#Best of Shashi Kapoor and Kishore Kumar Songs

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Sing These Songs On Valentine's Day

It’s the most romantic day of the year, and the best time to hum romantic songs! This Valentine’s Day, Subhash K Jha picks five of Lata Mangeshkar’s lesser-known duets with Kishore Kumar that are right up there among the most romantic songs in Hindi cinema.   Na Soyenge Na Sone Denge from Mr Romeo IMAGE: Shashi Kapoor and Rinku Jaiswal sing Na Soyenge Na Sone Denge from Mr Romeo. An absolute…

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Lyrics Ik Raasta Hai Zindagi

Lyrics Ik Raasta Hai Zindagi

Lyrics in English | Ik Raasta Hai Zindagi | Kaala Patthar-1979 | Shashi Kapoor Ik Raasta Hai ZindagiJo Tham GayeTo Kuchh NahinIk Raasta Hai ZindagiJo Tham GayeTo Kuchh NahinYe Kadam Kisi Mukaam PeJo Jam GayeTo Kuchh NahinIk Raasta Hai ZindagiJo Tham GayeTo Kuchh Nahin……… Antakshari Songs from “I” O Jaate RaahiO Baanke RaahiMeri Baahon KoIn Raahon KoAa…Tu Chhod Ke Na JaTu Waapas Aa JaWo Husn Ke…

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21 Bollywood Old Songs That Will Remain Evergreen Till Eternity

Our Bollywood film industry is known for its amazing songs and dance moves. Indian cinema has a long history of music in films. The legendary singers like Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, etc have sung some of the evergreen old songs whose lyrics are so beautiful they’ll instantly make you love the song. Maybe that’s the reason your grandfather or dad keeps playing the old classic songs and gets lost in their melody.

Here we have a list of some best old Bollywood songs that tend to stay close to you forever.

Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana: This song was sung by the legendary Kishore Kumar for the movie Andaz in 1971. The song also received the Filmfare for the Best Lyricist. It was written by Hasrat Jaipuri.

Tere Bina Jiya Jaye Na Jaye Na: This iconic old song was sung by Lata Mangeshkar, written by Gulzar for the 1978 film Ghar featuring and stars Rekha and Vinod Mehra. The music direction of Tere Bina Jiya Jaye Na was done by R.D. Burman.

Hamen Tumse Pyar Kitna: This song was sung by Kishore Kumar for the 1981 film Kudrat. Written by Majrooh Sultanpuri, and the Music Director of Kudrat was R.D. Burman. The song was also nominated for the Filmfare.

Abhi Na Jao Chod Kar: This iconic song was sung by Mohammed Rafi and Asha Bhosle for the 1961 film Hum Dono starring Dev Anand and Sadhna. Jaidev was the Music Director and the lyricist was Sahir Ludhianvi.

Roop Tera Mastana: The song was sung by legend Kishore Kumar and he won the Filmfare for the Best Male Playback Singer for this song. The song was sung for the 1969 film Aradhana that featured Sharmila Tagore and Rajesh Khanna. The lyrics were written by Anand Bakshi and the music was composed by S.D. Burman.

Pyar Hua Ikrar Hua: This amazing song was sung by Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey. This song was featured in the movie Shree 420 starring Raj Kapoor and Nargis.

Ek Ajnabee Haseena Se: The song was sung by Kishore Da and was featured in the 1974 film Ajanabee starring Rajesh Khanna and Zeenat Aman. The on-screen chemistry of the actors together made this song magical. R.D. Burman was The Music Director of this song.

Kuch Toh Log Kahenge Logon Ka Kaam Hai Kahana: This superhit classic old Hindi song was sung by Kishore Kumar from the blockbuster Hindi movie of Amar Prem (1972) starring Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore. The music was composed by R.D.Burman and lyrics were penned by Anand Bakshi.

Mere Sapno ki Rani Kab Ayegi Tu: This iconic Hindi classic romantic song was sung by Kishore Kumar and was featured in the 1969 film Aradhana that featuring Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore. The lyricist of the song is Anand Bakshi.

Lag Ja Gale: Sung by Lata Mangeshkar, this evergreen song features in Who Kaun Thi?. Written by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, the iconic song was released in the year 1964. It stars Manoj Kumar alongside Sadhna. Madan Mohan Kohli is the music director.

Likhe Jo Khat Tujhe: Sung by Mohammed Rafi, this old Bollywood song was one of the most heartwarming songs of the movie Kanyadan. The film featured legends like Shashi Kapoor and Asha Parekh. The lyrics were written by Neeraj.

Kya Hua Tera Wada: The song was composed by R. D. Burman. Sung by Mohammed Rafi and Sushma Shrestha, the song won both Filmfare best male playback singer and National film award.

Humein Tumse Pyar Kitna: This beautiful Hindi song was sung by the legend Kishore Kumar and was composed by R. D. Burman. The song was featured in the 1981 Indian Hindi drama film, Kudrat. The movie starred Rajesh Khanna and Hema Malini. The song is heard twice in the movie, the first time by Parveen Sultana and the second time by Kishore Kumar.

Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein: It is an old Hindi song from the movie Kabhi Kabhie released in the year 1976 featuring Amitabh Bachchan and Raakhee. The lyricist of this amazing song is Sahir Ludhianvi. The original song is in literary Urdu and was in fact a poem from his collection Talkhiyan.

Yeh Dosti Hum Nahi Todenge: This is one of the most epic Bollywood songs on friendship. The song was sung by Kishore Kumar and Manna Dey for the popular movie Sholay featuring Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra. R. D. Burman composed the music, and the lyrics were written by Anand Bakshi.

Mera Joota Hai Japani: This song is one of the most popular old songs from Raj Kapoor’s film Shree 420 that was released in 1955. The song was sung by Mukesh and Shailendra was the lyricist.

Tera Mujhse Hai Pehle Ka Naata Koi: This song is from Shashi Kapoor and Sharmila Tagore starrer movie Aa Gale Lag Jaa. Kishore Kumar sang the song and the music was given by R. D. Burman. The lyrics are penned by Sahir Ludhianvi.

Ek Radha Ek Meera: Sung by Lata Mangeshkar, this song featured in the 1985 romantic drama movie Ram Teri Ganga Maili that starred stars Mandakini and Rajiv Kapoor. Ravindra Jain was the music director of the film and he received a Filmfare Award for this movie.

Yeh Raaten Yeh Mausam: Sung by legends like Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle, this song featured in the film Dilli Ka Thug. The music was by Ravi and the lyrics were penned by Shailendra.

Tum Ko Dekha Toh Ye Khayal: This evergreen ghazal was sung by Jagjit Singh and Chitra Singh for the 1982 film Saath Saath featuring Farooque Shaikh and Deepti Naval in the lead roles.

Tujhse Naraz Nahin Zindagi: The song has a female and a male version that was sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Anup Ghoshal respectively for the 1983 film, Masoom. The song was composed by R. D. Burman and the lyrics of the song were written by Gulzar. He also won a Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist for this song.

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51 fascinating facts about Bollywood from the age of Classic Cinema

