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mini mini chi chi
Posted on: September 12, 2012
Today (12 september) is Jaikishan’s birth anniversary. One half of the famous Shankar Jaikishan duo, Jaikishan had died quite young at an age of 41 on this day in 1971. He achieved so much at such a young age . The Shankar Jaikishan duo were easily the most dominant and prolific music directors of the golden era of Hindi movie music.
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“Aurat” (1953) was a Verma Production movie. It was produced by Munshi Ram Verma and directed by Bhagwan Das Verma. The movie had Premnath, Bina Rai, Purnima, Ullhas, Hiralal, Roopmala, Nazirabai, Mirabai, Devkishan, Mirza, S. Pratap, Shanta Patel, Nazir Kashmiri, Rajkishore etc in it.
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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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Hari basey sakal sansaara
Posted on: September 12, 2012
“Achhoot Kanya” (1936) was a Bombay Talkies Production. It was produced by Himanshu Rai and directed by Franz Osten. The movie had Ashok Kumar and Devika Rani in lead roles.
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Udi hawaa mein jaati hai
Posted on: September 11, 2012
“Achhoot Kanya” (1936) was made at an era far far removed from the present day. It was produced by Bombay Talkies. Its producer was Himanshu Rai and it was directed by a German director called Franz Osten. It was a case of an indophile German directing a Hindi movie on a sensitive topic like untouchability and doing a great job. And those were the days when India was under British occupation too. And Ashok Kumar, a lab assistant with Bombay Talkies found himself being made the hero of the movie when the heroine Devika Rani eloped with the original hero, only to come back subsequently. And she was the wife of Himanshu Rai ! And the music director of this movie, a Parsi lady faced stiff resistance from members of her community who were against her decision of joining the film line as a music director.
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Yahi bahaar hai
Posted on: September 10, 2012
“Raag Rang” (1952) was produced under the banner of Bali Sisters (Geeta Bali and Sudha Bali). The movie was directed by Digvijay and the movie had Ashok Kumar, Geeta Bali, Agha, Madan Puri, Sunder, Ruma Guha Thakurta etc in it. Three songs from this movie have been discussed in the past. Here is another song from “Raag Rang”(1952).
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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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Dhadak dhadak dil dhadke
Posted on: September 10, 2012
“Daastaan” (1950) was a Musical Pictures presentation. It was directed by A R Kardar. The movie had Suraiya, Raj Kapoor, Murad, Al Nasir, Veena, Suresh, Protima Devi, Shakila, Banerji, Lakshman, Surinder, Baby Anwari, Krishna Kumar etc in it.
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“Achhoot Kanya” (1936) was a Bombay Talkies production. It was produced by Himanshu Rai and directed by Franz Osten. The movie had Ashok Kumar and Devika Rani in lead roles with P F Pithawala, Kamta Prasad, Kishori Lal, Kusum Kumari, Pramila, Anwari, Ishrat etc also there in the movie.
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“Anokhi Ada”(1948) was a Mehboob Production movie. It was produced and directed by Mehboob Khan. The movie had Surendra, Naseem Bano, Prem Adeeb, Cuckoo, Bhudo Advani, Nawab, Zeb Qureshi, Reehan, Pratima Devi, Murad, Amir Banoo, Wasker, Abdul, Haroon, Master Ghulam Mohammed etc in it.
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