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“Harjaayee” (1981) was a Sonnar Films Private Limited movie. The movie was produced by Saam Sugnu and N Jethwani. The movie was directed by Ramesh. The movie had Randhir Kapoor, Tina Munim, Shammi Kapoor, Mala Simha, Sharat Saxena, Rajendranath, Hari Shivdasani, Sundar, Ifthekar, Mahaveer Shah, Ravi Berry, Siddu, Aditya etc in it.
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Arrey re re sambhaalo
Posted on: October 7, 2012
“Khuda Kasam” (1981) was a Kala Bhatri production. It was directed by Lekh Tandan. The movie had Vinod Khanna, Tina Munim, Ajit, Pran, Nazneen, Chandrashekhar, Zaahira, Kamini Kaushal, Madan Puri, Jalal Agha,Shakti Kapoor, Pinchoo Kapoor, Ram Mohan, C S dubey etc in it.
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Pyaar mohabbat pranay lagaawat
Posted on: September 29, 2012
Today (29 september) is the birth anniversary of Ravi Baswani (September 29, 1946 – July 27, 2010). Ravi Baswani made his debut as a comedian in 1980s and he acted in some lovely comedy movies of that era, viz “Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron”, “Peechha Karo” etc.
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I am aware of a movie called “Dil e Naadaan” (1953). It turns out that a movie of the same title was released in 1981 too.
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I am aware of a movie called “Dard” (1947) which had that immortal Umadevi song Afsana likh rahi hoon dil e beqaraar ka. It turns out that another movie of the same name was released in 1981 too.
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“Basera” was a Rose Movies presentation. It was produced by Ramesh Behl and directed by Ramesh Talwar. The movie had Shashi Kapoor, Rakhee Gulzar, Rekha, Poonam Dhillon, Ifthekhar, A.K.Hangal, Raj Kiran, Master Vikas, Pardesi, Raj Verama/Chandu, Baby Gazala, Salma, Kirit Vyas, Mrs.H.F.Mistry, Vishwanath, Sudha Chopra, Gulshan/Harjeet, Raj Bharti, Tikka Singh etc in it.
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By 1977, Rekha’s career was going nowhere and movie critics commented that she was wasting her career like Faryal. Faryal was held as the gold standard of career wasters those days, though I suppose Randhir Kapoor was not far behind her.
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Mere angna aaye re
Posted on: August 19, 2012
Today (19 august) is Utpal Dutt’s death anniversary. Utpal Dutt was typically known to play the role of an idiosyncratic oldie. During early 1980s, he got somewhat typed cast as a lecherous old man eyeing women greedily. He played such roles in movies like “Naram Garam” (1981) and “Shaukeen” (1982). In “Shaukeen”, he had company of like minded oldtimers viz Ashok Kumar and A K Hangal, but he was on his own in “Naram Garam” (1981).
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Megha re megha re
Posted on: August 10, 2012
“Pyaasa Saawan” (1981) was a Tirupati Pictures Production. It was produced by Prasanna Kapoor (Jeetendra’s brother). Dasari Narayana Rao was the director. The movie had Jeetendra, Moushumi Chatterjee, Reena Roy, Aruna Irani, Vinod Mehra, Madan Puri, Deven Verma, Ashalata Wabgaonkar etc in it.
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“Laawaris” (1981) was Produced and directed by Prakash Mehra. The movie had Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Amjad Khan, Suresh Oberoi, Bindu, Raakhee Gulzar, Om Prakash, Ranjeet, Ram Sethi etc in it. The movie was criticised quite badly by the movie reviewer of the magazine that I used to read those days. The critic wrote that the best scene in the movie was one that had the words “The End” in it.
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