Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs

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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.

I do not know as to why I suddenly remembered Sanjeev Kumar (real name Haribhai Jariwala) today early in the morning when I was preparing for my morning walk. His anniversary dates were nowhere near and I have not seen any of his films and video clips for a long time. As it is, my ‘area of operations’ on YT are mainly confined to the watching/listening of video/audio clips pertaining to the period between 1940-1960, straying sometime up to late 60s and most of his his songs does not fit in to my preference. Probably, this was a reminder to me from Sanjeev Kumar donning a white suit and trouser in true suspense film style echoing “old man, have a peep at me too sometime”.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

Nagendranath Sanyal, more famously known as Pahari Sanyal, was born on 22nd February, 1906, in Darjeeling. Being born in the hilly region, he got the nickname as Pahari, a name that stuck for the rest of his life. His school education was completed in Lucknow. After completing his schooling, he enrolled in Benaras Hindu University, in engineering course. But his destiny and his interest dictated otherwise. He dropped engineering studies and joined classes for Hindustani classical music at Morris college in Lucknow. He learnt both classical vocal music and also instrumental music.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

Here is one more gem of a song that comes from a grade B/C film. Ek Raat is a 1967 film produced under the banner of East&West Movies, directed by Rajnath. A suspense action drama, in which the star cast includes Sheikh Mukhtar, Simi, Madan Puri, Shyama, David, Laxmi Chhaayaa, Samson etc. The lyrics of this film come from the pen of Yogesh Gaud and the music is by Usha Khanna.
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1963 was a year when Hindi movie music was at its pinnacle. There were countless musical extravanzas that were released that year. Just thinking about the names of the movies boggles the mind. In this year, we had movies like “Mere Mehboob”, “Apna Bana Ke dekho”, “Asli Naqli”, “Meri Soorat teri aankhen”,”Sehra”,”Ye raaste hain pyaar ke”,”Ustaadon ke ustaad”,”Bharosa”,”Dil Ek Mandir”,”Professor”,”Gumrah”,”Pyaar kiya to darna kyaa”,”Bluff Master”,”dil Hi to Hai”,”Ek Dil Sau Afsaane”,”Aaj aur Kal”,”Gehra Daag”,”Bandini”,”Dil Tera Deewaana”,”Tere Ghar Ke Saamne”,”Rustam Sohrab”,”Bin Baadal Barsaat” etc etc.
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Two female singers dancing in tandem was a staple diet of B grade historical/ mythological movies of 1960s. But here we find the same thing happening in a Muslim social movie. The movie is “Mere Mehboob” (1963) and here Sadhana and Ameeta are found dancing and singing joyously. They sing in the voices of Lata and Asha Bhonsle respectively.
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I find that there are many songs that I love listening to without having an inkling about their details. And with time getting the details of these songs becomes a problem in case that movie does not do well at the box office.
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