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“Bilwamangal” (1954), a Minar Movies production was directed by D N Madhok. C H Atma played the title role in this movie and Suraiyya played his love angle. Nirupa Roy, Asha Mathus, Ulhas etc were the other actors to figure in this movie.
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“Mayur Pankh”(1954), a Sahu Production movie, which was directed by Kishore Sahu had a star cast consisting of names like Kishore Sahu, Ramesh Gupta, Sumitra Devi, Jankidas, Reginald Jackson, Seema, Asha Mathur, Cuckoo, Moni Chatterji, Helen, Odette Ferguson, etc. The story line of this movie, as I have guessed from watching its songs is rather interesting. It shows an Indian man falling in love with an English woman and an English man returning the compliments by falling in love with an Indian woman.
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I have mentioned the fact that Lata has the unique distinction of singing six different songs for six different actors in “Mayur Pankh”(1954). I have so far discussed two of these songs. It is only natural that I should want to discuss the other songs too.
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I became aware of this song accidentally while I was searching the details of another song of this movie. My search led me to this article on songs of Mayur Pankh (1954) by Richard S.

A little more digging up reveals that I may have inadvertently stumbled upon a movie that is a trivia buff’s delight.
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In 1970s, kids of my age (and for that matter much of the Indian population) who were used to movie songs of the kind popular in 1970s, found the singing style of old songs quite amusing. And Saigal’s singing style was the source of big mirth among people. There were people who would sing in Saigal style for the purpose of amusing themselves and others. Songs like “jab dil hi toot gaya” were “popular” for this purpose.
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“Mastaana” (1954) is a movie which was produced by Black and White movies productions. H S Rawail was the director and the movie had actors like Motilal, Nigar Sultana, Kuldeep Kaur, Sunder, Rinkoo, Yashodhara Katju, Gope, Chaman Puri, Master Romi, Tiwari, Chandrashekhar etc.
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