Posts Tagged ‘O P Nayyar’
“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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“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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