Posts Tagged ‘Lata’
Today (4 january 2013) is the birth anniversary of Nirupa Roy (4 January 1931 – 13 October 2004). To most moviewatchers, she was the eternally suffering Maa of Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor in several movies of 1970s, but that was only part of her impressive cv. She had made her debut an a movie actress in late 1940s and she acted as a leading lady in many movies throughout 1950s and early part of 1960s before easing into the roles of Bhabhi and later maa from late 1960s onwards. I find it curious to realise now that she at the age of 44, played the mother of Amitabh Bachchan (then aged 34) and Shashi Kapoor (then aged 38) in 1975 in Deewaar.
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Ho madhur milan hai sajna
Posted on: January 4, 2013
“Kaali Ghata” (1951) was a Hindustan Chitra Production. It was produced and directed by Kishore Sahu. The movie had Kishore Sahu, Bina Rai, Asha Mathur, Jeevan. Gope, Ulhas, Cuckoo etc in it.
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“Krorepati” (1961) was a Saigal Brothers production. It was produced by Omprakash Saigal and directed by Mohal Saigal. The movie had Kisore Kumar, Shashikala, Kum Kum, K. N. Singh, Anoop Kumar, Mirza Musharaff, Radhakishan, Haroon, S. Bannerjee, Ramlal, Shamlal, Brahm Bharadwaj, Daya Devi, Pal Sharma, Prem, Dev Chand etc in it.
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“Mera Munna” (1967) was a Ranglok Films production. This movie was directed bhy Madhusudan. The movie had Rehman, Nutan, Kanhaiyyalal, Raj Mehra, Manorama, Jagirdar, Sudhir Kumar, Asit Sen, Master Moppet Suraj, Manju, Babloo etc in it.
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Hatt jaao deewaane aaye
Posted on: December 29, 2012
“Singapore” (1960) was an Eagle Films Production movie. It was produced by F C Mehra and directed by Shakti Samanta. the movie had Shammi Kapoor, Padmini, Maria Menado, Shashikala, K. N. Singh, Madan Puri, Helen, Agha, Rajan Kapoor, Lilian, Ameer, Balaram, Mohan Berodia, Dwarka Divecha, Gopal, Moosa, Gautam Mukherjee, Radhakrishan, Shankar etc in it.
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Haathhon mein mehndi
Posted on: December 28, 2012
“Uphaar” (1971) was a Rajshree Productions movie. It was produced by Tarachand Barjatya and directed by Sudhendu Roy. The movie had Jaya Bhaduri, Kamini Kaushal, Nana Palsikar, Nandita Thakur, Suresh Chatwal, Yunus Perwaiz, Ratnamala, Leela Misra, Shail Chaturvedi, Rajoo, Swaroop Dutta etc in it.
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Thhoda sa thhehro
Posted on: December 28, 2012
“Victoria no 203” (1972) was produced and directed by Brij Agrawal. The movie had Navin Nischol, Saira Bano, Pran, Ashok Kumar, Pratima Devi, Anwar Hussain, Mohan Choti, Ranjeet, Meena Rai, Lolita Chatterjee, Anoop Kumar, Chaman Puri, Jagdish Raaj, V. Gopal etc in it. Though Navin Nischol and Saira Bano were the lead pair in this movie, it was the pair of AShok KUmar and Pran that stole the show.
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Diya na bujhe ri aaj hamaara
Posted on: December 28, 2012
“Son of India” (1962) was produced by Mehboob Khan, who had earlier produced “Mother India” (1957). Perhaps he felt that the word “India” was a lucky word for him.
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“Krorepati” (1961) was a Saigal brothers production. It was produced by Om Prakash Saigal and directed by Mohan Saigal. The movie had Kisore Kumar, Shashikala, Kum Kum, K. N. Singh, Anoop Kumar, Mirza Musharaff, Radhakishan, Haroon, S. Bannerjee, Ramlal, Shamlal, Brahm Bharadwaj, Daya Devi, Pal Sharma, Prem, Dev Chand etc in it.
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Aisa kyaa qusoor kiyaa
Posted on: December 28, 2012
“Nadaan” (1951) was an M & T pictures production. It was directed by Hira Singh. The movie hgad Dev Anand, Madhubala, Sunalini Devi, Madan Puri, Manmohan Krishna, Chaman Puri, Mubarak etc in it.
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