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INDEEWAR- " Mere Geet Amar Kar Do"

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  With the song of Malhar(1951) "Bade Armano Se Rakkha Hai Balam Teri Kasam", the underrated lyricist of Bollywood became Indeewar. His original name was  Shyam Lal Babu Rai . He made his debut as a lyricist from the 1946 film Double Face as 'Azad'. This was his name in the literary circle. With this name, he wrote many songs for films from 1946 to 1951.  He wrote over a thousand songs in over 300 films in a career spanning over four decades , he gave us many immortal songs like ' Zindagi ka Safar' (Safar),'  Koi jab Tumhara Hriday Tod De (Purab Aur Paschim), ' Kasme Waade Pyar Wafa' (Upkaar),  Hothon Se Chhoo lo tum (Prem Geet) and also the song like ' Aap Jaisa Koi Meri Zindagi Mein' (Kurbani) He worked with various film composers but his association with Kalyanji Anandji produced many great songs  such as 'Chandan Sa Badan' ( Sarswati Chandra , 1968),  'Zindagi Ka Safar Hai Yeh Kaisa Safar' ( Safar , 1970), 'Dil Aisa ...

Danny Denzongpa - The name Danny was given by Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan

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  His original name is  Tshering Phintso Denzongpa  became famous as Danny from Bollywood. He was born on 25th Feb 1948 in Sikkim. He got admission to Armed Force Medical College Pune and went there to study Medicine but his interest was in Art. When he came to know about Pune Film & Television Institute, he shifted to an acting course. Jaya Bhaduri was his classmate, who suggested him to change his name to 'Danny'.He also became a good friend of Amitabh Bachchan, they used to play tennis together in the early 70s. He got his first role in Zaroorat(1972) but  got his major break in Gulzar's  Mere Apne  (1971) , where he had a positive role. He had his first played an antagonist in B.R.Chopra's  Dhundh  (1973), where he played the role of a crippled and frustrated husband. He is also a good singer, h e was first given a chance to sing , 'Mera Naam Aao'   by  S.D. Burman  in the film  Yeh Gulistan Hamara  in 1972. later ...

50 Years of Gambler

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  In the 70s Dev Anand was  launching new faces, picking himself to play lead roles against actresses half his age.  This film too had Zaheeda, the niece of actress Nargis as his heroine. Though Zaheeda first appeared in Prem Pujari, she was not his heroine. To compensate for that role, she was taken as his heroine for this film.  Same was with Shatrughan Sinha who was introduced by Dev Anand in a very small role, was given a parallel role in this film. This film was released on 19th Feb 1971 after the grand success of Johny Mera Naam  The film opened with mad euphoria of Dev Anand, all the shows were full all over India for a few weeks. Though the film did Jubilee but was not a great hit.  . It was Dev Anand who carried the movie. He was at his best in the courtroom scenes with Sahu in splendid form as the public prosecutor.    Shatrughan Sinha, still trying to establish himself, came up with a nice cameo of a gangster having a change of heart. ...

Nalini Jaywant - The Dimpled Beauty Heroine of the 40s & 50s

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  Nalini Jaywant    (18 February 1926 – 22 December 2010) was an Indian film actress who appeared in Hindi films in the 1940s and 1950s. She was the heroine of Ashok Kumar and also the heroine of  Dilip Kumar and Dev Anand  She made her debut in the 1941 film Radhika she was only 14 at that time.  . H er first big role as an actress, not a child artiste, came with Anokha Pyar (1948) where she starred with A-list co-stars in Dilip Kumar and Nargis.    She became a top star with her performances opposite  Ashok Kumar  in  Samadhi  and  Sangram  in 1950. She  made a winning pair with Ashok Kumar; they acted together in 10 films during their careers.  In fact, in 1950 her other film Aankhe opposite Bharat Bhushan was also a hit. She was the heroine of Dev Anand in the 1952 film Rahi and later she was again the heroine of Dev Anand in Munimji(1955). She worked with Dev Anand in Kala Pani(1958, not as his heroine ...

Basant Songs of Bollywood

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  Today on the occasion of Basant Panchmi, I write this blog to worship the Goddess Saraswati,  the  Hindu   goddess  of knowledge, music, art, speech, wisdom, and learning.  One of the most famous festivals associated with Goddess Saraswati is the Hindu festival of Vasant Panchami.    On this day, Goddess Saraswati is worshipped in schools, colleges, educational institutes as well as in institutes associated with music and dance. The first film on this season was released in 1942 'Basant' starring Mumtaz Shanti and Ulhas. Madhubala also acted in this film as a child artist( Baby Mumtaz).    It was major box office success and the highest-grossing film of 1942. Fourteen years later another film 'Basant Bahar' was released, starring Bharat Bhushan and Nimmi. The highlight of this film was its music, scored by Shankar Jaikishan. Basant is also called Rituraj, the king of all seasons and in Urdu is called Jashn-E-Baharaan or in short Bahaar...