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Yesterday (15 august 2012) was Indian Independence day. India had attained her independence on 15 august 1947.

By a unique coincidence, the Hindi movie actress Rakhi was born on that very day, viz 15 august 1947 ! Among all the midnight children (as Salman Rushdie would describe children born on that day in his best selling novel of the same name), Rakhi must be the most well known one. She is exactly of the same age as the nation of India !
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This article is written by Pamir Harvey, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a new contributor to this blog.

As is the case with many songs, I grew up listening to this song on radio, but had no idea from which film this is till I discovered this few months back on youtube.
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Today (15 august 2012) is the 65th Independence day of India.

The main function on this day is held in New Delhi at the Red Fort (Laal Qila) from where the Prime Minister addresses the nation. The eyes of the nation are glued to New Delhi on the occasion through TV, Radio, etc.
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Today (13 august) is the birthday of Vyjyantimala, one of the most proficient classically trained dancer to grace the silver screen. She made her debut in Hindi movies in 1950 with “Bahaar” (1950) and she had a long innings in Hindi movies which lasted till around 1967 when she finally bowed out of Hindi movies.
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Jagdeep and Nanda played lovebirds in “Bhaabhi” (1957). Two years later, they play brother and sister in “Barkha” (1959).

Both these movies had another thing in common, viz lyrics by Rajinder Krishan and music by Chitragupta. Jagdeep had got a song to sing in “Bhaabhi” (1957), namely Chali chali re patang meri chali re. Here in “Barkha” (1959), we find Jagdeep and Nanda singing a bhai-bahan duet as they are travelling in 1950s style, viz on a bullock cart. 🙂
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“Bombay To Goa” (1972) was a Mehmood Productions movie. It was produced by N C Sippy and directed by S Ramnathan. The movie had Amitabh Bachchan, Aruna Irani, Mehmood, Shatrughan Sinha, Lalita Pawar, Manorama, Anwar Ali, Nazir Hussain, Kishore Kumar, Dulari, Mukri, Keshto Mukherjee, Sunder, Asit Sen, Agha, Manmohan, Dilip Dutt, Indira Bansal, Usha Iyer aka Usha Uthup, Babban, Kammo, Birbal, Randhir, Raj Kishore, Jerry, Darshan, Praveen Paul, Shobha, Oscar Unger, Junior Mehmood etc in it.
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This article is written by Shekhar Gupta, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

The 1950s was the decade when Sur Saraswati Lata Mangeshkar showered scores of melodious gems on the music lovers which have defied time to linger in their memory like pangs of the first-love.
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Today (2 august 2012) is the day of Raksha Bandhan, also known as “Raakhi”. It turns out that there are at least two movies called “Raakhi” which were made on this festival. One of these movies was released on 1949. The second movie of this title was released in 1962.
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