Posts Tagged ‘Majrooh Sultanpuri’
Aankhon se maine pee hai
Posted on: October 3, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
A wonderful, but scarcely heard melody this one. As I am scouting for more songs composed by Usha Khanna, I came across this gem of a song from the film Flat No. 9, in my collection. As I heard it again, after a long time, I simply had to send it in for posting right away. We have already discussed three songs of this film, and each one is turning out to be a melody that should have commanded more popularity and listening time on the radio waves. Alas, there are obscure films and unheard songs that are almost lost. But play them, and the music lover’s heart will fill with appreciation, and also wonder, ‘where was this song so far’.
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“Anjuman” (1948) is a Nargis Arts Production. It was directed by Akhtar Hussain. The star cast of this movie included Jairaj, Nargis, Anwar Hussain, Neelam Kothari, Durga Khote, Chandabai etc.
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Ye dil mera le lo
Posted on: October 1, 2011
I have discussed as many as five songs from “Picnic” (1966) in the past. All these songs are wonderful to listen to.
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This is an iconic song, which everyone has definitely heard. And in fact this is a song that has been remixed too, accompanied by gaudy picturisation, I am sure.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
One song of the film Flat No. 9 (1961) is already posted on this blog. That one is the iconic Mukesh song, ‘Gaa Deewaane Jhoom Ke, Raat Ki Zulfen Choom Ke’. But the remaining songs in this film are no less a delight to listen to. Despite its wonderful music, there is literally no information available online, about this film. From the Geet Kosh, one finds that this film was produced under the banner of WS Films, Bombay. It is a social drama directed by Ramesh Sharma. There are a total of 6 songs in this film, four are sung by Lata Mangeshkar, one by Mukesh, and one by Asha Bhosle. The lyrics are written by Majrooh Sultanpuri, and the wonderful music is by Usha Khanna. The star line up for this film includes Ashok Kumar, Saeeda Khan, Tiwari, Jagdish Sethi, Helen, Dhoomal, Narbada Shankar, Ravikant, Dinesh Kumar, Kehsav, Prem Saagar, Razia, Aasi etc.
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When the movie is called “Afsaana”, one expects to see the famous movie starring Ashok Kumar. This movie is called Afsaana, and Ashok Kumar is in it, but it is not that famous movie of 1951, which was the original movie that had identical twin brothers as well as “separated in the mela” relatives. 🙂 This “Afsaana” in contrast is a movie of recent vintage and it hardly troubled the box office much. Apart from Ashok Kumar figuring in both movies, “Afsaana” (1951) and “Afsaana” (1966) have little in common.
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Jab mera aanchal dhallega
Posted on: September 27, 2011
“Picnic” (1966) is a movie which is produced by Filmistan. It is directed by Shahid Lateef. If imdb is to be believed then the major stars of this movie are David Abraham, Anand Bakshi and P Kailash.
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I have discussed half a dozen songs from “Sujata” (1959) already and all these songs have been extremely well known songs, including songs that have gone on to become iconic songs.
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Megha re boley ghanan ghanan
Posted on: September 18, 2011
In Hindi movies sometimes one song follows another in a seamless manner, so that one finds it difficult to realise when one song changes into another.
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Andhe ne bhi sapna dekha
Posted on: September 16, 2011
“Sujata” (1959) is a critically acclaimed movie and it is a musical blockbuster too. I am aware of most of the better known songs of this movie, which have gone on to become evergreen classics. But this movie also has a few lesser known songs.
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