Posts Tagged ‘Ashok Kumar’
Nazron ki duniya aabaad kar de
Posted on: October 13, 2012
“Najma” (1943) was a Mehboob Productions movie. It was produced and directed by Mehboob Khan. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Veena, Sitara Devi, Yakub, Murad, M Kumar etc in it.
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Surya wahi Chandra wahi
Posted on: October 1, 2012
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog
When film making started in India, the film makers made films on mythological stories, for the simple reason that In India mythology has a great impact on peoples’ life and anything that is mythological is accepted unconditionally.
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“Achhoot Kanya” (1936) was a Bombay Talkies production. It was produced by Himanshu Rai and directed by Franz Osten. The movie had Ashok Kumar and Devika Rani in lead roles with P F Pithawala, Kamta Prasad, Kishori Lal, Kusum Kumari, Pramila, Anwari, Ishrat etc also there in the movie.
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Mere dil ki duniya ujad gayi
Posted on: September 9, 2012
“Janmbhoomi” (1936) was a Bombay Talkies Production. Little is known about this movie today. I became aware of this movie thanks to a lovely song picturised on Devika Rani and a cute dog. It was then that Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh, our beloved inhouse encyclopeadia, shared details about this movie. Here is what he has to say about this movie:
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“Achhoot Kanya” (1936) was a Bombay Talkies movie. It was produced by Himanshu rai and directed by Franz Osten. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Devika Rani, P F Pithawala, Kamta Prasad, Kishori Lal, Kusum Kumari, Pramila, Anwari, Ishrat etc in it.
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Piyaa baawri
Posted on: September 1, 2012
“Khoobsoorat” (1980) was produced by Hrishikesh Mukherji and N C Sippi and directed by Hrishikesh Mukherji. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Rekha, Rakesh Roshan, Shashikala, Aradhana, Dina Pathak, David, S.N. Banerjee, Keshto Mukherjee, Ranjit Chowdhry etc in it.
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“Shaukeen” (1982) was an comedy in the sense that it depicted the tale of three oldtimers who are on the lookout for young female company but with disastrous and supposedly funny results. This movie had Mithun Chakravarthy, Ashok Kumar, Jayshree.T., Utpal Dutt, A K Hangal ,Geeta Siddharth, Minaalini,Rati Agnihotri etc in it.
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Raakhi dhaagon ka tyohaar
Posted on: August 2, 2012
Today (2 august 2012) is the day of Raksha Bandhan, also known as “Raakhi”. It turns out that there are at least two movies called “Raakhi” which were made on this festival. One of these movies was released on 1949. The second movie of this title was released in 1962.
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Today (29 july) is the birthday of Anup Jalota. Anup Jalota mainly sang non film bhajans, but he has sung a few songs in Hindi movies as well.
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