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Man morey gaa jhoom ke
Posted on: April 5, 2012
“Mangu” was a Sheikh Mukhtar Production movie. It was directed by M A Ansari. Starcast of the movie had Sheikh Mukhtar, Nigar Sultana, Aroon, Mukri, Ansari, Sheila Ramani etc.
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The regulars of the blog know it by now that I miss no opportunity to gloat about my pets. And such opportunities present themselves in the form of songs featuring dogs and cats. My pets seem to have become popular, guazing by the fact that regulars tell me about various dog songs that they come across.
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Here is yet another song of the genre “how come this song was not posted earlier !”. And all along, I was under the impression that this song was discussed long back. I was wrong in my assumption, of course.
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Dekho bijli doley bin baadal ke
Posted on: April 4, 2012
O P Nayyar would not employ the voice of Lata Mangeshkar in his compositions, but no one found it ironic that Lata Mangeshkar’s younger sister became the mainstay of O P Nayyar compositions.
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“Door ki aawaaz”(1964) was a Goel cine corporation movie. It was produced and directed by Devendra Goel. The starcast had Joy Mukherjee, Saira Banu, Om Prakash, Pran, Johnny Walker, Durga Khote, Gogia Pasha, Rajoo, Manorama, Rajesh, Ajay Kashmiri, Malika etc in it.
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Sochne ko laakh baaten soche insaan
Posted on: April 4, 2012
Philosophical songs is a genre of songs that are calming to the nerves and they help us see things in perspective and make us realise that we are mere specks in the grand scheme of things and so one should not entertain delusions of grandeur about oneself. We are mere puppets and someone far more omnipotent is running the show.
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Manwa kaahe phir tadpaaye
Posted on: April 4, 2012
“Waapas” (1943) is a very old movie, nearly seven decades old in fact. Not too many details are known about this movie. And it does not help matters when conflicting information is available about this movie.
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Bhanwra deewaana
Posted on: April 3, 2012
“Anand Math”(1952) was a Filmistan production. It was directed by Hemen Gupta. Starcast of the movie included names viz. Prithviraj Kapoor, Ajit, Pradeep Kumar, S. L. Puri, Jankidas, Ranjana, Bharat Bhushan, Murad, Geeta Bali etc.
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“Hum Log”(1951) was a Ranjit Film Company Production. It was directed by Zia Sarhadi. The movie had Balraj Sahni, Nutan, Cuckoo, Master Ratan,Shyama, Anwar Hussein, Sajjan, Kanhaiyalal, Manmohan Krishna, Durrani, Rashid Khan, Durga Khote etc in it.
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