and dear ones and greet them on the occasion. Hindi movie personality whom we discuss in this blog also seem like family to us and we discuss them on this blog on important days.
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Tere nainon ne jaadoo daala
Posted on: March 17, 2012
“Tangawaali”(1955) was a Kuldip Pictures Production. It was directed by Lekhraj Bhakri. The movie had Shammi Kapoor, Anita Guha, Balraj Sahni, Nirupa Roy, Jayant etc in it.
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Chaand takta hai idhar
Posted on: March 17, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
As my age advances, I have started realising that I am recalling memories of my childhood and younger days much better than before. The flip side is that I tend to get forgetful or absent-minded in respect of my immediate past events. While the old days’ remembrance can be nostalgic and some time makes me emotional, the positive side is that I have started remembering some of the old Hindi films songs which I had completely forgotten for many years. But here is a catch which places me in a piquant situation. In some cases, I just remember the tune of a song and not the starting words or in an other way round, I remember the starting words but struggle to get to the tune of the song. Obviously, I have no inkling about the names of the films concerning these songs.
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Ae bas ab tarsaana chhodo
Posted on: March 15, 2012
It is one of those songs that I liked a lot without having an inkling of its details. The fact that the song was sung by Kishore Kumar was all that mattered. Of course, I assumed that a song this popular could only be an R D Burman composition.
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“Hongkong”(1962), I am discovering, is full of some amazingly different kind of songs. These are all light hearted songs picturised on foreign locations.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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