Archive for the ‘Lata solo’ Category
Suna tu man ki been par
Posted on: August 30, 2012
Hindi movies are often categorised into A grade and others, based on their budget. Big budget movies, which has big names in them are regarded as A category movies whereas small budget movies are described as B grade etc.
Read more on this topic…
Jaane kaahe jiyaa mora doley re
Posted on: August 30, 2012
“Godaan”(1963) was based on a well known story written by Hindi author Munshi Premchand. The movie was a Jaeley Pictures production. It was directed by Trilok Jetley. The movie had Raj Kumar, Kamini Kaushal, Mehmood, Shobha Khote, Tuntun, Shashikala, Madan Puri, Ravikant, Manhar Desai, Trilok Jetley, Nand Kishore, Ragini, Bipin Gupta etc in it.
Read more on this topic…
Nazar mere dil ke paar huyee
Posted on: August 30, 2012
Today (30 august) is the birth anniversary of Shailenedra (30 august 1923- 14 deceember 1966). It is unimaginable but true that Shailendra lived to an age of only 43 ! The body of work that he had built up by that time was so imposing that he was already a legend by that time.
Read more on this topic…
Jayshree Gadkar (21 feb 1942- 29 aug 2008) was an actress in Hindi and Marathi movies. In Hindi she has acted in lead and/or major roles in movies like ” Do Gunde”(1959), “Madaari” (1959), “Saaranga” (1960), “Jai Bhawaani” (1961), “Ye Dil Kisko doon” (1963), “Subhadra Haran” (1964), “Bhagwan Parshuram” (1971) etc. Nearly a dozen songs picturised on her in these movies have been discussed in this blog in the past. And as far as Marathi chitrapat was concerned, she was a legend of Marathi cinema where she acted in over 250 movies in four decades.
Read more on this topic…
Here is yet another song of the “how come this song was not discussed earlier” genre. This evergreen song from “Sangam” (1964) added a new term to the Hindi lexicon, viz “Buddha Mil Gaya” to indicate mismatched pairings where the boy is many years senior to the girl. Such pairings were not unusual till a few decades back. This phrase was used in the title of a 1971 movie as well. And if I remember correctly, one song (either this song or another song from “Buddha Mil Gaya” (1971)) found itself in troubles with Indian censors. I have forgotten which song it was and I request our knowledgeable readers to throw more light on this matter.
Read more on this topic…
Jeewan sapna toot gayaa
Posted on: August 27, 2012
“Anokha Pyaar” (1948) was an Ambika Films Production. The movie was directed by M I Dharamsi. The movie had Dilip Kumar, Nargis, Nalini Jaywant, Mukri, Uma Devi etc in it.
Read more on this topic…
“Maryaada”(1971) was a Lalit Kala Mandir production. It was produced and directec by Arabind Sen. The movie had Raj Kumar, Rajesh Khanna, Mala Sinha, Helen, Rajinderanath, Pran, Bipin Gupta, Asit Sen, Janki Dass, Abhi Bhattacharya, Dulari, Gurnam, Master Babla etc in it.
Read more on this topic…
“Amardeep” (1958) was a Shivaji Productions movie. It was directed by T Prakash rao. The movie had Dev Anand, Vyjyanti Mala, Ragini, Johnny Walker, Pran, Padmini etc in it.
Read more on this topic…
Dard ki ae raat guzar ja
Posted on: August 26, 2012
“Baaghi” (1953) was a Tune Films Production. It was directed by Anand Thakur. The movie had Ranjan, Naseem Bano, Shammi, Mukri, Anwar Hussein, B. M. Vyas, Pran, etc in it.
Read more on this topic…
Today (23 august) is the birthday of Saira Bano. Saira Bano made her debut in 1960s and when one thinks about it, her career was mainly confined to the decade of 1960s, with a few sporadic appearances in 1970s.
Read more on this topic…
Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
Recent comments