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This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

Madness manifests itself in many forms. And not just differently in different people but also differently at different times in the same person. Long before I got to learn of the term OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), I can claim to have exhibited signs that would make an OCD affected person proud.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

Besides being an exceptional production in terms of characterizations and performances, the epic Mughal-e-Azam (1960) created by K Asif, was a musical bonanza too. Of the twelve brilliant creations by Naushad Saab and Shakeel Badayuni, eight are already posted on this blog. Here is the ninth musical offering from this film – a wonderful qawwaali in the tradition of baitbaazi, by Shamshad Begum and Lata Mangeshkar. The setting of this qawwaali is as follows.
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“Saahib Bibi Aur Ghulaam” (1962) was a Guru Dutt production movie. It was directed by Abrar Alwi. The movie had actors like Guru Dutt, Meena Kumari, Rehman, Waheeda Rehman, Sapru, Dhumal, N. Hussain, S. N. Banerjee, Krishan Dhawan, Jawahar Kaul, Bikram Kapoor, Pratima Devi, Ranjit Kumari, S. N. Banerjee, Krishan Dhawan, Jawahar Kaul, Bikram Kapoor, Bimla Kumari etc in it.
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“Gharana”(1961) is a movie that was produced by Gemini Films and directed by s S Vasan. This movie had actors like Raj Kumar, Rajendra Kumar,Asha Parekh,Shubha Khote,Minu Mumtaz,Devika, Bipin Gupta, Lalita Pawaar,Aghaa,Kanhaiyyalal etc.
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“Nartaki” (1963) is a Film Bharati productions movie. It was directed by Nitin Bose. This movie had actors like Sunil Dutt, Nanda, Preetibala (Zeb Rehman), Aruna Irani, Moni Chatterji, Om Prakash,Nana Palsikar, Agha, Chandrima Bhaduri, Polson etc.
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Sajjad Hussain composed only about 100 songs in his entire career lasting more than three decades. When I went through the list of his songs, I discovered some interesting facts. Though he composed very few songs, he worked with a disproportionally large number of singers and artists in these songs. In all, he worked with over 25 singers and over 25 lyricists in these songs that add up to just about 100 !
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When one thinks of songs to post on the occasion of Asha Bhonsle’s birtday (8 september) one has a huge number of great songs to choose from. This blog already has over 600 songs sung by her, but it is a drop in the ocean considering the number of great songs that she has sung in her long career.
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