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In 1970s, there were two title songs beginning with the words ‘Mera Jeewan’. One of the songs was ‘Mera Jeewan Kora Kaagaz…’ from “Kora Kaagaz”(1974). Another song was ‘Mera jeewan kuchh kaam na aaya..’ from “Mera Jeewan”(1976).
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Different people may have different ways of judging movies. I read an old joke in this connection some three decades ago. A Pathan from Afghanistan came to India and looked at a poster of a movie . He was very impressed with the title of the poster and he went to watch that movie. after THE END, he came out very frustrated and disappointed. He was asked the reason for his disappointment. “The poster promised that the movie had Chiraag Khan and Roshni Khan in it. I watched the entire movie , but I could not find either of the Khans in this movie.” The Pathan explained.
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“Ummeed” (1971) is an obscure movie, despite this movie being of relatively recent vintage by the standards of this blog. This movie was a Rajan Films production and it was directed by Nitin Bose. The cast of this movie included names like Ashok Kumar, Nanda,Leela Naidu, Joy Mukherjee, Tuntun, Agha, Leela Misra etc. This movie must have sunk without a trace, because I have not heard of this movie despite this movie getting released when I was at my most alert and curious as a pre teen kid.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

Tere Ghar Ke Saamne (1963) is a classic for many a reason. A production from the house of Navketan, Dev Anand’s film company, this film was a major success in its time, and its music continues to set many a hearts aflutter.
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“Chiraag” (1969) is a Suchitra pictures production. It was directed by Raj Khosla. This movie had a star cast consisting of Sunil Dutt, Asha Parekh, Lalita Pawar, Om Prakash, Kanhaiyalal, Sulochana, Snehlata, Mukri, Ram Avtaar, Dulari, Asha Nadkarni etc in it.
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“Apna Bana Ke Dekho” (1962) is a movie which has Manoj Kumar, Asha Parekh, Achala Sachdev, Sundar, Nazir Husain etc in it. Though I have not explored the songs of this movie, I am sure that this movie has some nice songs in it
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The number of memorable songs picturised on Shammi Kapoor runs into hundreds. Many of these songs have already been discussed in this blog. The remaining Shammi Kapoor songs too will find their way in this blog with time, I am sure.
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Scandals in public life, especially crimes of passion, have always attracted the attention of Hindi movie makers and a few of them have actually gone on and made movies based on such scandals. Even at present, we find a movie maker making a movie on a woman who murdered her ex boyfriend with the help of her current flame.
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