Posts Tagged ‘Hemant Kumar’
“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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Bhaagwat Bhagwaan ki hai aarti
Posted on: August 10, 2012
“Bhaagwat Mahima” (1955) was a Filmistan production. It was directed by V panchotia. The movie had Sunder, Prem Adeeb, Krishna Kumari, Sheela Naik, S. N. Puri, Madan Puri, Navin Yagnik etc in it.
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Madbhari hain pyaar ki palken
Posted on: August 5, 2012
“Fashion” (1957) was a Kuldip Pictures production. This movie was directed by Lekhraj Bhakri. The movie had Pradeep Kumar, Mala Sinha, Chandrashekhar, Manoj Kumar, Jabeen Jaleel,Sunder, Jabeen Jalil, Jagdish Sethi, Kammo, Leela Misra etc in it.
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Muhabbat ke janaaze par
Posted on: July 23, 2012
“Daaku Ki Ladki” (1954) was a Harish Production movie. It was produced and directed by Harish. The movie had Geeta Bali, Sheikh Mukhtar, Arjun, Mukri, Deepa, Shivraj, Cuckoo, Sankata Prasad etc in it.
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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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Phoolon se dosti hai
Posted on: July 3, 2012
In old Hindi movies, especially those of 1950s and 1960s, we often see songs picturised on “Taanga”, also called “Tonga”, not to be confused with a country of this name. 🙂
“Taanga” was actually a mode of public transport in India those days. With time, Taanga has all but vanished as a mode of public transport in India. But they have not become extinct. One can still find them in some small towns of India. I have noticed them in small places in Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh etc. In fact, one can see them in Fatehpur Sikri near Agra in UP. I recall that we (I, my wife and daughter) actually rode on a Taanga to go to Fatehpur Sikri a few years ago.
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Koi bechaaraa
Posted on: June 30, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Apropos nothing in particular I just remembered of a wonderful song, that led to more songs from the same film. And on an impulse, I checked the blog. And thought, wow, this picture is not yet represented here. (Another category maybe – ‘How come this picture is not yet on this blog’).
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Dil se hain shehzaade ham
Posted on: June 28, 2012
When one thinks of a song sung by Hemant Kumar, one generally imagines the song to be a romantic song or a serious one. It is difficult to imagine Hemant Kumar singing a tapori song.
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