Posts Tagged ‘Hansraj Bahl’
“Darbaar” (1955) is a B grade movie produced by Golden Movies and directed by N Vakil. This movie had such B grade big names as Mahipal,Chitra,Kammo, Tiwari,Sundar etc. in it 😀
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Present day movie watchers may associate the title “Khiladi” with Akshay Kumar, but a title like this has been used in Hindi movies for a long time. For example, there was a movie called ‘Khiladi” as far back as 1950. This movie had Ashok Kumar, Suraiyya, Sundar, Indu, Kukku etc in it.
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Jab se maine dil lagaayaa
Posted on: August 28, 2011
“Dost” title is like Halley’s comet. Halley’s comet is visible from the earth after every 86 years, and the title “Dost” can be seen after every 10 year, beginning from 1944. Thus we had the sigtings of movies called “Dost” in 1944, 1954, and 1974. In 1964, we got a title called “Dosti” instead of “Dost”.
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Kyun dil pe rakha haath hai
Posted on: August 27, 2011
I often discuss rare songs from obscure movies. while discussing these songs, I mention some details about the movie which I may have dug up with great difficulty.
And after sometime, I myself forget the details of the movie. when it is time for me to discuss another equally, or even more obscure song from the movie, I start wondering about the details of this movie.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Khul Jaa Sim Sim – the name itself suggests that this is going to be a fantasy adventure film, based on the tale of Alibaba, Chaalis Chor from the Arabian Nights. Released in 1956 under the banner of Golden Films, Bombay, the film is produced by Mulkhraj Bhakri (readers may recognize this name as a lyricist also), and is directed by Nanubhai Vakil. A grade B fantasy adventure, the main actors in this films are Mahipal, Shakila, Maruti, Heeralal, Helen, Niranjan Sharma, Krishna Kumari, Naazi, Sadiq, Vijaya Kumari etc.
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Ho meri ek nazar ke do do asar
Posted on: August 14, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Think of a music director from Punjab, preparing music for a film whose story is set in Bombay. And one of the songs is based on the local folk dance of Maharashtra. And guess what you will get? A Lavani based song spiced with exclamations of ‘haishaa’. And if you don’t believe me, well just go ahead and listen to this wonderful folk dance song from the 1957 film Miss Bombay. (NOTE: ‘haishaa’ is an exclamation that is used often in Punjabi folk songs.).
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This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Hansraj Behl had a career in Hindi films that lasted from 1946 to 1979, and he was one of the more successful and popular music directors in the post independence years. Creator of many iconic songs in the 50s and 60s, Hansraj Bahl’s music has a semi classical touch, with roots in his earlier training in classical music. He has been a very active music director for Punjabi movies also, and there is a large number of very popular Punjabi films songs that are composed by him.
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