resented by Chandrakant Pednekar

Perhaps you’ve heard some of these before, perhaps not. We’ve found some really interesting facts about Bollywood since the very beginning, for your nostalgic pleasure.1. THE GOLDEN AGE OF INDIAN CINEMA DAWNED IN 1947 WITH INDIAN INDEPENDENCE. THE PERIOD BETWEEN 1947 AND 1961 IS CALLED ‘THE GOLDEN AGE’ BECAUSE IT USHERED IN NEW IDEAS AND VALUES WITHOUT IGNORING THE BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF INDIAN CINEMA, A SPLENDID COMBINATION OF THE OLD AND NEW, WHICH ALSO PASSED INTO THE 21ST CENTURY AND HAS CONTINUES TO THIS DAY.2. More and more films began to be made with every passing year. In the process, landmark moments and films began to be created and linked with those years. 1949 was one such revolutionary year that gave rise to several landmark films. The topmost among them being Andaz (1949), the first big-budget love triangle starring Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor and Nargis.3. Mahal directed by Kamal Amrohi and released in 1949 was the first suspense thriller made in India. Originally planned with singer/actress Suraiya, the film finally went to Madhubala who became a star with the haunting song ‘Aayega aayega aayega anewala aayega…’, along with its playback singer Lata Mangeshkar. Lata reinforced her position in 1949 with R.K Films – ‘Barsaat’, which revolutionized the world of film music with the entry of the musical duo – Shankar Jaikishan.4. Mohd. Rafi emerged as a prominent male playback singer in 1949 with another Madhubala starrer Dulari with the hit number “Suhani raat dhal chuki…”. The last year of 1940s proved to be a watershed year for film music, as it prominently gave rise to the playback system wherein professional singers sang for the actors on screen who just had to move their lips without worrying about the ‘sur’ and ‘taal’ of the songs.5. Raj Kapoor’s Awara (1951) not only signaled a change in the grammar of film-making but also brought India prominently on the world map. He grabbed the script of Awara from under the nose of the legendary Mehboob Khan and launched it on a big scale. With “Ghar aaya mera pardesi…” shot on a massive set, Awara became the mother of all dream-sequences.6. Bimal Roy started his career in Calcutta and introduced Bengali Literature to Hindi Cinema and transformed the latter in many ways. Greatly influenced by the neo-realist Italian films and other post-war films he saw at India’s first international film festival in 1952, Bimal Roy’s Do Bigha Zameen (1953) remains a landmark film that has influenced several films including Lagaan (2001). One can find echoes of “Hariyala sawan shol bajata aaya…” from Do Bigha Zameen in “Ghanan ghanan ghir aayee…” from Lagaan.7. Debonair Dev Anand used to model himself on the lines of famous Hollywood star, Gregory Peck. During the making of Taxi Driver (1954), Dev Anand proposed marriage to his heroine, Kalpana Kartik. Both walked across to the registrar of marriages during a shooting break. Both signed the register and came back to resume work. Hardly anybody was aware that they were now husband and wife. Kalpana Kartik decided to quit films after marriage but not before doing 2 more films with her husband Dev – House No. 44 (1955) and Nau Do Gyarah (1957).8. Saratchandra’s Devdas has always been a favourite with film makers. The silent version was made in 1927 by Naresh Mitra with Phani Burma in the lead. P.C.Barua made it in 1935 with himself in the Bengali version and with K.L.Saigal in the Hindi version. Bimal Roy directed his version with Dilip Kumar in 1955 while Sanjay Leela Bhansali had his own interpretation of the novel in 2002 with Shahrukh Khan.9. Chandramukhi’s role in Bimal Roy’s Devdas (1955) was rejected by Nargis, Bina Rai and Suraiya. Vyjayanthimala, who finally did the role refused to accept Filmfare’s Best Supporting Actress Award for Devdas, stating that her role was as important as Paro’s. Years later, Reena Roy too, rejected Filmfare’s Best Supporting Actress trophy for Apnapan (1978), citing that her role was leading and not supporting.10. Truly Chaplin in form, content and treatment, Raj Kapoor’s Shree 420 (1955) remains his most socially significant comedy to date. It was a tremendous hit in India and overseas, especially in Russia, Egypt, Middle-East etc. “Ichak dana…” and ��Mera joota hai japani…’ were rewritten in the languages of various countries and sung as local songs.11. V. Shantaram’s Do Aankhen Barah Haath (1957) was inspired by the story of an ‘Open Prison’ experiment in Satara. The film portrays a young jail warden, Adinath, who rehabilitates six deadly prisoners released on parole into persons of virtue. During the shooting of the film, V. Shantaram battled with a bull and hurt his eyes and affected his vision. During the period of temporary blindness, he visualized some unseen colours of life which resulted into the making of his colourful Navrang (1959).12. Dilip Kumar initially refused to be part of Naya Daur (1957) but then, his friend Ashok Kumar, who heard and loved the story, convinced him to accept it. Madhubala was the female lead in this movie but when B.R. Chopra decided to shoot the movie in Bhopal, Madhubala’s father, Ataullah Khan, refused to let her go citing personal reasons. Finally, Madhubala had to be replaced with Vyjayantimala who entered a new phase of her career with the super hit – Naya Daur.13. Guru Dutt wanted Dilip Kumar to play the leading role in Pyaasa (1957). The Tragedy King declined because he thought this role was similar to his Devdas (1955). So, Guru Dutt himself decided to play the role. Similarly, Madhubala and Nargis were his first choices for the leading ladies, which were eventually played by Mala Sinha and Waheeda Rehman. Pyaasa went on to become a cult film in the history of Indian cinema.14. Mehboob Khan’s Mother India (1957), was the colour remake of his own Aurat (1940) which featured his wife Sardar Akhtar. Aurat was inspired from Pearl S. Buck’s novel “The Mother”. Nargis got the role of her lifetime in Mother India which fetched her the Best Actress Award at the Karlovy Vary festival. Mother India was nominated for the Oscar as the best foreign film but it lost to Fellini’s Nights of Caberia (1957) by a single vote.15. Kishore Kumar apparently made Chalti Ka Nam Gaadi (1958), hoping it would fail commercially. He wanted to show losses in his income, to avoid paying a huge tax to the authorities. So he made two films – Lukochuri (Bengali) and Chalti Ka Nam Gaadi, and waited eagerly for them to collapse. However, both went on to become box-office successes. Kumar was so disgusted with this that he gifted Chalti Ka Nam Gaadi and all its rights to his secretary Anoop Sharma, who retained the copyright.16. Anari (1959), directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, brought together the sublimity of Raj Kapoor’s pairing with the timeless Nutan, celebrating the rich-poor divide through a story that saluted Raj Kapoor’s own Shree 420 (1955). Incidentally, Raj Kapoor’s brother Shashi Kapoor also starred in a film called Anari directed by Asit Sen in 1975. Later, Raj Kapoor’s grand-daughter Karisma Kapoor did another Anari in 1993 with the southern star Venkatesh.17. India’s first CinemaScope film Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959) was directed by Guru Dutt who also played the lead in the film. Apparently, Guru Dutt was so upset by the poor (box office) response to his film, that he thereafter never took credit as ‘Director’ for any of his later films such as Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960), or Sahib, Bibi aur Ghulam (1962) even though they retain the unmistakable stamp of his direction. Though Kaagaz Ke Phool was a disaster in its time, it was later resurrected as a cult classic.18. Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Anuradha (1960) was a movie much ahead of its time and featured debutante Leela Naidu in the title role with Balraj Sahani. A relative of the national leader Sarojini Naidu, Leela Naidu, was crowned Femina Miss India in 1954, and was featured in Vogue along with Maharani Gayatri Devi in the list of ‘World’s Ten Most Beautiful Women’. The film’s classical-based music was composed by Sitar maestro Pt. Ravi Shankar.19. K. Asif’s Mughal – E – Azam (1960) was actually planned in the 1940s. The political tensions surrounding India’s partition and independence in 1947 stalled the film’s production. Shortly after The Partition, financer Shiraz Ali migrated to Pakistan, leaving Asif without finance. Subsequently, the film’s lead Chandramohan suffered a heart attack and died in 1949. Ali had previously suggested the name of business tycoon Shapoorji Pallonji for financing the film. Pallonji did not know anything regarding the production of films, but he took a keen interest in the project and agreed to produce it due to his strong interest in Akbar’s history. Thus, began the saga of the magnum opus – Mughal–E–Azam!20. The Song “Pyar kiya to darna kiya…”, from Mughal – E – Azam (1960) has an unusual history to it. Naushad rejected 2 sets of lyrics made by Badayuni. Late in the night, Naushad remembered a folk song from Eastern Uttar Pradesh with the lyrics going as “Prem kiya, kya chori kari hai…”. The song was converted into a ghazal and subsequently recorded. As there was no technology to provide for the reverberation of sound heard in the song, Naushad had Lata Mangeshkar sing the song in a studio bathroom.21. A female-centric movie, based on a Bengali novel by Jarasandha, Bandini (1963) is the last directorial venture of Bimal Roy, a master of realism and regarded by many as his crowning achievement. Bimal Roy persuaded Nutan, who had given a magnificent performance in his Sujata (1959), to come out of her post-nuptial retirement and play the strictly raised, poetry-loving village girl, ‘Kalyani’. He convinced her to do Bandini, which went on to sweep all the top awards then, and is still considered a landmark movie of all time.22. Dosti (1964), a non star-cast film directed by Satyen Bose was made under the Rajshri banner and was biggest surprise hit of the year. The film focuses on the friendship between two boys, one blind and the other a cripple. Despite being released with Sangam, a blockbuster hit, Dosti was amongst the top ten grossers of 1964. It stands as a landmark in the career of Laxmikant-Pyarelal as this won them their first Filmfare Award and also made them popular in the film industry. Incidentally, R. D. Burman has played the harmonica throughout the film, which Ramu (one of the characters) plays throughout the film.23. Initially, Dilip Kumar was approached by Raj Kapoor to play the role of ‘Gopal Verma’ in Sangam (1964). Dilip Kumar agreed to play either one of the two male roles, with the condition that he was given the right to edit the final copy of the film. Since Raj Kapoor could not accept Dilip Kumar’s condition, he then approached Dev Anand for the role. The latter also declined the role citing date problems which ultimately went to Rajendra Kumar. Sangam ranked as the second highest grossing film of the decade.24. Brij Katyal’s script for Jab Jab Phool Khile (1965) was turned down by three top Producers. However, Director Suraj Prakash felt it was a beautiful story and accepted it, which went on to become his greatest hit. To prepare for his role as ‘Raja’, Shashi Kapoor would spend days with the boatmen in Kashmir to study their lifestyle. Sometimes, he would have meals with them. The original climax from the script had Raj beating up the bad guys. However, Suraj Prakash rejected it, and after watching Love in the Afternoon (1957), settled with Rita (Nanda) leaving everything behind to go back to Kashmir with Raja. Incidentally, Jab Jab Phool Khile (1965) got remade 3 decades later as Raja Hindustani (1996).25. B.R. CHOPRA HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED WAQT (1965) WITH PRITHVIRAJ KAPOOR AND HIS THREE SONS, RAJ KAPOOR, SHAMMI KAPOOR AND SHASHI KAPOOR. EVENTUALLY, ONLY SHASHI KAPOOR WAS CAST, ALONG WITH RAJ KUMAR & SUNIL DUTT AS HIS ELDER BROTHERS, WHILE BALRAJ SAHANI PLAYED THE FATHER. WAQT PIONEERED THE IDEA OF A MULTI-STAR CAST IN INDIAN CINEMA AND RE-INTRODUCED THE LOST AND REUNITE FORMULA, ORIGINALLY MADE POPULAR IN KISMET (1943). WAQT ALSO SHOWCASES SOME OF THE TOP DIALOGUES SPOKEN BY RAAJ KUMAR LIKE “JINKE APNE GHAR SHEESHAY KE HON, WOH DOOSRON PAR PATTHAR NAHI PHENKA KARTE” AND “JAANI, YEH BACHCHON KE KHELNE KI CHEEZ NAHI, HAATH KAT JAYE TOH KHOON NIKAL AATA HAI”.26. Guide (1965) was made in two versions – an English version in collaboration with Pearl S. Buck and directed by Ted Danielewski and the Hindi version directed by Dev Anand’s younger brother Vijay Anand. It had never happened anywhere in the annals of cinema that the same story was filmed twice from two different perspectives with the same actor, one immediately after the other. Another striking feature about Guide is the Song ‘Kaaton se kheench ke ye aanchal…’ which begins from the ‘Antara’ instead of the ‘Mukhda’, a rare innovation unlike most Hindustani compositions.27. Teesri Manzil (1966) produced by Nasir Hussain & directed by Vijay Anand was originally planned with Dev Anand in the lead. Due to some reasons he could not do it & Shammi Kapoor replaced him in the film. However, Shammi Kapoor was not happy with Nasir Hussain’s choice of the music Director, R. D. Burman. He wanted Shankar Jaikishan to score the music but agreed to give Pancham a hearing. A nervous Pancham was ready with all the six tunes. The moment he heard Pancham sing “O Haseena Zulfonwali” and “Aaja Aaja Main Hoon Pyar Tera”, he jumped out of sheer joy & gave his approval for Teesri Manzil that soon revolutionised the world of Hindi Film Music.28. AROUND THE WORLD (1967) WAS INDIA’S FIRST FILM TO BE RELEASED IN 70 MM AND WAS EXTENSIVELY SHOT ALL AROUND THE WORLD. THE MAJOR OF THE FILM WAS SHOT ON A CRUISE SHIP. IT FEATURED RAJ KAPOOR AS AN INDIAN WHO TRAVELED AROUND THE WORLD IN 8 DOLLARS. V.SHANTARAM’S DAUGHTER RAJSHREE PLAYED THE ROMANTIC LEAD IN THE FILM. SHE MET HER FUTURE HUSBAND, AMERICAN STUDENT GREG CHAPMAN IN AMERICA DURING THE SHOOTING OF AROUND THE WORLD AND MARRIED HIM AS PER HINDU MARRIAGE RITUALS THAT LASTED 5 DAYS AND WAS ATTENDED BY 15,000 GUESTS.29. JEWEL THIEF (1967), WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AS ONE OF THE BEST CRIME THRILLERS OF INDIAN CINEMA. WHILE DEV ANAND AND ASHOK KUMAR VIED WITH EACH OTHER FOR THE TITLE OF JEWEL THIEF, THE GIRLS DID TOO. VYJAYANTHIMALA WAS ROPED IN TO PLAY THE MAIN HEROINE AS SAIRA BANU, THE ORIGINAL CHOICE COULD NOT DO THE FILM BECAUSE OF HER MARRIAGE WITH DILIP KUMAR. THE FILM ALSO FEATURED FOUR BOND GIRL-LIKE ACTRESSES PORTRAYED BY TANUJA, HELEN, FARYAL AND ANJU MAHENDRU. A SEQUEL OF JEWEL THIEF WAS RELEASED IN 1996, NAMED RETURN OF JEWEL THIEF WITH DEV ANAND AND ASHOK KUMAR PLAYING THEIR ORIGINAL ROLES.30. Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri praised his earlier film Shaheed (1965) and enthused Manoj Kumar to make a film on the ‘Jai Jawaan Jai Kissan’ slogan. The slogan helped Manoj Kumar’s official debut as a Director for Upkar (1967), where he believably played both a Jawan and a Kisan. A huge hit, Upkar made Manoj Kumar an authority on screen patriotism. Manoj Kumar started his Mr. Bharat persona and his brand of patriotism & fearless courage with this film. The script for Upkar (1967) was written in less than 24 hours on the train journey between Delhi and Mumbai.31. THE TRAGEDY KING DILIP KUMAR HAD TO TAKE PSYCHIATRIC ADVICE AFTER PLAYING MELANCHOLIC ROLES LIKE DEVDAS (1955). IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT HE PLAY ROLES WITH LIGHTER SHADES AND THE RESULT WAS AZAAD (1955) & KOHINOOR (1960). AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY LIGHTER ROLES AGAIN AROSE FOR HIM WITH RAM AUR SHYAM (1967), WHEREIN DILIP KUMAR PLAYED A DOUBLE ROLE. INTERESTINGLY, VYJAYANTHIMALA, WHO WAS TO PLAY ONE OF THE HEROINES, WAS REPLACED WITH WAHEEDA REHMAN. MALA SINHA, WHO WAS APPROACHED FOR THE OTHER LEAD, REJECTED IT PAVING THE WAY FOR MUMTAZ, WHO ROSE TO THE TOP LEAGUE AFTER DOING RAM AUR SHYAM.32. WHILE REHEARSING FOR ‘BABUL KI DUAYEN…’ FROM NEEL KAMAL (1968), RAFI SAAB WAS CONTINUOUSLY CRYING. THE MUSIC DIRECTOR RAVI WAS PUZZLED AND WENT TO MR. HAMID, (MOHD. RAFI’S BROTHER IN LAW AND SECRETARY) & ASKED HIM THE REASON FOR HIS OUTBURST. HAMID SAAB REVEALED THAT JUST A DAY BEFORE, HIS DAUGHTER HAD GOT ENGAGED AND RAFI SAAB BECAME EMOTIONAL AS THE SONG ALSO SUITED THE REAL LIFE SITUATION. THIS INSPIRATIONAL SONG WENT ON TO WIN A NATIONAL AWARD FOR MOHD. RAFI.33. KISHORE KUMAR’S PERFORMANCE IN PADOSAN (1968) WHERE HE BECOMES SUNIL DUTT’S VOICE TO WOO SAIRA BANU WAS A PRECURSOR TO HIS BECOMING A FULL-TIME PLAYBACK SINGER. THE VERY NEXT YEAR, SHAKTI SAMANTA OFFERED HIM TO SING FOR NEWCOMER RAJESH KHANNA IN ARADHANA (1969) AND THE REST IS HISTORY. BEFORE, ARADHANA, KISHORE KUMAR HAD ONLY SUNG FOR HIMSELF AND OCCASIONALLY FOR DEV ANAND, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PADOSAN, AS THE STORY DEMANDED IT. ARADHANA WAS A MUSICAL BLOCKBUSTER AND KISHORE KUMAR WAS HERE TO STAY, IN THE NEW ROLE OF A PLAYBACK SINGER, RIGHT UNTIL HIS DEATH IN OCTOBER 1987.34. While recording the soundtrack of the film Aradhana (1969), S.D.Burman took ill after composing the two Rafi duets. The responsibility of finishing the soundtrack fell on his son R.D. Burman, who took charge and decided to use Kishore Kumar to record the solos, as Rafi was away on a tour abroad. The sizzling song from Aradhana – “Roop tera mastana…” – made Bollywood history as the first song picturised in one shot without a single cut. Aradhana went on to win Filmfare’s best film award while Sharmila Tagore won her first Best Actress trophy.35. DO RAASTE (1969), A FILM DIRECTED BY RAJ KHOSLA, EMPHASIZES THE SANCTITY OF THE JOINT FAMILY AND THE SUPREMACY OF RELATIONS THAT ARE STRONGER THAN TIES OF BLOOD. RAJESH KHANNA APPEARED UNSHAVEN THROUGHOUT THIS MOVIE BECAUSE HE WAS SIMULTANEOUSLY SHOOTING FOR ITTEFAQ (1969) WHICH REQUIRED HIM TO BE UNSHAVEN. RAJESH KHANNA CREATED HAVOC AT THE BOX OFFICE WITH ARADHANA AND DO RAASTE. WHAT’S MORE IN BOMBAY, THE TWO FILMS HAD THEIR MAIN THEATRES RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD FROM ONE ANOTHER, ARADHANA AT OPERA HOUSE AND DO RAASTE AT ROXY.36. THE CHARACTER OF ANAND (1970) WAS INSPIRED BY RAJ KAPOOR, WHO USED TO ADDRESS HRISHIKESH MUKHERJEE AS “BABU MOSHAY”. HRISHIDA INFORMED WRITER GULZAR TO OPEN THE MOVIE IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE AUDIENCE KNOWS IN THE FIRST SCENE ITSELF THAT ‘ANAND’ (RAJESH KHANNA) IS DEAD. HE DID NOT WANT THE AUDIENCE TO BE IN A STATE OF SUSPENSE TILL THE END AND KEEP GUESSING WHETHER ‘ANAND’ WILL SURVIVE OR NOT. BY DOING THAT HRISHIKESH MUKHERJEE WANTED TO CONCENTRATE ON HOW ‘ANAND’ WANTS TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST AND MAKE THE BEST OF THE TIME HE HAS. THE MOVIE WENT ON TO BECOME A ‘SUPER HIT’ AND MADE THE CHARACTER OF ‘ANAND’, IMMORTAL.37. JOHNY MERA NAAM (1970) DIRECTED BY VIJAY ANAND IS CONSIDERED A DEV ANAND CLASSIC. IT ALSO BECAME DREAM-GIRL HEMA MALINI’S FIRST SUPERHIT. THOUGH THE MOVIE DEALT WITH THE SIMPLE “LOST AND FOUND” THEME, WHAT STOOD APART WAS ITS BRILLIANT TREATMENT BY DIRECTOR VIJAY ANAND. VARIOUS TRACKS WERE INTELLIGENTLY INTEGRATED IN THE MOVIE INCLUDING THE TRIPLE ROLES OF COMEDIAN I.S. JOHAR. THE SONG “HUSN KE LAKHON RANG…” PICTURISED ON PADMA KHANNA WAS CONSIDERED SO BOLD THAT IT FACED A LOT OF CENSOR PROBLEMS. THE FILM WENT ON TO BECOME A CULT MOVIE, AND THE HIGHEST GROSSER OF 1970.38. MERA NAAM JOKER (1970) IS THE SECOND HINDI FILM TO HAVE TWO INTERVALS, THE FIRST ONE BEING SANGAM (1964). THE MAGNUM OPUS OF RAJ KAPOOR, MERA NAAM JOKER WAS DIVIDED INTO 3 CHAPTERS, EACH DEPICTING A DIFFERENT PHASE IN A JOKER’S LIFE, PLAYED BY RAJ KAPOOR. SIX YEARS IN THE MAKING, MERA NAAM JOKER TURNED OUT TO BE MUCH AHEAD OF ITS TIME WAS NOT A COMMERCIAL SUCCESS. HOWEVER, IT ACQUIRED CULT STATUS LATER AND IT IS NOW REGARDED AS A LANDMARK FILM OF INDIAN CINEMA.39. FROM ITS OPENING MONTAGE OF A YOUNG VILLAGE GIRL, WATCHING HER INDIFFERENT HUSBAND BRING HOME ANOTHER WIFE, TO THE FINAL MOMENTS, WHEN THE WOMAN IN HER TWILIGHT YEARS, IS TAKEN AWAY BY HER FOSTER-SON AMONGST THE FESTIVITIES OF DURGA PUJA, SHAKTI SAMANTA’S AMAR PREM (1971) IS A GLORIOUS HOMAGE TO WOMANHOOD. A MASTERPIECE DEALING WITH 2 PARALLEL TRACKS, ONE OF THE PLATONIC RELATIONSHIP THAT PUSHPA (SHARMILA TAGORE) SHARES WITH ANAND BABU (RAJESH KHANNA) AND THE OTHER OF PUSHPA’S RELATIONSHIP WITH A MOTHERLESS CHILD, AMAR AND PREM, TOUCHED THE EMOTIONAL CHORDS OF THE AUDIENCE TO THE FULLEST. IT IS STILL REMEMBERED FOR R.D.BURMAN’S MELODIOUS MUSIC AS MUCH AS IT IS REMEMBERED FOR RAJESH KHANNA’S FAMOUS DIALOGUE “PUSHPA, I HATE TEARS”.40. THE STORY FOR HARE RAMA HARE KRISHNA (1971) ACTUALLY CAME TO DEV ANAND’S MIND WHEN HE SAW HIPPIES AND THEIR FALLEN VALUES IN KATHMANDU, NEPAL. HE WANTED TO CAST MUMTAZ AS HIS NEPALI GIRLFRIEND AND ZAHEEDA, HIS CO-STAR OF PREM PUJARI, IN THE SISTER’S ROLE. ZAHEEDA DECLINED AND INSISTED ON PLAYING MUMTAZ’S PART. SHE ULTIMATELY LOST THE ROLE TO SENSUOUS ZEENAT AMAN WHO HIT BIG TIME WITH THIS FILM. THIS MUSICAL FAMILY DRAMA HAS AN ANTI-DRUG MESSAGE AND ALSO DEPICTS PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH WESTERNIZATION SUCH AS DIVORCE AND ALIENATION.41. KAMAL AMROHI’S PAKEEZAH WAS LAUNCHED IN 1958 BUT TOOK 14 YEARS TO COMPLETE. IT WAS LAUNCHED IN BLACK-AND-WHITE, BUT WHEN COLOUR CAME IN VOGUE, AMROHI SCRAPPED THE PORTIONS ALREADY SHOT AND DECIDED TO START AGAIN. LATER, CINEMASCOPE CAME INTO VOGUE, AND AMROHI ACQUIRED A CINEMASCOPE LENS FROM MGM AND SCRAPPED THE PLAIN COLOUR PORTIONS TOO. FINALLY, IT WAS RELEASED IN 1972, JUST A FEW WEEKS BEFORE MEENA KUMARI’S DEATH. THE FILM HAD A SLOW START AT THE BOX-OFFICE BUT WENT ON TO BECOME A MAJOR HIT AS IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE SWAN SONG OF THE LEGENDARY MEENA KUMARI. LATE GHULAM MOHAMMED’S MUSIC IN PAKEEZAH CAUGHT THE FANCY OF THE ENTIRE NATION.42. SEETA AUR GEETA (1972) WAS THE FEMALE VERSION OF RAM AUR SHYAM (1967) BUT WITH A DIFFERENCE. DIRECTOR RAMESH SIPPY HAD HIS OWN UNIQUE INTERPRETATION OF IDENTICAL TWINS WHICH HE PRESENTED TO THE AUDIENCE INTERESTINGLY. INITIALLY, MUMTAZ WAS OFFERED THE DOUBLE ROLES OF ‘SEETA’ AND ‘GEETA’ BUT SHE COULD NOT DO THE FILM. SO IT WAS OFFERED TO HEMA MALINI WHO LAPPED UP THE OPPORTUNITY AND ZOOMED TO THE TOP SPOT WITH ITS GRAND SUCCESS. IT NOT ONLY EARNED HER THE FIRST FILMFARE AWARD BUT TILL DATE REMAINS THE BEST FILM OF HER CAREER.43. BOBBY (1973) A FILM DIRECTED BY RAJ KAPOOR WAS VERY POPULAR AND WIDELY IMITATED. IT ALSO REPRESENTED THE FILM DÉBUT FOR DIMPLE KAPADIA AND THE FIRST LEADING ROLE FOR RAJ KAPOOR’S SON, RISHI KAPOOR. THE MOVIE IS KNOWN TO BE A TREND-SETTER IN ITS OWN RIGHT WHICH INTRODUCED THE GENRE OF TEENAGE ROMANCE WITH A RICH-VS-POOR CLASH AS A BACKDROP. THE FILM BECAME A BLOCKBUSTER AND WAS THE TOP GROSSER OF 1973. INCIDENTALLY, DIMPLE KAPADIA MARRIED SUPERSTAR RAJESH KHANNA BEFORE THE RELEASE OF BOBBY AND WAVED GOOD-BYE TO FILMS FOR ALMOST A DECADE.44. YASH CHOPRA BRANCHED OUT FROM HIS BROTHER B.R. CHOPRA’S PRODUCTION HOUSE, B.R. FILMS TO START HIS OWN COMPANY YASH RAJ FILMS IN 1973 AND LAUNCHED DAAG: A POEM OF LOVE. HE SIGNED THE REIGNING SUPERSTAR RAJESH KHANNA ALONG WITH THE BENGAL TIGERESS- SHARMILA TAGORE AND RAKHEE. A LOVE TRIANGLE WITH A DIFFERENCE DAAG: A POEM OF LOVE SHOWCASED THE INTRICACIES OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS WHICH WERE TO BECOME YASH CHOPRA’S FORTE IN SUBSEQUENT FILMS. AN ADAPTATION OF THE NOVEL “THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE”, THE FILM ALSO HAD INTERESTING SITUATIONS FOR LAXMIKANT- PYARELAL’S SUPERHIT MUSIC.45. JUST AS THE ESTABLISHED FILM-MAKER RAJ KAPOOR ADOPTED A MODERN APPROACH FOR BOBBY (1973), SO ALSO NASIR HUSSAIN, THE MAKER OF MUSICAL LOVE STORIES DID AN ABOUT TURN WITH THE MULTI-STARRER LOST-AND-FOUND DRAMA, YAADON KI BAARAT (1973). DESPITE, ITS ACTION ORIENTED THEME, THIS MOVIE IS STILL REMEMBERED FOR ITS UNFORGETTABLE MUSIC BY R. D. BURMAN, ESPECIALLY THE EVERGREEN ROMANTIC “CHURA LIYA HAI…” WHICH IS STILL THE MOST FAVOURITE SONG OF THE REMIX ARTISTES. THIS MOVIE ALSO FEATURES AAMIR KHAN IN THE TITLE SONG AS THE YOUNGEST KID.46. AMITABH WAS THE FIFTH CHOICE AFTER DEV ANAND, RAJ KUMAR, DHARMENDRA AND RAJESH KHANNA FOR THE LEAD ROLE IN ZANJEER (1973). DEV WANTED THE ACTOR TO BE ALLOWED TO SING A COUPLE OF SONGS AND ASKED PRAKASH TO DIRECT UNDER HIS NAVKETAN BANNER. DHARMENDRA COULD NOT FIT INTO SCHEDULE. RAJESH FEARED THE ROLE MIGHT TELL UPON HIS ROMANTIC IMAGE. IT WAS PRAN WHO SUGGESTED MEHRA TO SEE BOMBAY TO GOA (1972). THE FILM HAD A FIGHT SCENE, AND THE MOMENT PRAKASH SAW THE FIGHT SCENE, HE SCREAMED “MIL GAYA!!”. THE MOVIE CHANGED THE TREND FROM ROMANTIC FILMS TO ACTION FILMS AND PIONEERED AMITABH’S NEW IMAGE OF A BROODING YET EXPLOSIVE PERSON WHO FIGHTS BACK WHEN CORNERED.47. AFTER ZANJEER (1973) WAS DECLARED A HIT, AMITABH AND JAYA GOT MARRIED. BY THE TIME, THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ABHIMAAN (1973) RELEASED, THE REEL-LIFE COUPLE HAD BECOME HUSBAND AND WIFE IN REAL LIFE TOO. ABHIMAAN (1973), DIRECTED BY HRISHIKESH MUKHERJEE WAS ORIGINALLY NAMED AS RAAG RAGINI. ABHIMAAN WAS EVEN POPULAR IN SRI LANKA AND WAS SCREENED CONTINUOUSLY FOR TWO YEARS IN THE SAME MOVIE THEATER, NEW OLYMPIA, COLOMBO.48. THE FILM NAYA DIN NAYI RAAT (1974) WAS KNOWN FOR SANJEEV KUMAR’S NINE-ROLE EPIC PERFORMANCE, WHICH WAS EARLIER PLAYED BY SIVAJI GANESAN IN NAVARATHIRI (1964)(TAMIL) AND BY AKKINENI NAGESWARA RAO IN NAVARATHRI (1966)(TELUGU). THIS FILM HAD ENHANCED SANJEEV KUMAR’S STATUS AND REPUTATION AS AN ACTOR IN HINDI CINEMA. YEARS LATER, KAMAL HAASAN APPEARED IN TEN DISTINCT ROLES IN DASAVATHAARAM (2008), MAKING IT THE FIRST TIME THAT AN ACTOR HAS APPEARED IN SO MANY ROLES IN WORLD CINEMA. A YEAR LATER, THIS RECORD WAS BROKEN BY PRIYANKA CHOPRA, WHEN SHE ESSAYED TWELVE DIFFERENT CHARACTERS IN WHATS’S YOUR RAASHEE? (2009), EACH CHARACTER, REPRESENTATIVE OF A ZODIAC SIGN.49. SHYAM BENEGAL IS RIGHTLY CALLED THE FATHER OF NEW WAVE CINEMA IN THE SEVENTIES. WHILE MRINAL SEN KICK-STARTED THE MOVEMENT IN 1969 WITH BHUVAN SHOME, BENEGAL PUT IT FIRMLY ON TRACKS WITH HIS DIRECTORIAL DEBUT ANKUR (1974). HE TOOK FORWARD THE FEUDAL FABLE OF SATYAJIT RAY’S PATHER PANCHALI (1955) OR BIMAL ROY’S DO BIGHA ZAMEEN (1953) IN HIS OWN STYLE. TILL THIS DAY, SHYAM BENEGAL HAS’NT STOPPED MAKING SOCIALLY RELEVANT FILMS THAT TOUCH A CHORD IN THE HUMAN HEART. SHABANA AZMI MADE HER DEBUT IN ANKUR IN A ROLE ORIGINALLY OFFERED TO VETERAN WAHEEDA REHMAN. HER PERFORMANCE WAS SO MESMERIZING THAT EVEN SATYAJIT RAY COMMENTED, “IN TWO HIGH-PITCHED SCENES SHE PULLS OUT ALL STOPS AND FIRMLY ESTABLISHES HERSELF AS ONE OF OUR FINEST DRAMATIC ACTRESSES.”50. WHILE UPKAR (1967) WAS INSPIRED BY LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI’S SLOGAN “JAI JAWAN JAI KISAN”, MANOJ KUMAR’S ROTI KAPDA AUR MAKAN (1974) WAS INSPIRED BY INDIRA GANDHI’S “GARIBI HATAO” SLOGAN. THE BASIC IDEA FOR THE FILM ALSO STEMMED FROM A RECITAL MANOJ KUMAR HAD HEARD AT A SCHOOL FUNCTION WHILE THE SCENE WHERE HE THROWS HIS DEGREE IN HIS FATHER’S FUNERAL PYRE WAS INSPIRED FROM A NEWSPAPER REPORT IN 1972. MANOJ KUMAR DEFTLY HANDLED THE ENSEMBLE CAST BALANCING THE STRONG SOCIAL UNDERCURRENTS WITH THE NECESSARY COMMERCIAL ELEMENTS. IT CONTINUES TO BE TOPICAL EVEN AFTER 38 YEARS OF ITS RELEASE.51. THE CHARACTER OF GABBAR SINGH IN THIS ACTION ADVENTURE FILM – SHOLAY (1975) WAS MODELED ON A REAL-LIFE DACOIT OF THE SAME NAME WHO MENACED THE VILLAGES AROUND GWALIOR IN THE 1950S. ANY POLICEMAN CAPTURED BY THE REAL GABBAR SINGH, HAD HIS EARS AND NOSE CUT OFF, AND WAS THEN RELEASED AS AN OBJECT LESSON TO OTHER POLICEMEN. INITIALLY, THE PRODUCERS APPROACHED DANNY DENZONGPA FOR THE ROLE OF THE BANDIT CHIEF, BUT HE WAS COMMITTED TO FEROZ KHAN’S DHARMATMA (1975), HENCE CHARACTER ACTOR JAYANT’S SON AMJAD KHAN WAS ROPED IN. HE PREPARED HIMSELF FOR THE PART BY READING A BOOK TITLED ‘ABAR ABHISHAPTA CHAMBAL’, WHICH TOLD OF THE EXPLOITS OF CHAMBAL DACOITS. AMJAD KHAN PLAYED THE ROLE SO CONVINCINGLY THAT HE MADE THE CHARACTER OF GABBAR SINGH IMMORTAL.

