Archive for the ‘Pathos’ Category
Man re tu hi bataa kyaa gaaun
Posted on: November 4, 2011
There are occasions when a couple may have strained relations and they may not be on talking terms with each other. But they are required to put up a facade of normalcy in front of their acquaintances. This song is a lovely picturisation of that nature. It is a get together party and the friends of Rajendra Kumar want Jamuna to sing a song. Rajendra Kumar, who otherwise would not speak to her, is contrained to request her to sing a song. Jamuna, with a heavy heart, is forced to sing this song.
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The comically titled “Pilpili Saahab”(1954) is a rare and obscure movie with equally rare and obscure songs in it. The movie was a Kwatra Films production and it was directed by H S Kwatra. The movie had actors like Sunder, Pran, Mehmood, Agha, Shyama, Lalita, Mumtaz, Rajan Kapoor etc in it.
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Mohabbat tark ki maine
Posted on: October 25, 2011
Today (25th october) is the death anniversary of Sahir Ludhianvi. Sahir Ludhainvi, a stormy petrel among Hindi movie lyricists, stirred quite a few hornets’ nests’ during his time, which are well documented and which have been discussed in this blog too from time to time.
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“Ek Raat” (1967) is a movie which was produced by a production house called East and West movies. Rajnath was the director. This B grade movie had Sheikh Mukhtar, Simi Garewal, Madan Puri, Samson, Shyama, Laxmi Chhaya, Ravi Kumar, David Abraham etc in it.
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Jo dil hi todnaa thhaa
Posted on: October 19, 2011
“Sartaj” (1950) was an Omar Khayyam Productions movie. this movie was directed by S Khalil. Cast of the movie had names like Motilal, Munawwar Sultana, Cuckoo, Manorama, Ansari, Mirza Musharaf, Shyama, Rattan Bai etc.
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“Wafa” (1950) is a Goodluck pictures production. It is directed by J P Advani and its star cast consists of Karan Dewan, Gope, Yakub, Shyam, Nimmi, I. S. Johar, Bipin Gupta etc.
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“Madhur Milan” (1955) is a B grade movie which was produced by a production house called “Film Show”. It was directed by K G Punjwani. The movie had Mahipal, Roopmala, Nigar Sultana, Kesari, Bhudo Advani, Madan Puri etc in it.
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“Pyaar Ki Baaten” (1951), which was a Nargis Arts production movie was directed by Akhtar Hussain. This movie, as the name of the production house suggests, was Nargis’ home production. Nargis was the female lead in this movie.
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“Moorti” (1945) is a movie produced by Ranjit Movietone and directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi. The movie had Motilal, Khursheed, Padma Banerjee, Yashwant Dube, Kamal Jamindar, Kaneez, Tara Bai etc. in it.
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“Chaand Chakori” (1945) is one among many movies about which most sites have no inkling, but they all claim to offer all kinds of information, viz movie review, music review, posters, awards and nominations, wallpapers etc etc, where in reality their relevant page is almost entirely blank.
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