Posts Tagged ‘Khurshid Anwar’
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
The original and the natural ‘chulbuli’ (mischievous) of the Hindi screen. As a child, she was Keeto (कीतो), and when she passed away, she was playing the role of Rano.
Remembering Geeta Bali, the ‘natkhat’ extraordinaire and the original tom-boy of Hindi films, on the 50th anniversary of her passing away (21st January).
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Jhoom rahi baaghon mein
Posted on: February 2, 2013
“Yateem” (1945) is an obscure movie and not much information is available about this movie.
Here is a song from “Yateem” (1945). This song is a duet which is sung by Rajkumari and G M Durrani. Zia Sarhadi is the lyricist. Music is composed by Khurshid Anwar.
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Chaahe duniya laakh sataaye
Posted on: October 30, 2012
“Neelam Pari” (1952) was a Chandrakala Film Production movie. It was directed by Dhirubhai Desai. The movie had Sajjan, Geeta Bali, Sapru, Gope, Kuldip Kaur, Kamal, Samson, Niranjan Sharma etc in it.
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Paapi papeeha re pi pi na bol
Posted on: March 21, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
During my younger days, I got acquainted with some of the popular music directors of the pre-partition days mainly through listening to some of their bench-mark songs on Radio Ceylon. Khwaja Khurshid Anwar is one of those names.
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Koi kisi se dil na lagaana
Posted on: December 6, 2011
“Nishaana” (1950) was an M & T Production. It was directed by Wajahat Mirza Changezi. The starcast of the film included names like Ashok Kumar, Geeta Bali, Cuckoo, Madhubala, Shyama, Yakub, Nawab, Kanhaiyalal, Balam, Shanti Madhok, Durga Khote etc.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Parwaana (1947) is sadly the last film of Saigal Saab. In January of 1947, Saigal Saab left this mortal world, with this picture being released after his departure. In the leading credits for this film, this is dedicated to the everlasting memory of Saigal Saab himself.
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I have mentioned in the past that “Singaar” (1949) has many songs in it. I have not really counted them, but I am sure that there are more than a dozen great songs in it.
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Songs in the old days were often like works of art that were carefully crafted by master craftsmen. Their artistry resulted in masterpieces that needed to be admired.
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Aayi aayi suhaag ki raat
Posted on: December 13, 2010
I have already discussed as many as five songs from “Singaar” (1949), but I suspect that I am not even at the half way stage. Yes, this movie has many more great songs that are not yet covered.
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“Singaar”(1949) is a musical extravaganza. It has so many songs in it that I have been unable to satisfactorily count them.
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