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Duniya o duniya tera jawaab nahin
Posted on: July 21, 2012
Today (21 july) is the birthday of Anand Bakshi (21 july 1920-30 march 2002). He was one of the most prolific lyricists in the annals of Hindi movie music. This blog has 466 songs written by him. The most prolific decade for Anand Bakshi was the decade of 1970s, which was also the decade that I grew up in.
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Jabse dekha hai tumhe
Posted on: July 20, 2012
“Dil Aakhir Dil Hai” (1982) came at a time when I was on the verge of irreversibly losing track of Hindi movies. In fact I was not even aware of this movie till I was sent the lyrics of this song by Prakashchandra.
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Ruk ruk ruk kahaan chali deewaani
Posted on: July 20, 2012
If Akshay Kumar movies of 1990s tended to have the word “Khilaadi” in them , then Sheikh Mukhtaar’s movies of 1950s and 1960s used to have the title “Ustaad” in them.
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Sambhal sambhal ke chalna
Posted on: July 20, 2012
“Ten O’ Clock” (1958), not to be confused with “12 O’Clock” (1958), was a Niagara Pictures Production. It was directed by Jugal Kishore. The movie had Suresh, Geeta Bali, Sheikh Mukhtar, Yakub, Maruti, Daisy Irani etc in it.
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Bulbul mere chaman ke
Posted on: July 20, 2012
“Heer” (1956) was a Filmistan production. It was directed by Hamid Dutt. The movie had Pradeep Kumar, Nutan, Ulhas, Darpan, S. L. Puri, Randhir, Krishna Kumari, Zohra Sehgal, Chaman Puri, Mubarak, Murad, Rashid Khan, Lalita Pawar, Shakuntala etc in it.
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Kaun sa taara chaand ko pyaaraa
Posted on: July 20, 2012
“Zalzala” (1952) is by now an obscure movie. This movie was produced by a production house called “Art Film Of Asia”. It was directed by Paul Zills. The movie had Kishore Sahu, Dev Anand, Geeta Bali, Krishnakant, Misra, Shakoor, Raji, Sunalini Devi, Sita Bose, Michael, Manju, Jagdev etc in it.
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Allah megh de paani de
Posted on: July 19, 2012
Yesterday (18 july 2012) was a sad day for followers of Hindi movies, especially for those who lived through 1970s. Rajesh Khanna (29 december 1942- 18 july 2012) is no more. He was only 69. It was not an age to go.
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Thahar zara o jaanewaale
Posted on: July 18, 2012
“Boot Polish” (1953) was an R K Films production. It was directed by Prakash Arora. The movie had David Abraham, Raj Kapoor, Veera, Chand Burque, Babay Naaz, Kumar, Shailendra, Bhudo Advani, Prabhu Arora etc in it.
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Apni naakaami se mujhko kaam hai
Posted on: July 18, 2012
“Subah Ka Taara” (1954) was a Rajkamal Pictures production. It was produced and directed by V Shantaram. The movie had V Shantaram,Pradeep Kumar, Jayshree, Rajshree, Amirbai Karnataki, Shakuntala, Neelam, Nimbalkar, Naaz, Chhagan, Romeo etc in it.
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“Dard” (1947) was a Kardar Production movie. It was produced and directed by A R Kardar. The movie had Suraiya, Shyam Kumar, Munawwar Sultana, Nusrat, Badri Prasad, Husn Banu, Pratima Devi etc in it.
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