Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs

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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

One more century we celebrate today. This post is the 300th song composed by music director Ravi, to adorn the pages of this blog.
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Today (25 october) is the death anniversary of Sahir Ludhianvi. Sahir Ludhianvi was an outstanding lyricist as we in blog are alraedy aware. In addition, he was a man of strong convictions and principles. In his views he was far more progressive that the era when he weas active. He championed the case of the underdog, the downtrodden, the law abiding masses, women etc. He spoke out against social evils. He shoke out against violence and war.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

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Lesser known singers- Singer 1 (Ashima Bannerji)
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In Mahabharat, there is a story that Ghatotkach-son of Bheem- created a Mayanagari, in which everything looked real, but it was all imaginary. In India too BOMBAY was a Mayanagari for those who thought that life was beautiful and enjoyable there and that every happiness is available here. Millions of people came to Bombay with dreams in their eyes, but not all were able to fulfil their Dreams. Very few- the lucky and fortunate ones- could achieve their goals in life here.
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“Zabak” (1961), a quintessential B grade movie was a Basant Pictures production. It was produced and directed by Homi Wadia. The movie had Mahipal, Shyama, Manhar Desai, W. M. Khan, B. M. Vyas, Babu Raje, Achla Sachdev, Uma Dutt, Krishna Kumari, Sahira, Adeeb etc in it.
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Today (29 september) is the birth anniversary of Mehmood Ali Khan, known to movie watchers simply as Mehmood. Mehmood (29 September 1932 – 23 July 2004) made his debut in Hindi movies as a child actor in 1940s and then graduated as a grown up actor in 1950s. He became a comedian who commanded his own CSP (Comic side plot) in Hindi movies of 1950s and 1960s.
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