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Bar dance in Hindi movies began in 1950s. These dances typically were “western” in nature and they were mostly performed by dancers like Cuckoo, Helen, etc. There were cases when leading ladies like Geeta Bali, Madhubala etc too would perform such bar dances. Such dances were popularly known as cabarat dance.
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“Jailor” (1958) was a Minerva Movietone pictures production. It was directed by Sohrab Modi. The movie had Sohrab Modi, Geeta Bali, Kamini Kaushal, Pratima Devi, Abhi Bhattacharya, Nana Palsikar, Daisy Irani, Raj Kumar, E. Tarapore 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.

I have been an admirer of Gulzar’s films ever since I saw his film ‘Parichay’ (1972). I have seen all of his films released till 1982 and thereafter I have watched most of his subsequent films either on TV or on VCDs/DVDs. His films may not be a box office bonanza for film distributors but his ‘middle of the road’ films revolving around the intricate human relationship are a treat to watch for an audience of the good films.
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“Khushboo” (1975) was based on a Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay story called “Pandit moshai”. This movie was produced under the banner of Tirupati Pictures Combine. Prasann Kapoor was the producer and Gulzar directed the movie. The movie had Jeetendra, Hemamalini, Master Raju Shrestha, Farida Jalal, Leela Mishra, Durga Khote, Sarika, Asrani, Chandrima Bhadhuri, Harish Magan, Sharmila Tagore in a special appearance, Pratimadevi, Devkishen, Sudhir Thakkar, Nasir, Bhola, Om Shivpuri etc in it.
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“Singapore” (1960) was an Eagle Films Production. It was produced by F C Mehra and directed by Shakti Samanta. The movie had Shammi Kapoor, Padmini, Maria Menado, Shashikala, K. N. Singh, Madan Puri, Helen, Agha, Rajan Kapoor, Lilian, Ameer, Balaram, Mohan Berodia, Dwarka Divecha, Gopal, Moosa, Gautam Mukherjee, Radhakrishan, Shankar etc in it.
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“Jab Pyaar Kisi Se Hota Hai” (1961) was a Nasir Hussain Films production. It was produced and directed by Nasin Hussain. The movie had Dev Anand, Asha Parekh, Pran, Raj Mehra, Mubarak, Sulochana Latkar, Wasti, Rajendra Nath, Tahir Hussain, Dulari, Bishan Khanna, Ram Avtar etc in it.
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“Nazrana” (1948) was an unreleased movie and hardly any information was available about this movie online. Not any longer. Our own beloved inhouse encyclopaedia Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh now has some invaluable information about this movie. Here is what he has to say about this movie:
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