Archive for the ‘Mujra song’ Category
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This is his 100th writeup in this blog.
Yesterday, Shamshad Begum hit a double century on this blog. That reminded me that I had missed writing an article on her on the occasion of her 93rd birth day on April 14th. Her songs of 40s, 50s and 60s are still remembered and some of them have reappeared in the guise of remix songs. At 93, she is the senior most playback singer amidst us. Manna Dey, the next senior most playback singer is 16 days younger to her.
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“Gunaahon Ka Devta” (1967) was a Janta Chitra Presentation. It was directed by Devi Sharma. The movie had Jeetendra, Rajashree, Mehmood, Aruna IraniLeela Chitnis, Jeevan, Asit Sen, Jankidas, Randhir, Sujata etc in it.
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Kab talak shamma jali yaad nahin
Posted on: July 11, 2012
“Painter Babu” (1983) was produced by Manoj Kumar under his banner of VIP Films with the aim of launching the career of his son brother Rajeev Goswami. The movie had Rajeev Goswami, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Neelima Parandekar, Veerender Sharma, Dheeraj Kumar, Aruna Irani, Madan Puri, Om Shiv Puri, Neelam, Rakesh Bedi, Bandini Mishra, Birbal, C.S.Dubey, Bharat Kapoor, Pinchoo Kapoor, Rajen Kapoor, Kamini Kaushal, Lalita Kumari, Ram Mohan,Meena T, Tuntun, Goga Kapoor, Sudhir Dalvi, etc.
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Aa jaa jaan e jaan
Posted on: July 4, 2012
“Geet Gaaya Pattharon Ne” (1964) was produced and directed by V Shantaram. This movie introduced Rajshree (daughter of V Shantaram) alongwith Jeetendra. The movie also had Surendra Bharati, Nana Palsikar, K. Date, C. H. Atma, Babloo etc in it.
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Mohe tirchhi najariyaa na maaro
Posted on: June 11, 2012
“Door Ki Aawaaz” (1964) was a Goel Cine Corporation movie. It was produced and directed by Devendra Goel. The movie had Joy Mukherjee, Saira Banu, Pran, Om Prakash, Durga Khote, Johnny Walker, Manorama, Malika etc in it.
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Ye pyaar thhaa ya kuchch aur thhaa
Posted on: June 2, 2012
Raj Kapoor (14 December 1924 – 2 June 1988) departed for the heavenly abode this day twentyfour years ago.
This blog has several songs picturised on Raj Kapoor. Here is a song which is not picturised on him, but it is a song whose picturisation was directed by him.
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“Kaala Paani”(1958) was a Navketan International Films Presentation. It was produced by Dev Anand and directed by Raj Khosla.
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“Talwaar Ka Dhani” (1956) is as obscure a movie as any. This movie was a Vikas Production presentation. It was directed by Dwarka Khosla. The movie had Nadira, Manhar Desai, B. M. Vyas, Anwar, Maruti, Pakku etc in it.
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Thhoda sa aitbaar keejiye
Posted on: April 6, 2012
“Chowkidaar” (1974) did not create any impression at the box office when it was released. And it meant that yet another movie with Madan Mohan’s compositions flopped and the songs of this movie remained unheard and unwatched by moviegoers.
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