Posts Tagged ‘Usha Mangeshkar’
O pagle der na hogi palchhin ki
Posted on: July 27, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
In the late 60s, there was a time when I would watch one Hindi film almost every week-end in the theatre. The one aspect of the films which used to irritate me at that time was actors suddenly going into singing mode thus interrupting, like a speed breaker on the highway, the smooth flow of the narration. Some people would even walk out of the theatre as soon as the song started on the screen and come back only after the end of the song. Of course the audience would not do that when a song is melodious and well picturised.
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“Raajhath” (1956) was a Minerva Movietone Presentation. It was directed by Sohrab Modi. The movie had Sohrab Modi, Madhubala, Pradeep Kumar, Ulhas etc in it.
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“Ummeed” (1962) was a Rajan Films production. It was directed by Nitin Bose. The movie had Joy Mukherjee, Nanda, Ashok Kumar, Leela Naidu, Agha, Tuntun, Leela Mishra, Tarun Bose, Laxmi Chhaya, Chandrima Bhaduri, Nazir Kashmiri, Jankidas, Madhumati, Sabita Chatterjee, Ravi Kant, Hazara Singh, Parashram, Hussain, Jeevankala, Ramesh etc in it.
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Aaye gayo morey man bhaaye gayo
Posted on: May 17, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
‘Begaanaa’ is a 1963 production from the banner of Sadashiv Chitra, produced and directed by Sadashi J Rao ‘Kavi’. The main star cast includes Dharmendra, Supriya Choudhry, Shailesh Kumar, Madhavi, Manorama, Tarun Bose, Chandrima Bhaduri, Badri Prasad, Rajan Haksar, Babloo, Agha. This is one of the earlier films of Dharmendra who had made his debut with Arjun Hingirani’s film ‘Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi Tere’ in 1960.
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Ye umar hai kyaa rangeeli
Posted on: May 1, 2012
- In: Asha Bhonsle songs | Feelings of heart | Lyrics by Prakashchandra | Lyrics contributed by readers | Manna Dey songs | Shammi Kapoor songs | Shammi Kapoor songs by Manna Dey | Song sung by three or more singers | Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970) | Songs of 1962 | Usha Mangeshkar songs | Yearwise breakup of songs
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Among all the regulars of this blog who discuss songs from Hindi movies, I may be the one who has seen the least number of movies, especially during one’s best movie watching days (viz during 8-12 years of age) :).
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Saanchaa naam teraa
Posted on: May 1, 2012
Achala Sachdev (born 3 may 1920- died 30 april 2012) died yesterday. She was 91 and she was three days short of completing 92 years. She started her film career at a young age, as a child actor in fact, but it is as a filmy mother that she is remembered the most.
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Dekho bijli doley bin baadal ke
Posted on: April 4, 2012
O P Nayyar would not employ the voice of Lata Mangeshkar in his compositions, but no one found it ironic that Lata Mangeshkar’s younger sister became the mainstay of O P Nayyar compositions.
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Chhalia chhaila pakad ke haath
Posted on: February 19, 2012
“Holiday in Bombay” (1963) is a movie which is barely known to most Hindi movie enthusiasts today. Same is the case for the music of this movie. But when one begins to look at the songs of this movie, one is left amazed. How can a movie full of such songs be so obscure. This movie should be known among music lovers at least for its songs if for nothing else.
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Hamsafar ho hamsafar
Posted on: January 30, 2012
Hindi movies has one genre of song that I call Villain’s den song. In this song, hero or his accomplices enter villain’s hideout in disguise while singing a song. Another genre of song related to villain’s den song is “diversion” song. In this a female accomplices sings and dances and the villains minnows are easily lured by her, and that allows other accomplices of the hero to gain access to villain’s hideout.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
If some of the children’s songs in Hindi films are of any indication, we get an impression that children of our country grow up quite early in terms of their maturity and actions. Some of such songs are addressed to the parents, elders and even to God. Of course, this is but one of the cinematic liberties which those associated with making films is entitled to. However, I now find that most of the children in the internet age are indeed far ahead in terms of maturity and thinking than the children of our younger days. So kudos to our Hindi film fraternity for being ahead of time in this regard!
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