Posts Tagged ‘Lata’
There were two movies with the same title viz “Duniya Na Maane”. The older movie was a 1937 release whereas the newer movie was released in 1959.
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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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“Hu Tu Tu” (1999) was a Time Films Production. It was produced and directed by Gulzar. Gulzar had written the story and screenplay too. And he was naturally the lyricist in this movie too.
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Roz akeli aaye roz akeli jaaye
Posted on: August 18, 2012
On independence day, we had the birthday of Rakhi. Three days later, it is the birthday of her husband. Sampooran Singh Kalra, known just as Gulzar, was born on 18 august 1936. Gulzar started his career as a lyricist in Hindi movies in early 1960s. He had written songs for “Shrimaan Satyawaadi” (1960),”Kabuliwaala”(1961),”Bandini”(1963),”Do Dooni Chaar” (1969) etc in his earlier years.
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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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“Ek Thhi Ladki” (1949) was a Shorey Fims Production movie. It was produced and directed by Roop K Shorey. The story line of the movie, ably helped by the stunning music of this song made it a big hit. The movie had Motilal, Meena Shorey, Bharat Bhushan, I S Johar, Kuldeep Kaur, Agha etc in it.
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Yesterday (15 august 2012) was Indian Independence day. India had attained her independence on 15 august 1947.
By a unique coincidence, the Hindi movie actress Rakhi was born on that very day, viz 15 august 1947 ! Among all the midnight children (as Salman Rushdie would describe children born on that day in his best selling novel of the same name), Rakhi must be the most well known one. She is exactly of the same age as the nation of India !
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Suniye zara dekhiye na
Posted on: August 16, 2012
This article is written by Pamir Harvey, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a new contributor to this blog.
As is the case with many songs, I grew up listening to this song on radio, but had no idea from which film this is till I discovered this few months back on youtube.
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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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