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

“Punarmilan” (1964), is a story of children lost and found, interwoven with the themes of casteism and untouchability. Produced under the banner of Nagina Films, Bombay, it is directed by Ravindra Dave. The star lineup includes Balraj Sahni, Shashikala, Leela Chitnis, Jagdeep, Ameeta, Asit Set, Mumtaz Begum, Padma Devi, Narmada Shankar, Amarnath etc. The lyricist Gulshan Bawra also plays a comic role. In the film, there are two children lost as small kids. A child of a low caste family is lost in the river, and when rescued, he is adopted by a rich high caste family. And a child of the high caste family is lost, and ends up being adopted by Leela Chitnis, the same person who lost her son in the river. There are various sub plots as the romantic interests of two couples, Balraj Sahni and Shashikala, and Jagdeep and Ameeta, are interwined with the destinies of three families.
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“Benazir” (1964) appaers to be an A grade movie what with the likes of Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari, Shashi Kapoor,Tanuja etc in it and the movie being directed by Bimal Roy. But despite such big names, I have not been aware of this movie. And only recently I have become aware of a song from this song.
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“Sharaabi” (1964) is a movie that had some great songs in it, but the movie itself turned out to be a damp squib and the songs of this movie suffered as a result. With time, the songs of ‘Sharaabi” (1964) have lived on, but these songs would have done much better during its earlier days, had the movie fared better at the box office.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

Aao Pyaar Karen (1964) is a romantic comedy from the house of S Mukherjee, and Filmalya Productions, directed by RK Nayyar. The normal rich-girl-poor-boy-love-story, in this case, is presented as a comedy, and not a sob story. The male lead actor, as with many S Mukherjee productions, is Joy Mukherjee, paired with Saira Banu. At the time of making this movie, both the actors were comparatively fresh in the industry, having made their debut in 1960 (Love In Simla) and 1961 (Junglee). The other key players in the star cast are Rajendranath, Madhavi, Marilyn, Shyam Chatterjee, Jayant Shah etc.
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“Jee Chaahta Hai” (1964) is a movie starring Joy Mukherji, Rashree, Shyama, Rajendranath, Nazir Hussain,Jeewan etc. I have not seen the movie so I often try to guess the story of the movie from the picturisation of the song, and my conclusions thus drawn about the movie are often quite off the mark. 😀
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

Hanraj Behl started his career as a composer, in 1946 with the film Pujaari. He has been active in both the Hindi and Punjabi film industry as a music director. In Hindi films, he was active till 1974 (film released – Do Aankhen in 1974); and with Punjabi films he was active as late as 1982. He passed away in 1984. One of the films for which he had scored the music, was released many years after his departure. (Insaaf Ka Khoon, in 1991). With classical training background, his style of music has been semi classical and he has scored a large number of popular and famous songs.
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This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

‘Main Suhaagan Hoon’ is a better known movie from 1964. Produced by Nayyar Films, Bombay, it is directed by Kundan Kumar. The star cast includes Mala Sinha, Ajit, Nishi, Kewal Kumar, Nazir Hussain, Tewari, Indira Bansal, Najma, Chand Burk, Daya Devi, TN Sinha etc.
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In show business, it is not enough to just silently go about your job behind the scene. One needs to be in the limelight and one needs to keep lobbying with influential people who can help advance one’s career. People who are good in their jobs as well as good in Public relations forge ahead whereas others, who may be equally good if not so, may find themselves underappreciated.
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