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Shiqwa tera main gaaun
Posted on: July 12, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
During the early 70s when I got interested in Hindi film songs of the golden era. I had heard from my seniors in this field talking about singers, music directors and lyricists of 30s and 40s with some anecdotes. While, I had almost forgotten many of the unfamiliar names over a period of time until the advent of the internet technology, one of very few names which firmly remained in my mind was that of D N Madhok. From their discussions, I had then realised that he must have been an influential lyricist of his time. He was stated to be one of very few lyricists of that time who used to give lyrics to music director with tunes. While this may be a boon for the struggling music directors, my guess is that the established and self-respecting music directors must have surely resented his ‘value addition’ to the lyrics. One of the music directors of the 40s ( I am not very sure but it was probably Shyam Sundar) had a tiff with him on this issue and he never worked with him.
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Dil ne chheda hai taraana
Posted on: July 1, 2013
“Sipah salar” (1956) is a lesser known movie by now whose prints are no longer available by now. Here is what Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh, our beloved in house encyclopaedia, has to say about this movie:
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“Shabistaan” (1951) was a Filmistan Production movie. It was directed by B Mitra. The movie had Shyam, Naseem Bano, Cuckoo, Bipin Gupta, Bhujbal Singh, Murad, Sapru etc in it.
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Ye kis manzil pe le aayi
Posted on: June 9, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Hindi film industry is known for making most of the artists (actors, directors, music directors, singers, lyricists etc.) struggle for years before they finally reap the rewards of success in their careers. There are some who continued to struggle in the film industry for long without attaining much success in their pursuits. For examples, playback singers like Sudha Malhotra and Minoo Purshottam, music directors like C Arjun and G S Kohli and lyricists like Asad Bhopali and Naqsh Layalpuri did not attain the success in their filmy careers which they deserved. In this list, Asad Bhopali seems to be the ‘leader’ among strugglers.
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Din beet chaley din beet chaley
Posted on: June 4, 2013
“Swayamsiddha” (1949) was an Indian National Art Pictures production. It was directed by Shyam Das. The movie had Samar Roy, Shanta Apte, Molina, Hiralal, Priti Majumdar, Bhupendra Kapoor, Gitashree, Amarnath, Bipin Gupta etc in it.
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Ae mere hamsafar kya tujhe hai khabar
Posted on: May 9, 2013
“Maalkin” (1953) was a Gopi Productions movie. It was produced by Ram Kamlani and directed by O P Dutta. The movie had Sajjan, Nutan, Purnima, Pran, Durga Khote, Gope, Raj Mehra, Yakub etc in it.
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Pyaar nahin chhupta chhupaane se
Posted on: May 1, 2013
“Laadla” (1954) was a Verma Films Production. It was directed by Surya Kumar. The movie had Karan Deewan, Shyama, Agha, Raj Mehra, Krishna Kumari, S. Nazir, Dar Kashmiri, Dev Kishan, Maruti Rao, Sunder, Parwati etc in it.
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“Angaarey” (1954) was an Akash Chitra Production. It was directed by K B Lal. The movie had Nasir Khan, Nargis, Vanmala, Pran, Paro, Ratan Kumar, K. N. Singh, Jagirdar, Nanda, Jeevan, Sunalini Devi, Jawahar Kaul etc in it.
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Wo jo roothhen to manaana chaahiye
Posted on: April 25, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Most of us are aware that a ghazal is a series of couplets (she’rs), each one being independent of others. In fact each she’r is a poem by itself. So theoretically, she’rs written by different poets (shaayars) can be woven to make it a ghazal. This is easier said than done as there are other parameters to make it a traditional ghazal. Normally, there are five essential aspects of a traditional ghazal. They are
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Chanda chamakti raat
Posted on: April 15, 2013
“Do Dulhe” (1955), by now an obscure movie, was an United Art production movie. It was directed by K J Mahadevan. The movie had Sajjan, Shyama, Lalita Pawar, Vanjana, David Abraham, Agha, Achla Sachdev, Kanhaiyalal, B. M. Vyas, Ishwarlal etc in it.
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