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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

This write up comes about in response to a request for translation by Khyaati ji. In a recent comment, she has requested for translation of this song, and realizing that this song is not yet posted, I am putting together this piece.
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“Shree Ganesh” (1962) is a movie produced by Combine Film Traders presentation. It was directed by S S Dharwadkar. The star cast of this religious B grade movie included names like Mahipal,Sahira,Jeewan Kala,Tiwari,Ramesh Desai, Uma Dutt, Indira, Krishna Kumari, Nilofar etc.
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“Shree Ganesh” (1962) is a Combine Film Traders presentation. It was directed by S S Dharwadkar. The star cast of this religious B grade movie included names like Mahipal,Sahira,Jeewan Kala,Tiwari,Ramesh Desai, Uma Dutt, Indira, Krishna Kumari, Nilofar etc.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.

A gem of a song from the team of Asad Bhopali and Usha Khanna. The film is Simla Road (1969), one more from the now very familiar Jugal Productions. Producer-director Jugal Kishore was an active film maker in the 60s and 70s, mostly producing B Grade action thrillers and films of intrigue and gangsters. Simla Road is no different. An action thriller starring Dev Kumar, Sarita, KN Singh, Jugal Kishore, Madhumati, Jaishree, Brahma Bhardwaj, Leela Misra, Murad, Mehmood Jr., Mirza Musharraf, Maruti, Dilip Dutt, Mahohar Deepak, the film has some very lovely songs composed by Usha Khanna.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

‘Ek Sapera Ek Lutera’ (1965) is a musical bonanza from the pen of Asad Bhopali and the baton of Usha Khanna. The film itself is a B grade production, and did just OK on the box office. Produced under the banner of Dimple Films, Bombay and directed by Naresh Kumar. The star cast is a typical B grade lineup for those times, featuring Feroze Khan, Kumkum, Uma Dutt, Mumtaz Begum, Shyam Kumar, Indira Bansal, Tuntun, Ramavtar, Rashid Khan, Daljeet, Sheikh, Sunder, Gopal Ralhan, Rani, Madhu Apte, Krishna, Khairaati etc. The film is a costume action cum romance drama, that is based on the life style and culture of snake charmers and gypsies.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

When the name of the picture is ‘Dara Singh’, one can be one hundred percent sure of two things. One, of course, that Dara Singh is the hero, and secondly, the theme of this film cannot be anything else other than stunt or gangsters or pirates.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

Hanraj Behl started his career as a composer, in 1946 with the film Pujaari. He has been active in both the Hindi and Punjabi film industry as a music director. In Hindi films, he was active till 1974 (film released – Do Aankhen in 1974); and with Punjabi films he was active as late as 1982. He passed away in 1984. One of the films for which he had scored the music, was released many years after his departure. (Insaaf Ka Khoon, in 1991). With classical training background, his style of music has been semi classical and he has scored a large number of popular and famous songs.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

Think of a music director from Punjab, preparing music for a film whose story is set in Bombay. And one of the songs is based on the local folk dance of Maharashtra. And guess what you will get? A Lavani based song spiced with exclamations of ‘haishaa’. And if you don’t believe me, well just go ahead and listen to this wonderful folk dance song from the 1957 film Miss Bombay. (NOTE: ‘haishaa’ is an exclamation that is used often in Punjabi folk songs.).
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This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

The festival of Raksha Bandhan is being celebrated today in many parts of the country. A tradition as old as our culture itself, it is a significant celebration of the brother-sister relationship in our country. By tying a piece of colored auspicious thread on the wrist of her brother, the sister is wishing for his well being, good health and prosperity, and in return the brother is making a promise to protect her and her honor. It is a much loved festival, that occurs on the full moon day of the month of Saawan.
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