Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960’ Category
Hari Om kathha aarambh hoti hai
Posted on: December 1, 2012
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Can you guess how many actors and actresses must have worked in ALL Hindi films from 1931 to 2000 ?
I asked this question to my friend and he hazarded a figure of 2000. I put the number at around 3000 to 4000, myself.
What is your Guess ?
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Tak dhoom tak dhoom baaje
Posted on: November 29, 2012
“Bambai Ka Babu” (1960) was a Naya Films production. It was directed by Raj Khosla. The movie had Dev Anand, Suchitra Sen, Nazir Hussain, Achala Sachdev, Dhumal, Rashid Khan, Manohar Deepak, Jagdish Raj etc in it.
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Ab to Madhav mohe ubaar
Posted on: November 22, 2012
This article is wrtitten by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Among the singers of devotional songs, one name that comes to my mind is Lakshmi Shankar. It was almost a daily ritual for me to listen to one of her devotional (bhajan) songs almost every day in the morning on All India Radio, Bombay (Mumbai). At that time, I had no inkling that she was a classical dancer and later a renowned classical vocalist of Patiala Gharana. I was not even aware that she belonged to the illustrious Shankar family.
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Falak se utrey zameen pe taare
Posted on: November 13, 2012
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Seven thousand. And the mind says, Goodness, are we already there?
A fabulous pace and a fantastic record. The steady pace with which the team is pulling together is simply marvelous. And more than that, it is Atul ji’s single minded devotion to this endeavor. One can barely begin to imagine the amount of time and effort that he is relentlessly putting in, day in and day out. That is nothing less than fantastic.
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“Daku Bhupat” (1960) was a Jalaruha Production movie. It was directed by Ramesh Gupta. The movie had N.T.Rama Rao, Anjali Devi, Ramesh Kumar, Ramesh, Nandu, Jani Majmudar etc in it.
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Baalam se milan hoga
Posted on: November 11, 2012
“Chaudhvin Ka Chaand” (1960) was a Guru Dutt Films production. It was directed by M Sadiq. The movie had Rehman, Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Minoo Mumtaz, Mumtaz Begum, Pravin Paul, Naazi, Zebunissa, Uma Devi, Lata Sinha, Balam, Johnny Walker etc in it.
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“Anuradha” (1960) was an L B Films production. It was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherji. The movie had Balraj Sahni, Leela Naidu, Abhi Bhattacharya, Ranu, Nazir Hussain, Mukri, Asit Sen, Manav Chitnis, Bhudo Advani, Rashid Khan, Hari Shivdasani, Asim Kumar etc in it.
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Chori chori tori aayi hai Radha
Posted on: November 3, 2012
This article is written by Pamir Harvey, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Hum Hindustani a patriotic film of 1960 had the message of youth turning the nation into a hub of industrial and green revolution. Portraying the two faces of the Indian youth were Sunil Dutt and Joy Mukherjee. The former an upright engineer and the latter a bit misled.
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