Posts Tagged ‘Mera Gaaon Mera Desh’
Sona lai jaa re chaandi lai jaa re
Posted on: March 20, 2013
“Mera Gaaon Mera Desh” (1971) was produced by Lekhraj Khosla and Bholu Khosla and directed by Raj Khosla. The movie had Dharmendra, Asha Parekh, Vinod Khanna, Laxmi Chhaya, Jayant, Purnima, Bhagwan, Asit Sen, Sudhir, Mohan Choti, Birbal, Manmohan, Baldeo Khosa, Bunty, Shah Agha, Uma Dutt, Soni, Paro, Manju, Ravi Khanna etc in it.
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Haay sharmaaun kis kis ko bataaun
Posted on: July 26, 2009
How did one jugde the popularity of a song in the olden days ? One way was to listen to the Binaca geetmala coundown show. Another was to find out what songs were being requested the most in “Aaphi ke geet” farmaishi programmes by the farmaish senders of Jhumri Tilaiyaa.
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Aaya aaya atariyaa pe koi chor
Posted on: July 24, 2009
“Mera Gaaon Mera Desh” (1971) was regarded as the ultimate “daaku” movie till Sholay came about in 1975. In fact, Sholay had drawn liberally from “Mera Gaon Mera Desh”. The name Gabbar Singh was modelled on Gajjar Singh (played by the dashing Vinod Khanna).The dacoits of “Mera Gaaon mera desh” in fact looked more believable. And just because “Sholay” happened does not mean that “Mera Gaaon Mera Desh” should and could be wished away.
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Kuchh kahta hai ye saawan
Posted on: March 12, 2009
“Mera Gaaon Mera Desh”, a spectacular “daaku” movie which was one of the major inspirations for ‘Sholay” has a few memorable songs.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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