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“Gambler” (1970) is a Amarjeet Productions movie. It was produced and directed by Amarjeet. The movie had Dev Anand, Zaheeda, Zaheera, Manorama, Jeevan, Master Sachin, Mumtaz Begum, Sudhir, D.K.Sapru, Meena T , Rashid Khan, Jagdish Raj, Ravikant, Tabassum, Kishore Sahu, Sabeena, Keshav Rana, Birbal, Sudarshan Sethi, Ratan Gaurang eyc in it.
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4th january is the day when R D Burman left for the heavenly abode at quite a young age of 54. He was easily the most influential music director of my formative age, viz 1970s. R D Burman as the music director, Kishor Kumar as the male playback singer and Rajesh Khanna as the male superstar arrived at the scene almost simultaneously and they all left their indelible mark of Hindi movie industry.
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This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

Today is Rajesh Khanna’s birthday. His name always evokes memories for me because he was the colossus when I was first beginning to learn Hindi and watch Hindi movies in my life. Here are my thoughts on that period and on Rajesh Khanna. This is a somewhat long post but I hope you will have the patience to read it all the way through.
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Some newspapers tend to have columns called “This day that year” or similar. In that column, they discuss the important events that happened on that day in the past.

Today is 29th of december 2011. If I am asked to describe what I did in the past years on this day then I will draw a blank for most of the years, including years as recent as one or two years back. But ironically there is one year on this date that is as fresh in my mind as if it happened just yesterday. In reality, it happened exactly 40 years back. Yes, I remember the day of 29th december 1971 very well. It was a day that did not begin all that well but became memorable as the day wore on.
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If one has to name one single movie of Rajesh Khanna as a definitive Rajesh Khanna movie, then it has to be “Aradhana” (1969). The kind of popularity that this movie and its music enjoyed was unprecedented, and that may not have been surpassed since then.
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Rajesh Khanna had become an overnight sensation in late 1960s and early 1970s.The kind of adulation that he enjoyed in his heydays was something indescribable and that could only be known to those who lived in that era. I was fortnate to have lived in that era and seen it first hand.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

Mehlon Ke Khwaab (1960) is a romantic comedy cum chor-police story produced by Madhubala herself. The film is directed by Haider and the star cast is notable and includes Pradeep Kumar, Madhubala, Kishore Kumar, Chanchal, Pran, KN Singh, Cuckoo, Om Prakash, Sulochana Chatterjee, Leela Chitnis, Ram Avtaar, Anoop Sharma, Khataanaa, Balam, Rashid Khan, Parvin Paul, Haroon, Daraaz, Ravi Kant, Uma Dutt, Satish Batra, Ram Lal, Sham Lal etc. Just to add a bit of trivia for those who may not know, Chanchal is the real life sister of Madhubala. The music composition is by S Mohinder. The film boasts of seven very melodious tunes, with lyrics penned by three poets viz., Raja Mehndi Ali Khan, Raahil Gorakhpuri and Anand Bakshi.
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“Amaanush” (1975) is a movie which was produced in Bangla as well as Hindi. The star cast as well as the music of the two versions were common. The star cast consisted of some big names of Bangla movies, viz Uttam Kumar, Anil Chatterjee, Manik Dutt,Utpal Dutt etc. Even Sharmila Tagore, the leading lady of this movie was from Bangla background.
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