Posts Tagged ‘Dharmendra’
I have noticed that Hindi movies rarely show actors keeping pets like say cats and dogs. When I was growing up in 1960s and 1970s, most Indian families regarded keeping pets a luxury that average families could ill afford. Then there were people who were superstitious and they thought that a cat especially black one crossing their path was inauspicious. Only villains would keep pets in Hindi movies.
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Aur kyaa ahad e wafaa hote hain
Posted on: December 8, 2010
By 1980s, both Dharmendra and Sharmila Tagore were over the hill and they had graduated to playing the roles of parents.
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“Ek Mahal Ho Sapnon Ka” (1975) is a movie where Dharmendra and Sharmila Tagore were paired together. This movie had some superb songs in it.
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Dharmendra and Sharmila Tagore, who share the same birthday (8th December) worked together opposite each other in several movies. One of these movies was “Ek Mahal Ho Sapnon Ka” (1975). This movie apparently did not do well at the box office. But what songs this movie had !
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One of most memorable Dharmendra-Sharmila Tagore pairing was in the lovely family comedy “Chupke Chupke” (1975) where everyone, including the movie watchers have fun at the expense of Om Prakash, who plays Sharmila Tagore’s omniscient jeejaaji.
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Abhi kyaa sunoge suna to hansoge
Posted on: December 8, 2010
Dharmendra and Sharmila Tagore, who share their birthday (8 october) also shared the screen space together in several movies. One of these movies was “Satyakaam” (1969).
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Tum jaao kahin tumko ikhtiyaar
Posted on: December 8, 2010
I am told that 8 december is the birthday of not one but two actors. Yes, both Dharmendra (DOB- dec 8, 1935) and Sharmila Tagore (DOB 8 dec 1946) were born on this date.
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Deep deewaali ke jhhoothhe
Posted on: November 5, 2010
Though I have seen the movie “Jugnu” (1973), I do not much remember the songs of this movie. While looking for deewali songs, I found that this movie indeed has a deewali song, and that too a happy deewali song. I wonder how I do not remember this song despite watching this movie.
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Na jaa kahin ab na jaa
Posted on: November 3, 2010
Here is a song from “Mere Hamdam Mere Dost” (1968). From the lyrics, this song could well be regarded as the title song cum theme song of the movie.
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Ae hawaa ye bataa
Posted on: October 10, 2010
Few people today may have heard of this movie called “Ghazab” (1982). I , on the other hand, not only know about this movie, I have seen this movie and it is one of those movies that I liked. The story of this movie was different and that made me like this movie.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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