Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
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Lesser known singers- Singer 9 (Utpala Sen)
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BANGLA is a very sweet language. Many times I wonder whether Bengali sweets are sweeter or the Bangla language. I have never tried to answer this question myself, because I liked both.
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Babu samjho ishaare horn pukaare
Posted on: October 13, 2012
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Today (13 october) is the birth anniverasry of Ashok Kumar as well as the death anniversary of Kishore Kumar. After Kishore Kumar’s death on this day 25 years ago, Ashok Kumar stopped celebrating his birthday, naturally. The two brothers, alongwith their third brother Anup Kumar were quite close to each other and we were privileged to see the three brothers together in all the movies that were produced by Kishore Kumar.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
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Lesser known singers- Singer 7 (Moti Sagar)
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In the Hindi film industry, there are 4 types of people.
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“Ustaad” (1957) was a Shri Krishna Films Production. It was directed by Nanabhai Bhatt. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Anita Guha, Anjali Devi, Rahman, Kumkum, Cuckoo, N A Ansari, Bhagwan, K N Singh etc in it.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
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Lesser known singers- Singer 6 (Binota Chakraborty)
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In the early era of films, the line between the various language films was very thin. Films were often made taking inspiration from other language films. Many times films were made on topics related to other languages. For example, films on Sant Tukaram, Dnyaneshwar, Sant Sakhu, Gora Kumbhar and even Namdeo-the saints popular in Maharashtra-were made in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu languages. Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films were also made on the lives of on Sant Tulsidas and Kabir.
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“Devdas” (1955) was a Bimal Roy Production movie. It was produced and directed by Bimal Roy. The movie had Dilip Kumar, Vaijayantimala, Johnny Walker, Pran, Suchitra Sen, Motilal, N. Hussain etc in it.
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“Laal Kunwar” (1952) an N V M Productions movie. It was directed by Ravindra Dave. the movie had Nasir Khan, Suraiya, P. Jairaj, Agha, Durga Khote, Usha Kiran etc in it.
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Door door se kyaa jaata tum
Posted on: October 10, 2012
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
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Lesser known singers- Singer 5 (Bela Mukherji)
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In the initial period of films, Calcutta was in the forefront of making meaningful films with melodious music. The early 30s were dominated by Calcutta Film industry.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Guru Dutt is one of the few Hindi film personalities on whom one can find tonnes of information by way of articles, books and film documentaries. Within a short span of 13 years as a producer, director and actor, he left us with his rich legacy in about a dozen films. Under his own banner, Guru Dutt Films, he covered almost all the main genre of films – crime thriller, comedy, romance, social, melodrama and period. As an actor, his eyes spoke more than the dialogues. As a director, he was known for taking shots with unusual camera angles. The songs in his films narrated the story of the films on the continuum. His films were artistic within the ambit of what is called as popular commercial cinema. Even 48 years after his death, I guess, he has more fan followings than when he was alive. His films are the subject matter of intellectual discussions and they are a part of some film institutes’ curriculum.
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