Posts Tagged ‘Jaan Nisaar Akhtar’
Balma mora aanchraa
Posted on: August 26, 2012
“Sangat” (1975) was a Constellation Pictures production. it was directed by Basu Bhattacharya.The movie had Rakesh Pandey, Kajree, Satyen Kappu, Dina Pathak, Dulari, Omprakash etc.
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“Ham Hain Raahi Pyaar Ke” (1960) was a movie which was never released, but we in this blog assume this movie to be a creation of 1960. It seems logical seeing that the title of the movie was obviously inspired from the song “Ham Hain raahi Pyaar ke hamse kuchh na boliye” from the movie ‘Nau Do Gyaarah” (1957).
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Aaja re aajaa na sata re piya
Posted on: August 23, 2012
“Chhoomantar” (1956) was a Sadiq Production movie. It was produced and directed by M Sadiq. The movie had Shyama, Karan Dewan, Jagirdar, S. Banerjee, Raj Mehra, Amar, Anita Guha, Johnny Walker etc in it.
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“Qaidi” (1957) was an Eagle Films production. It was directed by Mohammad Hussain. The movie had Padmini, Suresh, Agha, Anwar, Kumar, Kamal, Helen, Johnny Walker, Ragini etc in it.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Again, a long gap, which actually troubles me more than anything else. I am sure one of these days, Atul ji will add the following header to the top of one of my posts ; “This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a MOST-IRREGULAR-regular contributor to this blog.” 😀 😀
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Dil hai haazir leejiye le jaaiye
Posted on: August 19, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
August 19th is the 36th death anniversary of the Sahitya Akademy Award winner for Urdu poetry and Hindi film lyricist Jan Nisar Akhtar. In his last birth anniversary on February 14th, I had covered his profile while discussing the song main abhi ghair hoon penned by him. Suffice it to say here that such a talented Urdu poet born in the family of Urdu scholars and poets was not as successful as a lyricist as his contemporaries like Majrooh Sultanpuri, Sahir Ludhianvi and Shakeel Badayuni. From what I gathered from various websites, he appeared to be surviving more on his shayaris than from writing songs for Hindi films. He was wellknown for his repartee through his shers (couplets). During his filmy career of over two decades, he wrote only around 150 songs for the Hindi films.
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The lyricists of Hindi movies during its golden era tended to come from literary background. Many of them in fact were first noticed by movie makers during their kavi sammelans/ mushairas etc.
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“Yaasmeen” (1955) was a Musical pictures Production. The movie was directed by A R Kardar. The movie had Suresh, Vyjyantimala, Jayant, Shyam Kumar, S. N. Banerjee, Maruti, Rashid Khan etc in it.
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“Yasmeen” (1955) was a Musical Pictures Presentation. It was directed by A R Kardar. The movie had Suresh, Vyjyantimala, Jayant, Shyam Kumar, S. N. Banerjee, Maruti, Rashid Khan etc in it.
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Ab wo raaten kahaan
Posted on: August 16, 2012
“Yasmin” (1955) was a Musical Pictures Production. It was directed by A R Kardar. The movie had Suresh, Vyjyantimala, Jayant, Shyam Kumar, S. N. Banerjee, Maruti, Rashid Khan etc in it.
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