Posts Tagged ‘Gulzar’
Kabhi kabhi sapna lagta hai
Posted on: August 21, 2012
“Ratnadeep” (1979) was produced by Jagannath and Kannan and it was directed by Basu Bhattachajee Chatterji. The movie had Hema Malini , Girish Karnad, Dheeraj Kumar, A K Hangal, Sulochana Latkar, Nadita Thakur, Prema Narayan, Pinchoo Kapoor etc in it.
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Mere angna aaye re
Posted on: August 19, 2012
Today (19 august) is Utpal Dutt’s death anniversary. Utpal Dutt was typically known to play the role of an idiosyncratic oldie. During early 1980s, he got somewhat typed cast as a lecherous old man eyeing women greedily. He played such roles in movies like “Naram Garam” (1981) and “Shaukeen” (1982). In “Shaukeen”, he had company of like minded oldtimers viz Ashok Kumar and A K Hangal, but he was on his own in “Naram Garam” (1981).
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Ek akela is sheher mein
Posted on: August 18, 2012
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Today, the 18th of August, is the 76th birthday of Gulzar saab.
And, as I type 76th, I can’t help feeling that 1936 must have been a very special year. If I were selling wine and comparing Hindi film personalities with wine, I think I’d say 1936 could be right up there for best year for vintage wine of the 20th century. 🙂
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“Hu Tu Tu” (1999) was a Time Films Production. It was produced and directed by Gulzar. Gulzar had written the story and screenplay too. And he was naturally the lyricist in this movie too.
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On the occasion of Gulzar’s birthday today (18 august), we are discussing a few songs penned by him. He has written so many great songs in Hindi movies that we are spoiled for choice. Gulzar is one of those lyricists who has not yet reached his individual century of songs in the blog. Hopefully he will reach there in a few weeks time.
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Rishte bas rishte hote hain
Posted on: August 18, 2012
“Gehraayee” (1980) was a Avikam’s production. It was produced by N B Kamat and direcyed by Vikas Desai and Aruna Raje. The low budget art movie had Anant Nag, Dr.Shree Ram Lagoo, Indraani Mukherjee, Padmini Kolhapure, Reeta Bhaduri, Amrish Puri, Sudhir Dalvi, Shubha Joshi, Satyendra, Satya Kumar Patil, Suhas Bhalekar, Ameeta Kelekar, Eknath Hattangadi, Kumar Shahu, Ramakrishna, JyotiLaxmi, Indiramma, Somu, Rao etc in it.
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Roz akeli aaye roz akeli jaaye
Posted on: August 18, 2012
On independence day, we had the birthday of Rakhi. Three days later, it is the birthday of her husband. Sampooran Singh Kalra, known just as Gulzar, was born on 18 august 1936. Gulzar started his career as a lyricist in Hindi movies in early 1960s. He had written songs for “Shrimaan Satyawaadi” (1960),”Kabuliwaala”(1961),”Bandini”(1963),”Do Dooni Chaar” (1969) etc in his earlier years.
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Haal chaal thheek thhaak hai
Posted on: August 8, 2012
This blog is chugging along nicely and it is touching new milestones at regular intervals. Today, with this post, we arrive at yet another milestone.
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Allah megh de paani de
Posted on: July 19, 2012
Yesterday (18 july 2012) was a sad day for followers of Hindi movies, especially for those who lived through 1970s. Rajesh Khanna (29 december 1942- 18 july 2012) is no more. He was only 69. It was not an age to go.
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Aisa hota to nahin
Posted on: July 17, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
‘Sannaata’ is a film from 1966 that has simply sublime music composed by Hemant Da. The film has only 4 songs, and all of them are absolute gems of melody.
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