Posts Tagged ‘Jaan Nisaar Akhtar’
Ab to tum sang naina laage
Posted on: April 24, 2012
“Dhaake Ki Malmal” (1956) was a Nanda Films Production movie. It was produced and directed by J K Nanda. The movie had Kishore Kumar, Madhubala, Ulhas, Rajan Haksar, Jeevan, Jagdeep, Shyam Kumar, Sajjan, Raj Mehra,Om Prakash etc in it.
Read more on this topic…
Main to baanke nainon waali
Posted on: March 20, 2012
“Chhoomantar” (1956) was a Sadiq Production movie. It was produced and directed by M Sadiq. Starcast of the movie included names like Johny Walker, Shyama, Karan Dewan, Jagirdar, S. Banerjee, Raj Mehra, Amar, Anita Guha, etc.
Read more on this topic…
I am aware of the movie “Laila Majnu” (1976) but I was not aware that a movie called “Daastaan e Laila Majnu” was released two years prior to that. This movie, viz. “Daastaan e Laila Majnu” (1974) was obviously a B grade movie.It was produced and directed by R L Desai. Starcast of the movie included names like Kanwaljeet, Anamika, B. M. Vyas, Dulari, Jayshree T., S. N. Tripathi, K. N. Singh, etc.
Read more on this topic…
Jaan sakey to jaan
Posted on: March 5, 2012
During 1950s and 1960s, there used to be quite a few movies with the word “ustaad” in them. This blog have had songs from movies viz “Do Ustaad” (1959), “Ustaadon Ke Ustaad” (1963), “Ustaad 420” (1963), “Ham Sab Ustaad Hain” (1965),”Sab Ka Ustaad” (1967) etc but the movie with the defining word in them, viz “Ustaad” was not among them.
Read more on this topic…
There have been three movies with the title “Do Bhai”. “Do Bhai” (1961) is the most obscure of the three, even though it is a recent movie as compared to the “Do Bhai” (1947). The other movie of this title was released in 1969.
Read more on this topic…
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
‘Hum hain raahi pyaar ke’ – the phrase reminds me of an iconic song “ham hain raah pyaar ke ham se kuchh naa boliye” from the film NAU DO GYAARAH (1957) and the Amir Khan-Juhi Chawala starrer film HUM HAIN RAAHI PYAAR KE (1993). I was not aware of the fact that there was one more film by the same name until I came across an audio clip of a beautiful song from that film.
Read more on this topic…
Kaun jaane har bahaaney
Posted on: February 17, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
If I were to write that the ‘M’ in Mukesh stands for ‘Magic’, I am sure there will be very few who would disagree. This song – another wonderful duet by Mukesh and Asha Bhosle, is a magic colored with these two voices. A soft and light song of love, from two hearts that are probably finding love for the first time – and that the heart now smiles in happiness, for every reason, and at every pretext.
Read more on this topic…
Raat rangeelee chamken taarey
Posted on: February 14, 2012
Today (14th february) is the birth anniversary of Jaan Nisaar Akhtar. On this occasion, we have discussed quite a few songs penned by him. In this series, here is another lovely song written by him.
Read more on this topic…
Ae dil ye bataa
Posted on: February 14, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Today, 14th February is the birth anniversary of Jaan Nissaar Akhtar. The mention of this name brings to mind many memorable and hugely popular songs, that came from the pen of this gifted poet.
Read more on this topic…
Tum miley jo din dhaley
Posted on: February 14, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Before I actually came across this film, I would not have believed a film by this name. But in the world of cinema, we simply need to cease being surprised at the film titles.
Read more on this topic…
Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
Recent comments