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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Guru Dutt is one of the few Hindi film personalities on whom one can find tonnes of information by way of articles, books and film documentaries. Within a short span of 13 years as a producer, director and actor, he left us with his rich legacy in about a dozen films. Under his own banner, Guru Dutt Films, he covered almost all the main genre of films – crime thriller, comedy, romance, social, melodrama and period. As an actor, his eyes spoke more than the dialogues. As a director, he was known for taking shots with unusual camera angles. The songs in his films narrated the story of the films on the continuum. His films were artistic within the ambit of what is called as popular commercial cinema. Even 48 years after his death, I guess, he has more fan followings than when he was alive. His films are the subject matter of intellectual discussions and they are a part of some film institutes’ curriculum.
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Yaad jab aaye teri
Posted on: September 18, 2012
“Mohar” (1959) was a Black and White Movies production. It was directed by Jairaj.
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Soona soona hai jahaan
Posted on: September 13, 2012
“Aurat” (1953) was a Verma Films Production. It was produced by Munshi Ram Verma and directed by Bhagwandas 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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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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Abke na saawan barse
Posted on: September 4, 2012
While listening to songs, music lovers appreciate the singers as well as the music, but the lyrics are often taken for granted. In reality, it is the lyrics that are the soul of these songs which give these songs their life and their personality.
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Bhai bairan kaali ratiyaan
Posted on: September 2, 2012
“Kaareegar”(1958) was a Panchdeep Chitra production. It was directed by Vasant Joglekar. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Nirupa Roy, Om Prakash, Madhu Apte, Lalita Pawar, Agha, Ramesh Kapoor, Sumnati Gupte, Jagirdar, Nana Palsikar, Minoo Mumtaz, Helen etc in it.
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Roothh ke hamse kahin
Posted on: August 26, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I start this article with a confession that Hindi film songs of post-1980 period, by and large, are not on my search radar unless I come across some of them by chance. It was one of such chances that took me to a song ‘rooth ke hamse kahin jab chale jaaoge tum’ from the film JO JEETA WOHI SIKANDAR (1992). I was attracted by its first line of lyrics. The song was written by Majrooh Sultanpuri and that made me to watch the video clip. And what a sentimental song relating to brother-brother relationship! As I watched the video clip, some reminiscences of my childhood days flashed before my moist eyes like a slide show.
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“Amardeep” (1958) was a Shivaji Productions movie. It was directed by T Prakash rao. The movie had Dev Anand, Vyjyanti Mala, Ragini, Johnny Walker, Pran, Padmini etc in it.
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“Ek Thhi Ladki” (1949) was a Shorey Fims Production movie. It was produced and directed by Roop K Shorey. The story line of the movie, ably helped by the stunning music of this song made it a big hit. The movie had Motilal, Meena Shorey, Bharat Bhushan, I S Johar, Kuldeep Kaur, Agha etc in it.
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