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Teri hai zameen tera aasmaan
Posted on: October 17, 2012
I find that the movies that I did not like often ended up as big hits (viz. “Muqaddar Ka Sikandar”, “Suhaag” etc). On the other hands , the movies that I like a lot end up getting lukewarm response from the public (viz “The Great Gambler”, “The Burning Train”, “Deshpremi” etc).
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Honolulu se aayee
Posted on: October 8, 2012
“Khanzar” (1980) was a Guru Dutt Films combine production. IT was produced and directed by Atmaram, Guru Dutt’s younger brother. The movie had Reena Roy, Navin Nischol, Mehmood, Jayashree T , Reeta Bhaduri, Shekhar Kapoor, Amjad Khan, Suresh Oberoi, Jeevan, Sajjan, Raja Duggal, Murad, K.N.Singh, Mridula, Gauri Verma, Anil Chandavarkar, Pardesi, Maanik, Naidu, Bhooshan Tiwari, Sundar Taneja, Ashok Khanna etc in it.
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I was at my movie watching “best” in 1980, and movies of that vintage are recent movies by the standards of this blog. Still I had never heard of this movie called “Zaalim” (1980) till now. When one looks at the starcast of this movie, one finds the name of Vinod Khanna as the hero who looked the most likely candidate to challenge Amitabh Bachchan as the leading male actor of those days, but unlike Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna lacked peace of mind and was searching for it in the Ashram of Bhagwan Rajneesh, later known as Osho. As a result, Vinod Khanna was distracted and was unable to devote himself fully to his filmy career. That told on the box office performances of his movies of those days.
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Mehmood’s birthday was yesterday (29 september) and we discussed a few songs picturised on him on that occasion. Those songs were sung by other singers.
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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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“Sitaara” (1980) was a Sunandini Pictures production.It was produced by Mallikarjuna Rao and directed by Meraaj. The movie had Mithun Chakraborthy, Zarina Wahaab, Kanhaiyalal, Suresh Chatwal, MacMohan, Paintal, Dinesh Thakur, T P Jain, Yunus Parwaiz, Mumtaz Shanti, Pathak, Kishore Kapoor, Bhooshan Banmali, Radha Swamy, Prakash Raghuvanshi, Kabira, Mallik, Agha, Jalal Agha etc in it.
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Today (6 september) is the birth anniversary of Yash Johar (6 september 1929- 26 june 2004). His real name was Anand Raj Johar. He worked in Ajanta Arts (Sunil Dutt’s banner) and later Navketan (Dev Anand’s banner), before he established his own production house called Dharma Productions in 1976.
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After the box office failure of “Mera Naam Joker”(1970), Raj Kapoor was a shaken and disillusioned man. When he decided to make a comeback, he decided to play safe and he made a teenage love story and not a serious philosophical movie. The old musical team that had served him well for the past two decades was summarily discarded and a new musical team was signed up for “Bobby”(1973).
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