Archive for the ‘Lyrics by Atif M’ Category
Aaj chhedo muhabbat ki shehnaayiyaan
Posted on: July 5, 2012
There are several movies that become immortal thanks to their music. And then there are movies that become immmortal thanks to just one song. “Son of India” (1962) is a movie that became immortal in public mind thank to its song Nanha munna rahi hoon desh ka sipaahi hoon.
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“Samundar” (1957) was a P N Films production where P N Stood for Premnath. The movie was produced and directed by Premnath. It was quite an all family affair in the sense that Premnath, Bina Rai (his wife), Rajendranath (his brother) figuring in the movie. Others in the cast were Nishi, Tuntun, Anmol Krishan, Ram Avtar, Ullas, Heeralal, Sundar, Ridkoo, Paul Sharma, Rajan Kapoor, Habeeb, Azeem, Mahesh, Manohar, Niranjan etc.
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Phoolon se dosti hai
Posted on: July 3, 2012
In old Hindi movies, especially those of 1950s and 1960s, we often see songs picturised on “Taanga”, also called “Tonga”, not to be confused with a country of this name. 🙂
“Taanga” was actually a mode of public transport in India those days. With time, Taanga has all but vanished as a mode of public transport in India. But they have not become extinct. One can still find them in some small towns of India. I have noticed them in small places in Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh etc. In fact, one can see them in Fatehpur Sikri near Agra in UP. I recall that we (I, my wife and daughter) actually rode on a Taanga to go to Fatehpur Sikri a few years ago.
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“Chhoti Behan” (1959) was a Prasad Productions movie. It was produced and directed by L V Prasad. The movie had Balraj Sahni, Nanda, Rehman, Shyama, Veena, Mehmood, Shubha Khote, Badri Prasad, Dhumal, Radha Kishan, Sudesh Kumar, Kanchanmala, Hari Sivadasani, Keshav Rana, Sheila Vaz, Jeevan Kala, Munni, Kathana etc in it.
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Duniya isi ka naam hai
Posted on: July 1, 2012
“Duniya”(1968) was a Time Films Production. It was produced by Amarjeet and directed by T Prakash Rao. The movie had Dev Anand, Vijayanti Mala, Laxmi Chhaya, Prem Chopra, Balraj Sahni, Johnny Walker, Madan Puri, Lalita Pawar, Nana Palsikar, Sulochana Latkar, Achala Sachdev, D. K. Sapru, Jagdish Raj, Rashid Khan, Jankidas, Lata Bose, Mridula Rani etc in it.
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Kaahe tu been bajaaye saperaa
Posted on: June 30, 2012
Today (30 june) is the birth anniversary of Kalyanji, of the Kalyanji Anandji fame. Kalyanji Anandji were one of the most successful music directors from 1950s till 1970s. Many of their songs have gone on to become immortal. This blog has as many as 255 songs composed by them as of now.
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I realised it recently that the songs of “Sangam” (1964), which was a musical extravaganza of its time, are under represented in the blog. So far only four songs from this movie have been discussed and several well known songs from the movie are still at large.
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Bol Radha bol sangam hoga ke nahin
Posted on: June 23, 2012
Here is a song that firmly belongs to the category of “How come this song was not discussed before ! ” This song is the well known title song of “Sangam”- namely “Bol Radha bol sangam hoga ke nahin”.
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Jaa re badra bairi jaa re jaa
Posted on: June 22, 2012
“Bahaana”(1960) was a Silver Films Production. It was produced by Ram Kumar and directed by M Kumar. The movie had Mehmood, Meena Kumari, Sajjan, Krishna Kumari, Sheela Vaz, Helen, Sulochana Latkar, Anwar, Kumar, Pramila, Azurie, Anwari, Nissar etc in it.
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Kaari badariyaa maare lahariyaa
Posted on: June 20, 2012
“Aadmi” (1968) was produced by P S Veerappa and directed by A Bhim Singh. The movie had Dilip Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Manoj Kumar, Simmi, Pran, Agha, Ullhas, Mohan Choti, Padma Chauhan, Shivraj, Sulochana Latkar, Nataraj etc.
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