Posts Tagged ‘Majrooh Sultanpuri’
Aaj ko junli raat maa
Posted on: July 12, 2012
Today (12 july) is the death anniversary of Rajendra Kumar. On this occasion I have several songs to discuss, time permitting.
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Jo dil ki baat hoti hai
Posted on: July 9, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The haunting image of a worn-out, white bearded face, with lines of age alluding to maybe a century of anguish, haltingly climbing down the service staircase in the deserted studio, wanting to reach the chair with ‘Director’ imprinted on its back. Or the vision of a decrepit man standing in the theatre doorway, his hands out flung across the entrance, and the sharp lighting from behind giving an impression of a phoenix rising from the ashes. These two celluloid illustrations are probably two of a handful of very gripping, compelling and spellbinding images that have left a lasting imprint on the minds of the cinema viewers and more importantly, a telling statement that redefined the very cultural fabric of the society and of film making itself.
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Aise machal ke nain badal ke
Posted on: July 3, 2012
Today (3 july) is the death anniversary of Raj Kumar. Raj Kumar made his debut as an actor in 1950s and his most productive decade as an actor was the decade of 1960s. There are actors who are remembered for songs picturised on him, but Raj Kumar is often remembered for some of the immortal dialogues picturised on her. For instance, the dialogue of “Waqt” (1975)- “ye bacchon ke khelne ki cheez nahin hai Chunar seth…”, and the “Paakeeja” (1971) dialogue’ “Aape paaon dekhe…”.
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“Ham Matwaale Naujawaan” (1961) was a Rover Films production. It was directed by L R Asthana. This movie had Shekhar, Sayeeda Khan, Jeevan, Agha, Chaman Puri etc in it.
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Kal saajnaa milna yahaan
Posted on: July 2, 2012
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I dont know how it is that I am finding songs penned by Majrooh Sultanpuri again and again. The song which is under discussion is from the film “Ardhangini”. From the other songs posted here and seen on youtube it is seen that this film stars Meena Kumar and Raj Kumar, and from the title and songs I assume this to be similar type of social film like ‘Aarti”.
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Jaaun to kahaan jaaun
Posted on: June 27, 2012
Today (27 june) is the birth anniversary of R D Burman, who was easily the most influential music director during the time I was growing up in late 1960s and for entire 1970s. His dominance was so total that most other music directors had to change their music to sound like R D Burman. I too k it almost for granted that any song that I liked those days had to be a composition of R D Burman.
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Har zabaan ruki ruki
Posted on: June 10, 2012
“Baaz” (1953) was a H G Films production. It was directed by Guru Dutt. The movie had Guru Dutt, Geeta Bali, Ramsingh, Kuldip Kaur, Sulochana, Yashodhara Katju, Jaswant, K. N. Singh etc in it.
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“Waaris” (1954) was a Minerva Movietone production. It was directed by Nitin Bose. The movie had Talat Mehmood, Suraiyya, Jagdish Sethi, Nadira, Sadat Ali, Meheli Modi, Yakub, Achla Sachdev, Roopmala etc in it.
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Chhod chaley pyaari duniya ko
Posted on: May 30, 2012
“Bhaagam Bhaag” (1956) was a light hearted comedy movie. It was produced and directed by Bhagwan. The movie had Kishore Kumar, Bhagwan, Smriti Biswas, Badri Prasad, Shashikala, Kumkum, Tiwari etc in it. In this movie, everyone played characters who were named the same as their actual names. For instance, Kishore Kumar played a character named Kishore and Bhagwan played a character named Bhagwan.
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Aa muhabbat ki basti basaayenge ham
Posted on: May 27, 2012
This article is written by Shekhar Gupta, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog.
My all-time favourite Lata-Kishore duet is from the Famina Production’s Fareb (1953) ” Aa, mohabbat ki basti basaayenge hum”, in which the duo are at their soulful best in expressing the pangs of separation of the two lovers, so poignantly captured in Majrooh Sultanpuri’s breath-taking imagery “dekh dharti se aakaash hai kitni door!”
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