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Kesariya pagdi bani rahey
Posted on: May 24, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The history of Rajasthan is a legendary saga of warriors and warfare over the centuries. The annals of Rajput clans date back to pre-Christ era, and the origins of the various dynasties are linked back into pre-history to the lineage of Lord Ram of the Suryavansh (Sun Dynasty). As per the chronicles of the Rajput dynasties, they trace their origins to Luv, the son of Lord Ram. Their flag, which is supposedly the flag of Prince Luv, is the insignia of Sun on a crimson background, still flutters on the forts and palaces in Rajasthan.
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“Aalingan”(1974) , though a recent movie by the standards of this movie is an extremely obsure movie. This movie was a low budget movie, which were then euphemistically described as art movie and they used to be made with out of work newcomers.
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Chali Radhe raani ankhiyon mein paani
Posted on: May 1, 2012
“Upar Gagan Vishaal, Neeche Gehraa Pataal” – the unforgettable sound from the film ‘Mashaal’ (1950). The words carry a thrill – they have been written by Kavi Pradeep. The music is an uplifting exuberant melody – composed by SD Burman. And voice, the sound of which will make one sit up or even stand up – such is the strong conviction and the deep exhortation that one feels on listening to it – the singing voice is the deep, strong and bass-ful voice of Manna Dey. The song that set this young singer on the path to popularity and success.
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Evening news evening news
Posted on: May 1, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Is there another song for selling newspapers? I cannot off hand recall one. This one I do remember – film ‘Dooriyaan’, year is 1979, and this film I remember seeing on the big screen.
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Sapt suran teen graam
Posted on: May 1, 2012
“Sangeet Samrat Tansen” (1962) was a movie based on Tansen’s tale. A movie on this topic was already made two decades ago where K L Saigal had played the title role.
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Tera haathh haathh mein aa gayaa
Posted on: May 1, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Today, May 1st, is the 93rd birthday of one of the icons among the playback singers who has enthralled the listeners of both filmy and non-filmy songs with his versatile singing for over five decades. He is Prabodh Chandra Dey, popularly known as Manna Dey. We are fortunate that Manna Dey is with us to remain a source of inspiration for budding singers.
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This article is written by Khyati Bhatt, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Here is a qawwali not for “how did I forget…..” category, but to wish Pran , a most respectful, loved by all generations of Hindi Cinema, a nice human being and the best character actor that our hindi film industry has ever produced, a Happy 92nd Birthday on Feb 12th, from all of us.
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Dev Anand, who left for heavenly abode yesterday (3th december 2011) in London, was a legend among legends in the annals of Indian movie industry. He started his career in 1940s as an actor and quickly went on to become one of the big three heroes of 1950s, other two being Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar. Dev Anand typically played suave, urban, dashing and stylish characters in his movies. He got his first break in Prabhat theatre’s “Hum Ek Hain” (1946). He got his big break in “Ziddi” (1948) and that enabled him to get a foothold in the industry. Soon, he set up his own production house, viz Navketan too.
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Sabko naach nachaane waala
Posted on: November 24, 2011
“Kan Kan Mein Bhagwaan” (1963) was a Roopkala pictures presentation. it was directed by Babubhai Mistry. The cast included names like Anita Guha, Mahipal, Ratnamala, Ram Singh, Krishna Kumari, Raja Nene etc in it.
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“Ram Rajya” (1943) as the name suggests was a religious mythological movie based on Ramayana. It was directed by Vijay Bhatt. Prem Adib played Ram and Shobana Samarth played the role of Seeta in this movie.
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