Posts Tagged ‘Sonik Omi’
Raat bhi sard hai
Posted on: June 10, 2012
“Mujrim”(1970) was produced by S P Suri and directed by Kewal Mishra. The movie had Joy Mukherjee, Kumud Chuggani, Dev Kumar, Jayant, Nishi, Brahmachari, Hiralal, Rajan Haksar, Kundan, Balwant, Jayshree T., Meenakshi, Rekha Chauhan, Roopali, Birbal etc in it.
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Ae meri jaane chaman
Posted on: April 27, 2012
There have been quite a few Rafi songs where Rafi has sung with such high energy levels that the listeners are left gasping for breath literally. To this day I keep wondering how a singer can sing with such high energy level throughout in a song lasting well over three minutes and sometimes more. Songs of “Junglee”(1961), “Rajkumar”(1964),”Prince” (1967),”Saawan Bhaadon”(1970) etc readily come to mind as songs whose energy levels could have lit up a few households if harnessed properly.
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Main hoon tera geet gori
Posted on: April 20, 2012
“Mahua” (1969) was a reincarnation story and quite an ambitious one at that. Here the hero and heroine undergo not one, but two reincarnations each. It is obviously difficult to keep track of the comlicated plot, not just for the moviegoers, for for the moviemakers too. So the end result was a confused and confusing movie that duly flopped at the box office.
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From the little I know about “Mahua” (1969), it was a story about re incarnation, but unlike say “Madhumati” (1958) and “Milan” (1967), the makers of this movie were not clear about what they wanted to present to the public. The movie finally ended up with a confused story line which was given a thumbs down by the movie goers.
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“Raftaar” (1975) was a movie that was not quite A grade, nor it was an entirely B grade movie. In 1970s, such movies, which were neither here nor there tended to have Vinod Mehra and Mausami Chatterji in them as the lead pair. Put another way, they were poor producer’s Dharmendra-Hema Malini.
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Ye kya kiyaa re duniyaa waale
Posted on: March 5, 2012
“Beti” (1969) is a movie which had Sanjay Khan, Nanda, Kamini Kaushal, Kishor Sahu, Rajendra Nath in it. I have not seen this movie but it is my theory that a movie whose title included words like “Beti”, “Bhabhi”, “Bahu” etc tend to be a tales of women who are shown sacrifices just for the sake of it. I do not know whether I am correct in my assesment of this movie that I have made just by looking at the title and the starcast. I request our knowledgeable readers to help confirm/ refute my guess about this movie.
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Aaja re pyaar pukaare
Posted on: March 9, 2011
“Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiyaa” (1966) had a story line that could send movie watchers a headache with its storyline. This movie, despite a good cast- Nutan, Dharmedra, Rehman etc, had a storyline that few people could digest, and few people did.
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Lo chehraa surkh sharaab huaa
Posted on: September 18, 2010
“Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiyaa” (1966) is a movie that is full of sensational songs but these songs were criminally wasted thanks to the boring and painful plot. Even leaving the brain behind (recommended for watching Hindi movies) does not work. One can enjoy these songs only when the characters on whom the song is picturised enjoy it, seeing that it is a romantic song. But the storyline ensures that Nutan is in no position to enjoy Dharmendra’s advances. She is not what Dharmendra thinks she is, rather she is a look alike and wife of Dharmendra’s best friend-Rehman) to boot. To make matters worse, Dharmendra wooing her has Rehman’s tacit approval too.
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Ye dil hai muhabbat ka pyaasaa
Posted on: September 1, 2010
I have mentioned it in the past that I grew up in Ranchi, which was then a city in Bihar and it is now the capital city of the state of Jharkhand. Those were the days when one judged the size of a place by the number of movie halls in it. If the place had 100 plus movie halls then it was a metropolitan city. If the place had 30 plus movie halls then it was a A class city etc.
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