Posts Tagged ‘Mumtaz’
Dil mera tumhaari adaayen le gayin
Posted on: June 4, 2012
“Gauri”(1968) was a Shivaji Films Production. The movie was directed by A Bhimsingh. The starcast of the movie had names like Sunil Dutt, Nutan, Sanjeev Kumar, Mumtaz, Rajendra Nath, Laxmi Chhaya, Urmila Bhatt, Leela Mishra, Ashim Kumar, Shivraj, Om Prakash etc in it.
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Baabul tere baagaan di main bulbul
Posted on: May 30, 2012
A few regulars of this blog were recently wondering if Hindi movies have got a song where a daughter pays her last respects to her father who is leaving for his heavenly abode.
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Kismat jo pilaaye hamko
Posted on: April 14, 2012
“Ladka Ladki” (1966) was a Bright Films Production. It was directed by Som Haksar. The movie had Kishore Kumar, Mumtaz, Sujit Kumar, Laxmi Chhaya, I.S.Johar, Bhagwan,Raj Mehra, Tuntun, Randhir, Leela Misra, Ravikant, Johnny Whisky, Kesri, Krishna Duggal, Gulshan Baawra, Jagadish Bhalla, Aasi, Jerry, Abubakar, Nazir Kashmiri, Sham Laal, Deen Dayaal etc.
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Kehne waale tu bhi keh le
Posted on: March 26, 2012
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The makers of “Qawwali Ki Raat” (1964) had a tough task ahead of them. They were required to make a movie along the lines of “Barsaat Ki Raat” (1960).
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Ae dushman e jaan chal diya kahaan
Posted on: March 6, 2012
“Patthar Ke Sanam” (1967) was an A G Films production. It was directed by Raja Nawathe. Starcast of the movie included Manoj Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Mumtaz, Aruna Irani, Raj Mehra, Mumtaz Begum, Lalita Pawar, Tiwari, Mehmood, Pran etc in it.
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Tum miley pyaar se
Posted on: March 3, 2012
1970s, especially the first half of it was ruled by R D Burman as a music director. So much so that the other music directors too began to compose music that sounded like R D Burman’s music. And of course they began to use the voice of Kishore Kumar also, who had become the top male singer just as R D Burman had become the top music director.
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Jaane tamanna kyaa kar daala
Posted on: February 8, 2012
“CID” (1956) as well as “CID 909” (1967) had music by the same music director, viz O P Nayyar. Unlike “CID” (1956), “CID 909” was a B grade movie though. It was a Bindu Kala Mandir Presentation, which was directed by Muhammad Hussai. The movie had up and coming B grade actors namely Feroz Khan and Mumtaz in lead roles, with Helen, Rajen Haksar, Brahm Bharadwaj, Ram Mohan, Rajen Kapoor, Tuntun, Bela Bose, B. Mehta also figuring in it.
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Jalwe tumhaare hon meri ho nazar
Posted on: January 14, 2012
While looking at the picturisation of this song, I wondered why this song does not qualify to be called a Mujra song. As it is, Mujra songs are those songs where the clients are ordinary folks or spoilt nawaabs. If the same dance is performed in a royal court, it becomes a royal court (Rajdarbaar) dance.
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A grade music in B grade movies- this has by now become a common refrain while discussing many of the songs in this blog. B grade movies had their own big name musi directors, and one of the biggest such names was undoubtedly Chitragupta.
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Kya nazaare kyaa sitaare
Posted on: January 13, 2012
In 1970s, when I was growing up as a pre teen kid, I had noticed that Gulshan Nanda was the most popular Hindi novelist. His novels were read by all grown ups. Kids were not supposed to read such grown up stuff. Being a precocious and eager kid, I managed to read a few Gulshan Nanda novels even then and I loved the novels. I wonder what was low brow in these novels (as alleged by literary magaziones of those days).
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