Posts Tagged ‘Prem Dhawan’
Dil ke sahaare jaan se pyaare
Posted on: March 7, 2012
“Taangawaali” (1955) was a Kuldip Pictures production. It was directed by Lekhraj Bhakri. Starcast of this movie had Anita Guha, Balraj Sahni, Nirupa Roy, Shammi Kapoor, Jayant etc in it.
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What came first ? Chicken or the egg ? This is perhaps one of the longest standing questions of all time. The question has not yet been resolved to this date. Naturally, of course.
Here is a fun song which begins with this line and then deals with some other equally and even more fun lines.
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Chal chal re naujawaan
Posted on: March 2, 2012
When I saw the lyrics “chal chal re naujawaan” in a song from “Ek Phool Do Maali” (1969), I was surprised. People may wonder why I should be surprised if I had watched the movie. Indeed I had watched the movie, but my selective memory ensures that I only recall the details of movie watched in my younger days and details of movies that I watched much later are not retained in my memory (not enough space in the memory, perhaps 🙂 ).
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Chham chham chali piya ki gali
Posted on: February 9, 2012
“Ek Saal” (1957) was a Goel Cine Corporation movie. It was directed by Devendra Goel. Star cast of the movie included Ashok Kumar, Madhubala, Johny Walker, Minoo Mumtaz, etc.
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Na dir dim taana
Posted on: February 7, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
PARDESI (1957) was an Indo-Soviet co-production film in Hindi and Russian languages . The Hindiversion of the film was directed by K A Abbas and the star cast included Balraj Sahani, Nargis, Oleg Strizhenov, Prithviraj Kapoor, Jairaj, David, Padmini. The film did not create a stir at the box office but was nominated for Cannes Film Festival (1958.) M R Acharekar got the Filmfare award for the best art direction (1958) for this film.
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In Hindi movies, we have songs for all occasions that touch the lives of Indians. Thus we have songs for various human feelings like joys, sorrows, love, hate etc. Then there are songs for various Indian festivals. We also have songs for special occasions like birthdays, weddings etc.
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Qadam qadam pe bahaaren lutaataa
Posted on: January 30, 2012
When I look at the lyrics of this song, I feel that I have come across the lyrics of this song, and perhaps this song was among one of the guest posts by Sudhir jee. But when I check up with the list of songs that have been posted, I am unable to find this song. So perhaps this is a different song, though with lyrics that sound quite familiar, especially the line“yeh kaun aaya hai aanchal udaata”.
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Allah hi Allah kar pyaare bhai
Posted on: January 7, 2012
“Pavitra Paapi” (1970) is a movie which had Parikshit Sahni in lead role. This movie is also known for some nice songs.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Remembering Rafi Saab on his 87th birth anniversary.
‘Saawan’ (1959) is a film produced under the banner of NC Films, Bombay. The banner ‘NC Films’ belongs to the Behl family. Music director Hansraj Behl and his brother Gulshan Behl started this company, in the name of their father, Sh. NC Behl. Gulshsan Behl is the producer. The film is directed by Ramesh Tiwari. There are 10 songs listed for this film. All songs except one are penned by Prem Dhawan. One of the songs is written by Asad Bhopali. This song is from the pen of Prem Dhawan. The film is a social drama, and the star cast includes Bharat Bhushan, Ameeta, Jeevan, Achla Sachdev, Tiwari, Helen, Leela Misra, Tuntun, Majnoo, Naazi, Jagdish Kanwal, Master Deepak etc.
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Today (24th december) is Rafi’s birthday so today we are discussing songs sung by Rafi in this blog.
Here is a song from “Mirza Saahibaan”(1957). I notice that I have discussed as many as six songs from a movie of the same name that was released in 1947 and which starred Trilok Kapoor and Noorjahaan, but only one song from “Mirza Saahibaan” (1957) which starred Trilok Kapoor’s nephew, someone known as Shammi Kapoor 🙂 and Shyama.
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