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“Anand Bhawan” (1953) was an Aaina Pictures production. It was directed by S M Yusuf. The movie had Manhar Desai, Nigar Sultana,Ramayan Tiwari,Trilok Kapoor, Durga Khote,Kate Sethi etc in it.
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“Shakuntala” (1943), as the name suggests, was about the mythological tale of Shakuntala and Dushyanta as contained in Mahabharat. Shakuntala’s son was Bharat (according to legends-the county was named after him) and his descendents were Kaurav and Pandav. The tale of Shakuntala was described by Kalidas in his Sanskrit drama called “Abhigyaan Shankuntalam”.
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“Shakuntala” (1943), as the name suggests, was about the mythological tale of Shakuntala and Dushyanta as contained in Mahabharat. Shakuntala’s son was Bharat (according to legends-the county was named after him) and his descendents were Kaurav and Pandav. The tale of Shakuntala was described by Kalidas in his Sanskrit drama called “Abhigyaan Shankuntalam”.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

So another reminder for another request from AK ji. This song is from a relatively lesser known film by the name ‘Amar Jyoti’ from 1965. I say relatively, in comparison to the better known film by the same name from 1936.
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This article is written by Bharat Upadhyay, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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Raag Maalikaa in Hindi Films – 4
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Amar Samaadhi was due to some unknown reasons, an unreleased film of sixties, but this marvellous music composition is evergreen and does not need any labels for its supreme quality of music. It was produced under the banner of Atre Pictures and directed by Shahu Modak. Shyama and Shahu Modak were the leading team, but little is known about the other star cast. Vasant Desai composed music to the lyrics of Bharat Vyas. It seems that at least three songs were recorded, a Lata solo (Poonam ki chanderi raaton mein) a Lata Rafi duet (Aaj ke prabhaat ki paheli kiran) and this RaagaMaala.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

A most versatile character actor. Well, not completely feasible, given his short stature and a thin voice. And yet, he has successfully played a variety of roles on the screen that cover the spectrum from very negative to the very positive. A face that always carries a perennial melancholia seeped into his poignant eyes. The lasting sad elder of the Hindi film screen – Manmohan Krishan.
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This article is written by Bharat Upadhyay, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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Raag Maalikaa in Hindi Films – 3
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Rajkamal Kalamandir’s Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje was a 1955 Indian classical dance (Katthak) based film, produced and directed by V Shantaram. Shantaram’s wife Sandhya and dancer Gopi Krishan were in lead roles along with Keshavrao Date, Madan Puri, Manorama, Bhagwan etc. One of the earlier Technicolor films made in India, it was a “Super Hit” at the box office.
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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.This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

Today, January 28th is the 84th birth anniversary of Pandit Jasraj, the living legend of the Mewati gharana of Hindustani classical music. Mewati is the region partly located in southern Haryana and partly in north-east Rajasthan.
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“Hyderabad Ki Naazneen” (1952) is a by now forgotten movie. Here is what Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh, our beloved inhouse encyclopaedia, has to say about this movie:
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“Anand Bhawan” (1953) was an Aina Pictures production. It was directed by S M Yousuf. The movie had Manhar Desai, Nigar Sultana, Kate Sethi, Trilok Kapoor, Durga Khote, Tiwari etc in it.
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