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Sunday, November 20th, 2011 by
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Meena Shorey in Pakistani Film Akhari Nishan (1958)

Akhari Nishan was Meena Shorey’s last hit film in Pakistan as a leading lady. After Akhari Nishan, her films started to flop and she was demoted to supporting/negative roles. Akhari Nishan was an action film, where Meena played the lead opposite Pakistan’s first action hero Sudhir (Shah Zaman Khan). The …

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Saturday, November 12th, 2011 by
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Errors made by recording companies – Anokha Pyar (1948)

EMI made a similar error by attributing Lata Mangeshkar-Meena Kapoor version of “Ae dil meri wafa mein” to Lata Mangeshkar-Ira Nagrath (music director Roshan’s wife) and  releasing it on Anokha Pyar (1948) – Beqasoor(1950) CD.     Listen to Meena Kapoor – Lata Mangeshkar version (Film Version) incorrectly attributed to …

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Sunday, October 30th, 2011 by
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Sandhya Mukherjee sings for Pakistani Film Humsafar (1960)

Very few people know that Sandhya Mukherjee sang 2 solos for Pakistani Film Humsafar (1960). Humsafar was West Pakistani film with Aslam Pervaiz and Yasmin in the lead supported by Nazar, Jaffrey and Nighat Sultana. The shooting of this was done in East Pakistan (present day Bangladesh) and its music …

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Sunday, October 9th, 2011 by
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Lata Mangeshkar – G.M. Durrani Controversy

One of the reasons that might have contributed to the downfall of G.M. Durrani was this incident which Lata mentions in the book “Lata Mangeshkar… in her own voice”. “The first song I sang for Naushad was a duet with G.M. Durrani,- `Haye chhore ki jaat badi bewafa’ for Chandni …

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Sunday, October 2nd, 2011 by
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Hemlata – Interview

“I have an irresistible pas­sion for performing on stage and I want to do something very radical, trend-setting, the like of which has never been attempted before on stage. I’ve observed the performances of artistes like Shir­ley Bassey Barbra Streisand, Olivia Newton-John, Diana Ross, Frank Sinatra, Tom Jones, Elvis Presley …

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Sunday, September 25th, 2011 by
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Renuka Devi sings for Saraswati Devi in Bhabhi (1938)

Renuka Devi was from Aligarh, India. She was perhaps the first highly educated Muslim lady from upper or rich class to join the Hindi film industry. Daughter of a barrister, she was already married when she was discovered by Devika Rani and introduced in Bombay Talkies Jeevan Prabhat (1937). Although, …

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Saturday, September 24th, 2011 by
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Munawwar Sultana singing for Master Ghulam Haider in Ghulam (1953)

Master Ghulam Haider’s name needs no introduction on Indo-Pak music scene. Ghulam and Gulnaar were the last 2 films composed by Ghulam Haider in Pakistan before his untimely death in 1953 and both were studded with beautiful music. Pakistani film industry was at its initial stages then and producers couldn’t …

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Monday, September 19th, 2011 by
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Geeta Dutt singing for Pakistani Film Miss 56 – Mystery finally solved.. Well kind of…

Few months ago I blogged about Geeta Dutt singing for Pakistani film Miss 56 (1956). However, the following questions remained unanswered – 1. Where these songs were recorded? Miss 56 music was composed by  G.A. Chisthi. However, he never visited India, neither did Geeta ever visited Pakistan. Also, if you …

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Saturday, September 17th, 2011 by
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Shammi Kapoor and Jabeen Jalil in Raat ke Rahi (1959)

Speaking of Raat Ke Rahi, Indian film with the same name was released an year earlier. The cast included Shammi Kapoor and lesser known heroine Jabeen Jalil (I will come back to her later). The film had some unusual music composed by lesser known music director Bipin Babul. Aa bhi …

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Saturday, September 17th, 2011 by
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Rehana in Raat Ke Rahi (1960)

Majority of Rehana’s films in Pakistan including Shalimar (1956), Wehshi (1956) etc flopped at the box-office with the exception of Raat Ke Rahi (1960). Detective/Thriller Raat ke Rahi (1960) produced by Rehana’s husband Iqbal Shehzad was a superhit film of its time with Rehana and Darpan in the leading roles. …

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