Posts Tagged ‘Sumitra Devi’
Whenever I am reminded of “Jaagte Raho”(1956), I am reminded of the wonderful drunkard song from this movie which is sung by Mukesh and picturised on Motilal. This song,Zindagi khwaab hai is picturised on a fully drunk Motilal swaying merrily in empty streets and going towards his home, with Raj Kapoor looking on.
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Jaa re baadal
Posted on: July 11, 2012
“Kailashpati” (1962) was a B grade mythological movie which was an Alice Pictures production. It was produced and directed by Dhirubhai Desai. The movie had Sumitra Devi, Mahesh kumar Desai, Jeevan, Niranjan Sharma, Padma Rani, Premlata, Paul Sharma, Abhimanyu Sharma, Bhoj Kumar, Polson, Laxmi Kant Bagla, Champak Lala, Darshan Kumar, Dushyant, Nitin Kumar, S.P.Kalla, Deepak Kumar, Prakash Bagla, Indira Bansal etc in it.
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Tu kyun mujhko pukaare
Posted on: November 13, 2011
I have mentioned the fact that Lata has the unique distinction of singing six different songs for six different actors in “Mayur Pankh”(1954). I have so far discussed two of these songs. It is only natural that I should want to discuss the other songs too.
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“Mashaal” (1950) is a movie That had Ashok Kumar, Sumitra Devi and Rooma Devi in lead roles. This movie had some nice songs in it including the song Upar gagan vishaal which launched Manna Dey’s career as a playback singer.
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There have been quite a few movies made on Raja Harishchandra, the mythological king regarded as the epitome of generosity in ancient scriptures. One of these movies was “Raja Harishchandra” (1952).
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Kitni sach hai ye baat re
Posted on: September 27, 2009
“Mashaal” (1950) was a musical blockbuster which had some very nice songs. For example, ‘Upar gagan vishaal”, which announced the arrival of Manna Dey as a playback singer, was from this movie.
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Ham teer khaate jaayenge
Posted on: August 2, 2009
Here is a rare song from an obscure movie called “Deewaana” (1952). This movie had Suresh, Suraiyya, Sumitra devi etc in main roles.
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