Posts Tagged ‘Shakeel Badayuni’
Kya rangeen mehfil hai dildaaram
Posted on: March 25, 2012
“Dil Diya Dard Liya” (1966) was a Kay Production movie. It was directed by A R Kardar. Star cast of the movie included Dilip Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Shyama, Johnny Walker, Murad, Pran, Rehman, Rani, Sajjan, Sapru, Shah Agha etc.
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Jaa jaa re jaa deewaane jaa
Posted on: March 25, 2012
“Grihasthi” (1963) was a Gemini preoduction. It was directed by Kishore Sahu. Starcast of the movie had Ashok Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Rajshree, Nirupa Roy, Lalita Pawar, Indrani Mukherjee, Mehmood, Sudesh Kumar, Shubha Khote, Iftekhar, Bipin Gupta, Kanhaiyalal, Manmohan Krishna, Bharati Malwankar, Achala Sachdev, Gajanan Jagirdar etc in it.
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“Ghoonghat” (1960) was a Gemini Pictures Presentation. It was directed by Ramanand Sagar. Starcast of the movie included Pradeep Kumar, Asha Parekh, Bharat Bhushan, Beena Roy, Agha, Rehman, Helen, Kanhaiya Lal, Rajendra Nath, Pratima Devi, Leela Chitnis etc.
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Regulars of this blog may have noticed that I have been discussing very few songs these days by the standards of this blog. One main reason for this is that I am travelling these days. I have arrived at New Delhi for two days in this connection.
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Raat ki mehfil sooni sooni
Posted on: March 16, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
After reading my own article on a song from NOOR JEHAN (1967) ‘ sharaabi sharaabi ye saawan ka mausam’ on this blog, I felt guilty for bypassing, in my view, the most beautiful song of this film ‘ raat ki mehfil sooni sooni’ sung by Lata Mangeshkar. In fact the very purpose of ascertaining whether this song was in my VCD or not was a precursor to write an article on this song. But somehow I was carried away by the availability of the video clip of the Suman Kalyanpur song. So I sat down for deciphering the lyrics of ‘raat ki mehfil sooni sooni’ which was not a difficult task due to the clear audio and impeccable diction of Lata Mangeshkar.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I am not a keen watcher of period movies but do buy VCDs/DVDs of such movies mainly for watching the fabulous songs. Recently, I watched NOOR JEHAN (1967) with a view to ascertaining whether the VCD contained the only Lata Mangeshkar song ‘ raat ki mehfil sooni sooni’ in it. In this process, I saw the entire movie. As I expected, the song was excluded from the VCD. In fact, it is said that this song was not included in the original print of the film. Despite some mindless cuts in the VCD version affecting the continuity of the screen play and the bad quality of video, I did not feel a total let down by the film. The story which I knew from the history books was interesting one from the point of view of cinematic presentation. The film was shot on lavish sets and outdoor locations in keeping with the period movie theme.
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“Gharaana” (1961) was a Gemini Production movie. It was directed by S S Vasan. The movie had a starcast consisting of Rajendra Kumar, Asha Parekh, Raaj Kumar, Shobha Khote, Agha, Minu Mumtaz, Lalita Pawar, Kanhaiya Lal etc.
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The last few days have seen not one but two artists of the golden era departing from our midst. Music director Ravi left us one day before Holi and Joy Mujherji one day after holi. We, who in this blog discuss the songs of the golden era on a daily basis, are so familiar with the artists involved in these songs that they feel like close acquaintances. So any living artist breathing his/her last comes as a shock to us, even when it is well known that death is inevitable for everyone.
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Bedardi mere sainyya
Posted on: March 9, 2012
The mention of the title “Chaudhvin Ka chaand” (1960) is enough for one to recall the title song of this movie which I was aware of for as long as I can remember. That is how popular this song was. Let me hasten to add that I was not born when this movie and its songs were released, but I recall hearing this song in late 1960s. Other songs of this movie were also popular , but unlike the above mentioned song, they did not contain the title, so I was not aware that they also belonged to the same movie.
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Muhabbat hamaari zamaana hamaara
Posted on: March 7, 2012
“Dulaari” (1949) was a Kardar Production movie. It was produced and directed by A R Kardar. The starcast of the movie had names like Suresh, Geeta Bali, Madhubala, Jayant, Shyam Kumar, Amar, Nawab, Pratima Devi etc in it.
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