Archive for the ‘Lyrics by Khyati Bhatt’ Category
“Matlabi Duniya”(1961) must be one of the more obscure movies of all time. Little information is available about this movie. It was a Chetna Production movie. It was directed by Radhakant M Thakore and the movie had Damuanna, Anant Kumar, Asha, Satish Vyas, Dhumal. I am not aware who are Asha and Damunna in the cast.
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“Dhun” (1953) is by now an obscure movie. Little is known about this movie. This movie was a Silver Films Production. It was directed by someone called Kumar. the movie had Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Motilal, Pramila, Kumar, Kamal Mehra, Gulab, E. Billimoria, Cuckoo etc in it.
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Yaad jab aaye teri
Posted on: September 18, 2012
“Mohar” (1959) was a Black and White Movies production. It was directed by Jairaj.
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Kahin daag na lag jaaye
Posted on: September 17, 2012
Today (17 september) is the death anniversary of Hasrat Jaipuri. He was one of the most prolific lyricists of the golden era of Hindi movie music and that reflects in this blog too. As many as 407 songs penned by Hasrat Jaipuri have figured in this blog in the past.
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Lagan lagi hai sajan milan ki
Posted on: September 17, 2012
“Naata” (1955) was a Madhubala Pvt Ltd Production movie. It was directed by D N Madhok. The movie had Abhi Bhattacharya, Madhubala, Chanchal, Vijayalaxmi, Kanhaiyalal, Heeralal, Gope etc in it.
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Janam liyo lalna ke
Posted on: September 13, 2012
Today (13 september) is the death anniversary of Anjaan (Lalji Pandey). Anjaan began his career as a lyricist in 1950s. He was not a prolific lyricist. but he wrote a good number of songs.
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Naiyya teri majhdhaar
Posted on: September 12, 2012
“Maajhi” songs are normally associated with S D Burman and R D Burman, but here is a “maajhi” song composed by Shankar Jaikishan. This song is from “Aawaara” (1951).
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Tum chaand ke saath chale aao
Posted on: September 10, 2012
“Aashiaana”(1952) was a Sabharwal’s production. It was directed by B Trilochan. The movie had Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Iftekhar, Mohana, Randhir etc in it.
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Aa aaja o jaane wafaa
Posted on: September 8, 2012
Today (8 september) is the birthday of S Mohinder, a music director of yesteryears who gave us some wonderful songs in the golden era of Hindi movie music. Born in 1925, S Mohinder composed music in movies like “Sehra” (1948), “Jeewan Saathi” (1949), “Shrimatiji”(1952), “Bahaadur” (1953), “Paapi” (1955), “Naata”(1955), “Shehzaada” (1955), “Kaarwaan” (1956), “Shirin Farhad” (1956), “Mehlon Ke Khwaab” (1960), “Picnic” (1966) etc. He is one of those music directors who were criminally underutilised by the Hindi movie music industry.
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It is my observation that the careers of many actors in Hindi movies were made and sustained thanks to the great music that their movies had. It is difficult to imagine these movies becoming hits without their hit music. And as we all know, Hindi moviegoers are initially attracted towards movie halls because of the music and these songs are often one of the biggest selling points of these movies. Movies without songs have a hard time finding distributors.
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