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Top 10 Bollywood Song Featuring Sharmila Tagore

 The diva of Bollywood during the 1960s and 1970s is broadly viewed as one of the top entertainers record-breaking. From town beauty parts to super present-day social young lady, throughout the long term, Tagore set up herself as a sex image, the label which she generally adored. Sharmila played the female lead of Bollywood's unsurpassed favorite star like Rajesh Khanna, Dharmendra, and Shashi Kapoor, and stayed popular and effective with every one of them.

Sharmila has been a piece of numerous popular songs of brilliant previous days and it's unrealistic to list every one of them. However, it's my unassuming endeavor to honor one of the wonderful stars of the silver screen. Here I list my popular Shamila songs having a place in the 1960s and 1970s.

1. Mere Sapnon Ki Rani From Aradhana- I might want to begin with this film and song which changed the thickness of Bollywood and craftsman related to it. Music was formed by S. D. Burman, composed by Anand Bhashi, and sung by Kishore Kumar. The song included Rajesh Khanna, Sujit Kumar, and Sharmila Tagore. Even though Sharmila's character didn't express even a solitary line in the song, this list is fragmented without "Simple Sapnon Ki Rani".

2. Gunguna Rahi Hai Bawre from Aradhana-All the song of the film was incredibly popular and it's one of the two-part harmony songs by Rafi in this film. He sang this two-part harmony aside Asha Bhosle, and the main reasonable look running in this sentimental song.

3. Kora Kaagaz The from Aradhana-This two-part harmony was mentioned for Kishore Kumar and he sang it easily aside Lata Mangeshkar. However, the songs which changed the fate where the performances "Roop Tera Mastana" and "Mere Sapnon Ki Rani", initially implied for Mohammad Rafi "Kora Kaagaz" highlighting Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore also was very popular and played a critical part in setting up them as one of the main screen pair of Bollywood.

