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Mera yaar banaa hai dulhaa
Posted on: September 20, 2011
There are several well known songs that I think have already been discussed in the blog when in reality they are as yet unrepresented in the blog.
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Kal ke chaand aaj ke sapne
Posted on: September 20, 2011
While discussing lori (lullaby) songs, I have mentioned that most lullabies are sung by female singers and picturised on actresses playing mother to some tiny tot. But it does not mean that there have not been lories sung by male singers. There may be just a few such songs but they are there.
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Kabhi ithhlaa ke chalte ho
Posted on: September 19, 2011
“Aapki Parchhaayiaan” (1964) was an Emkay Productions movie where EmKay stood for Mohan Kumar who was also the director of this movie. This movie had Dharmendra, Supriya Choudhary, Shashikala, Suresh, Nazir Hussain, Leela Chitnis, Om Prakash, Vijayalaxmi, Manorama etc in it.
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“Gharana”(1961) is a movie that was produced by Gemini Films and directed by s S Vasan. This movie had actors like Raj Kumar, Rajendra Kumar,Asha Parekh,Shubha Khote,Minu Mumtaz,Devika, Bipin Gupta, Lalita Pawaar,Aghaa,Kanhaiyyalal etc.
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“Gateway of India” (1957) was produced by Light & Shade Productions. It was directed by J Omprakash Omprakash, who was also the producer. The movie had Madhubala, Bharat Bhushan, Pradeep Kumar, Bhagwan, Johny Walker,Raj Mehra, Anita Guha etc.
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“Khamosh Sipaahi” (1950) is a movie which was produced by Mansarowar Pictures. Ram Kamlani was the director and this movie had David Abraham, Sohan, Nigar Sultana, Gope etc in it.
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I have discussed half a dozen songs from “Sujata” (1959) already and all these songs have been extremely well known songs, including songs that have gone on to become iconic songs.
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Andhe ne bhi sapna dekha
Posted on: September 16, 2011
“Sujata” (1959) is a critically acclaimed movie and it is a musical blockbuster too. I am aware of most of the better known songs of this movie, which have gone on to become evergreen classics. But this movie also has a few lesser known songs.
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“Cha Cha Cha” (1964) is Bhavdeep Films production. It was produced and Directed by Chandrashekhar. He was also the hero of this movie. He had signed up Helen to play the heroine opposite him. So this movie was one of the rare occasions when Helen was not a one song wonder but got to sing lots of songs and got to act in a Bhartiya Naari kind of role.
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