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Today (27 september) is the 8th death anniversary of Shobha Gurtu (8 february 1925- 27 september 2004). Born as Bhanumati Shirodkar, Shobha Gurtu earned her fame as a leading Thumri singer of her time. She became Shobha Gurtu after marrying Vishwanath Gurtu.
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Today (27 september) is the 80th birthday of Yashraj Chopra, a veteran producer and director of Hindi movies. He began his career as a director in “Dhool Ka Phool” (1959) which was produced by B R Chopra, his elder brother. He directed five movies under the banner of “B R Chopra productions”. All of them were hit movies. He won Filmfare best director award for one of these movies, viz. “Waqt” (1965). In all he won Four Filmfare awards for best direction and four Filmfare awards for best movies in his career.
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Today (26 september) is the 89th birth anniversary of Dev Anand (26 september 1923- 3 december 2011). On this occasion, here is a song from “Lootmaar” (1980). In fact this song has two versions. The first version is sung mainly by Kishore Kumar, with voices of Varsha Bhonsle and Shivangi Kolhapure also figuring. This version is lip synced by Dev Anand, Tina Munim and a kid playing Dev Anand’s son. I request our knowledgeable readers to help identify this kid.
PS-Now I have read at wikipedia that this kid was Tina Munim’s real brother called Manan.
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“Manpasand” (1980) was a Filmunit Production. It was produced by Amit Khanna and directed by Basu Chatterji. The movie had Dev Anand, Tina Munim, Girish Karnaad, Mehmood, Leela Mishra, Simple Kapadia, Jalal Agha, Birbal, Chandu, Ratan Gaurang, Tarun Ghosh, Raj Kishore, Vishnu Shama, Amol Sen, Pardesi, Sunder, Taneja, Piloo J Wadia, Veena etc in it.
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In Hindi movies, the hero is often a small kid in the first reel who then transforms into the grown up hero in the blink of an eye. The kid who plays the role of the young hero shares the same hair style, dress and mannerism that the grown up hero is known for. Thus master Mayur (playing Amitabh Bachchan’s childhood role) would sport the same hairstyle and dress that Amitabh Bachchan was known for, and he would in fact even sing love song for the small girl who would later grow up to become the heroine. 🙂
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Today (25 september) is the birthday anniversary of Feroz Khan (25 september 1939- 27 April 2009). Once he got established in Hindi movie industry, he turned producer and director and he would make movies inspired from Western movies, e.g. those featuring Clint Eastwood.
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