4. Roop Tera Mastana from Aradhana-Yet another show-stopper song from the film which, restored the profession of Kishore Kumar and made him the most praised artist of Bollywood. Like "Mere Sapnon Ki Rani" it's a performance track yet the list of Sharmila songs is inadequate without the sexy performance. instruments for its music were played by a portion of the extraordinary legend of Bollywood film Manohari Singh played the saxophone, Homi Mullan played the duggi and The unbelievable Kersi ruler played the accordion. the song grouping of more than 3½ minute including Khanna and Tagore was imagined in a solitary shot, which is extremely uncommon in Bollywood

5. Chanda Hai Tu from Aradhana-This specific performance track sung by Lata Mangeshkar is anything but a sentimental one, yet so uncommon to me. so I might want to add this paramount track to Sharmila Tagore's song music created by S.D. Burman and verses composed by Anand Bakshi are surely decent. the film likewise incorporate one popular title track sung by the arranger himself which gave him National honor for best playback artist Safal Hogi Teri Aradhana, highlighting Sharmila Tagore.

6. Deewana Hua Badal from Kashmir ki Kali- This film denoted the Bollywood introduction of Tagore, and from that point forward her matching with Shammi Kapoor has consistently been valued. the film's incredibly popular music was created by OP Nayyar, and the verses were written by SH Bihari. the film incorporates numerous chartbuster and evergreen tracks sung by Rafi and Asha especially this one the song was lovelily imagined in the lake and vessel of Kashmir

7. Isaaro Isaaro from Kashmir ki Kali-I might want to incorporate this popular two-part harmony additionally in this list. Kashmir ki Kali is constantly viewed as one of the best works of OP Nayyar and it will consistently remain so. the film is likewise known for a portion of the incredibly popular performance track of Rafi-"Kisi Na Kisi Se, Yah Chand Sa Roshan Chera, and Subhanallah Haseen Chehra". the film additionally incorporate one more popular two-part harmony of Rafi and Asha "Meri Jaan Balle"

8. Kuch Dil Ne Kaha from Anupama-Lata Ji has told in numerous meetings, this astonishing piece by Hemant Kumar is one of her best 10 top choices. the song was envisioned on Sharmila Tagore and Dharmendra in high contrast design. this song incorporates characteristic voice like flying creature peeping and is so near nature and its shooting impact unquestionably discovers a place in my list. it's one of the best Hindi song formed by Hemant Kumar this song depended on raga- Bhimplasi.

9. Mere Dil Mein Aaj kya Hai from Daag-Through it's a performance track sung by Kishore Kumar, I might want to incorporate this amazingly popular sentimental track in this list including Sharmila Tagore songs. Rajesh Khanna played the lead part in this film and there is numerous magnificent track in this film created by Laxmikant Pyarelal. Daag a sonnet of affection was delivered and coordinated by Yash Chopra and was seen for its novel peak. verses were written by Sahir Ludhianvi.

10.Ham Aur Tum Aur Ham from Daag-This song sung by Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar unquestionably merit a situation in this list. as told over its super hit music was created by Laxmikant Pyarelal and verses written by Sahir Ludhianvi the popular track of the film abdominal muscle "Chahe Ma Ruthe Ya Baba", "Ni Maine Yaar Manana Ni" additionally highlighted Sharmila Tagore. in short the most popular track of the film highlights Sharmila.

You might be interested to read some of the classic hit of Sharmila Tagore Songs

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Remembering Manmohan Desai on his 23rd death anniversary.

Manmohan Desai (26 February 1937 – 1 March 1994) was a producer and director of Indian movies.

Manmohan Desai was known for his family-centered, action-song-and-dance films which catered to the tastes of the Indian masses and through which he achieved great success. His movies defined a new genre called masala films. His best known super-hit movies were Amar Akbar Anthony and Dharam Veer.

He had a string of hits with Amitabh Bachchan in the 70s and early 80s which helped cement Bachchan's status as a superstar of Indian cinema. He worked with Amitabh on Amar Akbar Anthony, Parvarish, Suhaag, Naseeb, Desh Premee, Coolie, Mard and Ganga Jamuna Saraswati; all but the last were box office successes. He was one of the directors who had a special working relationship with Amitabh Bachchan, the others being Yash Chopra, Prakash Mehra, Ramesh Sippy, and Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Of these, only Yash Chopra went on to make hits beyond the 1980s.

He often worked with the same actors in several different films:

Jeetendra in Dharam Veer (1977) after Bhai Ho To Aisa Shatrughan Sinha in Naseeb after Bhai Ho To Aisa and Aa Gale Lag Jaa (1973) and Rampur Ka Lakshman (1972) Shashi Kapoor in Suhaag after Aa Gale Lag Jaa (1973) Shammi Kapoor in Parvarish (1977) as a father figure after Junglee and Bluffmaster (1963) Randhir Kapoor in Chacha Bhatija (1977) after Rampur Ka Lakshman (1972).

Apart from Bachchan, Manmohan Desai worked with such leading male stars as Raj Kapoor in the 1960 film Chhalia, Shammi Kapoor in "Bluffmaster" (1963), Rajesh Khanna in Sachaa Jhutha (1970) and Roti (1974), Randhir Kapoor in Raampur Ka Lakshman (1972), Shashi Kapoor in Aa Gale Lag Jaa, Dharmendra in Dharam Veer (1977). 1977 was an exceptional year for him. All four of his films released that year were huge hits: Parvarish, Amar Akbar Anthony, Chacha Bhatija and Dharam Veer. The first two were with Amitabh, and the latter two were with Dharmendra.

Manmohan Desai worked with writers such as Prayag Raaj, K.K.Shukla and Kader Khan and lyricists such as Anand Bakshi, Sahir Ludhianvi, Qamar Jalalabadi, Gulshan Bawra, and Shailendra. Early in his career he worked with composers Rahul Dev Burman, Kalyanji Anandji, later with Laxmikant Pyarelal and in the 1980s with music composer Anu Malik.

Out of the 20 films that Desai directed in his career span of 29 years (1960–1989), as many as 13 films were stupendous hits. His success ratio was 65 percent in an industry where flops abound. His favourite playback singer was Mohd Rafi. In most of his movie, Mohd Rafi was used to sing songs beside Kishore Kumar. When Kishore Kumar voice was frequently used on Amitabh Bachcan by other Directors, he used Mohd Rafi's voice on Amitabh Bachcan in films like Suhaag and Naseeb . His biggest hits of Mohd Rafi song was Pardah Hai Pardah from Amar Akbar Anthony and John Jani Janardhan from Naseeb. Manmohan Desai once said that Mohd Rafi voice is God's voice.

Towards the end of his career, Desai's previously successful stories and style began to lose favour with audiences. Critics accused him of self-parody. His last film as a director Ganga Jamuna Saraswati and the films he produced with his son Ketan Desai directing, Allah Rakha and Toofan, failed at the box office.

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Wada Karo Nahin Chodoge Tum Mera Saath Lyrics – Kishore & Lata

Wada Karo Nahin Chodoge Tum Mera Saath Lyrics – Kishore & Lata

Wada Karo Nahin Chodoge Tum Mera Saath Lyrics: The best romantic old song lyrics that is famous nowdays too. This song sung in the movie Aa Gale Lag Jaa (1973) by super singers Kishore Kumar & Lata Mangeshkar. Its awesome lyrics are written by Sahir Ludhianvi and mind blowing music composed by R. D. Burman. Song starring by Shashi Kapoor & Sharmila Tagore.

Wada Karo Nahin Chodoge Tum Mera Saath

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Lyrics O Meri Sharmilee

Lyrics O Meri Sharmilee

Lyrics in English | O Meri Sharmilee | Sharmeelee (1971) | Rakhee, Shashi Kapoor O Meri (2)O Meri SharmeeleeO Meri (2)O Meri SharmeeleeAawo NaTarsaawo NaAawo NaTarsaawo NaO Meri (2)O Meri Sharmeelee………….. Tera Kaajal Le KarRaat Bani (2)Teri Mehndi Le KarDin Uga (2)Teri Boli Sun KarSur Jage (2)Teri Khushabu Le KarPhool Khila (2)Jaan-E-Man TuHai KahaanO Meri (2)O Meri SharmeeleeO Meri (2)O Meri…

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Lyrics Kaise Kahen Hum Pyar Ne Hum Ko

Lyrics Kaise Kahen Hum Pyar Ne Hum Ko

Lyrics in English | Kaise Kahen Hum Pyar Ne Hum Ko | Sharmeelee (1971) | Rakhee, Shashi Kapoor Kaise Kahen HumPyar Ne Ham KoKya KyaKhel DikhaayeKaise Kahen HumPyar Ne Hum KoKya KyaKhel DikhaayeYoon SharamaayiKismat Hum SeKhud SeHam Sharamaaye………. Antakshari Songs starting from “K” Baaghon Ko ToPatajhad LooteLootaHamen Bahaar NeDuniya MartiMaut Se LekinMaaraHum Ko Pyar NeApana Wo Haal…

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Lyrics Khilte Hai Gul Yahaan (Male)

Lyrics Khilte Hai Gul Yahaan (Male)

Lyrics in English | Khilte Hai Gul Yahaan (Male) | Sharmeelee (1971) | Rakhee, Shashi Kapoor Khilte Hain Gul YahaanKhil Ke Bikharne KoKhilte Hain Gul YahaanKhil Ke Bikharne KoMilte Hain Dil YahaanMil Ke Bichhadne KoKhilte Hain Gul Yahaan……….. Kal Rahe Na RaheMausam Ye Pyar KaKal Ruke Na RukeDola Bahaar KaKal Rahe Na RaheMausam Ye Pyar KaKal Ruke Na RukeDola Bahaar KaChaar Pal Mile Jo AajPyar Me…

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Lyrics Mujhe Aisi Mili Haseena

Lyrics Mujhe Aisi Mili Haseena

Lyrics in English| Mujhe Aisi Mili Haseena | Shashi Kapoor, Rakhee | Kishore Kumar | Janwar Aur Insaan (1972) Mujhe Aisi Mili HaseenaDil Jis Ne Mera Hai ChheenaMujhe Aisi Mili HaseenaDil Jis Ne Mera Hai ChheenaJise Dekh Ke Aa JaayeHaseeno Ko PaseenaHayeHaseeno Ko Paseena (3)Wow……….. Neele Neele NayanHai Nayan Me GaganGagan Me Chamkate SitaareBijli Ka BadanHai Badan Me ChamanChaman Me Khile…

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Lyrics Aaj Madhosh Hua Jaaye Re

Lyrics Aaj Madhosh Hua Jaaye Re

Lyrics in English | Aaj Madhosh Hua Jaaye Re | Sharmeelee (1971) | Rakhee, Shashi Kapoor Aaj Madhosh HuaJaaye Re (3)Aaj Madhosh Hua Jaaye ReMera Man (3)Bina Hi Baat Muskuraaye ReMera Man (3)Aaj Madhosh Hua Jaaye ReMera (3)……….. O Ri KaliSaja Tu DoliO Ri LaharPahna Tu PaayalO Ri NadiDikha Tu DarpanO Ri KiranOdha Tu AanchalEk Jogan Hai BaniAaj Dulhan Ho OAao Ud Jaayen KahinBan Ke Pavan Ho OAaj…

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30 June Kalyanji Virji Shah (Kalyanji-Anandji): 92nd Birth Anniversary

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Siraj Syed

Kalyanji Virji Shah (Kalyanji-Anandji): 92nd Birth Anniversary 30 June 1928-24 August 2000

From sleeve notes written for SaReGaMa’s LEGENDS CD set in 2009: More than half a century after the cobra swayed to the clavioline, masquerading as the been, in ‘Tan dole mera man dole’, its notes still reverberate across India, and in many other parts of the world. It was, and remains, Kalyanji Virji Shah’s best-known musical signature. Kalyanji had first used the instrument in a film called Naag Panchami (1953, music Chitragupta), but that went largely un-noticed. ‘Tan dole’, a Hemant Kumar tune from a box-office hit, was the chart-topper of 1954, so listeners took good notice of its mesmerising been theme. Developed in France by a designer named Constant Martin, the clavioline was introduced in 1947. Five years later, musician Kalyanji was playing it here, in India, in film song takes. Four years after Nagin, Kalyanji had arrived as music director, with Samrat Chandragupta. And the following year, younger brother Anandji, who was a child actor and chorus singer too, joined him to create the K-A team that stood firm for over 40 years. Nevertheless, as Anandji, some four years younger (now 88), is often heard saying, “Kalyanjibhai is watching all this from above. He is very much with us in spirit.” Kalyanji Virji Shah died in the year 2000, at the age of 72.

