Posts Tagged ‘1951’
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Guru Dutt and Dev Anand were good friends. Guru Dutt was senior to Dev Anand,having started in 1941 with Uday Shankar’s Cultural centre-Almoda to study Dance and drama. In 1944 Guru Dutt joined Prabhat Film company at Poona, where he met his two future friends- Rehman and Dev Anand. In 1946, he worked there as an assistant Director to P.L.Santoshi for “Hum Ek Hai” and also choreographed its dances. It was here that he developed a bond with Dev.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Guru Dutt is one of the few Hindi film personalities on whom one can find tonnes of information by way of articles, books and film documentaries. Within a short span of 13 years as a producer, director and actor, he left us with his rich legacy in about a dozen films. Under his own banner, Guru Dutt Films, he covered almost all the main genre of films – crime thriller, comedy, romance, social, melodrama and period. As an actor, his eyes spoke more than the dialogues. As a director, he was known for taking shots with unusual camera angles. The songs in his films narrated the story of the films on the continuum. His films were artistic within the ambit of what is called as popular commercial cinema. Even 48 years after his death, I guess, he has more fan followings than when he was alive. His films are the subject matter of intellectual discussions and they are a part of some film institutes’ curriculum.
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O roop nagar ke saudagar
Posted on: October 8, 2012
Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh, our beloved inhouse encyclopaedia is discussing some lesser known singers in the blog. He discussed two Desai sisters namely Vinodini and Pramodini. After marriage, they became known as Vinodini Dixit and Pramodini Patkar respectively.
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“Bahaar” (1951) was an A V M Production. It was directed by M V Raman. The movie had Karan Dewan, Vyjyanti Mala (making her Hindi movie debut), Pandhari Bhai, Pran, Tabassum, Gope, Shymalal, Chaman Puri, Leela Misra, Sunder, Om Prakash, etc in it.
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“Nageena”(1951) was a Pancholi production movie. It was directed by Ravindra Dave. The movie had Nasir Khan, Nutan, Gope, Hiralal, Mohana, Goldstein, Shamlal, Bipin Gupta etc in it.
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“Malhar” (1951) was a Darling Films production. It was directed by Harish. The movie had Arjun Bakshi, Shammi, Moti Sagar, Sonali Devi, S K Prem, Sunalini Devi, Kanhaiyalal, Sankata Prasad etc in it.
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HFGK lists nine songs in “Jaadu” (1951). There is one more song in addition in the movie, viz. Ab raat milan ki beet chuki but it is not considered a full fledged song by HFGK and it finds mention there only as a footnote.
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Tu kaun hai mera keh de baalam
Posted on: September 17, 2012
Here is this song from “Deedaar” (1951). It is sung by Lata and it is picturised on a lady looking extremely happy and besides herself with joy. I had great difficulty in identifying her and I actually rubbed my eyes in disbelief on realising that the lady in question was none other than Nimmi ! I was told that the only occasion when Nimmi was seen breaking into a faint smile was in a 1960s movie and that too towards the fag end of her career. but this song alters all that. She actually is seen smiling whole heartedly in this song.
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Duniya ne teri duniyaa waale
Posted on: September 16, 2012
As many as eight songs from this movie have been discussed in the past. Here is the ninth song from the movie.
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“Jaadu” (1951) was a Musical Pictures Production. It was directed by A R Kardar. The movie had Suresh, Nalini Jaywant, Sharda, Shyam Kumar, Amanullah etc in it.
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