Posts Tagged ‘Lata’
Jaa re kaare badraa
Posted on: May 25, 2012
“Dharti Kahe Pukaar Ke” (1969) was a Vaishaali Pictures presentation. It was directed by Dulal Guha. The movie had Nanda, Jeetendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Nivedita, Abhi Bhattacharya, Kanhaiyalal, Tarun Bose, Asit Sen, Leela Misra, A. K. Hangal, Manmohan, Tiwari, Durga Khote, Jagdev etc in it.
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Mujhe mubaarak puraani yaaden
Posted on: May 25, 2012
“Zabak”(1961) was a B grade movie with A grade music. The movie was directed by Homi Wadia. The movie had Mahipal, Shyama, Sahira, Achla Sachdev, Manhar Desai etc in it.
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Baahon mein teri masti ke ghere
Posted on: May 24, 2012
It turns out that today (24th may) is Rajesh Roshan’s birthday. Though it is late by Indian standards, but the day is still 24th of may. So I can slip in a Rajesh Roshan song just in the nick of time.
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This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Asrar-ul-hasan Khan, better known as Majrooh Sultanpuri (1st October 1919 to 24th May 2000), was one of the foremost Urdu poets to have graced the Hindi film industry. His first film as lyricist was “Shahjahan” which immortalised him in the annals of Hindi film music. The film’s music was by Naushad and it starred K. L. Sehgal in the title role.
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Julmi saanwariyaa ne hans ke maara
Posted on: May 23, 2012
“Faisla” (1965) was a B grade movie with A grade music. Come to think of it, the story line of the movie was A grade too.
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“Baadal” (1951) was a Verma Films presentation. The movie was directed by Amiya Chakraborty. Starcast of the movie had names like Premnath, Madhubala, Purnima, Hiralal, Randhir, S. Nazir, Agha etc.
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Jaane na haaye ye duniya
Posted on: May 22, 2012
“Buzdil” (1951) was a Filmarts presentation. It was directed by Shahid Lateef. The starcast of the movie had Premnath, Nimmi, Cuckoo, Kishore Sahu, Shahgul, Kanhaiyalal, Sunalini Devi etc in it.
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Bhari mehfil hai ye afsaana nahin
Posted on: May 22, 2012
Most mujra songs in Hindi movies are rather “light” in nature in the sense that the clients as well as the mujra performers seem to be at ease with themselves. In reality, performing mujra as well as going to kotha to watch these performances was regarded as disreputable acts.
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“Raajhath” (1956) was a Minerva Movietone Presentation. It was directed by Sohrab Modi. The movie had Sohrab Modi, Madhubala, Pradeep Kumar, Ulhas etc in it.
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Ae dil dukhda kise sunaayen
Posted on: May 22, 2012
“Naaz” (1954) is by now an obscure movie. It was an S K films production. It was produced and directed by S K Oza. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Nalini Jaiwant, Murad, Arif, Tiwari, Veena, Nawab, S. Nazir, Amar, K. Sabir etc in it.
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