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  ‘Dil jalta hai to jalne de’. was t he first major song from Mukesh from ” Pehli Nazar”(1945). It was Anil Biswas who composed this song and wanted him to sing   in Saigal style  The song became so popular that he was branded for the sad songs.  He was next to Saigal for such types of songs.  Initially, all the composers used Mukesh mainly for such songs. After this film, however, Anil Biswas helped Mukesh to develop his own distinct style, away from the Saigal effect. Mukesh's songs of Anokha Pyaar-1948, Lajawab-1950, and Aaram-1951 are a testimony to this effort becoming a success. Just listen to the ‘ Aye Jaan e Jigar’ song and you will agree.    The anguish of a failed lover, despondency of a purposeless life, the Heartache-all this is expressed by Mukesh like no other singer. Naushad also recognized Mukesh's voice, he took him for the first time in the 1948 film 'Anokhi Ada'. Mukesh coming out a winner with his ‘ kabhi dil dil se takrata to ...

  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 ...

  Pakeezah took 16 years to reach the celluloid. The film started  on July 16, 1956,  and was released on  February 4, 1972. It was a dream project of Kamal Amrohi, he wanted his wife Meena Kumari to be  Sahibjaan  of Pakeezah.  The mujra 'Inhin logon ne' was shot on July 16, 1956, interestingly at that time the script was not ready, nor the star cast was decided, even the hero was not decided,  the next several years went in scouting for locations, deciding on a leading man, writing and rewriting various bits of the film. Meena Kumari gave her best performance in this film despite her worsening health condition. She attended the premiere of the film at Maratha Mandir. The film was received lukewarm at the Box Office but when the news of Meena Kumari admitting to the hospital spread, it gained momentum.it was Meena Kumari's untimely death on 31 March 1972 which acted as an ultimate push and made it one of the top grosser of that year.  Pakeez...

  There are a few Hindi films that touch one more than Amar Prem. The film has completed 50 years, released on 29th Jan 1972.  The film belongs to Sharmila Tagore as far as performances go. She preserves fully the dignity of the character even as she skillfully walks the audience through all the traumatic moments of the character´s life The film was  directed by  Shakti Samanta . It was a remake of the  Bengali  film  Nishi Padma  (1970), directed by  Arabinda Mukherjee , who wrote the screenplay for both the films based on the Bengali short story  Hinger Kochuri  by  Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay . The highlight of the film was its music, composed by R D Burman. The movie is about a schoolboy, who is ill-treated by his stepmother, and becomes friends with a prostitute neighbor.  The film stars  Sharmila Tagore  playing a  prostitute with a heart of gold , with  Rajesh Khanna  in the role of a l...

  O P Nayyar and Asha Bhonsle gave us some of the most memorable songs of Hindi Cinema. S ongs like ‘Jaayiye aap kahan’ (Mere Sanam), ‘Raaton ko chori chori’ (Yeh Raat Phir Na Aayegi), ‘Zara haule haule’, ‘Meri jaan tumse sadke’ and ‘Aaj koi pyar se’ (all in Sawan Ki Ghata), ‘Aayiye Meherbaan’ (Howrah Bridge) and ‘Aankhon se jo utri hai dil mein’ (Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon) to sense the profound wavelength the two worked on.   Born on 16th Jan 1926, he came to Bombay for giving music for films. initially, he was offered  the background score for  Kaneez  (1949), and 1952's  Aasmaan (produced by  Dalsukh M. Pancholi ), was his first film as music director. His real break came with Guru Dutt's Aar Paar in 1954. After that, he gave music for    Mr. & Mrs. '55  (1955) and  C.I.D.  (1956). The songs of all these three films established him among the top composers of that time. The two met in 1952 at the music recording of a song f...

  According to Dharmendra, it was Rafi Sahaab’s voice that gave a boost to his film career. Mohammad Rafi sang 104 songs for Dharmendra. The first song Rafi sang for Dharmendra was 'Jane Kya Dhoondti Rehti Hain Yeh Ankhen Mujhme' for the film 'Shola Aur Shabnam released in 1961. This was Dharmendra's second film. In his first film, no song was picturized on him. There were 2 songs that were picturized on Dharmendra in Shola Aur Shabnam, this was a duet with Lata Mangeshkar'Jeet Hi Lenge Baazi'.     These songs are popular even today.     Song of Shola Aur Shabnam 1961 Song of Shola Aur Shabnam 1961 The next song Rafi Saab sang for Dharmendra was a duet from the 1964 film 'Pooja Ke Phool', in the same year Rafi sang 4 songs for Dharmendra in Aap Ki Parchaiyan, recall the song ' Main Nigahen Tere'  Song of Aap Ki Parchaiyan 1964  Rafi Sahaab did have a typical style while singing for Dharmendra too so that one always identified the performer and th...

  Ameen Sayani is one of the most imitated announcers even today. His style of addressing the crowd with "Behno Aur Bhaiyo" is still treated as an announcement with a melodious touch. He started at a time when Radio set was unaffordable to most Indians. People used to collect at Paan shops or restaurants or  gather every Wednesday evening 8-9pm on the Community Radio in their little village or towns to listen Binaca Geetmala In this blog, I am going to talk about the songs broadcasted on the first final or annual program of Binaca Geetmala. The first program of Binaca Geetmala was broadcast for the first time on 3 rd  December 1952.  There were 5 programs during the 5 Wednesdays and the final program was broadcast on 31 st  December 1952 There were 9 songs in the final program of 1952   No. 9 - Main pagal mora manwa pagal – Film - Ashiana                               ...