Archive for the ‘Lyrics by Nitin Shah’ Category
“Sehra” (1948) is an obscure movie and hardly any information is available online about this movie. One song from this movie has been discussed in the past. Our beloved inhouse encyclopaedia Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh shared some rare information about this movie at that time. Here is what he has to say about this movie:-
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Main reh gayi ankhiyaan malti re
Posted on: May 20, 2013
“Roomaal” (1949) was a Varuna Films Production movie. It was directed by Ramchandra Thakur. The movie had Rehman, Jairaj, Nargis, Jilloo Maa, Cuckoo, Badri Prasad, Jeevan, Majnu, Mukesh etc in it.
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Haay chilman ka gir jaana
Posted on: May 19, 2013
This article is the 8100th song post in the blog.
I love to liken the journey of this blog to a non stop long distance travel by road. As long as the vehicle and the road are working smoothly, one tends to pass milestones after milestones in no time. It is only when one is forced to push the brake down that one realises how fast one was travelling !
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Nainon mein bhar liya neer
Posted on: May 19, 2013
“Chakori” (1949) was a Ramesh Pictures Production. It was directed by Ramnarayan Dubey. The movie had Bharat Bhushan, Nalini Jaiwant, Cuckoo, Om Prakash, , Manorama, Randhir etc in it.
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Jaldi jaldi na karo
Posted on: May 17, 2013
“Phoolon Ke Haar” (1951) was produced by Shreekant and directed by G P Pawar. The movie had Nasir Khan, Geeta Bali, Nigar Sultana, Sunder, Mangala, Hiralal, Madhav Kale, Yashodhara Katju etc in it.
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“Maalkin” (1953) was a Gope Production movie. It was directed by O P Datta. The movie had Sajjan, Nutan, Purnima, Gope, Raj Mehra, Yakub, Pran, Durga Khote etc in it.
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People intersted in old Hindi movie music often come across names that may confuse people. For instance, there are people who confuse between Naushad and Nashaad. Then there are people (including some who are regarded as knowledgeable by others as well as by themselves) who think that Ghulam Haider and Ghulam Mohammad are one and the same ! A few years back, I was listening to an audiocast (I think the actual tem used in different) of a programme on old songs. The presenter presented a song from “Shaheed, viz. Watan ki raah mein watan ke naujawaan shaheed ho (Shaheed) . After the song, the presenter informed the listeners that the music of this song was compose by Ghulma Haider, and that music lovers are awrae of this music director for his compositions in “Paakeeza” (1972). After listening to this sentence, I lost all respect for the knowledge of the presenter about old Hindi movies.
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Aaoge na saajan aaoge na
Posted on: May 9, 2013
“Jaan Pehchaan” (1950) was an United Technicians Production. It was directed by Fali Mistry. The movie had Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Dulari, Amar, Mukri etc in it.
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