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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6483 Post No. : 20146

Today’s song is from a Mythological film – Shiv Kanya-1954.

The decade of the 1950 was known for 2 things. As we all know, the first thing was that it was the peak of “The Golden Era” of Hindi film music. Secondly, it was also the peak of Mythological and Religious films (124 films in 10 years). So, there was atleast 1 such new film every month continuously for the next 120 months !

When so many Mythological films are made, naturally many stories are repeated in some way or the other. Usually stories from the 18 Puranas, 18 Up-Puranas and 2 Epics- Ramayana and Mahabharat are used for films. Fed up with the usual stories, some filmmakers tried to find unused new stories from the puranas,while some tried to cook up own stories by using the Mythological names and mixing several stories.
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This article is written by Peevesie’s mom, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6482 Post No. : 20145

Hullo Atuldom

Bindu Nanubhai Desai (known to us as Bindu) turns 85 today. She has been an entertainer since the 1960s. Her father Nanubhai Desai was a film producer who died when she was about 13. And like many others of that period, like (for example) the Mangeshkar sisters in the 1940s, the burden of earning money fell on her shoulders as she was the eldest of seven siblings. She made her debut in 1962 as Mala Sinha’s daughter in ‘Anpadh”. (An interesting trivia is that Bindu’s cousin Aruna Irani played the character of the young Mala Sinha in that film). The very classical music based song ‘jiya le gayo ji mora’ was filmed on her.
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This article is written by Mahesh Mamadapur, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6482 Post No. : 20144

Mukesh and his Actors – 10

This will be the last of the duets that Mukesh sang with Suman Kalyanpur. For obvious reasons, I take back readers to my post on their complete collaboration. Here is the memorable post.

Out of the 36 duets they sang, 5 were yet to be covered by that time. One was covered in that post itself. One was a cheeky post taken away by Atul ji, citing reasons why I could not have taken it up. 😊

Thereafter, I covered two duets and this is the last. It is from the film Chori Chori (1973).

Well, this film is not to be confused with the more popular Chori Chori (1956) even though both films were composed by the same composers, Shanker Jaikishan.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6482 Post No. : 20141

Today’s song is from a Religious (Bhakti Pradhan) film- Sant Sakhu-1941.

This Bilingual film (Hindi-Marathi) was made by Prabhat Film co. Poona. It was directed byDamle and Fattelal. Raja nene was their assistant, but even his name was shown along with them as the third director. Music was by Keshavrao Bhole. Lyricists were P.L. Santoshi and Pt. Mukhram Sharma- who had become an expert in Marathi, especially after he married the Marathi actress of Prabhat- Shanta Mujumdar. The cast of the film consisted of Hansa Wadkar, Gauri, Shankar rao Kulkarni, Shanta Mujumdar (wife of Pt. Mukhram Sharma), Sumitra , Master Chhotu and others.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6481 Post No. : 20139

‘The Killers’ (1969) with its alternative title ‘Ham Sab Qaatil Hain’ (1969) was produced by A V Mohan under the banner of Sangam Pictures and was directed by Maruti. The cast included Dara Singh, Ajit, Sheikh Mukhtar, Helen, Paul Sharma, Amar, Kundan, Bela Bose, S K Prem, Leela Chitnis, Maruti etc.

The surprise element in the film was the unusual role of Dara Singh as a secret agent, something like the role of Jeetendra in ‘Farz’ (1967). Probably, the success of ‘Farz’ (1967) may have inspired director, Maruti to develop the character of Dara Singh on that line. For the first time, I have watched Dara Singh in immaculate western attire and dancing with girls. But he is no ‘jumping jack’ like Jeetendra. Ajit had a double role in this film.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6481 Post No. : 20137

Today’s song is from a Bi-lingual (Hindi-Marathi) film Charnon ki Dasi-1941. In Marathi the title was Payachi Dasi.

The film was made by Atre Pictures, Bombay. It was directed by Gajanan Jahagirdar. MD was Annasaheb Mainkar. Dialogues, story, screenplay and songs were written by Pt Anand kumar. The cast of the film was Durga Khote, Vanmala, Master Avinash, Gajanan Jahagirdar, Kusum Deshpande, Sadashiv, prem Anand and many others.
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This article is written by Mahesh Mamadapur, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6480 Post No. : 20135

Mukesh and his Actors – 09

Actor Rakesh Pandey (9 April 1940-21 March 2025) made his acting debut in the film Sara Aakash (1969). He won the President’s Award for his role in the film. Apart from Hindi films and TV serials, he was also associated with Bhojpuri silver and small screen and won several awards in the latter regional language association.

He was also associated with FTII, IPTA etc. But with all these startups and awards, my perception is that he could not place himself in the top league of actors. He is, however, known for playing family-centric roles and his rich contributions counted and remembered.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6480 Post No. : 20134

‘Duniya Jhukti Hai’ (1960) was produced by Wadia Movietone and was directed by J B H Wadia. The cast included Sunil Dutt and Shyama in lead roles supported by Kumkum, Agha, B M Vyas, Sheila Vaz, Wasti, Uma Dutt, Bhagwan, Neelambai, Satya Rani, Dalpat, Kesar, W M Khan, M K Hasan, Madhu Apte, Damu Anna Malvankar etc. Probably, this was the only film in which Sunil Dutt was paired with Shyama in lead roles.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6480 Post No. : 20133

Today’s song is from the film Kunwara Baap-1942.

This was the first film from the banner Acharya Art productions, Bombay. It was owned by N.R.Acharya, a director who left Sagar Movietone to start his own company. The film was also the debut film for its director Kishore Sahu as a director. He acted in 30 films and directed 32 movies. From 1947 to 1972 he directed 30 films in a row. He also produced today’s film, besides being the film’s Hero.
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This article is written by Satyajit Rajurkar, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6479 Post No. : 20131

Kamsune/Unsune songs of Asha Bhosle – 104

This song “O Piya Behrupiya” by Asha Bhosle is written by Anand Bakshi and composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal. It is from the album “Kali Ghata” (1979).

“Kaali Ghata” (1979) was a Shivalik pictures production movie. It was produced and directed by Ved Raahi. The movie had Shashi Kapoor, Rekha, Danny, Aruna Irani, Lalita Pawar, A K Hangal, Jagdeep, Jankidas etc in it.

The movie is a romantic suspense thriller about a wealthy woman who survives an attempted murder and secretly returns in disguise to uncover the culprit, discovering shocking truths about the people closest to her.
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