Archive for the ‘Songs of 1952’ Category
Nahin boloon nahin boloon
Posted on: April 6, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
TAMASHA (1952) was produced by Ashok Kumar and Savak Vacha under the banner of Bombay Talkies. When the film was conceptualised, both Ashok Kumar and Savak Vacha were contemplating leaving Bombay Talkies after handing over the management to the Workers’ Cooperative. Under the new management, three films – ‘Mashaal’ (1950), ‘Maa’ (1952) and ‘Tamaashaa’ (1952) were produced. Unfortunately, all these films did not get the commercial success plunging the Workers’ Cooperative into serious financial debt. Ashok Kumar, Dev Anand, Meena Kumari and many others tried to rescue it by offering to work free for its films. The trio – Ashok Kumar, Dev Anand and Meena Kumari and others worked for the banner while making ‘Baadbaan’ (1954). Unfortunately this film also failed miserably at the box office thus bringing down the curtains on Bombay Talkies Limited, the first listed company from Hindi film industry on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
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Dil dil se keh raha hai
Posted on: March 31, 2013
“Parchhaain” (1952) was a Rajkamal Production movie. It was produced and directed by by V Shantaram. The movie had V Shantaram, Jayshree, Sandhya, Lalita Pawar, Wasti, G. Nirula, Shams Lucknavi, Saroj, Sandhya, Baran, Nimbalkar etc in it.
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Ae dard e jigar mere dard e jigar
Posted on: March 21, 2013
“Parchhaain” (1952) was a Rajkamal Pictures Production. It was produced and directed by V Shantaram. The movie had V Shantaram, Sandhya, Jayshree, Lalita Pawar, Wasti, G. Nirula, Shams Lucknavi, Saroj, Baran, Nimbalkar 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.
In olden times there was a saying that one must visit Kashi(Benaras/Varanashi) before one dies.(There is an old saying in Western India ” Surat nu Jaman ane Kashi nu Maran”,which means,in your life you must eat food in Surat and Die in Kashi-both the best options).
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Nitya nirantar boley antar
Posted on: March 8, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
My attachment to Lord Shiva is from a very young age. We resided in Hyderabad, but my father did his Law graduation from Nagpur. While at Nagpur,h e got introduced to some revolutionaries and he too joined them.
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O madam do se ho gaye ek ham
Posted on: March 7, 2013
“Aashiaana”(1952) was produced by Sabharwals and directed by B Trilochan. The movie had Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Iftekhar, Mohana, Randhir etc in it.
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“Alladin and the wonderful lamp” (1952) was a Basant Pictures production. It was directed by Homi Wadia. The movie had Mahipal, Meena Kumari, Vasantrao Pahelwan, B. M. Vyas, Babu Raje, Raja Sandow, Jillo Maa, W. M. Khan, S. N. Tripathi, Azim etc in it.
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Tumko fursat ho meri jaan
Posted on: February 15, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
My younger days were made more enjoyable by Talat’s songs. Though I was born and brought up in Hyderabad state- a Muslim ruled state(The Nizam was the king ruling on 85 % Hindu population….exactly opposite of Raja Harisingh of Kashmir ruling on 85% Muslims ! ), initially I was not much interested in Urdu Gazals etc. My interest in Urdu Gazals was ignited and further nurtured by by the way Talat sang them.
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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.
Recently I had mentioned the name of Shirish Kanekar, a writer on HFM of yore. He writes in Marathi. He has a photographic memory and hundreds of anecdotes about songs, singers, composers, directors and everybody in films. He has written about 30 odd books, most of which are highly readable.
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Ye khilti kali koi le
Posted on: February 7, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Autobiography(AB) is a type of literature which has a limited, selective and captive readership. Only those who are connected with the writer, personally or professionally will be interested in reading it. It can not have a widespread readership. A Doctor’s AB may be read by members of his profession or by those who are connected personally with him. Others who are unconnected may not even buy that book.
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