Archive for the ‘Semi Classical song’ Category
When one looks at the yearwise list of songs in this blog. One finds that the oldest songs that we have in this blog are from 1933. Though Hindi talkies began to be produced in 1931 itself but the records of songs of these movies were not produced. It was only in 1932 that the idea of issuing gramophone records for songs was thought about. But as happens with most new ideas, the potential behind this concept was not immediately realised and only a few movie makers opted to have records of songs of their movies issued.
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Kaise aaoon Jamuna ke teer
Posted on: October 8, 2012
“Devta” (1956) was produced by Narayana and co. It was directed by Pattana. The movie had Gemini Ganeshan, Anjali Devi, Vyjyantimala, Krishna Kumari, Agha, Daisy Irani, Indira, Nambiar, K Krishna, Bipin Gupta, Kamala etc in it.
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When one talked of a movie called “Sargam” in my younger days, the only movie of this name that I was aware of was the Rishi Kapoor Jayaprada movie of 1980. Later I came to know that a movie of the same title was released in 1950 too which was a Filmistan production. “Sargam” (1950) was directed by P L Santoshi. The movie had Raj Kapoor, Rehana, Om Prakash, Mumtaz Ali, Paro, Ratan Kumar, Chandabai, Rajendra, David Abraham, Tabassum, Radha Krishnan, Samson, Vijayalaxmi, Ramsingh, S. L. Puri, Sudesh etc in it.
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Today (28 september) is the birthday anniversary of Lata (28 september 1929). There is little that has not been said and written about her over the past last seven decades that she has been active as a playback singer. She had dominated Hindi movie playback scene and she is the most figured singer in this blog as well.
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Hari basey sakal sansaara
Posted on: September 12, 2012
“Achhoot Kanya” (1936) was a Bombay Talkies Production. It was produced by Himanshu Rai and directed by Franz Osten. The movie had Ashok Kumar and Devika Rani in lead roles.
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Piyaa baawri
Posted on: September 1, 2012
“Khoobsoorat” (1980) was produced by Hrishikesh Mukherji and N C Sippi and directed by Hrishikesh Mukherji. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Rekha, Rakesh Roshan, Shashikala, Aradhana, Dina Pathak, David, S.N. Banerjee, Keshto Mukherjee, Ranjit Chowdhry etc in it.
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Morey naina bahaayen neer
Posted on: August 31, 2012
“Baawarchi”(1972) was produced by Hrishikesh Mukherji and N C Sippy and directed by Hrishikesh Mukherji. The movie had Rajesh Khanna, Jaya Bhaduri, Usha Kiran, Manisha, A. K. Hangal, Harindranath Chattopadhyay, Suraj, Paintal, Kali Banerjee, Durga Khote, Asrani etc in it.
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Suna tu man ki been par
Posted on: August 30, 2012
Hindi movies are often categorised into A grade and others, based on their budget. Big budget movies, which has big names in them are regarded as A category movies whereas small budget movies are described as B grade etc.
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Ae sakhi raadhike baawri ho gayee
Posted on: August 27, 2012
“Jurmaana” (1979) was produced by Deben Ghosh and directed by Hrishikesh Mukherji. This movie had Amitabh Bachchan, Rakhee, Vinod Mehra, Shreeram Lagoo, A. K. Hangal, Asrani, Farida Jalal, Keshto Mukherjee and Asit Sen etc in it.
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Balma mora aanchraa
Posted on: August 26, 2012
“Sangat” (1975) was a Constellation Pictures production. it was directed by Basu Bhattacharya.The movie had Rakesh Pandey, Kajree, Satyen Kappu, Dina Pathak, Dulari, Omprakash etc.
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