Archive for the ‘Rare song’ Category
“Doraaha”(1952) was a Progressive Pictures Production. It was directed by Bal Chhabra. The movie had Shekhar, Nalini Jaywant, Agha, Jagdeesh Sethi, Murad etc in it.
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“Baazaar” (1949) was a Madhukar Pictures production. It was produced and directed by K Amarnath. The movie had Shyam, Nigar Sultana, Gope, Amir Banu, Misra, Yakub, Cuckoo, Badri Prasad etc in it.
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Today (8 july) is the death anniversary of lyricist Saraswati Kumar “Deepak”. He was active in Hindi movies mainly in 1940s and 1950s. This blog has 15 songs written by him as of now.
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Ho gaye barbaad hum
Posted on: July 7, 2012
“Ramman” (1954) was a Metropolitan Films Production. It was produced by Gemini Dewan and directed by Hiren Bose. The movie had Karan Dewan, Meena, Cuckoo, Om Prakash, Purnima, Majnu, Gulab, Randhir, V. Panchotia etc in it. I wonder if the Meena of this movie is Meena Kumari or Meena Shorey. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw more light on this fact as well as on this obscure movie itself.
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Baadal dal sa nikal chalaa
Posted on: July 7, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Anil Biswas, a name that is associated with the Hindi film music, almost from its inception in the early 30s – an association that lasted all the way into the decade of 60s. It is almost as if the golden age of film music came to an end when this hugely talented composer decided to call it a day, and retired from film music in the late 60s. Today is the 98th birth anniversary of this doyen of Hindi film music.
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Chaand sitaaron mein kaun bulaaye re
Posted on: July 6, 2012
Hindi movie music of the golden era was enriched by a large number of music directors. They include not only the well known names but also those who struggled to get assignments and got to work in very few movies.
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Wo din yaad karo
Posted on: July 4, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
We all know that Mukesh was regarded as Raj Kapoor’s voice. The film audience accepted it, though in my view, Raj Kapoor’s voice matched more with that of Manna Dey. I came across a somewhat similar situation albeit on a smaller scale in the 40s with reference to a lead actor of that time viz Ragini and the playback singer Zeenat Begum. It is said that Zeenat Begum’s voice matched so much with that of Ragini that many filmgoers of that time felt that it was Ragini who was singing for herself on the screen. Obviously, during that period, Zeenat Begum became the main playback singer for Ragini and with this tag, she became the playback singer for many lead actors of that time. For those to whom these two names do not ring any bells, here are their brief profiles (with inputs from various sources on the internet).
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Dhaley din aise
Posted on: July 3, 2012
“Laal Kothi” (1978) was a movie produced by Tollywood, as the Bangla movie industry is known. The movie was produced in Bangla and Hindi both. Most of the actors were from the Bangla film industry and/or those conversant with Bangla. This movie, produced under the banner of Peacock Films was produced by Ashis Roy. It was directed by Kanak Mukherji and Mohinder Batra. The starcast had Tanuja, Ranjit Mullick, Danny Denzongpa, Utpal Dutt, Anil Dhawan, Tarun Kumar, Master Partha Mukherjee, Swaraj Chatterjee, Arun, Ranjan Mukherjee, Gupte etc.
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Wo apni yaad dilaane ko
Posted on: July 1, 2012
“Jugnu” (1947) was a breakthrough movie for Dilip Kumar. The success of this movie transformed Dilip Kumar from a struggler to an established actor.
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Koi bechaaraa
Posted on: June 30, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Apropos nothing in particular I just remembered of a wonderful song, that led to more songs from the same film. And on an impulse, I checked the blog. And thought, wow, this picture is not yet represented here. (Another category maybe – ‘How come this picture is not yet on this blog’).
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