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  Gopal Das Neeraj was a poet first then a lyricist. He  started writing poetry and sharing stage, at times with stalwarts who were mesmerized with the poems of this young man. There are incidents where he used to write poems with another pseudonym, ‘Bhavuk Etahvi’. But once he reached the stage of  Kavi Sammelan , there was no looking back for this greatest Hindi poet of all genres. This Ghazal was aired.   on the radio  in 1955,   it was included in the film  Nayi Umar ki Nayi Fasal in 1966 in fact this film was inspired by this Ghazal. He wrote a few songs for two films   Cha Cha Cha   and Chanda Aur Bijli  before Dev Anand introduced him to S D Burman to write songs for his film Prem Pujari . He was born in the village of Puravali, near  Mahewa  in  Etawah district  in  Uttar Pradesh , India on 4 January 1925. He wrote under the pen name "Neeraj" When Neeraj entered the scene of poetry, Harivansh Rai B...

  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...

In the 40s and 50s,  the Hindi film hero seldom danced.  On the rare occasion that he did, like Raj Kapoor in ‘Mud mud ke na dekh’ or in ‘Dil ka haal suney dilwaala’ in Shree 420,  Dilip Kumar in Naya Daur.  Dev Anand though not a good dancer tried dancing in many songs.  He  relied solely on his facial expressions and the inimitable way in which he moved his head to enact most of these songs.   The first time we can see him dancing a few steps in the song  ‘Mere Labon Pe Dekho Aaj Bhi Taraaney Hain’ (Baazi), ‘Chaahey koi Khush Ho Chaahey Gaaliyaan Hazaar De’ (Taxi Driver) or ‘Oonche Sur Mein Gaaye Ja’ (House No.44),  Ladhi Aankh Se Aankh - Pocket Maar(1956),  Ae Meri Topi Palat Ke Aa from Funtoosh(1956) in most of the films he danced in his own style. In the early 60s, Dev Anand was seen in many films, singing, and dancing such as Sarhad. Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja, Love Marriage were a few of these.  H e had some surprisingly awk...

  It is well-known fact that Rafi and Lata stopped singing together for three or four years. The reason for their tiff was for  charging the royalty fee by the singers. Lata  wanted Rafi to back her in demanding a half-share from the five percent song royalty that the film’s producer conceded to select composers. Rafi was not in favor of that.Lata stopped talking to Rafi and stopped singing duets with Rafi.  The actual seeds of differences between them started while recording this romantic song from Maya(1961). The song was a hit and still a favorite of many. Lata rejected the original start of the song, She wanted to start with 5th scale while Rafi was not in agreement but Lata insisted, the composer Salil Chowdhary agreed. When the recording started Rafi made the last improvisation to his lines. Lata noticed it and got upset.   W hile rendering her lines Lata’s voice tended to sound shrill especially while rendering “…NAINON KA KAJRA…,” while Rafi Sahaab’...

   In the early 50s,  Dev Saab didn’t believe in making one singer his ‘voice’ and juggled between  Mohd. Rafi, Talat Mehmood,  Hemant Kumar,  and Kishore Kumar.  The super hit combination of Dev with Hemant Kumar under the music direction of Dada Burman gave many Immortal Romantic Songs. He became the romantic voice of Dev Anand.  He sang only 16 songs as playback for Dada Burman and 10 of those were on Dev Anand and all of them were hits. What a stupendous record. Hemant Da in an interview said that it was S D Burman who understood the potential of his voice.The  romantic pairing of my voice with his (Dev Anand’s) screen image was created by Sachin Babu (SD Burman). People simply loved it.  The first song of this combination was 'from  Sazaa  (1951) with  ' Aa Gup Chhup Gup Chhup Pyar Karen'   and then the massive hit next year in  Jaal,(1952)  'Yeh Raat Yeh Chandani Phir Kahan, Sun Jaa Dil ki Dastan'. Tho...

  Recall the song  “Hey, Maine Kasam Li” where the hero Dev Anand on a Bicycle and the heroine  Mumtaz sitting on  the crossbar   riding across green fields  singing the song with  very little action and lots of cuddling. What a picturization. Tere Mere Sapne is one of my favorite movies. It has substance. Commercially, it did not do very well at the box office but I believe it is  one of the most sensitive Bollywood movies by Goldie Vijay Anand. He also acted in this film, he plays a doctor and gave a memorable performance.   The film is based on the novel “The Citadel” by A.J.Cronin,  published in 1937 in UK.    based on his own experiences as a doctor.  Dedicated to the medical community, the film starts off with a young, idealistic MBBS doctor Anand Kumar (Dev Anand) moving to a village near a coal mine.  He  attains his degree in medicine and re-locates to a small village to assist the local doctors there. U...