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“Khota Paisa” (1958) was a Sadiq Productions Pvt Ltd presentation. It was produced and directed by M Sadiq. The movie had Johny Walker, Shyama, Amir bano, Rajan Haksar, Veena, Nissar Ahmed Ansaari(N.A.Ansari), S.N.Bannerjee, Hari shivdasani, Jeevan ,Dhumal, Indira Bansal, Sagar, Munshi Munakka, Keshav Rana, Cuckoo, Kathana, Soofi, Rafi, Jeewankala, SureshKumar, Balaram etc in it.
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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.

In around mid-50s, I used to often hear a song ‘chal chal re musaafir chal’ and I liked it. But I had no idea or rather I never ventured to know as to which film this song belonged. It was sometime in early 70s when I came across an used 78 RPM record of this song that I became aware of the film’s name and other details. The film was POOJA (1954) and it was a kind of surprise to me that the film which had Shanker-Jaikishan as music director had become an obscure film. No doubt, this film is yet to make a debut in this blog. Recently, I heard some more songs from this film on the internet. What a treasure of songs the film had.
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This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

A gem of a comedy song, from a film I do not know anything about. This song, apparently performed on the screen by two friends, looking for romance in life, and bemoaning the fact that there is possibly no love in this world without money. The poet has turned this emotion into a set of comical verses, and the music director has arranged a very fast paced music, and the appropriate sounds to make this hilarious statement on the state of affairs of young hearts pining for romance. By the time this riotous song comes to end, I am sure you will be ripping with laughter, at the fate of these two gentleman friends with a very lopsided view of what this world and this youth is all about.
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This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

It is with great pleasure that I write this tribute today to Johnny Walker, one of the greatest (if not the greatest) comedy actors we have seen in Hindi cinema. Today happens to be his 89th birth anniversary and it is as good an occasion as any to remember him and thank him for all the wonderful memories he has left us with.
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“Shrimati 420″(1956), obviously a take on “Shri 420”, was a Sippy Films Production. It was produced and directed by G P Sippy. The movie had Johny walker, Meena Shorey, Om Prakash etc in it. Surprisingly enough, very little information is available on this movie. As far as I can see, only the names of these three actors are known. And to add to the confusion, various “knowledgeable” sites cannot even agree on the music director of this movie. Some sites mention N Datta as the music director, whereas other sites mention O P Nayyar as the music director. I request our knowledeable readers to throw more light on this movie as well as the music director.
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“Pagla Kahin Ka” (1970) was produced by Ajit Chakravorty and directed by Shakti Samanta.The movie had Shammi Kapoor, Asha Parekh, Sunder, Helen, Prem Chopra, Madhumati, K. N. Singh, Murad, Manmohan Krishna, Madhavi, Mohan Choti, Viju Khote etc in it.
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“Navratri”(1955) was a Bhagyaudai Pictures Production. it was directed by Raman B Desai. The B grade religious/mythological movie had Manhar Desai, Nirupa Roy, Lalita Pawar, S. N. Tripathi, Sapru, Niranjan Sharma, Babu Raje, Kumkum etc in it.
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I first became aware of Prem Dhawan in 1970s as the lyricist of the immortal patriotic song Jahan daal daal par sone ki chidiya karti hai baseraa from Sikandar e Azam. This song was composed by Hansraj Bahl. Subsequently I got to hear a few more songs which were written by Prem Dhawan and composed by Hansraj Bahl. Then I became aware of “Shaheed” (1965) and “Pavitra Paapi”(1970), where Prem Dhawan was the lyricist as well as the music director. And what nice song these two movies had !
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