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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. The year – 1997. For the first time ever (October ’97), an Indian artist is being honored as the ‘Artist of the Month’ by MTV channel on cable TV. At the age of 64, a [...]

“Faisla” (1965) was a B grade movie with A grade music. Come to think of it, the story line of the movie was A grade too. The movie was a Jugal Production movie. It was produced and directed by Jugal Kishore who also acted in the movie. The movie had Sheikh Mukhtaar, Jugal Kishore, L [...]

“Banarasi Thug” (1962) was a Jubilee Pictures Presentation. It was directed by Lekhraj Bhakri. The movie had Manoj Kumar, Vijaya Chaudhary, Madhumati, Malika, Lalita Pawar, I. S. Johar, Vijaya Choudhry, Radhakrishan, Renu Maker, Jeevankala etc in it. The movie had eight songs in it. Seven of these s

“Khuda Ka Banda”(1957) was a Chitrabharati Production. It was directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi. The movie had Chandrashekhar, Tiwari, Krishna Kumari, Gope, Kanhaiyalal etc in it. One song from this movie has been discussed in the past. Here is another song from the movie. This lesser known song is sung

“Baadal” (1951) was a Verma Films presentation. The movie was directed by Amiya Chakraborty. Starcast of the movie had names like Premnath, Madhubala, Purnima, Hiralal, Randhir, S. Nazir, Agha etc. The movie had eight songs in it. As many as seven of these songs have already been discussed. Here is

“Jee Chaahta Hai” (1964) was a Mitra Production movie. It was produced and directed by Bibhuti Mitra. The movie had Joy Mukherjee, Rajshree, Motilal, Pratima Devi, Shyama, Rajendra Nath, Jeevan, Purnima etc in it. I have discussed four songs from this movie in the past. Here is another song from the

“Aag Ka Dariya” (1953) is by now an obscure movie. It was a Shorey Films Production. It was produced and directed by Roop K Shorey. The movie had Karan Dewan, Meena Shorey, Prithviraj Kapoor, Shammi, Majnu, Johnny Walker, Cesil etc in it. Here is an obscure song from this forgotten movie. The song i

“Maai Baap” (1957) is often confused with “Maa Baap”(1959). “Maai Baap” (1957) was a Sadiq Production movie. It was produced and directed by M Sadiq. The movie had Johny Walker, Shyama, Minoo Mumtaz, Nazir Hussain, Raj Mehra, S. N. Banerjee, etc in it. “Maa Baap”(1960) on the other hand was a Ratand

“Buzdil” (1951) was a Filmarts presentation. It was directed by Shahid Lateef. The starcast of the movie had Premnath, Nimmi, Cuckoo, Kishore Sahu, Shahgul, Kanhaiyalal, Sunalini Devi etc in it. The movie had six songs in it and as many as five songs from this movie have already been discussed. Here

Most mujra songs in Hindi movies are rather “light” in nature in the sense that the clients as well as the mujra performers seem to be at ease with themselves. In reality, performing mujra as well as going to kotha to watch these performances was regarded as disreputable acts. The lyrics of most muj