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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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“Sone Ki Chidiya”(1958) is a movie which was a Film India Corporation presentation. It was directed by Shahid Latif. The movie had Balraj Sahni, Nutan, Pratima Devi, Dhumal, Altaf, Mehmood, Amar, Bikram Kapoor, Zebunissa etc in it.
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“Sone Ki Chidiya” (1958) is a Film India Corporation Production. This movie was directed by Shahid Latif and the star cast included names like Balraj Sahni, Nutan, Pratima Devi, Dhumal, Altaf, Nutan, Mehmood, Amar, Bikram Kapoor, Zebunissa etc in it.
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Most movie songs that people get to hear are included in the movies, and so audios as well as videos of most songs are available. But there are cases when some songs are excluded for one reason or the other.
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“Aar Paar” (1954) was a Guru Dutt Films production and it was directed by Guru Dutt as well. The star cast included Guru Dutt, Shyama, Shakila, Bir Sakhuja, Johny Walker, Noor, Jagdish Sethi, Rashid Khan, Jagdeep etc. in it.
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“Mohabbat Zindagi Hai”(1966) is a movie produced by Roop Chhaaya and directed by Jagdish Nirula. The star cast included names like Rajshree, Dharmendra, Madhvi, Deven Verma, Manorama, Mehmood, Chand Usmani,Sunder, Badri Prasad etc.
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When I take a look at the list of movies whose songs have figured in this blog, I find that just over 1800 movies are represented in the blog. Most of these movies date from 1930s upto 1980s, during which time about 5600 Hindi movies got censors certificate. So roughly speaking about one third of all released movies till 1980s are represented in this blog.
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“Ek Musaafir Ek Haseena” (1962) is a Filmalaya productions movie. It was directed by Raj Khosla. The star cast included Joy Mukherji, Sadhana, Dhumal, Rajendranath, Kamal Kapoor, Siddhu, Jagdish Raaj, Sulochana Chatterji, Chaman Puri, Shyam Chatterji, Neera Sameer, Gyani, Malika etc.
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“Miss Coca Cola” (1955) is a Danny Films production. It was directed by Kedar Kapoor. The movie had Shammi Kapoor, Geeta Bali, Lalita Pawar, Om Prakash, Johnny Walker, Helen, Kuldip Kaur, Kamal Kapoor, Mumtaz Begum etc in it.
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