Posts Tagged ‘Hemant Kumar’
“Do Dil” (1965) was an Uttam Chitra Production. It was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherji. The movie had Biswajeet, Rajshree, Mehmood, Pran, Mumtaz, Indira, Kamal Kapoor, Asit Sen, Durga Khote etc in it.
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“Satta Baazaar” (1959) was a Nagina Films production. It was directed by Ravindra Dave. The movie had Balraj Sahni, Meena Kumari, Krishnakant, Suresh, Vijaya Choudhry, Asit Sen, Johnny Walker, Tiwari etc in it.
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“Dhun” (1953) is by now an obscure movie. Little is known about this movie. This movie was a Silver Films Production. It was directed by someone called Kumar. the movie had Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Motilal, Pramila, Kumar, Kamal Mehra, Gulab, E. Billimoria, Cuckoo etc in it.
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Aa aaja o jaane wafaa
Posted on: September 8, 2012
Today (8 september) is the birthday of S Mohinder, a music director of yesteryears who gave us some wonderful songs in the golden era of Hindi movie music. Born in 1925, S Mohinder composed music in movies like “Sehra” (1948), “Jeewan Saathi” (1949), “Shrimatiji”(1952), “Bahaadur” (1953), “Paapi” (1955), “Naata”(1955), “Shehzaada” (1955), “Kaarwaan” (1956), “Shirin Farhad” (1956), “Mehlon Ke Khwaab” (1960), “Picnic” (1966) etc. He is one of those music directors who were criminally underutilised by the Hindi movie music industry.
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Dost kahaan koi tum sa
Posted on: September 3, 2012
“Khamoshi”(1969) was a Geetanjali Production movie. It was produced by Hemant Kumar and directed by Asit Sen (director and not actor). The movie had Dharmendra, Rajesh Khanna, waheeda Rehman, Lalita Pawar, Ajit Chatterji, Iftekhar, Tarun Ghosh, Nazir Hussain, Snehlata, Anwar, Deven Verma, Naina etc in it.
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“Khamoshi” was a Geetanjali Pictures production. It was produced by Asit Sen (different from the comedian of the same name). This movie had Rajesh Khanna, Waheeda Rehman, Lalita Pawar, Ajit Chatterji, Iftekhar, Tarun Ghosh, Nazir Hussain, Snehlata, Anwar, Deven Verma, Naina etc in it.
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“Samrat” (1954) was a Filmistan production. It was directed by Najam Naqvi. The movie had Kamlesh Kumari, Mumtaz Ali, Ram Singh, Sapru, S. L. Puri, Randhir, Rehana, Ajit etc in it.
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Chamka ban kar aman ka taara
Posted on: August 15, 2012
On the occasion of India’s 65th Independence day today (15 august 2012), here is a song from “Ek Hi Raasta” (1956). This song is a patriotic song enacted on the stage by Meena Kumari and several kids.
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Sun ree sakhi more sajna bulaaye
Posted on: August 13, 2012
Today (13 august) is the birthday of Vyjyantimala, one of the most proficient classically trained dancer to grace the silver screen. She made her debut in Hindi movies in 1950 with “Bahaar” (1950) and she had a long innings in Hindi movies which lasted till around 1967 when she finally bowed out of Hindi movies.
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