Posts Tagged ‘Farooque Kaiser’
Dil mein ho tum aankhon mein tum
Posted on: March 6, 2013
“Satyamev Jayate” (1987), a remake of a Malyalam movie, was produced by Romu N Sippy and directed by Raj Sippy. The movie had Vinod Khanna, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Madhavi, Anita Raj, A K Hangal, Renu Joshi, Alankar, Neeta Puri, Saahil Chadha, Satyen Kappu, Sudhir Dalvi, Vinod Mehra, Shakti Kapoor, Anupam Kher etc in it.
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Maangi hain duaayen hamne sanam
Posted on: November 10, 2012
“Shikaari” (1963) was an Eagle Films Production. It was produced by F C Mehra and directed by Mohammad Hussain. The movie had Ajit, Raagini, Helen, Habib, K.N.Singh, Bir Sakuja, Randhir, Tuntun, Madhumati, Raani, Kamal Mehra, Sheela Kashmiri, Baburao, Kamal Mohan, V.Gopal, Jerry, Sabir,Shaam Kumar, Keshav Rana,etc in it.
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“Sipah salar” (1956) was an Eagle Pictures presentation. This movie was directed by Md Hussain. The movie had Shammi Kapoor, Nadira, Kumkum, Cuckoo, Helen, S. Nazir, Kamal Mehra, Samson, Uma Dutt, Habib, Rajan Kapoor etc in it.
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Sooni sooni lag rahi hai
Posted on: July 31, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Remembering Rafi Saab on the anniversary of his passing away today. And also, remembering Dara Singh ji, who left this earthly abode, nineteen days ago, 12 July earlier this month. This song brings to mind the memories of both these stalwarts together.
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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 personality personified in these two lines “Dil Hai Hamaara Phool Se Naazuk, Baazu Hain Faulaad” – that is the image of Dara Singh that I have always carried with me. A childhood hero, a super powerful man, who was always friendly and helpful for the needy, and was a scourge for the baddies.
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This article is written by sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The name Sulochana Kadam may not ring bells for many except for old Hindi film songs buffs. I was not aware of this name as a playback singer in Hindi film industry until I got a 78 RPM gramophone record of her song ‘mausam aaya hai rangeen’ from film ‘Dholak’ (1951) sometime in early 70s. But I was aware of the name Sulochana Chavan as the famous lavani singer of Maharashtra.
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Zidd na karo ab to ruko
Posted on: January 10, 2012
“Lahu Ke Do Rang” (1979) is one of those movie that I have actually seen when it was first released. The movie had Vinod Khanna (double role), Shabana Azmi, Danny, Helen (as supporting actress), etc.
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“Madaari” (1959) was a quintessential B grade movie. Such movies normally remained confined to their dedicated fans and failed to register among the mainstream movie watchers. But in some rare cases, the songs of such movies became so popular that mainstream movie watchers were made to sit up and take notice.
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Tumhaari chaand si soorat pe
Posted on: November 19, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Today (19th november) is the birth anniversary of Dara Singh, the famous wrestling champion of free style format, and a majorly successful hero of B/C grade action films of the 60s. He continues to be active in films and TV serials, clocking a career that spans more than 50 years now in the industry.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Dara Singh needs no introductions. The name, the face and the physique is very familiar to more than six generation of Hindi film audience, and especially the fans of Indian free style wrestling. Born on the 19th November, 1928, Dara Singh belongs to a Jaat Sikh family of Amritsar. As a teen ager, he grew into a gangling and muscular young man measured in at 6 feet and 2 inches, and the move for becoming a wrestler was almost natural. Trained in the traditional akhaaras of rural Punjab, he was very active in the wrestling circuit in the 40s and 50s, in India, as well as outside India. He is one wrestler who caught the fancy of the general public, and has been a popular figure in professional wrestling till 1983, when he retired from it.
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