Archive for Film
Sonik-Omi – Interview
As the train chugged slowly into Bombay Central it started raining hard. Out of a third class compartment stepped out a boy of ten leading by the hand a youth of about twenty-one wearing dark glasses. There was one small attache case between them. The youth was blind. No one …
Jaidev – Filmography
[ Back to Jaidev's Menu ] Movie Year Producer Director Cast Music Director Joru Ka Bhai 1955 Mahashakti Films Chetan Anand Johnny Walker, Sheila Ramani, Vijay Anand, Pravin Kaul, Rashid Khan Jai Dev Samundari Daku 1956 Cine Art Pictures A. R. Zamindar Johnny Walker, Iftekhar, Nadira, Nasir Khan, Kumkum, Indu …
Jaidev – Profile
[ Back to Jaidev's Menu ] Is there really any truth in the popular sayings like ‘Success begets success’ and ‘Failure is the stepping stone to success’? Because a talented artiste called Jaidev Verma seldom witnessed this happening in his life and career. In his personal life, he remained a …
N. Datta – Filmography
[ Back to N. Dutta's Menu ] Movie Year Producer Director Cast Music Director Marine Drive 1955 Sippy Films G. P. Sippy Roopmala, Ajit, Bina Rai, Vijayalaxmi, Yakub, Johnny Walker, K. N. Singh, Om Prakash, Nilopher, Mohana N. Dutta Milap 1955 Film Arts Raj Khosla Geeta Bali, Dev Anand, Rajinder, …
N. Datta or Datta Naik – Profile
[ Back to N. Dutta's Menu ] Datta Naik alias N. Datta was born in 1930 in Oroba, a small village in Goa. At the age of 12, he ran away from his family and came to Mumbai. There he learnt classical music and later worked as an assistant to …
Snehal Bhatkar – Filmography
[ Back to Snehal Bhatkar's Menu ] Movie Year Producer Director Cast Music Director Neel Kamal 1947 Oriental Pictures Kidar Sharma Nazira, Raj Kapoor, Rajendra, Pesi Patel, Begum Para, Mumtaz, Pt. Iqbal B. Vasudev Sohag Raat 1948 Oriental Pictures Kidar Sharma Begum Para, Maruti, Geeta Bali, Bharat Bhushan Snehal Bhatkar …
Snehal Bhatkar – Profile
[ Back to Snehal Bhatkar's Menu ] Snehal Bhatkar was from Maharashtra and his real name was Vasudev Bhatkar. While officially working for HMV, he used to secretly work as a composer under various pseudonyms like ‘B. Vasudev’, ‘Snehal’ and ‘Snehal Bhatkar’ – out of which the last one seems …
Nazir Begum
Nazir Begum was a Pakistani playback singer active from mid-50s to 60s in Urdu and Punjabi films. She sang two of her earliest duets with Mehdi Hassan for Miss 1956 (1956) and remained middle-of-the-range singer throughout the late 50s and 60s singing for many Urdu and Punjabi films including Hasrat, …
Statistics on Hindi Films and Playback Singers (1931 – 2010)
I filtered my master Hindi Film Database from 1931 – 2010 (excluding the silents from 1931 – 1935) and I came out with the following numbers – Total Number of Hindi Films Produced – 9418 (approx) If each film had an average of 7 songs, then approximate number of Hindi …
Lata Mangeshkar – Anil Biswas Collaboration
Lata sang approximately 120 songs for Anil Biswas in 29 Hindi films. Out of these, approximately 88 were solos and the rest were duets or songs involving more than 2 singers. Lata Mangeshkar on Anil Biswas Another music director steeped in classical and folk music is Anil Biswas. A master …