Archive for the ‘Hemant Kumar songs’ Category
Aaja mere pyaar aaja
Posted on: November 21, 2012
“Heeralal Pannalal” (1978) was a Rishi Art International Production. It was produced and directed by Ashok Roy. The movie had an impressive starcast consisting of names viz Shashi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Zeenat Aman, Neetu Singh, Amjad Khan, Ajit, Ranjeet, Prem Nath, Kamini Kaushal, Asrani, Madan Puri, Tuntun, P.Y.Atlekar, Leela Mishra, Ramesh Deo, Lalita Kumari, Kirti Kumar, Ratnamala, Shanti, Gurbachan, RamAvtar, Tarun Ghosh etc in it.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
It is interesting to note the striking similarities in the musical career of S D Burman and Hemant Kumar though the latter was 14 years younger than the former. Both started their musical careers as singers in the 30s followed by composing many non-filmy Bengali and Hindi songs in Calcutta (Kolkatta). Both started their Hindi filmy careers as music directors under the banner of Filmistan – S D Burman in Shikhar (1946) and Hemant Kumar in ‘Anand Math’ (1952).
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“Satta Baazaar” (1959) was a Nagina Films production. It was directed by Ravindra Dave. The movie had Balraj Sahni, Meena Kumari, Krishnakant, Suresh, Vijaya Choudhry, Asit Sen, Johnny Walker, Tiwari etc in it.
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“Dhun” (1953) is by now an obscure movie. Little is known about this movie. This movie was a Silver Films Production. It was directed by someone called Kumar. the movie had Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Motilal, Pramila, Kumar, Kamal Mehra, Gulab, E. Billimoria, Cuckoo etc in it.
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Aa aaja o jaane wafaa
Posted on: September 8, 2012
Today (8 september) is the birthday of S Mohinder, a music director of yesteryears who gave us some wonderful songs in the golden era of Hindi movie music. Born in 1925, S Mohinder composed music in movies like “Sehra” (1948), “Jeewan Saathi” (1949), “Shrimatiji”(1952), “Bahaadur” (1953), “Paapi” (1955), “Naata”(1955), “Shehzaada” (1955), “Kaarwaan” (1956), “Shirin Farhad” (1956), “Mehlon Ke Khwaab” (1960), “Picnic” (1966) etc. He is one of those music directors who were criminally underutilised by the Hindi movie music industry.
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Chamka ban kar aman ka taara
Posted on: August 15, 2012
On the occasion of India’s 65th Independence day today (15 august 2012), here is a song from “Ek Hi Raasta” (1956). This song is a patriotic song enacted on the stage by Meena Kumari and several kids.
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Bhaagwat Bhagwaan ki hai aarti
Posted on: August 10, 2012
“Bhaagwat Mahima” (1955) was a Filmistan production. It was directed by V panchotia. The movie had Sunder, Prem Adeeb, Krishna Kumari, Sheela Naik, S. N. Puri, Madan Puri, Navin Yagnik etc in it.
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Dil se hain shehzaade ham
Posted on: June 28, 2012
When one thinks of a song sung by Hemant Kumar, one generally imagines the song to be a romantic song or a serious one. It is difficult to imagine Hemant Kumar singing a tapori song.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Remembering Hemant Da on his birth anniversary today.
This is a very uplifting song, and a very dear memory that I carry from my radio listening days. The manner of rendition contains a conviction in the voice that simply establishes this sentiment to be true – “be a comfort to others, sacrifice your own happiness. . . in the end your own happiness will itself come to you.”
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