Archive for the ‘Duet’ Category
“Anban” (1944) is as obscure a movie as a movie ever can be. Hardly any information is available about this movie now. This movie was directed by N Lahiri. Its star cast included names like Shah Nawaz, David Abraham, Mubarak , Pahari Sanyal, Nargis , Jagirdar , Shobhana Samarth etc.
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Manwa mein pyaar doley
Posted on: September 16, 2011
“Sartaj” (1950) is an obscure movie which was produced by Omar Khayyam (?) and directed by S Khalil. This movie had actors like Motilal, Munawwar Sultana, Cuckoo, Manorama, Ansari, Mirza Musharaf, Shyama, Rattan Bai etc in it.
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In any field, just having the skills for the job is not enough. Good PR skills and being in the good books of those who matter is paramount. Being able to stand for one’s rights and getting it too is a tight rope walk that few people may have perfected. Among lyricists, the top few managed to have their say, but those who were in the lower rung in the pecking order had it difficult.
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Pajama tang hai kurta dheela
Posted on: September 15, 2011
“Shimla Road” (1969), a Jugal Productions movie directed by Jugal Kishore is an archtypical B grade movie. It had Dev Kumar,Sarita, K N Singh,Maruti, Hiralal, Leela Misra, Murad, Mehmood Junior, Kundan etc in it.
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“Cha Cha Cha” (1964) is Bhavdeep Films production. It was produced and Directed by Chandrashekhar. He was also the hero of this movie. He had signed up Helen to play the heroine opposite him. So this movie was one of the rare occasions when Helen was not a one song wonder but got to sing lots of songs and got to act in a Bhartiya Naari kind of role.
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“Ustaadon Ke Ustaad” (1963) was produced by an ambitiously named Production house called Films & Televisions, seeing that there used to be hardly any network of Television in India those days. Thnkfully, they at least produced Films, if not TVs or TV Serials. “Ustaadon Ke Ustaad” (1963) , which was directed by Brij, had Ashok Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, Shakila, Anwar, Sheikh Mukhtar, Amar, Shakeela Banu Bhopali, Helen, Johnny Walker etc in it.
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Baaghon mein khilte hain phool
Posted on: September 14, 2011
“Suhaag Sindoor” (1961) is a Chandra Films production. This film was directed by R Krishnan and S Panju. This movie had Manoj Kumar, Mala Sinha, Balraj Sahni,Johny Walker, Shubha Khote, Raj Mehra, Kanhaiyyalal, ulhas, Leela Mishra,Shammi etc in it.
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Jab baadal ghir ghir aayenge
Posted on: September 14, 2011
“Daak Bangla” (1947) is a movie produced by an official sounding Production house namely Indian National Pictures Limited. 😀
The movie was directed by M Sadiq and it had actors like Wasti , Suraiyya,Gope,Rampyaari,M Ismail etc. Kamal Kapoor who later went on to have a long career as a baddie in Hindi movies, made his debut in this movie.
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Dil mera tera deewaanaa
Posted on: September 13, 2011
“Apni Izzat” (1952) was a B grade movie produced by Harishchandra Productions and directed by N Bhatt. This movie had Motilal, Munawwar Sultana, Sulochana Chatterji, David Abraham, Gope, Yashodhara Katju, Yakub, Agha, Raj Mehra etc in it.
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