Posts Tagged ‘Hema Malini’
Ye laal rang kab mujhe chhodegaa
Posted on: January 30, 2009
This song is indeed the reason why we remember this movie called “Prem Nagar” to this date. The movie, which turned out to be a box office disaster despite boasting of the biggest names of the industry viz Rajesh Khanna and Hema Malini, had a story line that failed to appeal to the movie goers.
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“Prem Nagar” (1974) was a movie where the reigning male superstar and the biggest female star were brought together in the same movie for the first time. Perhaps the hype was too much, or may be the contents were not good enough. Whatever the reasons, this movie failed at the box office despite the presence of Rajesh Khanna and Hema Malini.
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Dulhan Chali O pahan chali
Posted on: January 26, 2009
Here is yet another nationalistic song from a Manoj Kumar movie. The movie is “Purab Aur Paschhim” and the song is “Dulhan chali”.
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It was a much loved song when it first started playing on loudspeakers and radio. And as happened with many songs of those days, it was soon forgotten, though it was one song that was very cute and adorable to listen to.
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Mere naina saawan bhadon
Posted on: January 1, 2009
This movie “Mahbooba” had a story of reincarnation and a haunting haveli. The music of R D Burman created just the right atmosphere for this movie in songs after songs.
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Kal ki haseen mulaaqaat ke liye
Posted on: December 24, 2008
When an aged couple want to reminisce on their good old days, what do they do ? they look at old sepia tones photographs in old albums. but when it comes to filmy couples viz Dharmendra and Hema Malini, or Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh, all they need to do is watch their old movies.
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Gori tori paijaniya
Posted on: December 20, 2008
It is a song that is less popular than other songs from this movie. And reasons are not too far to seek. It is a semi classical song, and such songs are rarely popular with lay audience.
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Whenever a song talks of hills and mountains, I can imagine echoes coming back from the distant peaks of the mountain range.
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Early years of 1980 saw a passing fad of reincarnation stories in Bollywood, what with movies like “Karz”, “Kudrat” etc released at more or less the same time.
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kya khoob lagti ho
Posted on: November 17, 2008
Feroz Khan’s “Dharmatma” was one movie which had a story line based on Afghani background.
This movie was lapped up by its target audience and I am told that this movie became very popular in Afghanistan.
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