Posts Tagged ‘S D Burman’
“Miyaan Beewi Raazi” (1960) was a small budget movie made with unknown actors like Kamini Kadam, Shrikant Gaurav, Seema, Raja Gosavi and Mehmood. This movie apparently failed at the box office, seeing that the names of the lead actors of this movie do not ring any bells.
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“Shabnam” (1949) is a movie replete with nice songs. I have so far discussed two songs from this movie.
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It is popularly belived that the use of Hinglish words (Hindi and English words combined) began in Hindi movies only in 1980s and it met with the disapproval of purists. But in reality, such Hinglish songs have been there from 1940s itself. Who can forget the evergreen song Aana meri jaan meri jaan sunday ke sunday from “Shehnaayi” (1947).
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“Shikaari” (1946) was one of the earliest movies of S D Burman as a music director. The songs of this movie became quite popular and helped S D Burman in getting a foothold in the Hindi movie music industry.
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“Sagina” (1974) was one of those few movies where Dilip Kumar and Saira Bano acted opposite each other. This movie, which was a remake of a Bangla movie called “Sagina Mahto” had some nice songs in it.
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Everyone is aware that 1957 saw the movie “Mother India” in which Nargis played the central character. Few people know that the same year also saw the release of another movie called “Miss India”. And guess who played the central character in this movie ? It was none other than Nargis herself !
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One of most memorable Dharmendra-Sharmila Tagore pairing was in the lovely family comedy “Chupke Chupke” (1975) where everyone, including the movie watchers have fun at the expense of Om Prakash, who plays Sharmila Tagore’s omniscient jeejaaji.
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Vyjyanti Mala made her debut in Hindi movies with “Bahaar”(1951). In this movie,she was paired opposite Karan Dewan.
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Get together songs, accompanied by piano were introduced in Hindi movies in late 1940s. Such songs became standard fare in Hindi movies and remained so for the next three decades or so.
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Ruk jaao na jee aisi kyaa jaldi
Posted on: November 16, 2010
In Hindi movies, songs have traditionally played many roles. For one, songs are often the main reason why many people come to watch the movie. In one old movie, which had no songs in it, the maker had to actually explain it to the audience why that movie had no songs. And that explanation cut no ice with the public.
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