Archive for the ‘Stage song’ Category
Jai janani jai Bharat maa
Posted on: January 26, 2013
Today (26 january 2013) is the 63rd Republic day of India. Though India had gained political freedom two years back on 15 august 1947, it was on 26 january 1950 that Indian constitution came into existence in India which defined the future course of action for this country. This document- the Indian constitution has since held the nation together and united and the country, despite facing extremely difficult challenges over the decades, has come a long way in the path of progress and development.
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“Sargam” (1950) was a Filmistan Production movie. It 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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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
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Unknown composers Composer 9- Kamal Rajasthani
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How important is LUCK in one’s life ?
There will be different opinions. Some people will be tempted to quote the saying-” Luck is another name for Hard work “.
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Mujhe mat roko mujhe gaane do
Posted on: December 24, 2012
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The other day someone commented on this blog, that “Dosti” (1964) is a film which has all but one songs sung by Rafi. The commentor had also queried if Atul ji could name a film with all song sung by Rafi. When I saw that comment, the first movie that came to my mind was ‘Sargam'(1980). With Rishi Kapoor singing all the songs and Jaya Prada playing a mute girl, it had 7 songs, 3 Rafi solos and 4 Rafi-Lata Duets. Than I remembered that even ‘Laila Majnu” had all but one Rafi song.
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Koi nahin hai kahin
Posted on: December 16, 2012
“Kinaara” (1977) was produced by Pranlal Mehta and directed by Gulzar. Jeetendra and Hema Malini were in lead roles in this movie. Dharmendra (Guest appearance), Dr Shreeram Laagoo, Om Shivpuri, Dina Pathak etc were also there in this movie.
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Main khush hona chaahoon
Posted on: December 15, 2012
This article is written by Shekhar Gupta, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Music director Rai Chand Boral (1903-81) is credited with bringing playback to Hindi cinema with the number “Main khush hona chaahoon khush ho na sakoon”, a chorus song in the New Theatre production Dhoop Chhaaon (1935). A personna no less than the doyen of Hinsustani Cine Sangeet, the late Anil Biswas, reportedly complimented Boral, recepient of the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1978, as the Father of Indian Cinema Music.
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Na itna sitam mujhpe dhaaya karo
Posted on: December 2, 2012
“Geet” (1970) was produced and directed by Ramanand Sagar. This movie had Rajendra Kumar, Mala Sinha, Kumkum, Sujit Kumar,Bhagwan, Nazir Hussain, Daisy Irani, Manmohan Krishna, Tuntun, Chaman Puri etc in it.
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Dekho aaya ye kaisa zamaana
Posted on: November 29, 2012
“Daag” (1952) was a Mars and Movies Production. It was directed by Amiya Chaudhary. The movie had Dilip Kumar, Usha Kiran, Nimmi, Jawahar Kaul, Lalita Pawar, Kanhaiyalal, Leela Misra, Krishnakant, Chandrashekhar etc in it.
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Ae kaash main dekh sakti
Posted on: November 28, 2012
“Imaan Dharam” (1977) was produced under the banner of Suchitra Productions. Premji was the producer and the movie was directed by Desh Mukherji. The movie was a big multistarrer with names like Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha, Sanjeev Kumar, Aparna Sen, Shashi Kapoor, Helen, Amrish Puri, Prem Chopra, Om Shiv Puri, Utpal Dutt, A K Hangal, Shetty, Sudhir, Amar Nath, C S Dube, Raj Kishore, Mac Mohan, Jagdish Raaj, Satyen Kappu, Pinchoo Kapoor, Shreeram Lagoo, Mohan Sherry, Baby Rani, Kamal Deep, Kumud Tripathi, Sajjan, Gajanan Jagirdar, Deepak, Prakash Thapa, Chandu, Amar, Nazir Kashmiri, Zahoor,Behari,Nazir Kashimiri,Dhanna,Billa etc in it.
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“Sachchaai” (1969) was an MCR Films production. It was produced by M C Ramamrthy and directed by K Shankar. The movie had Shammi Kapoor, Sadhana, Johnny Walker, Sanjeev Kumar, Pran, Helen, Sulochana, Raj Mehra, Anwar Husain, Dhumal, Shivaraj, Rajan Kapoor, Ratna Mala etc in it.
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