Born in Kundrodi village of the Mundra taluka in Kutchh, the brothers grew up in Mumbai, where their father ran a food-grain store. Inclined more towards music than academics, they developed the self-taught ability to play a host of instruments, and formed part of school bands. By 1944-45, the teenager siblings had started playing in film song recordings. Big brother set up his own band in 1950, calling it Kalyanji and Party, with Purshottam Upadhyaya singing ‘Too mera chaand maen teree chaandnee’, the super-hit Naushad tune from Dillagi, to thunderous encores. The band performed in Bombay and in other nearby towns. For a while, the businessman in him did surface, and Kalyanji started a tailoring shop in partnership with a friend. Destiny, however, ensured that the shop did not prosper, drawing Kalyanji even closer to a world where a needle was something that played a gramophone record, not a device to stitch clothes with.

Many of us have heard the popular tunes the brothers composed for films like Samrat Chandragupta, Bedard Zamana Kya Jane, Chhalia and Bluff Master, the last two being the earliest directorial forays of director Manmohan Desai, but few would be aware that it was producer Subhash Desai, Manmohan’s brother, who gave Kalyanji his music directorial his break. Impressed with his prowess at song recordings of various recognised composers, Subhash saw a competent future music director in Kalyanji, and made him an offer that was strange, but nevertheless one that he could not refuse. Would he agree to a contract offering him 11 film assignments as music director, with a fee of Rs. 5,000 for the first film, Rs. 10,000 for the second…a recurring Rs. 5,000 increment per film, non-negotiable? The offer was too good to resist, so Kalyanji agreed, but he did ask Subhash, “Why11 films? Why not 10? Or 12?” The reply was convincing, “Eleven is my lucky number.” As it transpired, they did not do 11 films together, but Kalyanji’s career choice was made.

The K-A success story begins with Kalyanji’s kingly debut, Samrat Chandragupta. ‘Chahe paas ho’ is a touching lyric, with a tinge of sadness, as is the next number, ‘Door kahin tu chal’, another Rafi-Lata duet, from Bedard Zamana Kya Jaane, both penned by Bharat Vyas. With a title like Madari, there had to be a snake-charmer and his been in play, and the theme track, penned by Faruk Kaiser and rendered by Lata and Mukesh, indeed provided flashbacks of the legendary Kalyanji patent. Soon after he wrote his first song for them in Chandrasena, Gulshan Bawra penned a real gem in Satta Bazar, and this time the brothers invited their mentor Hemant Kumar to join Lata in the recording room, with amazing results. Who can forget ‘Tumhe yaad hoga’? Not yet the He Man he was to become in his later years, Dharmendra in Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi Tere was emoting to Mukesh’s emotion-charged playback, rendering Shamim Jaipuri’s rich poetry. Graduating from smaller set-ups into a Raj Kapoor vehicle, K-A hit big time in Chhalia. Nonsensical verse from a sensible writer, Qamar Jalalabadi, ‘Dum dum diga diga’, with Mukesh providing playback to Raj’s on-screen antics, set the aisles afire.

Soon, they were signed to compose for Mehndi Lagi Mere Haath, a Shashi Kapoor starrer, and Bluff Master. Both films enjoyed reasonable success and the music went around too. In Bluff Master, we find the rare phenomenon of four voices being used for the same actor: Mukesh, Hemant Kumar, Shamshad Begum (Shammi Kapoor in drag) and Rafi. It was Rafi who immortalised ‘Govinda ala re’ and sang the duet ‘Husn chala kuchh aisi chal’ with Lata. Anand Bakhshi wrote inspired lyrics for Phool Bane Angaare, and Mukesh, as usual, delivered them with consummate artistry. By 1964, K-A were in the Premier League. That very year, they came up with such melodious tracks as the lilting ‘Humsafar mere humsafar’ (Purnima), where they teamed up with Gulzar, a rarity, and the two Mukesh solos from Ji Chahta Hai and Himalaya Ki God Mein. The former was written by Majrooh, not a K-A regular. Another infrequent teaming worked very well, as Hasrat Jaipuri wrote and Rafi sang in great style, ‘Dil beqarar sa hai’ (Ji Chahta Hai). Melodious, hummable and catchy. A ghazal on Shammi Kapoor with Bakhshi writing and Rafi singing may not be a common occurrence, but just savour ‘Teri zulfen pareshan’ (Preet Na Jane Reet). Staying with Mukesh on Shashi, after MLMH, the duo came up with a moody duet in Juari, ‘Humsafar ab yeh safar kat jayega’. If there was still any doubt about the standing of the duo in the rankings, Jab Jab Phool Khile laid to rest all criticism. Every track was heard everywhere. The songs had it all: pathos, fun, longing, depression, pep. For both K-A and Anand Bakhshi, the success of JJPK was to remain a milestone forever.

Rafi provided playback for debutant Rajesh Khanna in the theme song of his debut vehicle, Raaz, re-uniting K-A with Shamim Jaipuri, producing haunting results. Indeevar’s lyrics sang of cruel fate in Dil Ne Pukara, and who better to voice them than Mukesh, as ‘Waqt karta jo wafa’. In the same vein was the Suhag Raat lament, ‘Khush raho’. Manna De came in to give playback for Pran in Upkar and Zanjeer, rendering two of his most acclaimed numbers. It took the duo 19 hours to record ‘Mere desh ki dharti’, the patriotic anthem of Upkar. Saraswatichandra, based on a literary classic, needed the linguistic mastery of Indeevar to weave in the songs, and the author of ‘Kasme vaade pyar vafa’ made it count. Filmfare awarded the duo for the best music of the year. It was still pristine K-A, full of melody, working with Lata and Mukesh. Another award followed some years later, for Kora Kagaz, which had a pathos-laden title-track in the voice of Kishore. Not many might realise, but K-A used Kishore Kumar for the first time in the 1968 film Suhag Raat, singing a sad song, a full decade after the duo had started their career. A comic song was rendered by Manna De while Mukesh was called-upon to put across the other sad lyric.

Only Rafi could have set swinging mood for Shashi Kapoor to gyrate on screen in ‘Nain milakar chaen churana’ (Aamne Saamne). Rafi for Shashi it was again in Ek Shriman Ek Shrimati and Raja Saab. Part of the female vocals in Raja Saab came from Suman Kalyanpur. Suman had sung for K-A in MLMH and JJPK too, and was to partner Manhar in his first hit number in Vishwas. Giving Hemlata her break in the same film, K-A paired her with good-old friend Mukesh. Soon, the duo was to show its preference for rotating the strike, training and honing a host of budding singing talent, while reverting to the established names with equal regularity. Like a lot of extremely popular Mahendra-Manoj Kumar, Kishore-Amitabh Bachchan and Kishore-Rajesh Khanna outings. Incidentally, K-A took three days to record the back-ground score of Suhaag Raat, while they needed a whole month for Purab Aur Paschim. For the ‘Om jai Jagdeesh Hare’ bhajan of PAP, the composers used 50 chorus singers to get the effect normally created by violins. They called it human resonance. Delay (natural echo) was the highlight of ‘Mere mitwa’ (Geet). The child-like double speed of ‘Na sun sun sun bura’ (Priya) was simply achieved by recording on spool-tape at a particular speed and playing it back at double the speed. Most of their work was done at the Famous, Tardeo, recording studio.

There is Rafi, and not Kishore, for Rajesh Khanna, oozing sensuality as only he could, in Chhoti Bahu: ‘Yeh raat hai pyasi pyasi’, echoing musician hero Rajendra Kumar’s heart-rending call in Geet and charting a romantic route for Dharmendra in Kab Kyon Aur Kahan? He also offers love lessons in Upaasna; in the Haath Ki Safai duet, he makes a solemn promise of eternal love; and he goes on Dilip Kumar for the intoxicating ‘Peete peete’ duet with Asha Bhosle in Bairaag. As Western as it gets is the rare title chorus ‘Pretty pretty Priya’ (Priya) and as Sanskritised as it can get is the Kishore hilarity ‘Priye praneshwari’ (Hum Tum Aur Woh). Kalyanji-Anandji made Shatrughan Sinha sing in Kashmakash, Amitabh Bachchan in Laawaris and Anil Kapoor in Chameli Ki Shaadi. They also gave ample opportunities to the emerging talent of 70s’ generation, as you can sample on the Shailendra Singh, Suresh Wadkar, Anwar, Alka Yagnik and Kanchan tracks.

Known for their hundreds of stage performances, in India and abroad, both brothers also enjoyed a sturdy reputation as funsters, with a joke for every occasion and a keen sense of self-deprecating humour. They once famously described themselves as medical practitioners. “We offer all lines of treatment. If some producer approaches us with symptoms that demand a classical approach, we recommend the Ayurvedic style of medicine: Slow, but efficacious in the long-term. On the other hand, if some film-maker wants to experiment with the musical score of his film, we suggest Homoeopathic type of tunes: May work, may not. Some element of risk is involved. If, however, he wants the juke-boxes to jingle and listeners to start singing along instantaneously, we churn out Allopathic compositions: Like injections, they have instant, strong effect, but the effect may wear out sooner.” Music, along with laughter, is the best medicine known to mankind. Kalyanji-Anandji have already issued a statutory warning to your troubles to keep away, for there’s no place for them, ‘Mere angne men tumhara kya kaam hae?’

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The brief but magical association of KISHORE KUMAR & SHANKAR-JAIKISHEN…

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https://myviewsonbollywood.wordpress.com/2018/06/12/the-brief-but-magical-association-of-kishore-kumar-shankar-jaikishen/

By

Sharada Iyer

The very mention of their names immediately brings to our mind the evergreen super-hit song ‘Zindagi ek safar hai suhana…’ from the film ANDAZ. From the opening prelude to the yodelling to the fast-paced beats – everything about the song became unforgettable! Added to that superstar Rajesh Khanna’s charismatic screen presence turned this song not only into one of the most loved songs of Hindi cinema but also became one of the biggest hits of the careers of  Rajesh Khanna, Kishore Kumar and Shankar-Jaikishen.

