Posts Tagged ‘Manna Dey’
When I was a pre teen kid during late 1960s and early 1970s, I once read a funny poem in the Hindi magazine “Parag”. It went
Deewaaron pe lagi huyi thhi filmy posteron ki qataar
“Hum Hindustani”, “Badtameez”, Aawaara”, “Junglee”, “Jaanwar” aur “Ganwaar” ! 🙂
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Pyaar ka maara hoon Julie
Posted on: November 8, 2012
“Private Secretary” (1962) was a Radiant Movies production. It was directed by Chander Bahl. The movie had N. A. Ansari, Raja Gosavi, Umakant, Mohan Choti, Purnima, Ashok Kumar, Jayshree Gadkar etc in it.
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“Anuradha” (1960) was an L B Films production. It was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherji. The movie had Balraj Sahni, Leela Naidu, Abhi Bhattacharya, Ranu, Nazir Hussain, Mukri, Asit Sen, Manav Chitnis, Bhudo Advani, Rashid Khan, Hari Shivdasani, Asim Kumar etc in it.
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Hamen tujh bin kaun sambhaale
Posted on: November 7, 2012
“Door Gagan Ki Chhaaon Mein” (1964) was a sensitively produced movie about the travails of a father who has a child who has lost his speech after an accident. When all hopes of his recovery are dashed then the father (played by Kishore Kumar) turns to God for help.
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Sainyya se nazren milaa le
Posted on: November 6, 2012
“Baadal” (1966) was a Super Pictures Production. It was produced and directed by Aspi Irani. The movie had Sheikh Mukthar,L Vijayalaxmi, Sanjeev Kumar, Helen, Kamal Mehra, Hira Lal, Shammi Aunty, Ratnamala, Niroo, Fazal Khan, Prem, Bob, Ali Razak etc in it.
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“Rangoli” (1962) was an R S B Films Production. It was directed by Amar Kumar. the movie had Kishore Kumar, Vyjyantimala, N. Hussain, Jagdev, Sadhana (not the famous one), Jeevan, Ulhas, Sulochana, Khurshid, Durga Khote, Iftekhar, Dhumal etc in it.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
A few days back, one of the readers of this blog commented on the song arree hato kaahe ko jhoothhi banaao batiyaan sung by Manna Dey that he is not a versatile singer. Well, the reader has given his view which we respect in line with ‘pasand apni apni khayal apna apna’. Of course, with such a sweeping statement, there were responses by some of the regulars of this blog. A few examples of songs in support of Manna Dey’s singing versatility were also listed. There is no doubt that Manna Dey is a complete singer. His repository of singing encompasses classical, patriotic, romantic, light comedy, ghazal and more. His versatility goes beyond the different genres of songs. Take for instance the variations in his renditions within the genre of romantic songs of expressing love – tera haath haath mein aa gayaa, roop tumhaaraa aankhon se pi loon, tum jo aao to pyaar aa jaaye and some non-filmy songs like ‘ye awaara raatein ye koyi si baatein’ and ‘ nazaaron mein ho tum khayaalon mein ho tum’.
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“Surang” (1953) was a Rajkamal Production. It was produced and directed by V Shantaram. The movie had Ulhas, Shashikala, Vinod Kumar, K. Date, Vikas, Sheila Ramani, Chandrashekhar, Joginder etc in it.
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“Manzil” (1960) was a Kalpana Pictures production. It was directed by Mandi Burman. The movie had Dev Anand, Nutan, Mehmood, David, K N Singh, Badri Prasad, Achala Sachdev, Pratima Devi, Manmohan Krishna etc.
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