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This blog had songs from “Naadaan”(1951) and “Nadaan” (1971). It turns out that a movie of the same title was also released as early as 1941. Very little information is available about this movie. This movie was directed by Zia Sarhadi. The movie had Aman, Noorjahaan, Masood etc in it.
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Ud jaayegaa hans akela
Posted on: May 3, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
In the Hindu mythology, Gandharvas are stated to be the male heavenly spirit and in the context of music, the term is used for a highly skilled vocalist. Maharashtra had the privilege of having four ‘Gandharvas’. First, Sawai Gandharva (real name : Rambahu Kundgolkar – 19/01/1886 – 12/09/1952). He was a popular Hindustani classical vocalist and Marathi stage actor-singer. He was the first disciple of Ustad Abdul Karim Khan of Kirana gharana. One of the disciples of Sawai Gandharva was Pandit Bhimsen Joshi who later started the annual Sawai Gandharva Festival at Pune in the memory of his guru.
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Jo dil ki tadap na jaane
Posted on: May 3, 2013
“Saawan Ki Ghata” (1966) was a Shakti Films Production. It was produced and directed by Shakti Samanta. The movie had Manoj Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Mumtaz, Pran, Madan Puri, Mridula Rani, JeevanKala, Madhumati, Sajjan, Mohan Choti, S.N.Bannerjee, Padma Khanna, Kundan, Sunder, Jeevan, Master Anwar, Neelam, Ratan Gaurang, Mauji Singh, Karan Singh, Prakash Lahoti, Baby Kavita Oberoi etc in it.
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Peepal taley ghar mera
Posted on: May 3, 2013
“Jeewan Saathi” (1957) was a D S Films Production. It was directed by R S Tara. The movie had Ashok Kumar,Usha Kiran, Anoop Kumar, Pratima Devi, Daisy Irani, Shammi, Murad, Jabeen Jalil, Amarnath etc in it.
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“Beqasoor” (1950) was a Madhukar Pictures Production. It was produced by M R Navalkar and directed by K Amarnath. The movie had Ajit, Madhubala, Pramila, Yakub, Mangla, Gope, Geeta Nizami, Ramesh, Durga Khote etc in it.
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Ratiyaan guzaaroon kaise
Posted on: May 3, 2013
“Ratnawali” (1945) was directed by Surendra Desai. The movie had Surendra, Ratan Mala, Maya, K N Singh, Usha Mantri, Leela Mishra etc in it.
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When I was a school kid then I found most, if not all subjects as boring. Even out of all these boring subjects, history took the cake. It was extremely difficult to remember the names of the kings, their eras, and what they did during their reign. And in case these kings happened to be born before the era of Christ then remembering their dates of birth and death was even more confusing. 🙂 Emperor Ashok, for instance was born in 304 BC and died in 232 BC. What kind of kings they were who died before they were born, was the doubt in the minds of many students of tender years.
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Dil mein basa le apna bana le
Posted on: May 2, 2013
“Rangeela” (1953) was Produced and directed by Bhagwan under his banner of Bhagwan Art Production. The movie had Bhagawan, Poornima, Vivek, Badri Prasad, Baburao, Nazeera, Bimal Devi, Heera Sawant, Indira, Rambha, Usha Shukla, Afgan Sundae, Inamdar, Madhav Kale, Radheshyam, Ramlal, Deepak, Balram, Harish, Hanuman, Swami, Swartha, Sitara, Shera, Kammo, Kukku, Maruti etc in it.
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