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“Raftaar” (1975) was a movie that was not quite A grade, nor it was an entirely B grade movie. In 1970s, such movies, which were neither here nor there tended to have Vinod Mehra and Mausami Chatterji in them as the lead pair. Put another way, they were poor producer’s Dharmendra-Hema Malini.
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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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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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“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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Ye parda hata do
Posted on: March 12, 2012
“Ek Phool Do Maali” (1969) was a Goel Cine Corporation movie. It was produced and dirdcted by Devendra Goel Production. Starcast of the movie included names viz Sanjay Khan, Sadhana, Balraj Sahni, Shabnam, Bobby, Manorama, Shyam Kumar, Brahmachari, Brahm Bharadwaj, Praveen Paul, Abu Baker, David Abraham, Durga Khote etc.
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Milti hai agar nazron se nazar
Posted on: March 12, 2012
“Do Dilon Ki Daastaan” (1966) is a forgotten movie by now. This movie was a Deep and Sandeep Production. It was directed by Pradeep Kumar. Starcast of the movie had names like Pradeep Kumar, Vyjyanti Mala, Om Prakash, Jagdeep, Rehman, Shashikala, B. Nandi, Nazir Hussain, Tuntun etc.
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“Gharaana” (1961) was a Gemini Production movie. It was directed by S S Vasan. The movie had a starcast consisting of Rajendra Kumar, Asha Parekh, Raaj Kumar, Shobha Khote, Agha, Minu Mumtaz, Lalita Pawar, Kanhaiya Lal etc.
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Mere dil ko jiski talaash thhi
Posted on: March 10, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
There are some songs which I feel are better heard than watched. The evergreen song “aapki nazron ne samjha pyar ke kaabil mujhe” was one of my favourites and I had pinned great hopes on its video clip. I was disappointed the moment I watched the video clip of this song. Even now whenever I listen to this song on the audio clip, Darmendra’s expressionless face comes before my eyes which act as a speed breaker in the smooth flow of an otherwise melodious song.
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Kiya hai dilruba pyaar bhi kabhi
Posted on: March 9, 2012
During late 1950s, Shashdhar Mukherji and Agha Kashmiri were discussing the next movie of Fimalaya in the formers residence. Shashdhar Mukherji wanted to sign up Shammi Kapoor, but Agha Hashra Kashmiri pointed at the youngster arriving at the home and told Shashdhar Mukherji-“Here is the hero of your movie”. That younster of none other than Joy Mukherji, Shashdhar Mukherji’s son. Shashdhar Mukherji was skeptical but he entrusted the job of grooming Joy Mukherji as a hero on Kashmiri. The movie called “Love in Shimla” (1960) was shot and the movie succeeded at the box office.
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“Suhaana Safar” (1970) is an obscure movie despite being a “recent” movie by the standards of this blog :). The movie was produced by R C Kumar and directed by Vijay. Its starcast had Shashi Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore, David Abraham, Lalita Pawar, K. N. Singh, Om Prakash, Tiwari, Bhagwan, Sunder, Manmohan Krishna, Leela Misra, Randhir, Mukri, Keshto Mukherjee etc in it. Now we know why the movie was obscure despite being a recent movie :).
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