Posts Tagged ‘Ravi’
Hindi movie songs cover lots of ground as far as depicting various human feelings as well as activities of Indians are concerned. But there are still a few regular activities that have been sadly underrepresented. For instance, there are hardly any songs for an activity as common as buying and selling of vegetables.
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Shola ulfat ka bhhadka ke
Posted on: April 13, 2012
Looking at the video of this song adds considerably to my general knowledge about movies. For example, I was not aware that Rajesh Khanna had worked in a movie called “Aurat”(1967) and that too opposite an actress as obscure as Naazima. But then Rajesh Khanna himself was a newcomer those days.
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Aaj duniya badi suhaani hai
Posted on: April 12, 2012
“Nartaki” (1963) was a Film Bharti Production. It was directed by Satyen Nitin Bose. The movie had Sunil Dutt, Nanda, Om Prakash, Agha, Preeti Bala, Nana Palsikar, Chandrima Bhaduri, Moni Chatterjee, Aruna Irani etc in it.
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Bujhe bujhe rang hain nazaaron ke
Posted on: April 11, 2012
The fact that this “Amaanat”, starring Manoj Kumar and Sadhana was described as a 1977 release always intrigued me and many others since the songs of this movie were popular from much earlier. The timeless classic song, viz. Matlab nikal gaya hai to pahchaante nahin is from this movie and I recall hearing this song since my pre teen years i.e. right from early 1970s if not earlier.
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Deewaana hoon main pyaar ka
Posted on: April 10, 2012
“Tu Nahin Aur Sahi” (1960) was a Radhika Chitra production. It was directed by Brij and the movie had Pradeep Kumar, Kumkum, Nishi, Minu Mumtaz, Helen, Tuntun, Murad, Kundan, Dinshaw, Amar, Anwar Hussain, Ramlal, Shyamlal etc in its cast.
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“Ghar Sansaar”(1958) was a Pushpa Pictures presentation. It was directed by V M Vyas. The movie had Balraj Sahni, Nargis, Rajendra Kumar, Kumkum, Johnny Walker, Shammi, Kumari Naaz, Devika, Ansari etc in it.
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Oy ham hain tere deewaane
Posted on: April 8, 2012
“Modern Girl”(1961) was a Rainbow movies production. It was directed by R Bhattacharya. The movie had Pradeep Kumar, Sayeeda Khan, Madan Puri, Smriti Biswas, Iftikhar, Tuntun, Helen, Johnny Walker, Nalini Chonkar etc in it.
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Manmohana tu jo bhi de
Posted on: April 6, 2012
When one is disturbed, there is nothing like a soothing bhajan to calm one’s nerves. The music and the singing of the bhajan has a calming influence on the mind, and the philosophical content of the lyrics makes us see things in perspective. Bhajans make us realise that living creatures (including humans) are mortals and we are mere puppets in the grand scheme of things. Things are not supposed to work out according to our wishes, so we should better reconcile ourselves with whatever is in store for us.
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Zara seekh lo ankhiyon sharmaana
Posted on: April 6, 2012
“Vachan”(1955) was a Goel Cine Corporation movie. It was produced by Devendra Goel and directed by Raj Rishi. The movie had Rajendra Kumar, Geeta Bali, Neelma, Madan Puri, S. K. Prem, Radhakrishen, Raajdeep, Praveen Paul, Babboo etc in it.
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