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“Kathputli” (1957) was a Shrirangam Productions movie. It was produced by Amiya Chakravarty and Ajit Kumar Chakravarty. The movie was directed by Amiya Chakravary and Nitin Bose. The reason why there were two producers and directors for this movie was that Amiya Chakravarty died during the making of this movie and therefore the movie had to be completed by other personnel.
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“Kaali Topi Laal Roomaal” (1959) was a Janta Chitra Production movie. It was directed by Tara Harish. The movie had Chandrashekhar, Shakila, K. N. Singh, Agha, Kumkum, Mukri, Naina, Kamal Mehra etc in it.
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“Bandi” (1957) was a Shree Raj pictures production. It was directed by Satyen Bose. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Bina Rai, Kishore Kumar, Anoop Kumar, Nanda, Shyama, Kanhaiyalal, Kammo, Banerjee, Misra, Krishnakant etc in it.
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Baakad bam bam baaje damroo
Posted on: December 11, 2012
“Kathputli” (1957) was a Shrirangam Productions movie. It was produced by Amiya Chakravarty and Ajit Kumar Chakravarty. the movie was directed by Amiya Chakravarty and Nitin Bose.
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This article is written by Shekhar Gupta, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Filmistan’s Durgesh Nandini (1956) was an adaptation of the first ever Bengali novel Durgeshnondini. Published in 1865, it was written by none other than Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, immortalized as the composer of India’s national songVande Mataram.
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“Udan Khatola” (1955) was a Sunny Art Production movie. It was produced and directed by S U Sunny. The movie had Dilip Kumar, Nimmi, Surya Kumari,Jeevan, Agha, Nawab, Tuntun etc in it.
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Kyaa huaa ye mujhe kyaa huaa
Posted on: December 10, 2012
“Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai” (1960) was an R K Films Production. It was produced by Raj Kapoor and directed by Radhu Karmarkar. The movie had Raj Kapoor, Padmini, Pran, Chanchal, Lalita Pawar, Raj Mehra, Tiwari, Nana Palsikar, Nayampalli, Salochana Chatterjee, Vishwa Mehra, Baboo Rao, S. K. Singh, Rattan Gaurang, Chang, Mohamed Ali, Anwari Bai, Sadhana, Azim, Master Amar etc in it.
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“Air Mail” (1960) must be one of the most obscure Hindi movies of all time. This B grade movie was a People Pictures presentation. It was directed by B J Patel. The movie had Jyoti, Mirajkar, Ranjan, Malini, Rajen Kapoor etc in it.
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Ek bade baap ki beti ko
Posted on: December 9, 2012
“Bandi” (1957) was a Shree Raj pictures production. It was directed by Satyen Bose. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Bina Rai, Kishore Kumar, Anoop Kumar, Nanda, Shyama, Kanhaiyalal, Kammo, Banerjee, Misra, Krishnakant etc in it.
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O sunta jaa o sunta jaa
Posted on: December 9, 2012
“Halaaku” (1956) was an All India Pictures Production. It was produced by P N Arora and D D Kashyap. The movie was directed by D D Kashyap.
The movie had Ajit, Meena Kumari, Pran, Minu Mumtaz, Veena, Sunder, Helen, Niranjan Sharma, Raj Mehra, Shammi etc in it.
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