Posts Tagged ‘Actor-Singer’
Rail gaadi rail gaadi
Posted on: June 11, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
Ashok Kumar has been the doyen of the male actors of the Hindi film world, with a career that started in the 1930s and lasted to the early 2000s. The one thing that was the most remarkable about him was his presence on the screen, and the fact that he could make the viewers feel that he was thoroughly enjoying himself. There are many actors who are natural, whose performance just blends into the situation without any kinks. One can think of Sanjeev Kumar, Guru Dutt, Geeta Bali, and many more. Their performance always seems so effortless as they work through their roles on the screen. But with Ashok Kumar, there is this added element of having fun, and even conveying to the audience that he is simply enjoying doing the role.
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Jeewan aasha ye hai meri
Posted on: June 11, 2011
I am aware of movies called “Zindagi” that were released in 1956 and 1964. There was in fact another movie of this name as far back as in 1940. This movie, produced by New Theatre,Calcutta, had actors like K L Saigal, Ashalata, Jamuna, Pahadi Sanyal,Sham Laha, Nimmo etc in it.
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Jo khushi se chot khaaye
Posted on: June 10, 2011
“Dil e Nadaan” (1953) is a movie produced by A R Kardar. This movie had Talat Mehmood, Shyama and Peace Kanwal in it.
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Ab main kaah karoon kit jaaun
Posted on: June 10, 2011
Just like Radio Ceylon used to play a K L Saigal song every morning at the stroke of 8 AM in the days gone by, I too am discussing a K L Saigal song every morning. Unlike Radio Ceylon, who re cycled the same usual songs, I am discussing “new” Saigal songs every day. And it is interesting to notice that K L Saigal sang songs that many people may not have heard before.
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Jeewan ki naao na doley
Posted on: June 9, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
1943 saw the coming together of director-producer V Shantaram, and composer Vasant Desai for the first time. Shantaram had been active now for many years in the industry, with Prabhat Studios, and then with Rajkamal Kalamandir. For Vasant Desai, it was the second or third movie of his career, having composed music for the movie Shobha in 1942. This association was to last for a very long time, till 1966, and Vasant Desai composed music for many movies by V Shantaram, from Parbat Pe Apna Dera (1944) and Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahaani (1946) down to Ladki Sahyadri Ki (1966).
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“Pooran Bhagat” (1933) was one of the earliest Hindi “talkies”. It had actors like Anwari Bai, Kumar, K L Saigal, K C Dey, Kapur, Tara. It had some memorable songs in it that were sung by K C Dey and K L Saigal.
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Saanwariyaa prem ki bansi sunaa
Posted on: May 28, 2011
With time, I have become a big fan of K L Saigal and an even bigger fan of Kanan Devi (if that is possible). To the delight of fans like me, the two of them worked together in a few movies, where they acted and sang together.
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Kisi se mili hai nazar be iraadaa
Posted on: May 27, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
This is a gem of a ghazal presented in Mujra style. Once again, very beautiful, almost semi classical composition. The words are lovely, and the music is just wonderful. As with the other song picturised on Helen, the quality of on screen situation and picturization is average. However, the song is mesmerizing, if one listens only to the audio, without any visual distractions.
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Main hoon nanhi nayi dulhan
Posted on: May 25, 2011
“Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahaani”(1946) is based on the real life story of an Indian doctor called Dr Dwarkanath Kotnis, who went to China and served the Chinese patients during the second China-Japan war in 1938. He is held in high regards by the Chinese people. He stayed in China till 1942, when he died of epilepsy. He was only 32 at that time.
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Kisko pukaaroon tere siwaa
Posted on: May 24, 2011
It is popularly believed (and faithfully reproduced by most sites copying from each other) that “Rustam Sohrab” (1963) was the last movie of Sajjad Hussain as a music director. Fortunately for music lovers, Sajjad Hussain was active even later and he kept getting assignments till 1970s, even if they were few and far between.
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