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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contribuor to this blog.
In India people are too quick to categorise communities. For example, they believe that every Marwadi must be Kanjoosh(stingy), every Gujrati must be a businessman, all Kashmiri women must be beautiful. All Parsees must be eccentric or all Sardarjees must be either in Army/ a carpenter or a Truck driver.
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“Ghar Ghar Mein Diwaali” (1955) was a Minerva Movietone movie. It was directed by Jagirdar. The movie had Eruch Tarapore, Jagirdar, Shyama, Sajjan, Manorama etc in it.
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Bataao kyaa karoongi main
Posted on: April 5, 2013
“Ek Ke Baad Ek” (1960) was a Raj Kala Production movie. It was directed by Raj Rishi. The movie had Dev Anand, Tarla Mehta, S. K. Prem, Radhakrishan, Hiralal, Ravikant, Sharada, Prabhu Dayal, Madhu Apte etc in it.
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Dil hai ke dhadakta rehta hai
Posted on: April 4, 2013
“Jahaan Pyaar Miley””(1969) was produced and directed by Lekhraj Tandon. The movie had Shashi Kapoor, Hema Malini, Anjali Kadam, Kumari Naaz, Helen, Nazir Hussain, Nadira, Jeevan, Zeb Rehman etc in it.
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Phool hai bahaaron ka
Posted on: April 3, 2013
Recently four physics students of University of Leicester, UK carried out a study in British Parliament and found out that the hot air produced by the 650 parliamentarians in the house of commons generated 10.34 kW of energy, which if properly harnessed can light up as many as 1000 energy efficient bulbs or 200 conventional bulbs. This report was published under the title “Hot Air in the house of Commons”.
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Tere sang jeena tere sang marna
Posted on: April 2, 2013
“Naach Utthe Sansaar” (1976), easily confused with “Naach Uthha Sansaar” (1978) was a Regal Theatres Production. It was produced by Mahmood Sarosh and directed by Yakub Hasan Rizvi. The movie had Shashi Kapoor, Hema Malini, Simmi, Aruna Irani, Rajendranath, Leela Mishra, Ramayan Tiwari, Bhushan Tiwari, Chandrima Bhaduri, V.Gopal, Sheikh, Roopesh Kumar, Rajan Haksar, Jankidas etc in it.
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Raj Kapoor ki neeli aankhen
Posted on: April 2, 2013
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
pujaari husn ka hoon main
na deewaana jawaani ka
I heard these lines in the inimitable voice of Mohammed Rafi yesterday on Radio Rafi. I was looking for details regarding this song in the Database at mohdrafi.com, so not paying much attention to the radio playing. As the words of the poem registered, it caught my attention. I managed to catch the last line in the audio clip “pujaari husn ka hoon main”.
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Aankh milaaye na muskuraaye na
Posted on: April 2, 2013
Everyone is aware that a movie called “Milan” was released in 1967. What is less known is that the same year also saw a movie called “Milan Ki Raat” as well. Like “Milan” (1967), this movie too had the same lyricist and the same music director. 🙂
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Wo din yaad karo
Posted on: April 1, 2013
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“Wo Din Yaad Karo” (1971) was produced and directed by K Amarnath. The movie had Nanda, Sanjay Khan, Shashikala, Mehmood, Madan Puri, Rajan Haksar, Tuntun, Dhumal, Wasti etc in it.
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Ham aaj safar ko chaley
Posted on: April 1, 2013
“Raja Vikram” (1957) was a Sharad productions movie. It was directed by Dhirubhai Desai. The movie had Shahu Modak, Usha Kiran, Bhagwan, Nigar Sultana, Suryakant etc in it.
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