Archive for the ‘Rare song’ Category
“Saaqi”(1952) was a Talwar Pictures Production. It was produced by R C Talwar and directed by H S Rawail. The movie had Madhubala, Premnath, Bipin Gupta, Mohna, Randhir, Iftikhar, Rirkoo, Mumtaz, Mattoo, Chandabai, Uma Dutt, Azim, Douglas, H. Prakash, Nazir, Sadhusingh, Cuckoo, Gope etc in it.
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Ek aaye ek jaaye musaafir
Posted on: May 31, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This is a song from MUSAFIR-57, a film in the 50s, which became famous for its different presentation style. It was,in fact, not one continuous story, but a collection of 3 stories, taking place in one house. This was a new approach in Hindi cinema and there was a mixed reaction to this film from the audience and the critics.
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“Veena” (1948) was a Jagat Pictures Production movie. It was directed by J P Advani. The movie had Rehman, Hemavati, Veera, Sulochana Chatterji, Leela Misra, Yakub, Girdhari etc in it.
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Tere poojan ko bhagwaan
Posted on: May 30, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The year is 1935.
A young Anil Biswas is preparing to record a song for a newly arrived Heroine-RATTAN BAI. She had come from Calcutta, after working in the big banner ” New Theatres”. Having worked in films like ‘Subah ka Sitara’ and Yahudi ki Ladki-1933, with the legendary singer Sehgal, her name had become famous already. She had also worked in Rooplekh-34 and karvaan-e-hayaat-35.
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“Mastaani”(1955) was a Sharad Productions movie. It was directed by Dhirubhai Desai. The movie had Ratnamala, Shahu Modak, Manhar Desai, Nigar Sultana, Agha, Niranjan Sharma etc in it.
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Chal ae dil e majboor
Posted on: May 28, 2013
“Surang” (1953) was produced and directed by V Shantaram under the banner of Raj Kamal Kala Mandir Limited. The movie had Vinod Kumar,Sheila Ramani, Shashikala,Jogendra, Chandra Shekhar, Vikas, Ullhas, K Date, Gajendra ettc in it.
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Rut sajan milan ki aayi hai
Posted on: May 28, 2013
“Khamosh Nigaahen”(1946) is as obscure a movie as any. Hardly any information is available about this movie. Some vague information available about this movie suggest that it was produced by Roop K Shorey and directed by Moti B Gidwani. This movie had Pran, Manorama, Al Nasir, Subhashini, Zahoor Shah etc in it.
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“Mastaani” (1955) was a Sharad Productions movie. It was directed by Dhirubhai Desai. The movie had Ratnamala, Shahu Modak, Manhar Desai, Nigar Sultana, Agha, Niranjan Sharma etc in it.
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Insaan tu insaan hai
Posted on: May 27, 2013
“Sandesh” (1952) was a Sandesh Pictures Production. It was directed by Bal Gajbar. The movie had Kumud, Umesh Sharma, Meenaxi, Arvind, Nana Palsikar, Vikas, Durga Khote, Lalita Pawar etc in it.
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