Archive for the ‘Duet’ Category
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Besides being an exceptional production in terms of characterizations and performances, the epic Mughal-e-Azam (1960) created by K Asif, was a musical bonanza too. Of the twelve brilliant creations by Naushad Saab and Shakeel Badayuni, eight are already posted on this blog. Here is the ninth musical offering from this film – a wonderful qawwaali in the tradition of baitbaazi, by Shamshad Begum and Lata Mangeshkar. The setting of this qawwaali is as follows.
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“Aankhen” (1968) is a “Saagar Arts International” movie which was directed by Ramanand Saagar. This movie had Dharmendra, Mala Sinha, Mehmood, Madan Puri,Amarnath, Zeb Rehman, Kumkum, Sujit Kumar, Nazir Hussain, Jeevan, Sajjan, Hiralal, Daisy Irani, Parduram, Dhumal, A. A. Khan, Master Rattan, Lalita Pawar etc.
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Ambe tu hai jagdambe kaali
Posted on: October 4, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Greetings to all, on the occasion of Durga Ashtami festival today, as well as he continuing celebrations of Navratris. Jai Mata Di.
‘Navratri’ means ‘nine nights’, a celebration to honor the Mother Goddess, that lasts for 9 days. There are many legends attached to the festival of Navratri, all of them related to Goddess Shakti (Hindu Mother Goddess) and her various forms.
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Muraaden leke sab aaye hain
Posted on: October 4, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
A qawwaali that is true to its art form, a naatiyaa kalaam, presented in the honor of an un-named saint. Apparently, it is a some celebration at the dargaah of a departed saint. The words tell about the divine powers of just being there, and requesting in humble supplication, and the desires and aspirations will be fulfilled.
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Man ki gagariyaa mein tu chamkaa
Posted on: October 3, 2011
“Piya Milan Ki Aas” (1961) is a movie that was produced by Vijay Films. S N Tripathi was the director of this movie. The star cast of this movie had Manok Kumar, Ameeta, Sunder, Pratima Devi, Jeewan, Nalini Chonker, Daisy Irani, Indira Bansal, Polson, S. N. Tripathi etc.
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Mujhe tumse bahut hai pyaar
Posted on: October 3, 2011
“Khazaana” (1951) is a movie produced by Bakshi brothers and directed by M Sadiq. The star cast of the movie included names like Nasir Khan, Madhubala, Om Prakash, Gope, Raj Mehra, Gujri, Ramesh Thakur, Cuckoo etc.
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“Anjuman” (1948) is a Nargis Arts Production. It was directed by Akhtar Hussain. The star cast of this movie included Jairaj, Nargis, Anwar Hussain, Neelam Kothari, Durga Khote, Chandabai etc.
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Jo diyaa thhaa tumne ek din
Posted on: October 1, 2011
Sambandh (1969) is a movie that was based on a Bangla novel called “Pratham Prem” written by Achintya Kumar Sengupta. This movie was produced by Shashdhar Mukherjee film syndicate Private Limited. Ram Mukherjee was the producer and the movie was directed by Ajoy Mukherjee.This movie had Pradeep kumar, Deb Mukherjee, Achala Sachdev, Anita Guha aka Dutta, Anjana Manjrekaraka Anjana Mumtaz, Manisha, Sulochana Latkar,Vijaya Choudhary, Abhi Bhattacharya, Nana Palshikar, Ulhas, Rani, Leela Mishra, Jankidass, Manik Dutt, Dilloo,Sajjan, S.R.Bannerjee,Sunder etc in its starcast.
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Ye dil mera le lo
Posted on: October 1, 2011
I have discussed as many as five songs from “Picnic” (1966) in the past. All these songs are wonderful to listen to.
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Insaaf waalaa jo Bhagwaan hotaa
Posted on: October 1, 2011
I have discussed a couple of songs from “Suhaag Sindoor”(1961) in the past. Here is another song from this movie. The song is sung by Rafi and Manna Dey and it is picturised on Johny Walker (lip syncing in the voice of Rafi) and Balraj Sahni (lip syncing in the voice of Manna Dey).
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