Archive for the ‘Pathos’ Category
Mere dil ki duniya ujad gayi
Posted on: September 9, 2012
“Janmbhoomi” (1936) was a Bombay Talkies Production. Little is known about this movie today. I became aware of this movie thanks to a lovely song picturised on Devika Rani and a cute dog. It was then that Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh, our beloved inhouse encyclopeadia, shared details about this movie. Here is what he has to say about this movie:
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Today (7 september) is the death anniversary of P L Santoshi (7 august 1916- 7 september 1978). His actual name was Pyarelal Srivastava and he was born in Jabalpur, the same place that Premnath came from.
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When the musical bandwagon of this blog rolls on at its cruising speed then we move on at the rate of 100 songs per fortnight. The previous century was one fortnight ago. In other words, we complete yet another century of songs with this song.
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“Madmast” (1953) was a Sweet Pictures production. It was directed by Jagdish Pant. The movie had Ansari, Nirupa Roy, Shashikala, Shakeela, Sapru, Mukri etc in it.
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Dard ki ae raat guzar ja
Posted on: August 26, 2012
“Baaghi” (1953) was a Tune Films Production. It was directed by Anand Thakur. The movie had Ranjan, Naseem Bano, Shammi, Mukri, Anwar Hussein, B. M. Vyas, Pran, etc in it.
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Main tooti huyi ek naiyya hoon
Posted on: August 12, 2012
“Aadmi” (1968) was a S V Productions movie. It was directed by A Bhim Singh. The movie had Dilip Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Manoj Kumar, Pran, Simi Garewal, Sulochana, Ullhas, Mohan Choti, Agha etc in it.
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Niraala muhabbat ka dastoor dekha
Posted on: August 11, 2012
“Dillagi” (1949) was a Kardar Productions movie. It was produced and directed by A R Kardar. The movie had Shyam, Suraiya, Sharada, Amar, Shyam Kumar, Amir Banu, Chandabai, Yasmin etc in it.
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Jin raaton ki bhor nahin hai
Posted on: August 4, 2012
As a human being, Kishore Kumar was quite a study in contrast. He was mainly known by his ability to bring a smile, if not whole hearted laughter in people’s mind. His joie de vivre was infectious with his fellow artists. If Kishore Kumar acted opposite actresses now known for playing tragedy roles (viz Nutan and Meena Kumari), then you can bet that the resultant movie would be a light hearted comedy, and not a serious melancholic stuff.
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This article is written by Shekhar Gupta, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The Kidar Sharma-directed Jhaanjar (1953) was a joint venture of music director C Ramchandra and actor Om Prakash under the banner of New Sai Productions. Despite a star cast comprising Motilal, Kamini Kaushal, Om Prakash, Sajjan, Usha Kiran, KN Singh, Sunder, Protima Devi and Sheela Naik, it bombed at the box-office. But its melodies have survived the ravages of time.
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