Archive for the ‘Talat Mehmood solo’ Category
Ho gaye barbaad hum
Posted on: July 7, 2012
“Ramman” (1954) was a Metropolitan Films Production. It was produced by Gemini Dewan and directed by Hiren Bose. The movie had Karan Dewan, Meena, Cuckoo, Om Prakash, Purnima, Majnu, Gulab, Randhir, V. Panchotia etc in it. I wonder if the Meena of this movie is Meena Kumari or Meena Shorey. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw more light on this fact as well as on this obscure movie itself.
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“Khubsoorat” (1952) was a Fazli Brothers production. It was directed by S F Hussain. The movie had Nasir Khan, Suraiya, Yakub, Bhudo Advani, Zubeida, Jankidas etc in it.
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Ek Dil Hazaar Gham
Posted on: May 23, 2012
“Aag Ka Dariya” (1953) is by now an obscure movie. It was a Shorey Films Production. It was produced and directed by Roop K Shorey. The movie had Karan Dewan, Meena Shorey, Prithviraj Kapoor, Shammi, Majnu, Johnny Walker, Cesil etc in it.
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Ae chaand sitaaron
Posted on: May 9, 2012
“Daaera”(1953) is an obscure movie by now. This movie was a Kamal Pictures Production. It was produced and directed by Kamal Amrohi. The movie had Nasir Khan, Meena Kumari, Kammo, Pratima Devi, Roopmala, Jankidas, Kumar, Nana Palsikar, Nisar Ahmed Ansari etc in it.
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“Patita” (1953) was a Mars and Movies Production. The movie was directed by Amiya Majumdar. The movie had Dev Anand, Usha Kiran, Krishnakant, Lalita Pawar, Chandrashekhar, Agha, Shivraj etc.
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Tasweer teri dil mera behla na sakegi
Posted on: May 9, 2012
Talat Mehmood is today mainly known for the songs that he sang in Hindi movies. But he began his career as a non film singer. He had gone to Calcutta in late 1930s when he was still a teenager and he began to create waves there with his ghazals.
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Mitwa mitwa
Posted on: April 10, 2012
I have often mentioned it that lyrics are the soul of songs. One of the main reasons why the songs of the golden era went on to become timeless classics was that great importance was given to lyrics of the songs. There have been instances when the music directors patiently waited for the lyricist to come up with the lyrics of the song.
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Hai ye wohi aasmaan
Posted on: March 31, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This song, I remember from many years ago, having heard it on the radio and then in collections of Talat Mehmood. Just browsing through the YouTube, I discovered this song again after a long time, and then an added bonus too. This song is also sung by Asha Bhosle in the same film.
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“Sansaar” (1951) was a Gemini Pictures Production. This movie was a remake of their own Tamil and Telugu movies, both called “Samsaaram”. “Sansaar”(1951) was directed by S S Vasan and the starcast consisted of Ishwarlal, M. K. Radha, Vanaja, Mohana, Agha, Meera, J. S. Kashyap, Anil Kumar, Kalla, Ratnappa, Pushpavalli, Swaraj, David Abraham. From the cast, it is seen that most characters of the original South Indian language movie were used in the Hindi version too.
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Teer chala teer chala
Posted on: March 17, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
There is a wonderful and very melodious song by Mukesh (already posted Palbhar ki hi pehchaan mein ). The film is Anuraag from 1953. The mukhda of this song is
“Pal Bhar Ki Hi Penchaan Mein Pardesi Sanam Se”
“Lagtaa Hai Ki Ham Jaante Hon Janam Janam Se”
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