Archive for the ‘Rare song’ Category
“Naag Mandir” (1966) was a B grade movie produced under the banner of Mayurkala Pictures. It was directed by Shantilal Soni. The movie had Mahipal, Vijaya Chaudhary, Indira Bansal, B M Vyas etc in it.
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Today (29th july) is the death anniversary of Sudhir Phadke (25 july 1919- 29 july 2002). He got the opportunity to compose in very few Hindi movies, but he has left an indelible mark in the annals of Hindi movie music. Who can forget the immortal song Jyoti kalash chhalke from “Bhaabhi Ki Choodiyaan”. Another timeless classic, viz. Din hai suhaana aaj pahli taarikh hai is also his creation.
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Man dol rahaa hai
Posted on: July 29, 2012
“Qeemat” (1946) is an extremely rare and obscure movie by now. Hardly any information is available about this movie online. This movie had Sulochana Chatterjee, Amar etc in it, as far as I can find out.
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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. This is his 100th writeup in this blog.
Yesterday, Shamshad Begum hit a double century on this blog. That reminded me that I had missed writing an article on her on the occasion of her 93rd birth day on April 14th. Her songs of 40s, 50s and 60s are still remembered and some of them have reappeared in the guise of remix songs. At 93, she is the senior most playback singer amidst us. Manna Dey, the next senior most playback singer is 16 days younger to her.
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“Kaarwaan” (1956) was a B grade movie which was a Shakkar Production presentation. It was directed by Rafiq Rizvi. Mahipal, Shakila, Hiralal, Yashodhara Katju etc were the lead actors in this movie.
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Baat to kuchh bhi nahin
Posted on: July 23, 2012
“Thhes” (1949) is a movie about which very little information is available. This movie is of interest because it has some nice songs in it.
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Aa tujhe palkon mein chhupaa loon
Posted on: July 22, 2012
“Paataal Nagri” (1963) was a Madan Chitra Production. It was directed by Ram Kumar. This B grade movie had Chitra, Azad, B. M. Vyas, Helen, Kesari, Sheikh, King Kong, Ram Kumar etc in it.
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Kaun sa taara chaand ko pyaaraa
Posted on: July 20, 2012
“Zalzala” (1952) is by now an obscure movie. This movie was produced by a production house called “Art Film Of Asia”. It was directed by Paul Zills. The movie had Kishore Sahu, Dev Anand, Geeta Bali, Krishnakant, Misra, Shakoor, Raji, Sunalini Devi, Sita Bose, Michael, Manju, Jagdev etc in it.
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