Posts Tagged ‘Raj Kumar’
14th july is Madan Mohan’s death anniversary. When I searched for a few Madan Mohan songs to be discussed on this occassion, I came across some unbelievable gems and I was left wondering how I have missed out on these gems all these days. I regard myself as some sort of a research scholar on Madan Mohan can be caught unawares like this, then just imagine what undiscovered Madan Mohan gems still lie ahead of us, waiting to be discovered. We have covered about 27 % of all Madan Mohan songs, and the remaining songs contain many wonderful songs as I discovered. In fact, I decided to hold some Madan Mohan songs back for some other occasions too, that is how fantastic I found those songs to be.
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Kaise bijli chamak gayi ho kaise
Posted on: June 30, 2011
“Do Gunde” (1959) is a movie where Raj Kumar and Ajit play the two Gunde (ruffians) and their love interests are played by Kumkum and Jayshree Gadkar respectively.
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Tere kooche mein tera deewaanaa
Posted on: June 25, 2011
Most songs discussed in this blog are movie songs which were included in the movie when that movie was released. But there are some cases in which songs, even though they were recorded as part of the movie ended up getting excluded from the movie for one reason or the other. In some cases, the movie makers decided to exclude the song, in some cases, censors ordered the exclusion of the song, and in one case, this was done one week after the movie was released !
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Har taraf ab yahi afsaane hain
Posted on: May 12, 2011
I listened to this song for several years without being aware of its details. It is only for the last few years that have found out the details of this song. This song , which is sung by Manna Dey, is from “Hindustan Ki Kasam” (1973). Raj Kumar playing an India Air Force pilot, is the hero of this movie. In this movie, Priya Rajwansh plays the romantic interest of Raj Kapoor.
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Doli chadhhte hi Heer ne bain kiye
Posted on: April 18, 2011
I have discussed three of the better known songs from this movie. Now I have become aware of a few other songs of this movie too thanks to nahm.
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The lyrics of this song are provided by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
“Pyaar Ka Bandhan” (1963) is a movie starring Raj Kumar,Nishi,Kumari Naaz, Dhumal,Johny Walker, Indira Bansal, Helen etc in it.
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“Waqt” (1965) was a path breaking movie in more ways than one. For one, it was a multistarrer movie, one decade before this term came into circulation. Secondly, it was the movie that set the rules for lost and found movies which became the norm one decade later. In brief, “Waqt” (1965) inspired movie makers like G P Sippy (Sholay, Shaan) as well as Manmohan Desai (Amar Akbar Anthony).
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Many fans remember “Ujaalaa” (1959) as one of the earlier Shammi Kapoor kind of movie. But Shammi Kapoor was not the only lead actor in this movie. Raj Kumar was also there in this movie, and he in fact may have been the better known of the two as well.
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Dukh bhare din beete re bhaiyya
Posted on: October 2, 2010
I always thought that the song “dukh bhare din beete re bhaiyya” from “Mother India” (1957) was a brief song, almost an afterthought. I do not know how I came to believe that. Perhaps I may have watched a brief portion of this song when I watched this movie (some 25 years after the movie was released) or perhaps because I have not heard this song in detail in the past.
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Apne sainyya se nainaa ladaaibe
Posted on: May 12, 2010
For many movie watchers, Meena Kumari and Raj Kumar epitomise tragedy roles. And if they are there together in a movie, then one may be justified in fearing the worst, viz ‘Kaajal” (1965). But fortunately, they did not start their careers with such roles, and they can be seen playing happier roles even together. “Ardhaangini” (1958) is one such movie where they were together playing happier roles.
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