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I grew up with the music of late 1960s and early 1970s. That was the time when R D Burman burst into the scene like a tornado. When things settled, the musical scene was totally rearranged with old order finding themselves becoming irrelevant in no time.
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Jiyenge magar muskura na sakenge
Posted on: April 12, 2013
We in this blog initially discussed just movie songs. Once I discussed a K L Saigal song and it turned out that it was a non film song (NFS). Several regulars of the blog then lobbied for the inclusion of NFS in the blog. And that is how NFS began to be discussed in the blog.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Traditionally, ghazals are supposed to be rendered in a soft voice and in a slow tempo to make the listeners understand the deep meaning behind each words. Ghazals rendered in an appropriate mood can awaken emotional feelings even in a stone-hearted person. Perhaps it was in these context that ghazals were sung in thumri style in the early 20th century, creating a melancholic mood and offering the opportunity for singers to emphasise on some specific words in the ghazals which were important in understanding the meaning in the ghazals. Singers like Begum Akhtar, Kamala Jharia, Master Madan, K C Dey, K L Saigal etc sang ghazals mostly in thumri style.
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“Kab Kyun Aur Kahaan” (1970) was produced and directed by Arjun Hingorani. It was his first movie as a producer. The movie had Dharmendra, Babita, Pran, Helen, Asit Sen, Mohan Choti, Shetty, Pran, Dhumal, Ashoo etc in it. This movie must have done good business. So much so that he made it a point to have three words titles, with each word beginning with K. Take that, Ekta Kapoor ! :).
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“Mere Huzoor” (1968) was a Movie Moghul production. It was directed by Vinod Kumar. The movie had Mala Sinha, Raj Kumar, Jeetendra, Indira, Manorama, Parveen Paul, Ram Mohan, Surekha, Zeb Rehman, David Abraham, Johnny Walker, K N Singh, Manju etc in it.
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Chakkoo chhuriyaan tez karaa lo
Posted on: April 9, 2013
“Zanjeer” (1973) was produced and directed by Prakash Mehra. the movie had Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Badhuri, Sanjana, Nandita Thakur, Goga Kapoor, Bindu, Ajit, Keshto Mukherjee, Pran, Iftekar,Randhir, Gulshan Bawra, Sanjana,Ram Mohan, B.B.Bhalla,Yunus Parvez, Om Prakash, Purnima, M.Rajan, Bhushan Tiwari, Gulloo, Sushil, Tiger,Kirti Sethi, D.K.Sapru, Amrit Pal, Master Rajesh, Krishan Dhawan, Maqbool, Javed Khan, Dhanraj, Yograj, Makarnai, Satyen Kapoo, Ashalata Wabgaonkar, Mac Mohan, Ram.P.Sethi, Indrani Mukherjee etc in it.
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Jawaan Mohabbat jahaan jahaan hai
Posted on: April 9, 2013
“Jawaan Mohabbat” (1971) was a Roopanjali Production movie. It was produced by Hardeep Chatrath and Krishan Kumar and directed by Bhappi Sonie. The movie had Shammi Kapoor, Asha Parekh, Balraj Sahni, Nirupa Roy, Pran, Dhumal, Shashikala, Sarika, Rajendra Nath, Raj Mehra, Madhavi, Daisy Irani, Sujata Bakshi, Krishan Dhawan, Madhumati, Ashwani Kumar, Kumud Tripathi etc in it.
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Aa mere galey lag jaa o jaane jaana
Posted on: April 9, 2013
When one talks of a movie called “Baazi”, one normally means the Dev Anand- Geeta Bali starrer of 1952. It turns out that there was another movie with the same title 32 years later. This movie “Baazi” (1984) was a Dharmendra Rekha starrer and it did not have much impact at the box office.
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