Archive for the ‘Songs of 1965’ Category
“Sikandar e Azam” (1965) is an N C Films production. It was directed by Kedar Kapoor. The star cast of this movie had names like Dara Singh, Mumtaz, Prithviraj Kapoor, Premnath, Prem Chopra, Veena, Ganga, Jeewan, Jagdish Sethi, Tiwari etc.
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“Mere Sanam” (1965) was a Sippy Films Production. G P Sippy was the producer of this movie and Amar Kumar directed the movie. Star cast of this movie included names like Biswajeet, Asha Parekh, Nazir Hussain, Achala Sachdev, Asit Sen, Pran, Mumtaz, Rajendranath, Dev Kishan, Laxmi Chhaaya etc.
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“Hum Deewaane” (1965) is by now an obscure movie. This B grade movie was produced by Young India Entertainers and it was directed by Bhagwan. Bhagwan himself played the lead role in this movie alongwith Chandrashekhar, Mumtaz, Anwar, Agha, Maruti, Iftekhar, Rajen Haksar, Helen etc.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Reviving a wonderful qawwaali from one of those not so well known films, and yet a gem of a composition and a fabulous presentation. The film is Mujrim Kaun Khooni Kaun (1965). It is a social drama produced under the banner of Pratima Pictures, Bombay and it is directed by Ramneek Vaidya. The star cast includes Jairaj, Indira aka Indira Billi, Heeralal, Sapru, Shammi, Bela Bose, Asit Sen, Raj Mehra, Brahm Bhardwaj, Gopal Sehgal, Shyam Kumar, V Gopal, Mirza Musharraf, Sherry etc. The lyrics for this film are written by three poets viz., Anjum Jaipuri, Akhtar Romani and Naqsh Lyallpuri. This particular qawwaali is written by Akhtar Romani. The music composition is by Baabul – another one of the unsung talents that have produced absolutely A class music, but never really got their due recognition in the industry.
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Khanak gayo haay bairi kangnaa
Posted on: October 28, 2011
“Rishte Naate” (1965) is a movie produced by Amar Jyoti movies(Madras). It was directed by K S Gopalkrishnan. The star cast of the movie included names like Raj kumar, Nutan, Jamuna, Nazeer Hussain, Ameeta, Jeewan, David Abraham, Kanhaiyyalal, Dhumal, Deven Verma, Madhvi, Sahasranaamam, Baby Shakila. The star cast and the name of the movie tells me that it was a movie with a melodramatic theme and little wonder that I have not heard of this movie.
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“Rustam e Hind” (1965) is a B grade movie produced by K R films and directed by Kedar Kapoor. This movie had top B grade stars of the day, viz Dara Singh and Mumtaz, as well as others like Helen, Laxmi chhaya, Sham kumar, K.N.Singh, Parveen Paul, Rajan Haksar, Mridula Rani, Randhir, Maruti Rao, TunTun, Mohan Choti, Bihari, Hansa, Haroon, Khurshid, Madhumati, Roopesh Kumar, Parashuram etc.
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This movie is called “Chhupa Rustam” (1965) which could translate to “undercover agent” in English. Now this movie and this song actually are “Chhupa Rustam” in the sense that few people including the authoritative Geet Kosh seem to be aware of this song. For that matter, people are not even aware of the existence of this movie either though movies of the same name which were released in 1970s and 1990s are somewhat better known.
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Jaane wo kaun hain
Posted on: October 20, 2011
“Bheegi Raat”(1965) is a Maya movies production, which was directed by Kalidas. the movie had Meena Kumari, Pradeep Kumar, Shashikala, Rajendranath, Ulhas, Raj Mehra, Ashok Kumar, Kamini Kaushal, I. S. Johar, Hari Shivdasani etc in it.
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When I look at the lyrics of this song from “Shaahi Luteraa” (1965), I wonder if the lyricist Gulshan Baawra had ever thought of becoming an anatomist/ physician as an alternative career option. 🙂 One can find mention of so many body parts in this song, viz. “Chehra” (face), “Zulf” (tress of hair), “Aankh” (eye),”Pehloo” (side),”Palken” (eye brows),”dil” (heart), “Jigar” (liver) etc. 🙂 But in the lyricist’s scheme of things, “jigar” is more valuable than “dil”, which few medical practitioners would agree with.
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Aji aisi nazar ko kyaa kahiye
Posted on: October 19, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The general impression of a qawwaali is that is sung by a group of singers and musicians together. Either it is one group that is presenting, with one or two lead singers, a number of other singers providing the chorus, and some members of the group are playing the musical instruments. Or it is a presentation by two groups composed as described above, who may be competing with each other, in presenting ideas about a specific theme. This latter variation is called ‘baitbaazi’ .
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