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

When one thinks of a bolt of lightning, it recreates in the mind the crackling sound of particles in the air subjected to currents of extremely high voltage, streaks of very very bright light zig-zagging across the sky, the rumbling sounds of thunder that follow the flash of light in a matter of few seconds. People who have witnessed bolts of lightning at very close quarters recount the intensity of both the sound and the flash of light. Sound of the crackling air, the sound of thunder, the blinding flash, and the rush of moving air at very close quarters. Whether from a distance, or a close quarters, this display of light and sound and movement is a gripping experience, for those who have an appetite for it.
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“Singapore” (1960) was an Eagle Films Production movie. It was produced by F C Mehra and directed by Shakti Samanta. the movie had Shammi Kapoor, Padmini, Maria Menado, Shashikala, K. N. Singh, Madan Puri, Helen, Agha, Rajan Kapoor, Lilian, Ameer, Balaram, Mohan Berodia, Dwarka Divecha, Gopal, Moosa, Gautam Mukherjee, Radhakrishan, Shankar etc in it.
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Bar dance in Hindi movies began in 1950s. These dances typically were “western” in nature and they were mostly performed by dancers like Cuckoo, Helen, etc. There were cases when leading ladies like Geeta Bali, Madhubala etc too would perform such bar dances. Such dances were popularly known as cabarat dance.
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“Singapore” (1960) was an Eagle Films Production. It was produced by F C Mehra and directed by Shakti Samanta. The movie had Shammi Kapoor, Padmini, Maria Menado, Shashikala, K. N. Singh, Madan Puri, Helen, Agha, Rajan Kapoor, Lilian, Ameer, Balaram, Mohan Berodia, Dwarka Divecha, Gopal, Moosa, Gautam Mukherjee, Radhakrishan, Shankar etc in it.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

The energy and the vitality that Shammi Kapoor brought on to the screen was unprecedented and unparalleled. Starting off with Jeewan Jyoti in 1953, there was a fair number of films, almost 20 or so, that he did between 1953 and 1957. In many of the films in this period, he was trying to emulate his elder brother, Raj Kapoor. He did attract some attention with films like Rail Ka Dibba, Laila Majnu, Gul Sanobar etc., but somehow the histrionics and the on screen presence in those roles did not come across as a comfortable performer. In hind sight, one can say, that there was a different personality hidden inside that was impatient to explode, but was not finding the right expression.
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