Posts Tagged ‘Padmini Kolhapure’
Teri hai zameen tera aasmaan
Posted on: October 17, 2012
I find that the movies that I did not like often ended up as big hits (viz. “Muqaddar Ka Sikandar”, “Suhaag” etc). On the other hands , the movies that I like a lot end up getting lukewarm response from the public (viz “The Great Gambler”, “The Burning Train”, “Deshpremi” etc).
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Master jee ki aa gayi chithhi
Posted on: September 5, 2012
Today (5 september) is an important day in India for a non musical reason too. It is the birthday of Dr. Sarwapalli Radhakrishnan (5 september 1888 – 17 april 1975), who was India’s second president and prior to that he had made his mark as an eminent scholar and philosopher. He was knighted by Britain in 1931 and he was accorded “Bharat Ratna”, India’s highest civilian honour in 1954. In honour of Dr Radhakrishnan as a scholar, this day is celebrated in India as teacher’s day.
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Maana teri nazar mein
Posted on: July 9, 2012
In the series of anniversaries today (9 july), here is the fourth anniversary of the day. Today is the birthday of Sulakshana Pandit.
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Madhuban khushboo detaa hai
Posted on: March 27, 2011
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor of articles to this blog.
Recently, while reading up on Sahir Ludhianvi on the eve of his 90th birth anniversay, I came across a shocking revelation on his wikipedia page.
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Meri qismat mein tu nahin shaayad
Posted on: August 25, 2010
The initial movies of Raj Kapoor were made with Raj Kapoor as hero and Nargis/Vyjyanti Mala/Padmini etc as leading lady. And in these movies Shankar Jaikishan would compose the music. This combination was repeated till “Mera Naam Joker” (1970). This movie flopped big time and Raj Kapoor found himself on the verge of bankruptcy.
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Hoga tumse pyaara kaun
Posted on: November 25, 2008
1980 was the decade when I started losing track of bollywood movies and its songs. Gone was the meticulous record keeping of songs etc. Songs and movies in that decade passed like a blur before my eyes, without registering much in my brain.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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