Posts Tagged ‘R D Burman’
Jeene waale muskuraa ke jee
Posted on: February 21, 2012
“Chhote Nawaab”(1961) is a movie which was Mehmood’s home production. Produced under the banner of Mumtaz Films, this movie was produced by Usman Ali and directed by S A Akbar. Starcast of the movie included names like Mehmood, Ameeta, Minoo Mumtaz, Helen, Anwar Hussain,Raj Kishore, Raj Dutt, A.R.Bengali, Munshi Munaqqa, Maqbool, Yusuf, Abdul, Mono, Sevanand, Bela Bose, Aruna, Harikishan, Ebrahim, Khursheed Bawra, Pappoo, Altaf, Brij Sharma, S.N.Bannerjee, Nazir Hussain, Achala Sachdev, Kumar etc.
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Kya nazaare kyaa sitaare
Posted on: January 13, 2012
In 1970s, when I was growing up as a pre teen kid, I had noticed that Gulshan Nanda was the most popular Hindi novelist. His novels were read by all grown ups. Kids were not supposed to read such grown up stuff. Being a precocious and eager kid, I managed to read a few Gulshan Nanda novels even then and I loved the novels. I wonder what was low brow in these novels (as alleged by literary magaziones of those days).
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“Yaadon Ki Baaraat” (1973) was a movie which had a lost and found story where three brothers get orphaned (their parents murdered by the villain) and then they get separated. The brothers later grow up, take revenge on the villain and get reunited.
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- In: How come this song was not posted earlier | Kishore Kumar solo | Kishore Kumar songs | Lyrics by Khyati Bhatt | Lyrics contributed by readers | Melancholic song | Pathos | philosophical song | Rail song | Rajesh Khanna songs | Rajesh Khanna songs by Kishore Kumar | Remorse | Songs of 1970s (1971 to 1980) | Songs of 1974 | Translation by Sudhir | Translations by readers | Yearwise breakup of songs
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Here is one more of those “What ! This song was not yet covered ..” category of song. I was under the impression that this song had long been discussed but I was wrong. Now I realise that I had discussed this song in another of my (by now defunct) blog while discussing rail songs.
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- In: "Get together" song | Amitabh Bachchan songs | Amitabh Bachchan songs by Kishore Kumar | Feelings of heart | Kishore Kumar solo | Kishore Kumar songs | Lyrics by Prakashchandra | Lyrics contributed by readers | Sentimental song | Songs of 1980s (1981 to 1990) | Songs of 1982 | Yearwise breakup of songs
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“Bemisaal” (1982) is a movie which was produced by Debesh Ghosh and directed by Hrishikesh Mukherji. The movie was a big budget movie which spared no expenses and had Amitabh Bachchan in the lead role.
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Diye jalte hain phool khilte hain
Posted on: January 4, 2012
- In: "Phool" song | Amitabh Bachchan present (without lip syncing) | Amitabh Bachchan songs | Feelings of heart | Kishore Kumar solo | Kishore Kumar songs | Lyrics by Khyati Bhatt | Lyrics contributed by readers | Sentimental song | Songs of 1970s (1971 to 1980) | Songs of 1973 | Yearwise breakup of songs
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4th january is the day when R D Burman left for the heavenly abode at quite a young age of 54. He was easily the most influential music director of my formative age, viz 1970s. R D Burman as the music director, Kishor Kumar as the male playback singer and Rajesh Khanna as the male superstar arrived at the scene almost simultaneously and they all left their indelible mark of Hindi movie industry.
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Samay tu dheere dheere chal
Posted on: December 29, 2011
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Today is Rajesh Khanna’s birthday. His name always evokes memories for me because he was the colossus when I was first beginning to learn Hindi and watch Hindi movies in my life. Here are my thoughts on that period and on Rajesh Khanna. This is a somewhat long post but I hope you will have the patience to read it all the way through.
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- In: "Aankh" song | Duet | expression of love | Feelings of heart | Kishore Kumar songs | Kishore Kumar-Lata duet | Lata song | Lyrics by Prakashchandra | Lyrics contributed by readers | Rajesh Khanna songs | Rajesh Khanna songs by Kishore Kumar | Songs of 1970s (1971 to 1980) | Songs of 1978 | Yearwise breakup of songs
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Today (29th december) is the birthday of Rajesh Khanna, the heart throb of millions during late 1960s and early 1970s. The following that he enjoyed among all sections of the society, including among kids, was unbelievable.
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