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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.

This is a club dance song from the film KARIGAR-1958. I have already written about the film Karigar and the unique friendship of Vasant Joglekar-the producer/Director of this film and actor Ashok Kumar in my comments on another song from the movie.
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This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

I some how reach a Majrooh Sultanpuri song very often. This one is a comic song in the film Maaya (1961). The music director for this film is Salil Chaudhary and it is written by Majrooh. Mohammad Rafi is singing this solo song for Agha. Helen is also seen in the picturization. Agha and Helen are indulging in western style dance using props. Helen is brandishing a small purse and Agha has two props, a hat and a walking stick to dance with. They are also using some extra artist standing around, as ‘Ellora Ajanta Qutub Minar” and Dilli, Bombay and Calcutta.
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Today (12 september) is Jaikishan’s birth anniversary. One half of the famous Shankar Jaikishan duo, Jaikishan had died quite young at an age of 41 on this day in 1971. He achieved so much at such a young age . The Shankar Jaikishan duo were easily the most dominant and prolific music directors of the golden era of Hindi movie music.
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In old Hindi movies, especially those of 1950s and 1960s, we often see songs picturised on “Taanga”, also called “Tonga”, not to be confused with a country of this name. 🙂

“Taanga” was actually a mode of public transport in India those days. With time, Taanga has all but vanished as a mode of public transport in India. But they have not become extinct. One can still find them in some small towns of India. I have noticed them in small places in Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh etc. In fact, one can see them in Fatehpur Sikri near Agra in UP. I recall that we (I, my wife and daughter) actually rode on a Taanga to go to Fatehpur Sikri a few years ago.
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This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

I dont know how it is that I am finding songs penned by Majrooh Sultanpuri again and again. The song which is under discussion is from the film “Ardhangini”. From the other songs posted here and seen on youtube it is seen that this film stars Meena Kumar and Raj Kumar, and from the title and songs I assume this to be similar type of social film like ‘Aarti”.
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“Ummeed” (1962) was a Rajan Films production. It was directed by Nitin Bose. The movie had Joy Mukherjee, Nanda, Ashok Kumar, Leela Naidu, Agha, Tuntun, Leela Mishra, Tarun Bose, Laxmi Chhaya, Chandrima Bhaduri, Nazir Kashmiri, Jankidas, Madhumati, Sabita Chatterjee, Ravi Kant, Hazara Singh, Parashram, Hussain, Jeevankala, Ramesh 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.

The union budget is being presented in the parliament today. Our able finance minister will be making this annual effort to analyze, manage and provide for the various expenses required to run this huge nation of almost 125 crore Indians. The success of the successive governments in honestly deciphering, managing and presenting a budget – well, it has been a questionable exercise over the years to say the least. The bane of the budget, and the misfortune of the entire nation, is the disastrous concept of deficit financing – a device used by the government (not just in India, but everywhere else in the world), wherein the budget outlay proposes expenses much more than the money that is there in government’s kitty.
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“Dulha Dulhan”(1964) is a movie which was produced by Nagina Films. This movie was produced and directed by Ravindra Dave. Starcast of the movie included names like Raj Kapoor, Sadhana, Raj Mehra, K.N.Singh, Agha, Madhumati, Kumud Tripathi, Madhumati, Bhola, Yusuf, AnwariBai, Vishwa Mehra, Mridula Rani etc.
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