Posts Tagged ‘Laxmikant Pyarelal’
People in most fields are always on the look out for the holy grail of their field. In case of Hindi movie making, it is a formula that would succeed at the box office. And interestingly, this success formula keeps changing from time to time. Moreover, not every movie following the same formula succeeds at the box office.
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Taaron mein saj ke
Posted on: July 22, 2012
“Jal Bin Machhli Nritya Bin Bijli”(1971) was a V Shantaram Productions movie. It was produced and directed by V Shantaram movie. The movie had Ravindra, Vasant Parekh, Minal, Abhijeet, Vastala Deshmukh, Iftekhar, Sandhya, Dina Gandhi, Raja Paranjpe, Nanda, Birbal, Praveen Kumar, Sushant Ray etc in it. The movie was a resounding failure at the box office. Even its songs failed to climb to the popularity stakes. But that is only to be expected seeing that 1971 was a year of bumper crop of outstanding music.
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Indians in the past decades tended to suffer from low self esteem, because India as a country was a “developing nation”, a euphemism for a poor and underdeveloped nation. It was not uncommon for movies to reflect that. Tragedy movies did well at the box office. The hero typically would get bashed up at the hands of the villain throughout the movie.
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Ho naina tere naina
Posted on: July 21, 2012
“Ek Bechaara” (1972) was produced by B N Ghosh and directed by S M Abbas. the movie had Jeetendra, Rekha, Pran, Kalpana, Vinod Khanna, Johnny Walker, Bindu, Salomi, Anwar Hussain etc in it.
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Last week, I suddenly felt an urge to write an article on Shashi Kapoor whom I admire for being a different Kapoor from his two illustrious brothers – Raj Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor. He may not have the genius and business acumen of Raj Kapoor nor have the yahoo image of Shammi Kapoor. But he scored over his two illustrious brothers in that he was the most handsome among them. I remember a handsome and boyish looking Shashi Kapoor in ‘Waqt’ (1965). With his handsome and ever smiling face, he had a huge fan following during his hey days. He was different from his brothers on one more count – he married an English girl Jennifer Kendal who was associated with a theater group.
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Allah megh de paani de
Posted on: July 19, 2012
Yesterday (18 july 2012) was a sad day for followers of Hindi movies, especially for those who lived through 1970s. Rajesh Khanna (29 december 1942- 18 july 2012) is no more. He was only 69. It was not an age to go.
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Buddhu pad gaya palle
Posted on: July 17, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Yesterday, Atul ji has posted a song whose lyrics were sent in by Prakash ji. The song –“Kaise Mitti Ke Maadho Se Paala Padaa” . On screen, it is Leena Chandavarkar trying to woo an apparently unwilling Sanjeev Kumar who seemingly does not understand the moves she is making and the words she is singing. Or maybe he does, but is choosing to remain aloof and unconcerned. I remember this song from the radio listening days, but I saw the video only today. And as soon as the song started, and Leena Chandavarkar started to sing out her complaints to her ‘beau fatale’, I immediately recalled another song – same era, same pair of actors on screen, the same complaint. Well one difference, the mood in the song that I refer to, is a bit more explicit, and a bit more demanding.
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Today (9 july 2012) is the anniversaries of a large number of film personalities. Sanjeev Kumar happens to be one of them. Today is his birth anniversary.
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Mere laadlon tum phoolo phalo
Posted on: July 7, 2012
“Sant Gyaneshwar” (1964) was one of the B grade movies that rode on the back of their A grade music to attract movie lovers to the movie hall and succeed at the box office. This movie was a Ranglok pictures presentation. It was produced by Ramraj Nahta and directed by Manikbhai Vyas. The movie had Sudhir Kumar, Surekha, Babloo, Jeevan, Sulochana Latkar, Shahu Modak, Asit Sen, Madhumati, Dev Kumar, Ulhas, Narmada Shankar, Meena etc in it.
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