Posts Tagged ‘Rafi’
Ae saba unse keh zaraa
Posted on: December 13, 2012
The popular Arabian Nights tale of “Alibaba” have inspired the creation of several Hindi movies. Tis blog features songs from three “Alibaba” movies that were released in 1940, 1954 and 1966.
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Duniya paagalon ka baazaar
Posted on: December 13, 2012
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
In the early era of the Talkie, most films were based on Mythology, History or Fantasy stories. As the years went by,the films were made on social themes and still later the films were produced on the stories written in their ‘story departments’ weaving mystery, humour, misfortune and heroics imaginatively.
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Husn jab jab ishq se takra gaya
Posted on: December 12, 2012
“Neend Hamaari Khwaab Tumhaare”(1966) was a Movie Monuments production. It was produced by Hans Chaudhary and directed by Shiv Sahni. The movie had Nanda, Shashi Kapoor, Rajendra Nath, Balraj Sahni, Nirupa Roy, Manorama, Omprakash, Shashikala, Bela Bose, Manmohan, Anwar Hussain, Vishwa Mehra, Madhumati, Lotan etc in it.
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“Kaali Topi Laal Roomaal” (1959) was a Janta Chitra Production movie. It was directed by Tara Harish. The movie had Chandrashekhar, Shakila, K. N. Singh, Agha, Kumkum, Mukri, Naina, Kamal Mehra etc in it.
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Yoon na dekho hamen baar baar
Posted on: December 11, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
A Shammi Kapoor song is always the quintessential Shammi Kapoor song. With very little apparent effort and with minimum movements, the amount of expression and energy that this powerhouse actor is able to pack into the edifice of a single song, it is simply amazing. The tiny twitches of the neck, the small movements of the fingers and the hands, the rolling and shifting eyes – small signals that are able to communicate a whole nine yard story.
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“Udan Khatola” (1955) was a Sunny Art Production movie. It was produced and directed by S U Sunny. The movie had Dilip Kumar, Nimmi, Surya Kumari,Jeevan, Agha, Nawab, Tuntun etc in it.
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Fariyaad na karna
Posted on: December 11, 2012
“Gharaana” (1949) was a Shan e Hind Pictures production. It was directed by S Bhatia. The movie had Amina, Khatoon, Leela Kumari, Paro, Iftekhar etc in it.
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“Air Mail” (1960) must be one of the most obscure Hindi movies of all time. This B grade movie was a People Pictures presentation. It was directed by B J Patel. The movie had Jyoti, Mirajkar, Ranjan, Malini, Rajen Kapoor etc in it.
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Saawan mein garwa lagaa loongi
Posted on: December 10, 2012
I have discussed songs from “Insaaf” (1956) and “Insaaf” (1966) in the past. It appears that a movie of this title was released at every 10 years inerval those days, seeing that there was a movie with this title in 1946 too. 🙂
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Nadi kinaare koi pukaare
Posted on: December 9, 2012
“Chandramukhi” (1960) was a Kanti Production movie. It was directed by R Thakur. The movie had Manhar Desai, Kavita, B. M. Vyas, Maruti etc in it.
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