ANDAZ (1971): ‘Zindagi ek safar hai suhana…’

Shankar-Jaikishen (SJ): The music director duo who revolutionized the very definition of Hindi film music with their path-breaking music and tunes…

Kishore Kumar: The genius actor-singer who created his own path and carved a place in the Hindi film music scene which people cannot even dream of achieving…  

Both the singer as well as the music director duo reached dizzying heights of popularity during the years they were active. And yet when we look back it is sad that three of the most loved and cherished musical geniuses of our industry hardly got much opportunity to work together during their long and illustrious careers …

Interestingly they even made their debut around the same time –

Shankar-Jaikishen’s debut film as independent music directors was R K Films’ Barsaat which released in 1949…

Kishore Kumar’s debut film as an actor and a playback singer (sang for Dev Anand) was Ziddi which released in 1948…

Shankar Jaikishen somehow always worked with heroes like Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar, Dilip Kumar, Biswajit, Joy Mukjerjee, Shashi Kapoor, Sunil Dutt for whom Kishore Kumar never got the opportunity to playback. When they worked for Dev Anand they used Mohammed Rafi except for one instance-‘Dooriyan nazdeekiyan ban gayee…’ a Kishore Kumar-Asha Bhonsle duet that turned out to be the biggest hit of the film:

DUNIYA (1968): ‘Dooriyan nazdeekiyan ban gayi…’

It was around the late forties that the triumvirate of Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand and Dilip Kumar entered the industry, became great stars creating a special niche for themselves and also had their own favourite playback singers singing for them. While Rafi became the voice of Dilip Kumar with Talat Mehmood also contributing in some songs, Mukesh was the voice of Raj Kapoor with Manna Dey singing for him at times. In case of Dev Anand, both Rafi and Kishore Kumar’s voices were used.and hence Kishore Kumar between 1948 and 1968 sang only for himself when he acted or did playback for Dev Anand.

NEW DELHI, KROREPATI, BEGUNAAH, RANGOLI and SHARARAT are the five films for which Shankar-Jaikishen worked with Kishore Kumar where he acted and sang his own songs and what beautiful music they created:

Here is a gem from the 1962 film RANGOLI. What an absolutely haunting song- simple, hummable and so melodious

RANGOLI (1962): ‘Choti si yeh duniya pehchaane raaste hain…’

Interestingly both the above song and ‘Zindagi ek safar…’ from ANDAZ had other singers singing their version but really do people even remember that? For when Kishore Kumar sings, such is the magic and resonance in his voice that the other versions pale in comparison.

A fun-filled Kishore-Lata duet-‘Ik nazar kisine dekha aur ban gaya afsana…’

A soulful solo-‘Rangoli sajaao re…’

Listen to this superb song from NEW DELHI. The simple orchestration, the yodelling, the subtle variations in the song all go to make this a masterpiece!

NEW DELHI (1956): ‘Nakhrewaali…’

NEW DELHI (1956): ‘Milte hi nazr aap mere dil mein aa gaye…’

While Kishore Kumar enjoyed immense popularity as an actor-singer during the fifties and early sixties, he had to undergo a long period of struggle to be considered as a playback singer for other heroes. In fact there are rare instances when other singers like Mohammed Rafi and Manna Dey sang for him.

SHARARAT (1957): ‘Hum matwaale naujawan…’

After giving him such a wonderful solo, wonder why did Shankar-Jaikishen settle for Rafi to sing ‘Ajab hai dastaan meri yeh zindagi…’!!! What made them think that Kishore would not have delivered that song brilliantly in his own way?

SHARARAT (1959)

BEZUBAAN (1957)

Only audio of this song is available

To achieve his dream of becoming a playback singer, Kishore Kumar had to become an actor and act for almost 20 years before giving up acting to become full-fledged singer. This phase coincided with the coming of a new star Rajesh Khanna in the horizon and Kishore Kumar became a voice to reckon with for all the actors after 1968.

In 1968 Shankar-Jaikishen gave music in the Dharmendra-Hema Malini starrer TUM HASEEN MAIN JAWAAN. Kishore Kumar got to sing only one song and that too a comical one in the film- ‘Munne ki amma yeh to bata…’. The song did become popular with the masses:

THE FATEFUL YEAR OF 1971:

This year was important for this combination in more ways than one. Not only did they team up to give several super-hits unfortunately, it was also the last year they worked as a team together  for Jaikishen from the duo passed away due to cirrhosis of liver.

Apart from the blockbuster song ‘Zindagi ek safar hai suhana…’, the Kishore-SJ combo gave us some of these superb songs also in 1971 :

SOLOS:

LAL PATTHAR (1971): ‘Geet gaata hoon main…’

KAL AAJ AUR KAL (1971) : ‘Bhanware ki gunjan…’

DUETS:

KAL AAJ aur KAL: ‘Aap yahan aaye kisliye…’

This film which launched Raj Kapoor’s son Randhir Kapoor had superb music by Shankar Jaikishen and Kishore Kumar became Randhir’s voice and all songs were super-hit. There were two more lovely duets in the film- ‘Tik tik tik tik…,’ ‘Jab hum honge saath saal ke…’

NAGINA: ‘Tere mere pyar ka andaz hai nirala…’

MAIN SUNDAR HOON: ‘Mujhko thand lag rahi hai mujhse door tu naja…’

The song ‘Naach meri jaan…’ from the same film had Kishore Kumar and Jaikishen making a brief appearance at the beginning of the song…

SEEMA: ‘Waqt thoda sa abhi kuch aur guzar jaane de…’

First in 1966, lyricist Shailendra passed away. On Septemnber 12, 1971, Jaikishen passed away. The team of SJ was hit very badly. Though Shankar did try to keep the flag flying by continuing to compose under the name of Shankar-Jaikishen as per their agreement, but the magic had started fading away.

POST 1971:

Films like JANGAL MEIN MANGAL, AANKHON AANKHON MEIN and DIL DAULAT DUNIYA released in 1972. Probably the music for some of the songs had already been scored by the two together and kept in their music bank. Here are some brilliant songs from these films:

JANGAL MEIN MANGAL: ‘Tum kitni khoobsurat hoy eh mere dil se pucho…’

Here is a rare Rafi-Kishore duet from the film JANGAL MEIN MANGAL picturized on Kiran Kumar and his friends which included  a weird looking Pran: ‘Ae Bagh ki kaliyon sharam karo sharam karo…’

AANKHON AAKHON MEIN: ‘Aankhon aankhon mein baat…’ with Asha

Another duet from the same film:

‘Do baatein pyar bhari kar loon…’with Asha

The Rajesh Khanna-Kishore combo came together again for this film after Andaz but the results were certainly not anywhere near their best. There were a couple of solos and duets by Kishore Kumar:

DIL DAULAT DUNIYA: ‘Saath mein pyara saathi ho…’

Soon offers reduced though Shankar did manage to come up with a few aces with Kishore Kumar:

DO JHOOT (1975): ‘Chalo bhool jaayen jahan ko yahan do ghadi…’

‘Chatri na khol ud jayegi…’

AAJ KI TAAZA KHABAR (1974) : ‘ Mujhe meri biwi se bachao …’

I end this musical blog with this lovely solo from RESHAM KI DORI picturized on Dharmendra.

RESHAM KI DORI (1975): ‘Chamka pasina banke angina…’

There is no doubt that this talented and unique singer-music director combination would have definitely created a different kind of euphoria for whenever they did come together and whatever little work they did together, they created magic. Whether it was industry politics or just destiny which kept them apart, fans remain grateful for the precious and priceless legacy left behind by them…

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Inter caste, Inter religion marriages of film and other important personalities

