Archive for the ‘Lata solo’ Category
Chham chham chali piya ki gali
Posted on: February 9, 2012
“Ek Saal” (1957) was a Goel Cine Corporation movie. It was directed by Devendra Goel. Star cast of the movie included Ashok Kumar, Madhubala, Johny Walker, Minoo Mumtaz, etc.
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Na dir dim taana
Posted on: February 7, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
PARDESI (1957) was an Indo-Soviet co-production film in Hindi and Russian languages . The Hindiversion of the film was directed by K A Abbas and the star cast included Balraj Sahani, Nargis, Oleg Strizhenov, Prithviraj Kapoor, Jairaj, David, Padmini. The film did not create a stir at the box office but was nominated for Cannes Film Festival (1958.) M R Acharekar got the Filmfare award for the best art direction (1958) for this film.
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There are some well known songs that have not yet figured in this blog. I call them “how come these songs are not yet posted” genre of songs. Then there are musical blockbuster movies that have been underrepresented in this blog.
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Itna na sata ke koi jaane
Posted on: February 6, 2012
“Bindiya” (1960) was an AVM Productions movie. It was directed by Krishnan Panju. THe starcast included names like Padmini, Balraj Sahni, Jagdeep, Lalita Pawaar, David, Om Prakash, Rajendranath, Jayashree Gadhkar, Achala Sachdev, Minoo Mumtaaz, Neelam, Hanumanthachari, L.R.Mudaliaar, Siddhu etc.
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There have been two movies called “Sharaarat”, which were released in 1959 and 1972. Both these movies were musical blockbusters.
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Dard e jigar thahar zaraa
Posted on: February 5, 2012
I have discussed one song from “Aurat”(1953) recently. Not much information about this movie was available on internet till then. But now, thanks to the comments provided my Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh, our inhouse expert on obsure movies had provided us with all the information about this movie that we may need.
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Jhummak jhummak chal mere haathi
Posted on: February 5, 2012
In Hindi movies, there are very few songs that can be described as children’s songs, which comes as quite a surprise seeing that children always form a good percentage of Indian population. Perhaps the fact that they do not hold the purse strings of the family may well be the reason why children’s songs are few and far between.
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“Udan Khatola” (1955) was a Sunny Art Production movie. It was directed by S U Sunny. Starcast of the movie included names like Dilip Kumar, Nimmi, Surya Kumari, Jeevan, Agha, Nawab, Tuntun etc.
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