Posts Tagged ‘Rafi’
“Chaandni Raat” (1949) is an obscure movie by now. It was a Tajmahal pictures presentation and the movie was directed by M Ehsan. Starcast of the movie had names like Shyam, Naseem, Ulhas, Cuckoo, Jilloo Maa, Parvin, David Abraham etc in it.
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Sambhal ae dil
Posted on: February 6, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusist of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
As a music director, N Dutta worked for films that are a mix of A grade and B/C grade films. He did have some films associated with big name banners. Especially, he worked for BR Films for the movies Saadhna (1958), Dhool Ka Phool (1959) and Dharamputra (1961). Each of these films is a musical bonanza and boasts of a string of wonderful hits. Four songs of the 1958 film ‘Saadhna’ are already posted on this blog. This is the 5th gem from this film.
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Hamne jafaa na seekhi
Posted on: February 6, 2012
This article is written by Khyati Bhatt, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Zindagi was made in 1964 with star casts as Rajendra Kumar, VMala, Raj Kumar, Prithvi Raj Kapoor, Mehmood, Jeevan, Jayant, Leela Chitnis, Dhumal, Kanhaiyalal, Hiralal & Helen. The movie was produced by SS Vasan, Gemini Pictures and was directed by Ramanand Sagar.
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“Udan Khatola” (1955) was a Sunny Productions movie. It was directed by S U Sunny and the starcast had names like Dilip Kumar, Nimmi, Surya Kumari, Jeevan, Agha, Nawab, Tuntun etc.
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“Khilaadi” (1950) is a Talwar Films presentation. The star cast of the movie had names like Ashok Kumar, Suraiya, Kumar, Indu, E. Tarapore, Anoop Kumar, Narbada Shanker, Sunder, Cuckoo etc in it.
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O sapnon ki raani
Posted on: February 2, 2012
In 1960s and 1970s, movie halls used to hire a rickshaw in which they would install an announcer with a PA system as well as a record player. The rickshaw would be covered with the cardboard hoardings of handmade posters of the movie.
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“Main Suhaagan Hoon” (1964) was a Nayyar films production. It was directed by Kundan Kumar. Star cast of the movie included names like Ajit, Mala Sinha, Nishi, Kewal Kumar etc.
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Dil ko haay dil ko
Posted on: February 2, 2012
“Daastaan” (1950) which was a Musical Pictures Production, was directed by A R Kardar. Apart from Raj Kapoor and Suraiyya, this movie also had Pratima Devi, Al Nasir, Murad, Veena, Suresh, Shakila etc in it.
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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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