Posts Tagged ‘Shammi Kapoor’
Beqaraar hai koi
Posted on: April 9, 2010
“Shama Parwaana” (1954) was one of the first movies of Shammi Kapoor. And in this movie, he was paired up opposite a top heroine of the day, namely Suraiyya. In Bollywood movies, leading ladies as often treated as pieces of decoration. It is heratening to see that leading lads too can get the same treatment. In Shammi Kapoor’s earlier movies, especially where he was pitted against star names like Suraiyya, Suraiyya got all the limelight and Shammi Kapoor was left playing the second fiddle. 🙂
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Ye duniya ke mele magar ham akele
Posted on: April 4, 2010
One interesting genre of Bollywood songs is the one kind where the leading man/ leading lady reach the villain’s hideout and keep him amused by singing and dancing. The villains must be severely entertainment starved, seeing how eager they are in watching the song and dance performance. and this allows the colleagues of the dancing persons to enter the den unnoticed. 😉
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Balmaa khuli hawaa mein
Posted on: March 9, 2010
“Kashmir Ki Kali” (1964) is an out and out entertainer of an movie. Shammi Kapoor and debutant Sharmila Tagore, not to speak of Pran, Anoop Kumar and co make this movie a great fun to watch.
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Jhukaa jhukaa ke nigaahen
Posted on: March 7, 2010
“Miss Coca Cola” (1955) is a movie where Shammi Kapoor and Geeta Bali, who later on went on to get married, were paired together. Unfortunately, no prints of this movie are apparently available, so we have little idea of how the duo fared in this movie.
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Ae gham e dil kyaa karoon
Posted on: March 7, 2010
“Thokar” (1953) is one of the very first movies of Shammi Kapoor. Here Shammi Kapoor and Shyama were the lead actors.
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Dil le gayi le gayi le gayi
Posted on: March 6, 2010
Just when I thought that I had run out of all the Shammi Kapoor songs, here comes this song about whose existence I was totally unaware !
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Shammi Kapoor was paired with Madhubala in his debut year (1953) itself in the movie “Rail Ka Dibba” (1953). Subsequently, he figured with her in a few more movies.
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When one watches a song picturised on Shammi Kapoor, one half expects the song to be sung by Rafi and the music to be composed by Shankar Jaikishan. And that is how it has been for much of Shammi Kapoor’s career during his heydays.
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I had not heard about this movie called “Mehbooba” (1954). Now I know that this was a movie starring Shammi Kapoor and Nalini Jaiwant. Though it must be said that Shammi Kapoor was more like a struggler than a star at that time.
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Dil deke dekho dil deke dekho
Posted on: November 22, 2009
When one thinks of Shammi Kapoor, one invariably thinks of Rafi, Hasrat Jaipuri and Shankar Jaikishan. There are many people who in fact may well think that they were together with Shammi Kapoor right from the beginning of Shammi Kapoor phenomenon.
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