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Ajab hai maalik tera jahaan
Posted by: Atul on: November 20, 2011
Different people may have different ways of judging movies. I read an old joke in this connection some three decades ago. A Pathan from Afghanistan came to India and looked at a poster of a movie . He was very impressed with the title of the poster and he went to watch that movie. after THE END, he came out very frustrated and disappointed. He was asked the reason for his disappointment. “The poster promised that the movie had Chiraag Khan and Roshni Khan in it. I watched the entire movie , but I could not find either of the Khans in this movie.” The Pathan explained.
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Dekha karo Bhagwan gareebon ka tamaasha
Posted by: Atul on: November 15, 2011
“Daasi” (1944) is a movie about which not much is known. What I know about this movie is that an actress called Raagini played the role of the leading lady in this movie.
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Dekhi teri duniya arre dekhe tere kaam
Posted by: Atul on: September 5, 2011
“Farishta” (1968) was a forgetteble B grade movie. It had Dev Kumar, Nivedita, Sudhir, Gajanan Jagirdar etc in it. The fact that little is known about this movie today is a testimonty to the fact that the movie was a damp squib at the box office.
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Le dekh tere raaj mein ham lut gaye hain aaj
Posted by: Atul on: August 22, 2011
If one wants to get any work done from someone, then one needs to request them politely and respectfully. And in many cases, this works like a charm.
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Tum Prabhu bade dil ke kathhor nikle
Posted by: Atul on: August 19, 2011
“Chakradhaari” (1954) was an archtypical B grade mythological movie. It had Nirupa Roy,Trilok Kapoor and Shahu Modak in lead roles. Such movies normally have a very limited run among movie lovers and then these movies are forgotten.
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Arre waah re dayaalu waah waah re dayaalu
Posted by: Atul on: August 17, 2011
Though tens of thousands of songs have been uploaded on YT and other hosts, there are still lots and lots of great songs that are yet to be uploaded. I call them forgotten gems, because people are not even aware of their existence.
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“Kundan” (1955) was a movie based on the celebrated French novel “Les Miserables”. Adapting it to Hindi movies meant that there was enough scope for melancholic songs in it 🙂 And the cast included Nimmi, who specialised in just that kind of roles. 😀
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Sansaar banaane waale gareebon ko bhi yaad rakhnaa
Posted by: Atul on: July 7, 2011
I do not have much idea of this movie called “Aansoo”(1953). From the title of the movie, one can safely assume that the song should boast of some melancholic songs, as well as bhajan etc.
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Meri aan Bhagwaan
Posted by: Atul on: June 16, 2011
“Toofaan Aur Diyaa” (1956) as the name suggests is the fight of a figurative diyaa (lamp) against toofaan (storm) – sort of like a David vs Goliath fight, so to say.
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Tum dekh rahe ho ke mite saare sahaare
Posted by: Atul on: June 15, 2011
“Sheesh Mahal” (1950) is a movie whose songs are well represented in this blog. As many as three songs of different genres from this movie have already been discussed.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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