Posts Tagged ‘O P Nayyar’
Man mora baawra
Posted on: February 12, 2012
“Raagini” (1958) was an Ashok Pictures production. It was directed by Rakhan and the starcast had names like Ashok Kumar, Kishore Kumar, Jabeen Jalil, Padmini, Nazir Hussain, Achla Sachdev,etc.
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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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Ae dil ae deewaane
Posted on: February 6, 2012
The movie “Baaz” (1953), not to be confused with “Baazi”(1951) was an H G Films production. It was directed by Guru Dutt and the starcast of the movie oincluded names like Guru Dutt,Geeta Bali, Ramsingh, Kuldip Kaur, Sulochana, Yashodhara Katju, Jaswant, K. N. Singh, etc.
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“Mujrim” (1958) was an Eagle Films production. It was directed by O P Ralhan and the starcast included names like Shammi Kapoor, Raagini, Amrit Rana, Johnny Walker, Shobha Khote, Kamal Kapoor, S. Banerjee, Tuntun etc.
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Ho jo hukum to meherbaan
Posted on: January 28, 2012
“Hongkong”(1962) was a Paachhi productions movie. It was directed by Paachhi and the star cast of this movie included names like Ashok Kumar, B Saroja Devi, Om Prakash, K N Singh, Helen, Helen, Lily, Leo, Bhalla, Baburao, Kitty, King Kong, Kundan, etc.
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“Qaidi” (1957) is an Eagle Films production. It was directed by Mohammed Hussain and the star cast included names like Padmini, Suresh, Agha, Anwar, Kumar, Kamal, Helen, Johnny Walker, Ragini etc.
This by now forgotten movie has songs that have also become forgotten with time. But the songs are nice to listen to.
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Muhabbat ho gayee jinse
Posted on: January 16, 2012
The movie CID (1956) inspired quite a few copycat movies in the years to come. “Kahin Din Kahin Raat” (1968) was one such movie with a storyline similar to CID (1956).
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“Naseehat” (1967) was a Deedaar Production movie which was a Production house set up by Dara Singh. The movie was directed by Om Patwar. Star cast of the movie included Dara Singh, Rajshree (South), Randhwaa, Helen, Madan Puri, Keshav Rana, Sunder, Sabita Chatterjee, Tiwari, Leela Mishra, Mohan choti, Madhumati, D.K.Sapru, Rajan Haksar, Baby Farida, Rajan kapoor, Samson Kundan, Om Patwar, etc.
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Beqasi hadd se jab guzar jaaye
Posted on: January 16, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
January 16th is the birth anniversary of Omkar Prasad Nayyar (O P Nayyar), one of the most prolific music director of Hindi film industry of the golden era of 50s and 60s. Although O P Nayyar did not receive any formal training in classical music, his folk tune based compositions became a rage among all the sections of the public. That he was one of the top music directors of the golden era of 50s and 60s without Lata Mangeshkar singing a single song for him, speaks volumes about his talent and calibre as a music director. He won Filmfare award for the best music director for Naya Daur (1957).
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“Chhoomantar” (1956) is a movie which was produced by Sadiq Productions and directed by M Sadiq. The movie had Karan Dewan, Shyama, Johny Walker, Jagirdar, S. Banerjee, Raj Mehra, Amar, Anita Guha, etc in it.
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