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  Recall this song from the 1966 film Guide, sung by S D Burman. This was a credit title song in the background as Dev Anand the hero of the film comes out from jail,  the song starts right there. The 'Mukhda' starts on a wide shot of the main gate of the jail from inside...' Wahan kaun hai tera, musafir, jaayega kahan' Vijay Anand, the ace director, and screenplay writer wanted to start the film with a situation and song that would make the audience curious and uneasy, eager to know the story.....He did this with the help of the great Lyricist Shailendra. If we look into the song minutely we would find the genius of three great people, S D Burman, the composer, Shailendra, the Lyricist, and Vijay Anand, the director. S D Burman composed a tune (actually his old Bangla song, slightly altered) The song starts with a 'Sitaar' notes used in the introduction music.. The sense of freedom is depicted by a strange-looking shot of a tree seen upside down and a group o...

  English Titles of Hindi films is not a new phenomenon in Hindi Film Industry. During the silent film era, English Titles were very common There was a film with the title ' The Enchanted Pills' directed by S N Patankar in 1920 and another hit film was 'Lady Teacher' released in 1922. Today, spoken English has become a mix of Hindi and English. In our daily conversations, we use both languages so English titles are not taboo to common people. In fact,  English titles connect with today’s public.  The title of a film actually depends on what the film is all about. If the story connects well with the English title, I guess any director would go  ahead with it. Let us take the title 'No One Killed Jessica'  which was based on the Jessica Lal murder case,  t he film could not have had a better title than this. The title of a film is very important, it attracts people to see the film but if the film is good, it will be a successful film but if it is bad then the...