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“Chhote Sarkar”(1974) is quite an obscure movie by now, which is a surprise seeing that this movie had Shammi Kapoor and Sadhana in lead roles.
The fact that the movie was released in 1974, by which time both Shammi Kapoor and Sadhana were past their prime as lead actors, may be the reason for the obscurity of this movie. The movie was obviously planned to be released in 1960s, but the movie could not be released for various reasons. By the time it finally saw the light of the day in 1974, it was too late. The taste of the movie goers had changed drastically in the interim period. As a result, this movie sank almost without a trace.
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Bedardi dagaabaaz jaa
Posted on: June 18, 2012
Manmohan Desai’s name is synonymous with movies containing wholesome entertainment as commercial movies are described in official circles. Manmohan Desai’s movies brough great enjoyment to the lives of movie watchers, especially those who grew up in 1970s.
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Raaste mein ik haseen
Posted on: June 4, 2012
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Today is the birthday of Nutan, one of Hindi movies’ most loved actresses of yesteryear. She also just happens to be one of my own favourites and therefore I am very happy to write up a song for her.
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This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Today, the 4th of June, is the birth anniversary of Bina Rai.
It also happens to be the birth anniversary of Nutan. In fact both Nutan and Bina Rai were born on the exact same date – the 4th of June 1936. What a coincidence!
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This article is written by Shekhar Gupta, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog.
Lata Mangeshkar has sung more duets with late Mohammad Rafi than with any other singer. The duo showered about 440 melodiously memorable gems on music lovers — beginning with “Chal ho gayi taiyaar” in “Shadi Se Pehle” (1947).
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Dekh lee ae ishq teri
Posted on: May 24, 2012
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“Laila Majnu” (1953) was an All India Pictures production. It was directed by K Amarnath. Nutan and Shammi Kapoor has played the title roles in this movie with Ratan Kumar, Ulhas, Begum Para, Kammo, Wasti etc being the other actors.
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Ae dil ab kahin le jaa
Posted on: May 13, 2012
“Bluff Master” (1963) was produced by Subhash Desai and directed by Manmohan Desai. This movie had Shammi Kapoor, Saira Bano, Saira Banu, Pran, Rashid Khan, Mohan Choti, Niranjan Sharma, Jugal Kishore, Shyamlal, Anand Joshi, Santosh Kumar, Lalita Pawar, Tuntun, Charlie Walker etc in it.
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Ae mere dil yahaan tu akela nahin
Posted on: May 8, 2012
“Pagla Kahin Ka” (1970) was produced by Ajit Chakravorty and directed by Shakti Samanta.The movie had Shammi Kapoor, Asha Parekh, Sunder, Helen, Prem Chopra, Madhumati, K. N. Singh, Murad, Manmohan Krishna, Madhavi, Mohan Choti, Viju Khote etc in it.
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Jawaaniyaan ye mast mast
Posted on: May 2, 2012
“Tumsa Nahin Dekha” (1957) is the movie where Shammi Kapoor finally got transformed from a struggling underconfident actor to a successful confident star. He was quite fortunate to get the opportunity to work in this movie because Shammi Kapoor was nowhere near being the first choice for this movie.
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Ye umar hai kyaa rangeeli
Posted on: May 1, 2012
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Among all the regulars of this blog who discuss songs from Hindi movies, I may be the one who has seen the least number of movies, especially during one’s best movie watching days (viz during 8-12 years of age) :).
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