Posts Tagged ‘Khayyam’
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Shammi Kapoor got branded as the ‘rebel star’ after the success of his film ‘Tumsa Nahin Dekha’ (1957). In this film, for the first time, he moved away from the conventional type of acting set by the big three of his time – Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand and Raj Kapoor and developed his own style of acting. Almost around the same time, Sahir Ludhianvi also got tagged as the ‘rebel poet’ after the phenomenon success of the films ‘Pyaasa’ (1957). The streak of ‘rebelliousness’ in Sahir was confirmed when the songs of ‘Phir Subah Hogi’ (1958) became hit though the film did not get as much success at the box office as was expected. Both these films have been known for Sahir’s hard hitting lyrics on the deprivation of minimum standard of living for the lower strata of the society.
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“Parbat Ke Us Paar” (1988) was a Motit Films production. It was produced by Anand Prakash and directed by Raman Kumar. The movie had Abhinav Chatruvedi, Lubna Siddique, Bharat Kapoor, Avtar Gill, Yunus Parvez, Rama Vij, Rakesh Bedi, Deepak Tijori, Gulam Jilani, Manju Mishra etc in it and the movie had duly flopped at the box office.
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Jalta hai badan
Posted on: May 10, 2013
“Razia Sultan” (1983) was a Rajdhani Films Private Limited Production. It was produced by A K Mishra and directed by Kamal Amrohi. The movie had Hema Malini, Dharmendra, Veena, Sohrab Modi, Pradeep Kumar, Heena Kauser, Madhu Malini, Parveen Babi, Sarika, Vijayendra Ghatge, Ajit, Dolly Jena, Sujata Bakshi, Gopi Krishna,Shandar Amrohi, Radha Saluja, Vijaya Girija, Chitra, Janki Das, Shahu Modak, B.M.Vyas, Roop Darshani, Fayyaz Begum, Geeta Kapoor, Anu Dhawan, Mumtaz Begum, Reshma, Balraj, Uttam Sodhi, Kalpana, Amarjeet, D.S.Rana, M.M.Baig, Naseem, Husn Banu, Prem Lala, Shri Bhagwan etc in it.
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This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
‘Noorie’ (1979) is a movie directed by Yash Chopra, situated in Kashmir. It launched two newcomers as hero and heroine, Poonam Dhillion and Farooque Shaikh. The film also had Madan Puri, Iftekhar and Padma Khanna.
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Chaand tanha hai aasmaan tanha
Posted on: March 31, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
A remembrance of today that must include her own expressions. Mahajabeen was an emotional personality, and as with all emotional people, there is an expression of the artist in ways more than one. A poetess in her own right, she is known to have been writing couplets and ghazals from a very young age. And when her life started on downhill glide, it was the drink that became a faithful companion, and it was her pen that became an outlet for her to tell the world, about her sorrows and her wounds.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Remembering Talat Mehmood (24 february 1924- 9 may 1998) on the anniversary of his birth today(24 february 2013).
The soft velvety voice that has lent itself to a wonderful array of musical creations, and made an indelible mark in the annals of Hindi film and non-film music. Whether the song is of happiness or it is of sadness, the first thing that comes to mind on hearing Talat Sb’s voice begin to sing, is a feeling of utmost comfort. A feeling that releases all other compulsions in the mind, and the mind wants to sit back and relax and just listen to this soft sound serenading the matters of heart.
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Mere geeton ka singaar ho tum
Posted on: February 24, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Khayyam is one of the music directors of Hindi film industry who made a significant contribution in propagating the NFSs. By his own admission, he had started declining most of the offers for Hindi films’ music direction during late 50s and early 60s as he did not feel comfortable in working in such films in which interference of producers and distributors in music direction had become the order of the day. It was during this period that he devoted his time and energy in composing some of the finest NFSs especially with Talat Mehmood and Mohammed Rafi.
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Khwaab ban kar koyee aayegaa
Posted on: February 14, 2013
“Razia Sultan” (1983) was a Rajdhani Films Pvt Ltd production. It was produced by A K Mishra and directed by Kamal Amrohi. The movie had Hema Malini, Dharmendra, Veena, Sohrab Modi, Pradeep Kumar, Heena Kauser, Madhu Malini, Parveen Babi, Sarika, Vijayendra Ghatge, Ajit, Dolly Jena, Sujata Bakshi, Gopi Krishna, Shandar Amrohi, Radha Saluja, Vijaya Girija, Chitra, Janki Das, Shau Modak, B.M.Vyas, Roop Darshani,Fayyaz Begum, Geeta Kapoor, Anu Dhawan, Mumtaz Begum, Reshma, Balraj, Uttam Sodhi, Kalpana, Amarjeet, D.S.Rana, M.M.Baig, Naseem, Husn Banu, Prem Lala, Shri Bhagwan, Arti Chopra, Roopmala, Shakila, Reshma, Mahipal etc in it.
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Apne aap raaton mein
Posted on: February 10, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The sheer fusion of the poetry – in verse and in melody, is absolutely astounding in this creation. And folks familiar with Khayaam Sb would not expect any less, and especially when the film is ‘Shankar Hussain’ (1977).
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