Archive for the ‘Theme song’ Category
Raakhi dhaagon ka tyohaar
Posted on: August 2, 2012
Today (2 august 2012) is the day of Raksha Bandhan, also known as “Raakhi”. It turns out that there are at least two movies called “Raakhi” which were made on this festival. One of these movies was released on 1949. The second movie of this title was released in 1962.
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Dekho jee dekho sun lo ye baat
Posted on: July 29, 2012
Today (29 july) is the death anniversary of F C Mehra (29 august 1923 – 29 july 2008), who set up Eagle Films and he produced some well known movies from 1960 onwards.
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People in most fields are always on the look out for the holy grail of their field. In case of Hindi movie making, it is a formula that would succeed at the box office. And interestingly, this success formula keeps changing from time to time. Moreover, not every movie following the same formula succeeds at the box office.
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Mat poochhiye dil hai kahaan
Posted on: July 24, 2012
“Ham Matwaale Naujawaan” (1961) was a Rover Films Production. It was directed by L R Asthana. The movie had Shekhar, Sayeeda Khan, Jeevan, Agha, Chaman Puri etc in it.
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“Chaandni Raat” (1949) was a Tajmahal Pictures production. It was directed by M Ehsan. The movie had Shyam, Naseem Bano, David Abraham, Ulhas, Cuckoo, Jillo, Parveen, Noor Jehan, Sayeeda Khan etc in it.
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Bin phere ham tere
Posted on: July 12, 2012
Today (12 july) is the death anniversary of Rajendra Kumar. Movies featuring Rajendra Kumar tended to have fantastic music in them. As a result, we are spoilt for choice when it comes to discussing songs picturised on Rajendra Kumar. And this despite the fact that we have already discussed several such songs in the blog in the past.
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Today (9 july 2012) is the anniversaries of a large number of film personalities. Sanjeev Kumar happens to be one of them. Today is his birth anniversary.
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Pyaar ki pyaas
Posted on: July 5, 2012
“Pyaar Ki Pyaas” (1961) was a Anupam Chitra Production. It was produced by Pt Mukhram Sharma and Mahesh Kaul. Pt Mukhram Sharma wrote the story and Mahesh Kaul directed the movie. The movie had Manmohan Krishna, Nishi Kohli, Shrikant, Honey Irani, David Abraham, Manorama, Yashodhara Katju, Lal Bahadur, Gopi Krishna, Kamal Mehra, Indira Bansal, Dulari, Kathana, Hayat, Taneja etc.
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Duniya isi ka naam hai
Posted on: July 1, 2012
“Duniya”(1968) was a Time Films Production. It was produced by Amarjeet and directed by T Prakash Rao. The movie had Dev Anand, Vijayanti Mala, Laxmi Chhaya, Prem Chopra, Balraj Sahni, Johnny Walker, Madan Puri, Lalita Pawar, Nana Palsikar, Sulochana Latkar, Achala Sachdev, D. K. Sapru, Jagdish Raj, Rashid Khan, Jankidas, Lata Bose, Mridula Rani etc in it.
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Chal chale ae dil
Posted on: June 27, 2012
When I was growing up in 1970s, I had heard of Gulshan Nanda a lot. Gulshan Nanda was the most popular Hindi novelist of that time. How popular he was could be judged from the fact that several of his novels were made into popular Hindi movies with same titles. For instance, “Kati Patang” (1970) was made based on his novel of the same name.
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