Posts Tagged ‘1957’
Zara back ke chalo ri mori guinyaan
Posted on: May 28, 2012
“Garma Garam” (1957) was a G M Pictures presentation. It was directed by P L Santoshi. The movie had Bhagwan, Agha, Nadira, Anwar, Gope, Maruti, Krishna Kumari, Mumtaz, Om Prakash etc in it.
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Chaar din ki hain bahaaren
Posted on: May 25, 2012
There were two Hindi movies with the title “Yahudi Ki Ladki”. The first one was produced in 1933 and the other one was produced in 1957. As many as four songs from the 1933 movie has been discussed and none from the other movie of the same title.
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“Hill Station” (1957) was a Pushpa Pictures presentation. It was directed by Shakti Samanta. The movie had Pradeep Kumar, Bina Rai, Shyama, Pratima Devi, K. N. Singh, Maruti etc in it.
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Today(25th may) happens to be the seventh death anniversary of Sunil Dutt (6 june 1929-25 may 2005). Born Balraj Dutt, Sunil Dutt was one of the earliest Radio Ceylon announcers before he got his break in Hindi movies in “Railway Platform” (1955).
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“Khuda Ka Banda”(1957) was a Chitrabharati Production. It was directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi. The movie had Chandrashekhar, Tiwari, Krishna Kumari, Gope, Kanhaiyalal etc in it.
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Falak bola zameen boli
Posted on: April 30, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Earlier today, in another post I had mulled over the decline of films with mythological themes. Extending that concern further, I would also include the theme of Muslim religious and social films, which seem to be on the decline. Once again, in the 90s and later, I cannot really recall any significant film based on Islamic social and religious values.
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“Chamak Chandni” (1957) is an extremely obscure movie by now. This movie was a Chitra Bharati Limited production. Chimanlala Trivedi was the producer and the movie was directed by Manibhai Vyas. The movie had Mahipal, Shaikla, Tiwari, Chandrashekhar, Maruti, Niranjan Sharma, Helen, Purnima etc in it.
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In Hindi movies of the golden era, there was this common enough situation where the lead pair would carry out their romantic pursuits silently without even talking, and obviously without even singing a song. So what would happen in such circumstances ? Very conveniently, a two to three persons troupe would appear on the road (one carrying a harmonium- compulsory, other carrying a dholak-optional, but desirable, and a female dancer- highly desirable, but often optional)and they would sing a song, and the words of the songs would express the feelings of the shy duo.
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Mera jala raat bhar diyaa
Posted on: April 22, 2012
“Chamak Chaandni” (1957) is not a movie too many people may be aware of. This obscure movie was a Chitra Bharati Limited production. It was produced by Chimanlal Trivedi and directed by Mani Bhai Vyas. The starcast reads like a B grade movies who is who, viz. Mahipal, Shakila, Tiwari, Chandrashekhar,Maruti, Niranjan Sharma, Helen, Purnima etc.
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