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Ud jaayegaa hans akela
Posted on: May 3, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
In the Hindu mythology, Gandharvas are stated to be the male heavenly spirit and in the context of music, the term is used for a highly skilled vocalist. Maharashtra had the privilege of having four ‘Gandharvas’. First, Sawai Gandharva (real name : Rambahu Kundgolkar – 19/01/1886 – 12/09/1952). He was a popular Hindustani classical vocalist and Marathi stage actor-singer. He was the first disciple of Ustad Abdul Karim Khan of Kirana gharana. One of the disciples of Sawai Gandharva was Pandit Bhimsen Joshi who later started the annual Sawai Gandharva Festival at Pune in the memory of his guru.
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Pehle beej akela
Posted on: May 1, 2013
I have received quite a few e mails today reminding me that today (1 may 2013) is the 94th birth anniversary of Manna Dey and that no Manna Dey songs have been discussed on the occasion so far. Have no worry, I was aware of the occasion and I fully intended to discuss quite a few Manna Dey songs on the occasion. It is just that it has taken me a bit longer to do that.
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Din bure hote hain
Posted on: April 21, 2013
“Sangdil” (1967) was an Alamdeep Production movie. It was directed by Dharam Kumar. The movie had Manohar Deepak, Bhagwan, Johnny Walker, Surendra, Ameeta, Dara Singh, Anwar, Indira, Satish etc in it.
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Panchhi udd jaa
Posted on: April 18, 2013
“Darshan” (1941) was directed by Chimanlal Luhar. The movie had Prem Adib, Jyoti, Bhudo Advani etc in it.
Two songs from this movie have been discussed in the past. Here is the third song from this movie. This song is sung by Sheetal Ghosh. From the name of the singer, I expected to listen to a sweet female voice. But I found myself listening to a masculine voice instead. 🙂
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Kabhi na himmat haar bande
Posted on: April 17, 2013
“Station Master” (1942) is a very old movie. Little information was available on internet about this movie till we began to discuss songs from this movie in the blog. And then our beloved inhouse encyclopaedia Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh shared all the information about this movie that one may be interested in.
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Aate hain chale jaate hain
Posted on: April 14, 2013
“Yaadgaar” (1984) was directed by Daasari Narayan Rao. The movie had Sanjeev Kumar, Kamal Hasan, Poonam Dhillon, Tanuja, Jamuna, Vijay Arora, Bhagwan, Master Chaitanya, Mohan Choti, Raja Duggal, Dinesh Hingoo, Raj Kishore, Sailesh Kumar, Sujit Kumar, Manmauji etc in it.
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Khel re khilaune
Posted on: March 20, 2013
“Dashavatar”(1951) was a J K Films Production. It was directed by Jayant Desai. The movie had Nirupa Roy, Trilok Kapoor, Niranjan Sharma, Tabassum etc in it.
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