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50 Years of Shor (1972)

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  Released on 15th September 1972, Shor  is a beautiful collage of emotions.    A tale of a father and son coping after a tragic accident, and how their misfortunes affect them.The film was  written, produced and directed and edited by  Manoj Kumar , who also plays the lead role in the film. The highlight of this film is its music, composed by  Laxmikant-Pyarelal.    “Ek Pyaar Ka Naghma Hai”, written by Santosh Anand and sung in different versions by Lata Mangeshkar and Mukesh. It plays throughout the film, and retains its chartbuster status till date.  The  other songs, like “Jeevan Chalne Ka Naam” and “Paani Re Paani” stand out for their sheer brilliance.   Manoj Kumar  who plays  Shankar   loses his wife Nanda  in an accident. She dies while saving her son (Deepak). , Deepak loses his voice. Shankar contacts doctor to get his son's voice again; however, doctors suggests him to undergo surgery to get his s...

Asha Bhonsle- The World's Most Recorded Artist.

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  Asha Bhosle (Born on 8th Sep 1933) made h er Hindi film debut when she sang the song "Saawan Aaya" for  Hansraj Behl 's  Chunariya  (1948) but before that  she sang her first film song '"Chala Chala Nav Bala" for the  Marathi film Majha  Bal  (1943).   She  had sung over 12,000 songs, s he was officially acknowledged by the  Guinness Book of World Records  as the most recorded artist in music history Initially, she sang songs  in  low-budget  B- or C-grade films. She  used to get the assignments only when reputed female singers of that time like  Geeta Dutt ,  Shamshad Begum , and  Lata Mangeshkar refuse  singing for the bad girls and  vamps , or songs.  The first time she sang in a big banner film was in Bimal Roy's Parinnta 1953  The song of that film  " Gore gore haathon me mehndi racha ke"..but none of the songs was picturised on the heroine of the film Meena Ku...

Popular Songs in Hindi Cinema about the Ganga.

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  The Ganga (Ganges)  flows for a distance of 2,525 km, all the way from the Himalayas,  and flows south and east through the  Gangetic Plain  of  North India  into Bangladesh, where it empties into the  Bay of Bengal . It is the holiest river for the people of India.    Hindi cinema has embraced it wholeheartedly, Many film titles and songs have been written on this river. Raj Kapoor had a great fascination for Ganga, he made two films with Ganga in the title Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai(1960) and Ram Teri Ganga Maili(1985) and recall the song 'Bol Radha Bol' from the 1964 film Sangam. Since the beginning of sound cinema, many songs have been written praising Ganga by almost all lyricists. The first song on Ganga as per my research was written by    Pt. Niranjan Sharma ‘Ajit’, for the 1939 film 'Sach Hai'. Song of Sach Hai 1939 Gori Mose Ganga Ke Paar Milna Song of Basant 1942 Mirza Ghalib,   the great 19th-century poet,...