Posts Tagged ‘Shamshad Begam’
“Patanga” (1949) was an out and out musical blockbuster. It was a Varma Films Production. It was directed by H S Rawail. The movie had Shyam, Nigar Sultana, Cuckoo,Yakub, Gope, Purnima, Randhir, Mohana, Ramesh Sinha, Shyama, Raj Mehra etc in it.
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“Mother India” (1957) was a Mehboob Productions movie. It was produced and directed by Mehboob Khan. The movie had Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar, Raj Kumar, Kanhaiyalal, Jilloo Maa, Kumkum, Chanchal, Sheela Naik, Mukri, Ram Shastri etc in it.
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Ae ichak bichak churr
Posted on: December 11, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
“Baawre Nain” (1950) was the film that made the industry and the masses take notice of this new music director named Roshan. Roshan had made a debut with the film ‘Neki Aur Badi’ (1949), produced and directed by Kidar Sharma. With the kind of year that 1949 was – an absolute parade of films with fabulous music, not a surprise that a novice music director’s debut venture went by unacknowledged. ‘Neki Aur Badi’ settled into obscurity both as a film and also for the music. When Kidar Sharma planned his next venture, ‘Baawre Nain’, he restated his confidence in Roshan, by once again engaging him to create the music for it. And Roshan responded likewise, creating such wonderful tunes for this film, this after more than sixty years, this film is remembered now, simply on the basis of its music and songs.
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Maine dekhi jag ki reet
Posted on: December 3, 2012
Being a music lover in the past was not as easy as it is today. Music was not as easily accessible to people as it is today. For most people, radio was the most affordable means of listening to music. And as one can guess, one could only listen to songs that the radio stations decided to play at their own nominated times. One could have record players too, but they were expensive and only the most well off people could afford them.
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“Chham Chhama Chham” (1952) was a Mohan Pictures Production. It was directed by P L Santoshi. The movie had Kishore Kumar, Rehana, Radhakrishan, Pran, Mohana etc in it.
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Gaao taraane man ke
Posted on: November 25, 2012
“Aan”(1952) was a Mehboob Pictures Production. This movie was produced and directed by Mehboob Khan. This movie had Dilip Kumar, Nimmi, Premnath, Nadira, Mukri, Cuckoo, Nilam, Amir Banu, Sheela, Murad etc in it.
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Main raani hoon raaja ki
Posted on: November 24, 2012
“Aan” (1952) was a Mehboob Productions movie. It was produced and directed by Mehboob Khan. The movie had Dilip Kumar, Premnath, Nadira, Mukri, Cuckoo, Nilam, Amir Banu, Sheela, Murad, Nimmi etc in it.
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Mere haal par bebasi ro rahi hai
Posted on: November 9, 2012
“Zameendaar” (1942) was a Pancholi Arts production. It was directed by Moti B Gidwani. The movie had S D Narang, Manorama, Shanta Apte, Ghulam Mohammed, Anwari, M Ismail etc in it.
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“Do Ustaad” (1959) was a Shekh Mukhtaar Production movie. It was produced by Sheikh Mukhtaar and directed by Tara Harish. The movie had Raj Kapoor, Madhubala, Daisy Irani, Sheikh Mukhtar, Umadutt, Sulochana, Bimla Kumari, Kamal Mohan, Satish Vyas, Master Daboo, C. B. Singh, T. N. Charlie, Sood, Fazalkarim, Khan, Narula, Jerry, Ratan Gourang, Dayal Kumar, Shangloo, Ramlal, Prem Sagar, Funny Tincher, Soofi, Sadiq, Mastan Shah etc in it.
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“Mela” (1948) was a Wadia Films production. It was produced by S U Sunny and Hila Wadia and directed by S U Sunny. The movie had Dilip Kumar, Nargis, Jeevan, Roopkamal, Amar, Rehman, Baby Zubaida, Nurjehan, Chandabai, Allaudin, Khalil, Abbas, Maqbul Jr., Gulam Mohmed Jr etc in it.
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