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“Andher Nagri Chaupat Raja” (1955) was a movie produced by the production house of Chitramahal. Shamim Bhagat directed the movie. The “star” cast of this B grade movie included names like Chitra, B. M. Vyas, Uma Devi, Gope, Amarnath, David Abraham etc.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

I have already posted a sweet sad song from the film ‘Chheen Le Azaadi’ (1947), “Champakali Hai Udaas”. Here is another gem of a light tete-a-tete between lovers. Words of this song are written by Pt. Indra, and the music is by Hansraj Behl.
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In case of most movies, only a few songs become popular and other songs become forgotten with time. I have found that several of these forgotten songs are superb songs to listen to, and with some luck, they should have become popular songs, instead of ending up into the dustbin of obscurity.
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“Ham Bhi Insaan Hain” (1959) is an obscure movie by now. This movie was produced by V A K Productions. R Majumdar was the director. The sar cast included names like Abhi Bhattacharya, Lata Sinha, Anil Kumar, Kumar, Dhumal,Chaman Puri, Samar Roy, Lalita Kumari etc. Most names in the cast ring no bells. In other words, this movie was a B grade movie.
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“Nishaana” (1950) was an M & T Production. It was directed by Wajahat Mirza Changezi. The starcast of the film included names like Ashok Kumar, Geeta Bali, Cuckoo, Madhubala, Shyama, Yakub, Nawab, Kanhaiyalal, Balam, Shanti Madhok, Durga Khote etc.
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“Khidki” (1948) is a movie which was produced by Arvind and Anand, and it was directed by P L Santoshi. The star cast included names like Rehana, Jawahar Kaul, V. H. Desai, Kalpana, Radha Krishnan, Leela Misra, Ramsingh, Mumtaz Ali, Tiwari etc.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

Luteraa (1965) is a musical bonanaza that boasts of absolutely fabulous music by Laxmikant Pyaarelal, who had just arrived on the music scene two years prior. All the songs in this film are veritable gems. In all seven songs are present in this film, all penned by Anand Bakshi. All the songs are dance songs, all songs are in female voices. Yes, interesting that there is not a single song in a male voice. Of the total seven songs, six of them are in Lata ji’s voice. As mentioned all are dance numbers, four of them performed by Nishi, who is the leading lady in this film, one by Helen and one by Bela Bose. All these six songs are already present on this blog.
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In my series of songs composed by Sajjad Hussain, I have been discussing the as yet undiscussed Sajjad Hussain songs from “Khel” (1950) these days. This movie had nine songs in it,and I have discussed as many as seven of them in the past.
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