Posts Tagged ‘Hemant Kumar’
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
It is interesting to note the striking similarities in the musical career of S D Burman and Hemant Kumar though the latter was 14 years younger than the former. Both started their musical careers as singers in the 30s followed by composing many non-filmy Bengali and Hindi songs in Calcutta (Kolkatta). Both started their Hindi filmy careers as music directors under the banner of Filmistan – S D Burman in Shikhar (1946) and Hemant Kumar in ‘Anand Math’ (1952).
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
A song awaiting to be posted for some time. One of the drafts that I lost a few weeks back when my computer had crashed. And now, here it is. A remarkable haunting melody, from the same composer who conjured up the refrain for “Kahin Deep Jaley Kahin Dil”. Maybe a lesser known and less often heard creation, nonetheless a melody that, once heard, will surely continue to echo through the corridors of the mind. When I had posted the song “Koi Bechaara. . .”, Derubala ji had specifically responded with a comment picking out this song as a favorite.
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Door door se kyaa jaata tum
Posted on: October 10, 2012
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
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Lesser known singers- Singer 5 (Bela Mukherji)
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In the initial period of films, Calcutta was in the forefront of making meaningful films with melodious music. The early 30s were dominated by Calcutta Film industry.
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“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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