Posts Tagged ‘Majrooh Sultanpuri’
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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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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Aawaara maajhi jaayegaa kahaan
Posted on: May 24, 2012
Today (24th may) is the death anniversary of Majrooh Sultanpuri, who was the most prolific lyricist during the golden era of Hindi movies.
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Haal kaisa hai janaab ka
Posted on: May 24, 2012
There are many regulars who have reminded me that today (24th may) is the death anniversary of Majrooh Sultanpuri. Indeed I have been aware of this occasion.
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Babu aanaa sunte jaana
Posted on: May 11, 2012
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“Jhumru” (1961) was a labour of love by Kishore Kumar. Kishore Kumar wore multiple hats in this movie. He was the producer, director, actor as well as the music director of this movie.
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Nigaahon ka ishaara hai
Posted on: May 10, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The film NIGHT CLUB (1958) was produced under the banner of Varma Pictures and directed by Naresh Saigal. The star cast included Ashok Kumar and Kamini Kaushal in the lead roles with Nishi, Helen, Mubarak, Maruti, S Nazir, Iftekhar, Dhumal, Gope, Keshav Rana and Ram Mohan in supporting roles. All the songs were written by Majrooh Sultanpuri and the music was composed by Madan Mohan.
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“Kaala Paani”(1958) was a Navketan International Films Presentation. It was produced by Dev Anand and directed by Raj Khosla.
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“Kaala Paani” (1958) was a Navketan International Production movie. It was directed by Raj Khosla. the movie had Dev Anand, Madhubala, Nalini Jaywant, Sapru, Agha, Nazir Hussain, Krishan Dhawan, Dhiraj, Mukri, Pravin Paul, Heera Sawant, Bir Sakuja, Kishore Sahu, Rashid Khan etc in it.
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Jawaaniyaan ye mast mast
Posted on: May 2, 2012
“Tumsa Nahin Dekha” (1957) is the movie where Shammi Kapoor finally got transformed from a struggling underconfident actor to a successful confident star. He was quite fortunate to get the opportunity to work in this movie because Shammi Kapoor was nowhere near being the first choice for this movie.
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Tera haathh haathh mein aa gayaa
Posted on: May 1, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Today, May 1st, is the 93rd birthday of one of the icons among the playback singers who has enthralled the listeners of both filmy and non-filmy songs with his versatile singing for over five decades. He is Prabodh Chandra Dey, popularly known as Manna Dey. We are fortunate that Manna Dey is with us to remain a source of inspiration for budding singers.
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