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Bahut purdard hai ae sunanewaalon
Posted on: June 2, 2012
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This movie “Birha ki Raat” (1950) had Dev Anand and Nargis playing lead roles, which is a rare occurance. Video links are not available on youtube for the songs of this film, so we make do with only the audio links. Only one song, a duet by Rafi-Lata is posted in the blog so far. When I heard this Rafi solo “bahut purdard hai ae sunnewaalon daastan meri” for the first time, it touched me. Then on second hearing I found it to be a very endearing ghazal.
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This article is written by Shekhar Gupta, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog.
Lata Mangeshkar has sung more duets with late Mohammad Rafi than with any other singer. The duo showered about 440 melodiously memorable gems on music lovers — beginning with “Chal ho gayi taiyaar” in “Shadi Se Pehle” (1947).
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Chhod chaley pyaari duniya ko
Posted on: May 30, 2012
“Bhaagam Bhaag” (1956) was a light hearted comedy movie. It was produced and directed by Bhagwan. The movie had Kishore Kumar, Bhagwan, Smriti Biswas, Badri Prasad, Shashikala, Kumkum, Tiwari etc in it. In this movie, everyone played characters who were named the same as their actual names. For instance, Kishore Kumar played a character named Kishore and Bhagwan played a character named Bhagwan.
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Ye jhuke jhuke naina
Posted on: May 29, 2012
“Bharosa” (1963) was a Vasu Films production. This movie was produced by N Vasudeva Menon and directed by K Shankar. The movie had Guru Dutt, Asha Parekh, Mehmood, Sudesh Kumar, Kanhaiyalal, Nana Palsikar, Shivraj, Om Prakash, Neena, Sulochana Chatterjee, Lalita Pawar, Shubha Khote, Sai, Subbalaxmi etc in it.
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Zara back ke chalo ri mori guinyaan
Posted on: May 28, 2012
“Garma Garam” (1957) was a G M Pictures presentation. It was directed by P L Santoshi. The movie had Bhagwan, Agha, Nadira, Anwar, Gope, Maruti, Krishna Kumari, Mumtaz, Om Prakash etc in it.
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Mujhe mera pyaar de de
Posted on: May 27, 2012
“Hamsaaya”(1968) was produced and directed by Joy Mukherji. This movie had Joy Mukherjee, Sharmila Tagore, Mala Sinha, Rehman, Gajanan Jagirdar, D. K. Sapru, Malika, Madan Puri, Jankidas, Jagdish Kamal, Polson etc in it.
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Today(25th may) happens to be the seventh death anniversary of Sunil Dutt (6 june 1929-25 may 2005). Born Balraj Dutt, Sunil Dutt was one of the earliest Radio Ceylon announcers before he got his break in Hindi movies in “Railway Platform” (1955).
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Baahon mein teri masti ke ghere
Posted on: May 24, 2012
It turns out that today (24th may) is Rajesh Roshan’s birthday. Though it is late by Indian standards, but the day is still 24th of may. So I can slip in a Rajesh Roshan song just in the nick of time.
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Aawaara maajhi jaayegaa kahaan
Posted on: May 24, 2012
Today (24th may) is the death anniversary of Majrooh Sultanpuri, who was the most prolific lyricist during the golden era of Hindi movies.
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“Banarasi Thug” (1962) was a Jubilee Pictures Presentation. It was directed by Lekhraj Bhakri. The movie had Manoj Kumar, Vijaya Chaudhary, Madhumati, Malika, Lalita Pawar, I. S. Johar, Vijaya Choudhry, Radhakrishan, Renu Maker, Jeevankala etc in it.
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