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“Pugree” (1948) is a movie that had Amar, Wasti, Kamini Kaushal, Shashikala, Gope, Pratima Devi, Ram Avtaar etc in it. This movie has some delightful songs in it. I have discussed two songs from this movie in the past.
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Jiyaa bechain mera din rain
Posted on: May 6, 2011
“Sheeshaa” (1952) is an obscure movie that had Sajjan, Nargis, Kumkum, Amar, Achla Sachdev, Vimla, Cuckoo etc in it.I have no idea about the fate of this movie at the box office, but I guess that this movie failed to set the box office on fire.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
Sheesh Mahal is a movie by Sohrab Modi from 1950. Sohrab Modi has presented a series of very powerful and very well made movies, which include both historical epics (Sikander, Pukar, Jhansi Ki Rani, Prithvi Vallabh, Mirza Ghalib, Nauserwan-e-Adil, Raaj Hatth etc.) and contemporary social dramas (Kundan, Meetthaa Zeher, Talaaq, Jailor etc.) Sheesh Mahal belongs to the latter category of his productions.
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Mera dil tadpaa kar kahaan chalaa
Posted on: March 6, 2011
“Shabnam” (1949) is a movie that starred Kamini Kaushal and Dilip Kumar. This movie apparently was a box office success. And the music of this movie must have played a big role in the success of the movie.
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In India, being a “gareeb” (poor) has often been equated to being good and nice. And likewise, being rich has been considered being bad and evil. So it is not uncommon to find Hindi movies, especially old ones, championing the cause of gareebs, the way Indian politicians champion their cause even today, instead of asking the basic question as to why gareebs should even exist in the first place.
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Sajjad Hussain, regarded as the only original music director of Hindi movies, was a temperamental genius who would brook no interference in his creative work and leave movies in a huff if he felt that his producers were interfering in his work. As a result, there are several movies where he composed one or two songs before he would leave the movie.
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“Mirza Ghalib” (1954) is a movie based on the life of legendary Urdu Poet Mirza Ghalib. This movie had most of its songs based on Mirza Ghalib’s poems, so in effect, Ghalib himself is the lyricist of most songs of this movie, even though he had dead for some one hundred years by the time this movie was made.
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“Jogan” (1950) is a movie starring Cast: Anwari, Dilip Kumar, Manju, Nargis, Pratima Devi, Rajendra Kumar, Tabassum etc in it. I have discussed two songs from this movie in the past, including the timeless Meera Bhajan Ghoonghat ke pat khol re .
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Aana piyaa more aanaa
Posted on: December 21, 2010
“Namoona” (1949) was a movie in which Kamini Kaushal and Dev Anand were paired together. This movie had some very nice songs in it.
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“Shabnam” (1949) is a movie replete with nice songs. I have so far discussed two songs from this movie.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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