Posts Tagged ‘Rafi’
Wo apni yaad dilaane ko
Posted on: July 1, 2012
“Jugnu” (1947) was a breakthrough movie for Dilip Kumar. The success of this movie transformed Dilip Kumar from a struggler to an established actor.
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Ek baat poochhoon
Posted on: June 30, 2012
I am familiar with a movie called “Kathputli”(1957). But it turns out that there was another movie of the same name in 1971 too.
“Kathputli” (1971) was a Dynamo International Production. It was produced and directed by Brij. The movie had Jeetendra, Mumtaz, Mallika, Helen, Pran, Jalal Agha, Agha, Manmohan, Leela Mishra, Ashachandra, Dilip Dutt, Fazlu, Master Bhagwan, Kumud Tripathi, Harbans Darshan, M.Arora, Praveen Paul, Rajrani, Kundan, Radheshyam, Jerry etc in it.
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“Chhote Sarkar”(1974) is quite an obscure movie by now, which is a surprise seeing that this movie had Shammi Kapoor and Sadhana in lead roles.
The fact that the movie was released in 1974, by which time both Shammi Kapoor and Sadhana were past their prime as lead actors, may be the reason for the obscurity of this movie. The movie was obviously planned to be released in 1960s, but the movie could not be released for various reasons. By the time it finally saw the light of the day in 1974, it was too late. The taste of the movie goers had changed drastically in the interim period. As a result, this movie sank almost without a trace.
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Maa hai muhabbat ka naam
Posted on: June 25, 2012
“Maa Ka Aanchal” (1970) was a Hari Natraj Films Production. It was produced and directed by Jagdev Bhambri. The movie had Sanjeev Kumar, Abhi Bhattacharya, Anjana(Mumtaz), Leela Mishra,Jagdev,Sheela R., Satpal Nishan, Sushma, Johnny Whisky, V.Gopal, Gopal Segal, Amol Sen, Dilip Dutt, Deena Nath, Master Rattan, Abdul, RajKumar Dutt, Abdul etc in it.
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Duniya ke saare ghamon se begaana
Posted on: June 25, 2012
“Mastaana” (1954) was a Black and white Productions movie. It was directed by H S Rawail. The movie had Motilal, Nigar Sultana, Kuldip Kaur, Yashodhara Katju, Gope, Chaman Puri, Master Romi, Tiwari, Chandrashekhar, Sunder, Rinkoo etc in it.
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Jhoom ke gaa yoon aaj mere dil
Posted on: June 18, 2012
“Patanga”(1971), not to be confused with the blockbuster “Patanga”(1949), was produced by R S Sharma aand Kedar Kapoor. Kedar Kapoor was the director of this movie as well. The movie had Shashi Kapoor, Vimmi, Rajendranath, Sajjan, Leela Misra, Wasti, Jagdish Raaj, Ram Mohan, Shekhar Purohit, Laxmi Chhaya, Ajit, Zeb Rehman, Praveen Paul, Jayshree T.
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Yahaan ham wahaan tum
Posted on: June 17, 2012
“Shrimati 420″(1956) was obviously a take on the iconic movie “Shri 420″(1955). The movie was a Sippy Films production. It was produced and directed by G P Sippy. The movie had Johny Walker and Meena Shorey in lead roles.
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“Dooj Ka Chaand” (1964) was a Filmistan/ Film Asia production. It was directed by Nitin Bose. The movie had Bharat Bhushan, B.Saroja Devi, Agha, Ashok Kumar, Chandrashekhar, Ulhas, Ratna, Raj Kumar, Sulochana, Tuntun, Jeevankala, Leela, Prabhat Kumar, Iftekar, Murad, Preeti Bala etc.
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Deewaane yahaan tak aa pahunche
Posted on: June 12, 2012
“Mirza Ghalib” (1954), as the name suggests, was a movie based on the life of the legendary poet Mirza Ghalib. The movie was a musical blockbuster, and the lyrics of most of the songs were based on Mirza Ghalib’s poetry.
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