Archive for the ‘Songs of 1970’ Category
“Kab Kyun Aur Kahaan” (1970) was produced and directed by Arjun Hingorani. It was his first movie as a producer. The movie had Dharmendra, Babita, Pran, Helen, Asit Sen, Mohan Choti, Shetty, Pran, Dhumal, Ashoo etc in it. This movie must have done good business. So much so that he made it a point to have three words titles, with each word beginning with K. Take that, Ekta Kapoor ! :).
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Raj Kapoor ki neeli aankhen
Posted on: April 2, 2013
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
pujaari husn ka hoon main
na deewaana jawaani ka
I heard these lines in the inimitable voice of Mohammed Rafi yesterday on Radio Rafi. I was looking for details regarding this song in the Database at mohdrafi.com, so not paying much attention to the radio playing. As the words of the poem registered, it caught my attention. I managed to catch the last line in the audio clip “pujaari husn ka hoon main”.
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Chaand tanha hai aasmaan tanha
Posted on: March 31, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
A remembrance of today that must include her own expressions. Mahajabeen was an emotional personality, and as with all emotional people, there is an expression of the artist in ways more than one. A poetess in her own right, she is known to have been writing couplets and ghazals from a very young age. And when her life started on downhill glide, it was the drink that became a faithful companion, and it was her pen that became an outlet for her to tell the world, about her sorrows and her wounds.
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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.
MUGHAL-E-AZAM-1960 was a milestone movie in the annals of Hindi films. Almost all the songs of this movie became famous and popular too. Many stories floated around about the happenings during the making of the film. Long articles appeared in papers and even a few books were published on this Epic film. Even today-after 53 years- the songs of Mughal e Azam are heard with interest by young and old alike.
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Sabse bada naadaan wohi hai
Posted on: March 15, 2013
“Pehchaan” (1970) was produced and directed by Sohanlal Kanwar. The movie had Manoj Kumar, Babita, Balraj Sahni, Sulochana, Sunder, Sailesh Kumar, Chand Usmani, Tiwari, Asit Sen, Mohan Choti, Daisy Irani, Lata Bose, Madhui Apte, C S Dubey etc in it.
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Nand nandan bilmaai
Posted on: January 28, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
January 28th is the birth day of playback singer Suman Kalyanpur. She is a living example of how the career of a talented singer can be marred by a close resemblance of the voice of the numero uno singer in the field, in her case Lata Mangeshkar. Naturally, film industry preferred the reigning queen rather than giving enough opportunity to Suman Kalyanpur to prove her worth. She was mostly used as a substitute for Lata Mangeshkar when the latter was not available for recording the songs. Alternatively, she would get the singing assignments in low budget films. In the circumstances, I thought that she would have utilised her spare time in recording many NFSs. I find that even in respect of NFSs, Suman Kalyanpur is lagging in numbers in comparison to other top playback singers like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Mohammed Rafi, Mukesh etc. Was she really interested in pursuing playback singing career ? She is known to be a very private and low profile person. Only those who were close to her could get to know her mind. It took Ameen Sayani more than 40 years to persuade her to give an interview for a radio programme. Subsequently, she has given a couple of interviews through which we have come across some more information about her singing career.
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Ae bhai zara dekh ke chalo
Posted on: January 4, 2013
Today (4 january 2013) is the 89th birthday of poet Neeraj (DOB 4 january 1924). Neeraj, who made his debut as a lyricist in 1960s, had a chequered career in Hindi movies from 1960s to 1980s. Unknown to music lovers, some of the memorable songs of 1960s and 1970s are penned by him. For instance, Aaj madhosh huaa jaaye re (Sharmili), Apne hothon ki bansi bana le mujhe (Gambler), tan man tere rang rangoogee (Archana), Bas yehi apraadh main har baar karta hoon (Pehchaan), Aaj ki raat bahi shokh badi natkhat hai (Nayi Umar Ki Nayi Fasal), Shokhiyon mein gholaa jaaye phoolon ka shabaab (Prem Pujaari) , Likhe jo khat tujhe(Kanyadaan) etc.
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The trendily titled movie “The Train” (1970) was produced by Ramesh Behl and directed by Ravikant Nagaich. The movie had Rajesh Khanna, Nanda, Rajendranath, Madan Puri, Randhir, Tuntun, Helen, Aruna Irani, Sunder, Iftekhar, Chaman Puri etc in it.
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Tum aao rumjhum karti
Posted on: December 25, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music abd a regular contributor to this blog.
There have been many an artist from the Hindi cinema, that have become enduring icons in the cultural history of our country. And there are many a great artists with wonderful qualities to create and render in films and film music. Majority of those whom we remember, are not with us anymore in this physical world. And we think of them, remember them, and feel blessed that we have had the good fortune to be born in this time and in this place, where this wonder that we call the Hindi film music ruled, and still rules, the hearts of millions. The sounds and songs of the yesteryear still abound in the memory of music lovers. That memory is a great treasure, and a heritage of lasting presence.
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