Posts Tagged ‘R D Burman’
It has been mentioned by several readers that Dev Anand appeared almost immortal to them and it was inconceivable to them that he could ever die. But time and tide waits for none and everyone has to succumb some day. Dev Anand breathed his last on 3rd of december 2011 at the age of 88. He led an active life till the end. His zest for life and his youthful exuberance is something that is difficult to emulate for most people. With time , he had lost weight and had shrunk as was bound to happen, but his mental faculties continues to be sharp and he could still walk on his feet. Most people can only dream of such physical fitness if they ever live up to that age.
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“Hare Rama Hare Krishna” (1971) which discussed the then popular “Hippie culture” was the second movie directed by Dev Anand. This movie was hugely popular and it set some new trends in India. This movie made Zeenat Aman an instant star and a fashion icon.
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“Bemisaal” (1982) is a movie which was produced by Shri Lokenath Chitramandir. Debesh Ghosh was the producer and this movie was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. This movie was based on a novel by Ashutosh Mukherjee. This movie was a big budget movie starring the then superstar Amitabh Bachchan too. The starcast contained Amithabh bachchan, Vinod Mehra,Rakhee, Aruna Irani, Deven Verma, Amaranth, Harindranath Chattopadhyaya, Asit Sen,Om Shivpuri,Gautam Sarin, Goga Kapoor,Vijay Sharma, Samar Roy, Prathima devi, Johney, Anjan Shrivastav, Master Mayur, Master Vikaas, Baby Khushboo,Master Romeo etc.
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Aaj to meri hansi udaayi
Posted on: November 20, 2011
“Gomti Ke Kinaare” (1972), despite being a recent movie by the standards of this blog is a forgotten movie. this movie was produced and directed by Saawan Kumar Tak, who would later on specialise in making movies on the themes of Saajan and Sautan.
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Ye kya huaa kaise huaa kab hua
Posted on: November 12, 2011
“Amar Prem” (1971) is a movie which had the cream of Hindi movie talents at work in it. Rajesh Khanna, the then superstar alongwith Sharmila Tagore figured in this movie. R D Burman, the hottest property among the music directors, composed music for this movie. Kishore Kumar, who had taken male playback singing world by storm, was also there to sing for this movie.
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“Kinaara”(1977) is a movie which was produced by Pranlal Mehta and directed by Gulzar. Gulzar in fact also wrote the script of this movie as well as the lyrics of its songs. “Kinaara” (1977) was one of the few movies that was well recieved by the masses as well as the media. This movie had Jeetendra, Hema Malini, Dharmendra, Shrreram Laagoo, Dina Pathak etc in this movie.
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“Pyaar Ka Mausam” (1969) is a movie which was released during my pre teen years. I never saw the movie because my elders were of the type who rationalised that movies was bad for kids. And as a result I spent much of my childhood deprived of Hindi movies.
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O more sajnaa o more balmaa
Posted on: September 5, 2011
“Baharon Ke Sapne” (1967) was one of the first movies of Rajesh Khanna ant it was released in 1967, which was the debut year for Rajesh Khanna. In this movie he was paired opposite Asha Parekh, with whom he would go on to act in quite a few other movies as well.
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Mehmood had given R D Burman his first break as an independent music director in “Chhote Nawaab” (1962). Ironically, R D Burman was unable to get any other assignment as an independent music director after that. He continued to work as an assistant to his father. Others may not have cared to look at R D Burman, but Mehmood once again reposed his faith on R D Burman as the music director for his movie called “Bhoot Bangla” (1965). Not just that, he gave R D Burman an important acting role too in this movie !
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