Posts Tagged ‘O P Nayyar’
Banda parwar thhaam lo jigar
Posted on: April 30, 2012
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
As I see in the “some stats” page, Lyricist poet Majrooh Sultanpuri has 525 songs in the blog, which is the highest so far for a lyricist in the blog. The word “Majrooh” could not have been his real name. It is the “takkhallus” (Pen name) of the poet. “Majrooh” means injured/pained or a someone broken hearted and in pain. Others may have a different view of this words meaning, but I hate to go to online dictionaries to find meanings of urdu words. I would rather go by the feel.
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Main jaan gayi tujhe sainyya
Posted on: April 30, 2012
“Howrah Bridge” (1958) was a suspense movie which was produced and directed by Shakti Samanta under his banner of Shri Shakti Films Production. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Madhubala, K N Singh, Kammo, Sunder, Salien Bose, Krishnakant, Helen, Dhumal, Madan Puri, Bhagwan Sinha, Kundan, Om Prakash etc in it.
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“Raagini” (1958) was an Ashok Pictures production. It was directed by Rakhan. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Kishore Kumar, Padmini, Jabeen Jaleel, Nazir Hussain, Achla Sachdev, etc in it.
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In Hindi movies of the golden era, there was this common enough situation where the lead pair would carry out their romantic pursuits silently without even talking, and obviously without even singing a song. So what would happen in such circumstances ? Very conveniently, a two to three persons troupe would appear on the road (one carrying a harmonium- compulsory, other carrying a dholak-optional, but desirable, and a female dancer- highly desirable, but often optional)and they would sing a song, and the words of the songs would express the feelings of the shy duo.
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Jaadoogar saanwariya
Posted on: April 25, 2012
“Dhaake Ki Malmal”(1956) is by now an obscure movie. The movie was a Nanda Films Production. It was produced and directed by J K Nanda. The movie had Kishore Kumar, Madhubala, Ulhas, Sajjan, Raj Mehra, Rajen Haksar, Shyam Kumar, Jagdeep, Om Prakash etc in it.
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Zara pyaar kar le babu
Posted on: April 25, 2012
“Mangu” (1954) was a Sheikh Mukhtaar Production movie. It was directed by M A Khan. The movie had Sheikh Mukhtar, Nigar Sultana, Arun, Mukri, Ansari, Sheila Ramani etc in it.
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Ab to tum sang naina laage
Posted on: April 24, 2012
“Dhaake Ki Malmal” (1956) was a Nanda Films Production movie. It was produced and directed by J K Nanda. The movie had Kishore Kumar, Madhubala, Ulhas, Rajan Haksar, Jeevan, Jagdeep, Shyam Kumar, Sajjan, Raj Mehra,Om Prakash etc in it.
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“Sone Ki Chidiyaa”(1958) was a Film India Corporation production. It was directed by Shahid Lateef. The movie had Nutan, Balraj Sahni, Talat Mehmood, Amar, Bikram Kapoor, Zebunissa, Pratima Devi, Dhumal, Altaf etc in it.
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Badi mushqil se qaaboo mein
Posted on: April 16, 2012
“Hamsaaya”(1968) was a Joy Mukherjee Production movie. It was produced and directed by Joy Mukherji. The movie had Joy Mukherjee, Sharmila Tagore, Mala Sinha, Rehman, Gajanan Jagirdar, D. K. Sapru, Malika, Madan Puri, Jankidas, Jagdish Kamal, Polson etc in it.
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Zaraa hamse nigaahen milaa
Posted on: April 15, 2012
“Miss Coca Cola” (1955), it turns out , had the same storyline as “Aaya Saawan Jhoom Ke” (1969). Interestingly, “Miss Coca Cola” (1955) flopped miserably, wheras “Aaya Saawan Jhoom Ke” (1969) was a big success at the box office.
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