Posts Tagged ‘Actor-Singer’
Nigaahen kyun milaayin thhin
Posted on: July 9, 2012
“Laal Kunwar” (1952) was a N V M Productions movie. It was directed by Ravindra Dave. The movie had Nasir Khan, Suraiya, P. Jairaj, Agha, Durga Khote, Usha Kiran etc in it.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
A wonderful ghazal, presented in qawaali style of singing, and sung and performed by Kishore Kumar. Some combination you might say. Yes, the results are appealingly captivating. Well at least for Meena Kumari on screen, who appears to be completely bowled over by this roadside performance by the simple looking and freewheeling Kishore Kumar.
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Wo apni yaad dilaane ko
Posted on: July 1, 2012
“Jugnu” (1947) was a breakthrough movie for Dilip Kumar. The success of this movie transformed Dilip Kumar from a struggler to an established actor.
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Suno suno ban ke praani
Posted on: June 29, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
During my childhood and younger days, I had heard some songs and in case of a few of them I remembered only the tunes. I had no idea whether they belonged to films or were non-film songs.
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Bol Radha bol sangam hoga ke nahin
Posted on: June 23, 2012
Here is a song that firmly belongs to the category of “How come this song was not discussed before ! ” This song is the well known title song of “Sangam”- namely “Bol Radha bol sangam hoga ke nahin”.
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“Alibaba”(1940) must be one of the earliest (if not the earliest) Hindi movie based on the well known Arabian nights tale of Alibaba and the forty thieves. This movie had Surendranath, Wahidanbai, Sadra Akhtar, Ghulam Mohammad etc in it. It was produced by Sagar and directed by Mehboob.
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“Waaris” (1954) was a Minerva Movietone production. It was directed by Nitin Bose. The movie had Talat Mehmood, Suraiyya, Jagdish Sethi, Nadira, Sadat Ali, Meheli Modi, Yakub, Achla Sachdev, Roopmala etc in it.
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Chhod chaley pyaari duniya ko
Posted on: May 30, 2012
“Bhaagam Bhaag” (1956) was a light hearted comedy movie. It was produced and directed by Bhagwan. The movie had Kishore Kumar, Bhagwan, Smriti Biswas, Badri Prasad, Shashikala, Kumkum, Tiwari etc in it. In this movie, everyone played characters who were named the same as their actual names. For instance, Kishore Kumar played a character named Kishore and Bhagwan played a character named Bhagwan.
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Hamaari aankhon se dil ke tukde
Posted on: May 27, 2012
“Gawaiyya” (1954) was a R B Production movie. It was directed by H P Sharma. The movie had Surendra, Sulochana Chatterji, Vijayalaxmi, Sundar, Sapru, Heera Sawant, Kumkum etc in it.
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