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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...

50 Years of Jawani Diwani

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  Jawani Diwani  was released on 14th July 1972, It was a musical romance film directed by Narender Bedi, and starring Randhir Kapoor, and Jaya Bhaduri, A landmark movie primarily because of RD Burman's fast, pounding and melodious score.  The movie was a hit despite the unusual and forgettable pairing of Randhir and Jaya.Bhaduri.  It was an era when music was the dominating element and enlisting Rahul Dev Burman for the job ensured half the battle was won After Hare Rama Hare Krishna it was once again Asha Bhosle was at her best combined with Kishore Kumar. In so far the plot is concerned, this is the simple story of a boy (Randhir Kapoor) meeting girl (Jaya Badhuri) at school, with the usual problems with parents.    The plot does not appeal but the music lingers.   Songs from “Jawani Diwani” impressed the youth and a cross-section of music lovers. “Yeh Jawani Hai Diwani” was a peppy number and went down well with the young brigade. “Saamne Yeh ...