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“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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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

After listening to some of the evergreen non-filmy songs during the last few days, I have come to the conclusion that non-filmy songs have their own style of compositions with tunes and melody getting primacy over orchestration. The musical instruments used in such songs are minimum. Most of these songs give a feel of devotional songs in one way or the other. In romantic songs, there is the devotion towards lovers/beloved. The patriotic songs are devotion to the country. Of course, the bigger canvass of the devotional songs (bhajans) is the spiritualism and devotion to the Almighty. In the 60s, ghazals and bhajans formed a bulk of the non-filmy songs.
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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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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

A few days back, one of the readers of this blog commented on the song arree hato kaahe ko jhoothhi banaao batiyaan sung by Manna Dey that he is not a versatile singer. Well, the reader has given his view which we respect in line with ‘pasand apni apni khayal apna apna’. Of course, with such a sweeping statement, there were responses by some of the regulars of this blog. A few examples of songs in support of Manna Dey’s singing versatility were also listed. There is no doubt that Manna Dey is a complete singer. His repository of singing encompasses classical, patriotic, romantic, light comedy, ghazal and more. His versatility goes beyond the different genres of songs. Take for instance the variations in his renditions within the genre of romantic songs of expressing love – tera haath haath mein aa gayaa, roop tumhaaraa aankhon se pi loon, tum jo aao to pyaar aa jaaye and some non-filmy songs like ‘ye awaara raatein ye koyi si baatein’ and ‘ nazaaron mein ho tum khayaalon mein ho tum’.
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“Ek Phool Chaar Kaante” (1960) was a Parbat Films Production. It was produced by Hardeep Chatrath and Shyam Dhawan and directed by Bhappi Sonie. The movie had Sunil Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Johnny Walker, Dhumal, David, Bela Bose, Rashid Khan, Krishan Dhawan, Bir Sakhuja, Iqbal Singh, Tun Tun, Mumtaz Begum, Radhika, Sulochna, Rita Roy, Keval Kapoor, Mohan Choti etc in it.
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“Bahaana” (1960) was a Silver Films Production. It was produced by Ram Kumar and directed by M Kumar. The movie had Mehmood, Meena Kumari, Sajjan, Krishna Kumari, Sheela Vaz, Helen, Sulochana Latkar, Anwar, Kumar, Pramila, Azurie, Anwari, Nissar etc in it.
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