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Pyaar karta jaa
Posted by: Atul on: June 27, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Pancham, the name by which that Rahul Dev Burman was affectionately called, was a name that was given by his father, Sachin Dev Burman. Once in an interview, RDB had revealed why Sachin Da called him by this name. He says that when he was born, and when Sachin Da heard him cry for the first time, he found that the pitch at which the newborn was screaming was the fifth octave of the sargam. And that is how he came to be known as Pancham. (There are other anecdotes also, crediting Ashok Kumar with naming him so.)
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Chaahe ye maano chaahe wo maano
Posted by: Atul on: February 18, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Listening to the lines in this qawwaali, one can get a feeling that they are coming from the pen of Sahir Ludhianvi, such is the power and the style of messaging that his poetry ensconces. ‘Dharamputra’ (1961) is one of the best films I remember, on the theme of social integration, and the oneness of humanity. Coming from the banner of BR Films, Bombay and directed by Yash Chopra, who was a novice and a very young director way back then. After ‘Dhool Ka Phool’ (1959) this was only his second venture as a full director. And he had not yet seen his 30th birthday.
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Gaaye chalaa jaa ik din tera bhi zamaana aayegaa
Posted by: Atul on: February 4, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
“Hum Log’ (1951) is a production from the banner of Ranjit Movietone, but more than that, it is a signature piece by Zia Sarhadi, who has written and directed this film. This film is one of the earlier examples of Neo-Realism in Indian Cinema, a school of cinematic expression that was pioneered in the west by directors such as Luis Bunuel (Spain), Vittorio DeSica (Italy), Luchino Visconti (Italy), Yasujiro Ozu (Japan) and Jean Renoir (France). Although the film did not have any commercial success, it still is considered as the cult classic in the genre of Neo-Realism in Indian Cinema.
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This article is written by Khyati Bhatt, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
“Generations to come will scarce believe that such a man as this one ever in flesh and blood walked upon this Earth.”
This is the statement written by a German-born theoretical physicist and a 1921 Nobel prize winner in the field of Physics, Mr. Albert Einstein on the occasion of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s 70th birthday in 1939. So truly said by the finest scientist that the world has “produced” for the finest Leader that once walked on this “Earth”. On January 30th, 2012 let’s remember this great soul, “Mahatma” who taught the world that you can always conquer bad with good, & violence with non-violence.
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Ye dharti Hindustan ki
Posted by: Atul on: January 26, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Greetings to all Atulites on the celebration today, of the 63rd Republic Day of the Indian Union.
There is an interesting history and facts behind this date. After the massacre at the Jalianwala Bagh in 1919, the call for complete independence from the British rule strengthened, especially led by the veteran leaders such as Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Aurobindo Ghosh and Bipin Chandra Pal, who advocated explicit Indian independence from the Empire. On 26th Jan, 1930, the Indian National Congress adopted the Purna Swaraj declaration, i.e. complete independence for India.
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Aawaaz do ham ek hain
Posted by: Atul on: January 26, 2012
Today is 26th january, the 63rd republic day of India.
For this blog, it is the fourth republic day. During these three past Republic day occasions as well on the three occasions of Independence day of India, this blog has covered most well known patriotic songs from Hindi movies.
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Tu Hindu banega na Musalmaan banega
Posted by: Atul on: December 12, 2011
“Dhool Ka Phool” (1959) is a B R Films production which was produced by B R Chopra and directed by Yash Chopra. The star cast of the movie had names viz. Mala Sinha, Rajendra Kumar, Nanda, Manmohan Krishna,Leela Chitins, Daisy Irani, Ashok Kumar,Amir Banu, Jagdish Raaj, Narbada Shankar, Uma Dutt, Mohan Choti, Jeevan, Mehmood, Sushil Kumar etc.
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“Swami Vivekanand” (1955), by now an obscure movie on the life of Swami Vivekanand, was produced and directed by Amar Mallick. This movie had Ajit Prakash, Suprabha Mukerji, Bharati Devi, Manoranjan Bhattacharji, Anuva Gupta etc in it. This movie obviously was not meant to entertain and as a rsult the movie did not do well at the box office.
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Jo raah chunee toone
Posted by: Atul on: October 13, 2011
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
Today happens to be the 24th death anniversary of one of the absolute geniuses that our Hindi film industry has ever produced. He was a colossus, especially as a singer, and there is certainly no way that this blog would let such an occasion, sad though a death anniversary always is, to go unnoticed.
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Zindagi mein sadaa muskuraate raho
Posted by: Atul on: October 11, 2011
Jagjit Singh (8 feb 1941-10 oct 2011) expired yesterday. So today we in this blog are paying our tributes to him by discussing a few songs sung by him.
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