Posts Tagged ‘Mahendra Kapoor’
Jhoomo re jhoomne ke din aaye
Posted on: April 6, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
” All men are created equal, but some are more equal” wrote British author George Orwell,in his famous book ” The Animal Farm”. His prophetic words proved especially true about conditions in India post Independence. It is an open secret that Nepotism, or helping your friends/relatives with posts or preferences which they may not deserve is a common practice in India.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
MUGHAL-E-AZAM-1960 was a milestone movie in the annals of Hindi films. Almost all the songs of this movie became famous and popular too. Many stories floated around about the happenings during the making of the film. Long articles appeared in papers and even a few books were published on this Epic film. Even today-after 53 years- the songs of Mughal e Azam are heard with interest by young and old alike.
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Doley doley mere jeewan ki naiyya
Posted on: March 4, 2013
“Piya Milan Ki Aas”(1961) was a Vijay Films Production. It was directed by S N Tripathi. The movie had Manoj Kumar, Ameeta, Sunder, Pratima Devi, Jeevan, Nalini Chonker, Daisy Irani, Indira Bansal, Polson, S N Tripathi etc in it.
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Zara sambhaaliye adaayen aap ki
Posted on: February 8, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
‘Badaa Aadmi’ from 1961 is a film name, when mentioned, would mostly elicit a reaction, “. . .which one did you say?”. For it is a name that is not well remembered. Fans of Sheikh Mukhtar would remember this film though, but then not many other folks.
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Jai janani jai Bharat maa
Posted on: January 26, 2013
Today (26 january 2013) is the 63rd Republic day of India. Though India had gained political freedom two years back on 15 august 1947, it was on 26 january 1950 that Indian constitution came into existence in India which defined the future course of action for this country. This document- the Indian constitution has since held the nation together and united and the country, despite facing extremely difficult challenges over the decades, has come a long way in the path of progress and development.
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Ae ji o o kuchh to bolo
Posted on: December 17, 2012
“Aanchal” (1960) was a Panchdeep Chitra Production movie. It was directed by Vasant Joglekar. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Suresh, Nirupa Roy, Nanda, Suresh, Seema, Sudesh Kumar, Iftekhar, Dhumal, Om Prakash, Lalita Pawar etc in it.
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Ham to man mauji mauji mauji
Posted on: December 11, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The decade of the 1970s was when the significant transition happened in the Hindi film music, as the old order gave way to the new sounds. The number of music directors and singers with grounding in Indian classical music was dwindling, and the musical arrangements and the melodies were getting to be transformed, forever.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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