Posts Tagged ‘Majrooh Sultanpuri’
Pyaar ki nanhi maina chehke
Posted on: October 1, 2012
“Waapas” (1969) was a S S Chitra Mandir Presentation. It was directed by Satyen Bose. The movie had Ajay, Satyajit, Kishwar, Azra, Leela Mishra, Shekhar Purohit, Parveen Paul, Jankidas, Chandrima Bhaduri, Alka, Kumud Tripathi etc in it.
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Sambhal ke ye duniya hai
Posted on: October 1, 2012
Today (1 october) is the birth anniversary of Majrooh Sultanpuri (1 october 1919 – 24 may 2000), who was easily the most prolific lyricist during the golden era of Hindi movie music. Born as Asrar Ul Hasan Khan, Majrooh Sultanpuri began his career as a lyricist in 1946 with “Shahjahaan” (1946). He must have got along well with almost all music directors, seeing that he worked with most music directors of the golden era.
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Jeevan mein tu darna nahin
Posted on: September 25, 2012
Today (25 september) is the birthday anniversary of Feroz Khan (25 september 1939- 27 April 2009). Once he got established in Hindi movie industry, he turned producer and director and he would make movies inspired from Western movies, e.g. those featuring Clint Eastwood.
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Today (23 september) is the birthday of Prem Chopra. Seeing that he played villain in most movies, there are not too many songs that were picturised on him. But there are such songs in Hindi movies.
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Today (19 september) is the death anniversary of Producer Tahir Hussain (19 september 1938-2 february 2010). He was the brother of noted producer Nasir Hussain. To the younger generation of movie goers, Tahir Hussain is the father of Aamir Khan. “Caravan” (1971), “Anamika” (1973), “Zakhmee” (1975) etc are some of the well known movies produced by Tahir Hussain.
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Rajesh Khanna had become the heart throb of millions in late 1960s. This spell lasted till about 1974. During this period, Rajesh Khanna could do no wrong. Whatever he touched turned into gold.
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Tu pyaar maange pyaar de doon
Posted on: September 9, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Ah Ganesh, the unsung genius composer, creator of incredible melodies and rhythms that almost never got picturized on the so called grade A stars of his time. His songs, buzzing with hummable and memorable tunes, played themselves out in B and C grade cinema halls, in productions that were considered of the same categories. Some of his songs escaped this banishment to the C grade world, and found a place on the radio waves, and in the mind and memories of listeners. Some such songs have remained in the memories; but then there are many other remarkable creations from him that await re-discovery by aficionados.
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Chura liyaa hai tumne jo dil ko
Posted on: September 8, 2012
This article is written by Ava Suri, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Sometimes I find it hard to remember when I saw a particular movie. Was I in college or in school? A quick look at the year in which the movie released is the best way to find out.
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It is my observation that the careers of many actors in Hindi movies were made and sustained thanks to the great music that their movies had. It is difficult to imagine these movies becoming hits without their hit music. And as we all know, Hindi moviegoers are initially attracted towards movie halls because of the music and these songs are often one of the biggest selling points of these movies. Movies without songs have a hard time finding distributors.
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