Posts Tagged ‘Nimmi’
“Daal Mein Kaala”(1964) is a Roop Sangam Pictures presentation. This movie was directed by Satyen Bose. The movie had Kishore Kumar, Nimmi, Abhi Bhattacharya, Shammi, Sajjan, Mohan Choti, Agha, Om Prakash, Bipin Gupta etc in it.
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Naushad was born on 25th december. To mark this occasion, here is a song from “Sohni Mahiwal” (1958). This song is sung by Rafi, who collaboration with Naushad yielded several memorable songs.
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There are some actors in Hindi movies who are so badly typedcast that it is rare to see or imagine them in roles different from the ones for which they are well known. For instance, Nimmi is perceived to be an actress who is always dealt a rough deal by the fate. Not just I, even some regulars are of the same view. For example, one regular, while sending me the lyrics of a song picturised on Nimmi informed me that he could detect a faint smile on Nimmi’s face in the pcturisation. I watched that song several times in super slow motion to witness the rare occurence.
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Jhan jhan jhan jhan paayal baaje
Posted on: October 31, 2011
S D Burman, a highly influential music director during the golden era of Hindi movie music was around for nearly the entire duration of the golden era. Born on 1 october 1906, S D Burman began his career as a Hindi movie music director in 1946 and he continued to enthrall music lovers with his compositions till 1975. He breathed his last on 31st october 1975. So today is his death anniversary.
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“Rajdhani” (1956) is a movie produced by N C Films. It was directed by Naresh Saigal. This movie had Sunil Dutt, Purnima, Naaz, Johnny Walker, Nimmi, Durga Khote, Tiwari etc in it. This movie has been by and large forgotten by now and most of the songs of this song have suffered the same fate.
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Chaand chhupa aur taare doobey
Posted on: August 17, 2011
“Sohni Mahiwal”(1958), as the name suggests is one of the four tragic love stories of Punjab. The other such stories being Heer Ranjha,Mirza Sahiban and Sassi Punnun. Several movies have been made on these tales, not only in Hindi, but also in Punjabi and other languages.
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Oodi oodi chhaayi ghataa
Posted on: August 10, 2011
Though I have discussed as many as seven songs from “Amar” (1954) already, I was not aware of this song till its lyrics were sent to me by Atif M.
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De de mora kangnaa
Posted on: August 6, 2011
“Rajdhani”(1956) is a by now forgotten movie. This movie had actors like Sunil Dutt,Nimmi, Johny Walker,Durga Khote,Purnima,Naaz,Tiwari etc in it. This N C Films movie was directed by Naresh Saigal.
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Qadar jaane naa ho qadar jaane naa
Posted on: July 30, 2011
I have mentioned in the past that I believed Nutan to be the original tragedy queen, before Meena Kumari joined in playing such roles. But just now I have realised that the crown of the original tragedy queen should go to Nimmi who was playing such roles almost from the beginning of her career, which began prior to Nutan and Meena Kumari’s forays in to tragedy roles.
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Armaan bharaa dil toot gayaa
Posted on: July 30, 2011
Here is a forgotten gem from a forgotten movie that I have just discovered. This song is from “Wafa” (1950). This movie had Nimmi and Karan Dewan in lead roles.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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