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Dil ka dard na jaane duniya
Posted on: January 17, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The decade of 1950 to 1960 was a feast of Music for HFM lovers. Talented Music directors like C.Ramchandra, S D Burman, Salil Chaudhari, Hemant Kumar, Naushad, Ravi, Chitragupta etc from the A category gave us everlasting melodies. In this deluge of melodies, even the B and C category composers also gave their best artworks in this period.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I have always been writing on old films, old songs, old artists, old anecdotes-in short, everything about old matters (what else you expect from an old man,anyway !). So,my post on a comparatively newer song,that too a Disco song may surprise some readers. It is sort of an anachronism, one may aver !
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Oonche sur mein gaaye jaa
Posted on: January 13, 2013
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
For the Generations that became young in 50s, 60s or the 70s, Dev Anand was their Idol. The theatres showing his films used to be crowded with youngsters who tried to copy his style, mannerisms, Hair style etc.
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Deewaana ye parwaana
Posted on: January 12, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular conributor to this blog.
Today is the Birth Anniversary of C.Ramchandra or Ramchandra Narhari Chitalkar.
Only the other day I got hold of the Marathi Autobiography of C.Ramchandra(CR),titled ‘ Majhya Jeevanachi Sargam’ (Saragam of my life.) Copyright by Yeshwant Ramchandra Chitalkar-1977.
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Bhala kyun bhala kyun
Posted on: January 5, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The above song is from a film called PARAKH-1937, whose Music Director was B.S.HOOGAN.
When I first came across this name Hoogan, in the list of Hindi composers, my first reaction was, what is this foreigner doing in Hindi Films ?
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Hindi film music became people oriented, in the real sense, from Khazanchi-1941. Till then HFM was ,as if, in the clutches of Classical and stage music.
The begining of the Fifth decade of the 20th century was a revolutionary period for Film Industry. Mehboob, Kardar, K.Asif, V.Shantaram, Filmistan etc established their own studios and started producing meaningful cinemas. It also brought a new dimension to film music. This decade showed that Good Music, on its own, can make a film successful at the box-office, irrespective of other factors like cast, plot etc.
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Aaja ri nindiyaa aaja
Posted on: January 3, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The name Hanuman Prasad paints a picture of a Pehelwan playing kushti in an akhaada. Guru Hanuman and his akhaada in North India is quite famous.
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Chinchpokli Chinchpokli
Posted on: December 29, 2012
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The name of SHABISTAN evokes the memories of a very handsome and jovial actor-SHYAM.
He died during the final scene shooting of this film while riding a horse. Actually, Shyam was an expert rider and the horse was also the same,usual one. Everything was the same but the Time had come for Shyam to go…
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
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Unknown composers Composer 10- Vasant Prabhu
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This is the 10th and the last article in the series of UNKNOWN COMPOSERS.
The whole idea was to emphasize the contribution made by these composers to the HFM and to bring to light their work so that they have their Day of Glory once more.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
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Unknown composers Composer 9- Kamal Rajasthani
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How important is LUCK in one’s life ?
There will be different opinions. Some people will be tempted to quote the saying-” Luck is another name for Hard work “.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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