Hindus who had a Muslim wife 1. Actor Sunil Dutt married Nargis, a Muslim. Nargis’ father was a Hindu. She was named Nirmala after marriage. Their son Sanjay is now married to Dilnawaz Sheikh (screen name Manyata). They have twins – a boy named Shahraan and a girl named Iqra. 2. Urdu author Krishan Chander married Salma Siddiqui 3. Actor Hritik Roshan married Suzanne Khan, daughter of actor Sanjay Khan (Actual name Abbas Khan). They have two sons named Hrehan and Hridhaan. 4. One of the three daughters of politician Najma Heptullah (niece of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad) is married to a Hindu. ———— 5. Actor Atul Agnihotri married Alvira Khan, actor Salman Khan’s Sister and Salim Khan’s daughter. The couple have a daughter, Alizeb and a son, Ayaan. 6. Actor Feroz Khan’s daughter Laila Khan Rajpal married Rohit Rajpal. They are now divorced. 7. Former Sheriff of Mumbai, Nana Chudasama is a Hindu Gujarati Rajput. He married a Hindu lady. They had a daughter, Brinda. Thereafter they divorced and Nana married Munaira Jasdanvala, a Bohra Muslim who was also a divorcee. They have two children- Akshay and Shaina, both of whom are married to Hindus. Shaina is an MP belonging to BJP. Brinda, Nana’s daughter from his first marriage, is married to architect Alfaz Miller, a Muslim. They have two daughters, Ahana and Ashti. 8. Actor Sanjay Khan’s daughter Simone Khan Arora is married to Ajay Arora (and other daughter Suzanne to Hritik Roshan) 9. Actor Aditya Pancholi is married to actor Zarina Wahab. Their children are Suraj and Sarah. 10. Cricketer Ajit Agarkar, a Maharashtrian Brahmin, is married to Fatima Ghadially. They have a son, Raj. 11. Actor Sunil Shetty is married to Mana Qadri, daughter of a reputed Muslim architect of Mumbai. Their children are Atiya and Ahan. Mana is daughter of I. M. Qadri (Muslim) and late Vipula Qadri (Hindu). Qadri and Vipula have two more children, Isha and Rahul, both of whom are married to Hindus. 12. Congress MP Sachin Pilot, son of Late Rajesh Pilot is married to Sarah Abdullah, Daughter of Former J&K Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah. Thet faced opposition from both families. 13. Actor Govinda’s father, small time actor Arun Ahuja married Nazeem, later known as Nirmala Devi (Govinda’s mother). She is no more. 14. Zubeida, a Muslim girl from a prominent Mumbai family was pushed into marrying a Muslim youth in 1947. The husband divorced her when she refused to migrate to Pakistan with him. She later married Hanuwant Singh, the then Maharaja of Jodhpur. Both later died in an unexplained air crash. She was the mother of film critic-turned director Khalid Mohammed (‘Fizaa’, ‘Tehzeeb’, ‘Silsilay’). Khalid wrote the script of film ‘Zubeida’ which was directed by Shyam Benegal with Karishma Kapur in the title role. 15. Actor Ayesha Takia’s father, Nishit, is a Gujarati Hindu while her mother Farida is a Muslim. Ayesha Takia married a Muslim named Farhan, son of politician Abu Azmi. 16. Bollywood Movie Director Mahesh Bhatt had a Hindu father (director Nanabhai Bhatt) and a Muslim Shia mother (Shireen Mohammed Ali). But they were never married and never lived together. Their relationship has been portrayed in Mahesh Bhatt’s film ‘Zakhm’ starring Ajay Devgan. Mahesh Bhatt’s two nephews, actor Emraan Hashmi and director Mohit Suri are Muslim and Hindu respectively. (Emraan’s mother is Christian). Mahesh Bhatt had a very public affair with Parveen Babi. He later married Kiran. They had a daughter, the film acress and director Pooja and a son, Rahul. Thereafter, they divorced and Mahesh married Soni Razdan who is a Muslim. They have two daughters, Shaheen and actress Aliya (seen in the film ‘Student Of The Year’). 17. Actor Emraan Hashmi ( son of a Muslim father and a Christian mother) is married to Parveen Shahani, a Sindhi Hindu. Their son is Ayaan. 18. Director/Choreographer Farah Khan married director-editor Shirish Kunder. They have triplets – Anya, Diva (both daughters) and Czar (son). 19. Actress Nagma’s (Nandita Morarji) father Sri Arvind Pratapsinh Morarji married a Muslim woman, Seema Sadhana. Seema later divorced Arvind and married producer Chander Sadanah from whom she had two daughters, Radhika and actress Jyothika and one son, Suraj. Thus, Jyothika and Naghma are half-sisters, born to a Muslim mother. Jyothika is now married to Tamil star Surya Sivakumar. Naghma is single. ——– 20. Top Tamil actor Khushbu, a Muslim, married director Sunder C after converting to Hinduism. They have two daughters, Avantika and Anandita. 21. Gangster turned Politician Arun Gawli married Zubeida Mujawar who converted to Hinduism and took up the name Asha. They have five children, Geeta, Yogita, Yogesh, Mahesh and Asmita. Geeta is an active politician in Mumbai. 22. Manoj Bajpai married actor Shabana Raza whose screen name was Neha. She made her debut in Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s ‘Kareeb’ opposite Bobby Deol. Their daughter is Ava Nayla. 23. Actor Pankaj Kapoor married TV actor Kanwal (screen name Neelima) Azim. Her best remembered big screen appearance was in Mahesh Bhatt’s film ‘Sadak’ as Deepak Tijori’s girlfriend. Parents to actor Shahid Kapur, they are divorced now. Neelima Azim got married a second time to actor Rajesh Khattar (supporting roles in films like ‘Don’, ‘Race 2? and ‘Khiladi 786?). Their son is Ishaan. They got divorced too. Rajesh Khattar later married Vandana Sajnani. Neelima is now married to Ustad Ali Raza Khan, a singer. 24. Karnataka Congress MLA Gundu Dinesh Rao is married to Tabassum. 25. Nayyara Mirza, Miss India finalist of 1967, was the first Muslim to participate in the pageant. She converted to Hinduism after marriage and became Nalini Patel. She is settled in the USA. 26. Noted English writer Anil Dharkar is married to Imtiaz, a Pakistani Muslim. Their daughter Ayesha is an actor who came to limelight with Santosh Sivan’s film ‘The Terrorist’ where she played a suicide bomber. She is married to actor Robert Taylor, a Christian. 27. Legendary actor Waheeda Rahman married Shashi Rekhi, the Punjabi Hindu actor who acted opposite her in the film ‘Shagun’. (His screen name was Kamaljeet). She has a son, Sohail and a daughter, Kashvi. Kamaljeet died a few years ago. 28. Choreographer Saroj Khan’s real name was Nirmala Kishanchand Sadhu (Sindhi Hindu). She got married at young age to bollywood dance master B Sohanlal. They had 2 kids, Kuku and Choreographer Raju Khan (also director of the film ‘Showbiz’). But Saroj did not know that Sohanlal was already married. He abandoned her. Then she married businessman Sardar Roshan Khan who also was a married man. Her children, though not Muslim, use the name Khan. 29. M J Akbar, noted journalist and editor of ‘The Asian Age’ is a Kashmiri Muslim (His great grandfather had converted from Hinduism to Islam) married to Mallika, a Hindu. His children are Prayag and Mukulika. 30. Raj Babbar married stage actress Nadira Zaheer, daughter of Communist parents. Their kids are Arya and Juhi. Arya acted in Mani Ratnam’s ‘Guru’ as Aishwarya Rai’s brother. Juhi also did a couple of films. She was married to Vijay Nambiar but got divorced. She is now married to TV actor Anup Soni. 31. Actor – activist Nafisa Ali, a former Miss India, is married to Colonel (retired) Sodhi, a Sikh (not a Hindu, please note!). She is herself a child of a Muslim father and a Roman Catholic mother. Her daughters are Armana and Pia. Armana is married to Adil Singh Akoi, a Sikh. 32. Hindi writer Nasira Sharma is a Muslim married to a Hindu. They have two children. 33. Yesteryear’s actor Mumtaz married Mayur Madhvani, a businessman. Their daughter Natasha, is married to actor Fardeen Khan. Other daughter is Tanya. Mumtaz’s sister, Mallika married Dara Singh’s brother, Randhawa who featured in many stunt films of 60?s. Their son Shaad acted in the film ‘Woh Lamhe’ as the abusive boyfriend of Kangna Ranaut. 34. The ex Naval Chief Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat who was dismissed by Defence Minister George Fernandes under controversial circumstances is married to Niloufer Deshmukh – Bhagwat, a Muslim. They have a son, Jawahar (a naval officer) and a daughter, Roshni (a doctor). Niloufer herself is a child of a Muslim father (Mahmood Deshmukh) and a Parsi mother. 35. Actor -singer Kishore Kumar married Madhubala (real name Mumtaz Begum) in 1960. They had a civil marriage without ceremony due to staunch opposition from both families. (It is said that Kishore had converted to Islam for the marriage). Madhubala died in 1969 without becoming a mother. After her death, Kishore married Leena Chandavarkar. Their son is singer Amit Kumar. Madhubala’s sister Zahida married music director Brij Bhushan Sahni (films like ‘Milap’). Her post-marriage name is Madhur Bhushan. 36. Sir VS Naipaul, Trinidad based writer of International reputation, is a Hindu (of Indian origin) married to a Pakistani Muslim called Nadia. 37. Actor Asha Parekh’s father was a Gujarati Hindu and mother, a Muslim. Her affair with director Nasir Husain was the talk of the town but she is unmarried to this day. 38. Suman Chattopadhyay, a Bengali leftist activist of Kolkata (Brahmin by birth) divorced his German wife Maria, converted to Islam and married Sabina Yasmin, a Bangladeshi Muslim singer in July 2008. He has taken the name Kabir Suman. He is now a Trinamool Congress MP. 39. The niece of actor Raza Murad, Sonam (actual name Bakhtawar), best known as the ‘Tridev’ girl, married Rajeev Rai, producer and director of that film. They have one son, Gaurav. 40. Item song girl Sanobar Kabir (cousin of actress Sonam and daughter of actor Raza Murad) is married to actor Rajiv Singh. 41. Yesteryear’s actor Rehana Sultan, known for her bold, controversial films like ‘Chetna’ and ‘Dastak’ in late 70s, married producer – director B R Ishara, a Hindu. Ishara was the director of most of Rehana’s films. They have no children. 42. Social activist Shamim Modi is married to fellow activist Anurag Modi. 43. Veteran actress Zohra Sehgal (originally Khan) married Late Kamaleshwar Nath Sehgal. Their daughter is famous Odessy exponent Kiran Sehgal and and son, Pavan. ——– 44. TV Actress Tasneem Sheikh is married to builder Sameer Nerurkar. Her post-mariage name is Tanisha Nerurkar. Tasneem is a daughter of a Gujarati Hindu mother and a Muslim father. 45. Late politician Rafique Zakaria’s daughter Tasneem is married to Vikram Mehta. 46. Pakistani actress Anita Ayub who appeared in some films in 90s, got married to Saumil Patel and is now settled in USA. They have one son. 47. Congress MP from Assam, Rani Narah was originally Jahan Ara Chaudhary before she married Politician Bharat Chandra Narah and converted to Hinduism. They have two sons. 48. Filmmaker Tinu Anand (Also known as Virender Raj Anand, director of ‘Shahanshah’) is married to actress Shahnaz (sister of actor Jalal Agha. Acted in ‘Saat Hindustani’). Their son is director Siddharth Anand (Director of ‘Salaam Namaste’). 49. Scriptwriter Shama Zaidi (who has worked with Shyam Benegal on many films) is married to noted filmmaker MS Sathyu who had made ‘Garam Hawa’ starring Balraj Sahni. 50. Roshan Ara, Daughter of Ustad Allauddin Khan married Ustad Ravi Shankar and became the famous Sitar Player Annapurna Devi. Their son is Shubhendra Sarkar. Annapurna is a Padma Bhushan awardee. Shubhendra died in 1992. 51. Cinematographer Fowzia Fatima (works in Malayalam industry) is married to Pradeep Cherian. They have one daughter, Ana Mariyam. ——– 52. Ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas is married to Fareeda. They have two daughters, Nayaab and Rewa. 53. Yesteryear’s actress Zahida (Hussain) who acted opposite Dev Anand in ‘Gambler’ and ‘Prem Pujari’ and opposite Sanjeev Kumar in ‘Anokhi Raat’, married Mr KN Sahay. She is actor Sanjay Dutt’s cousin. Her sons are Brajesh and Nilesh. 54. The most tragic case is that of Producer-director Brij Sadanah (Victoria No 203). Against wishes of both families, he married small time actress Saeeda Khanum, who had acted in films like ‘Modern Girl'(Pradeep Kumar), ‘Honeymoon'(Manoj Kumar) and ‘Crorepati’ (Kishore Kumar) in 60s. (The song ‘Ye Mausam Rangeen Sama’ from ‘Modern Girl’ is still heard on radio sometimes). Saeeda converted to become Sudha. They had a daughter, Namrata and a son Kamal (the lead actor opposite Kajol in ‘Bekhudi’). Namrata fell in love with a Muslim boy and wanted to marry. Brij could not accept this. One day, he got drunk, shot his daughter and his wife, and then killed himself with the same gun. Kamal survived as he was not at home that time. Kamal is now married to Lisa John and has one son, Angath. Saeeda’s younger sister is screenplay writer Shagufta Rafique who has written recent Mahesh Bhatt films like ‘Awarapan’ and ‘Woh Lamhe’. 55. Actor Nirmal Pandey (won national award for ‘Daayra’)was married to Kausar Munir, one of the very few woman lyricists working in Bollywood. They got divorced. Nirmal Pandey is no more. Their daughter is Sophie. 56. Veteran film and media critic Amita Malik (a Bengali Hindu) married radio producer Iqbal Malik. However, they separated later. They had no children. Amita died in Feb 2009. 57. Actress Tabassum known for her TV show ‘Phool Khile Hai Gulshan Gulshan’ on DD is the daughter of Ayodhyanath and Asghari. She is married to Vijay, brother of actor Arun Govil (Lord Ram of TV Serial ‘Ramayan’). 58. Model Feroze Gujral is the daughter of a Christian father, George and a Muslim mother, Viqar. She is married to Mohit, son of painter Satish Gujral. They have a son, Armaan and a daughter, Alaiyah. 59. Late Asif Currimbhoy was a well-known actor of Mumbai’s English stage. His daughter Nahid is married to Amit Moitra. They have 2 daughters, Tehzeeb and Tahini. 60. Yesteryear’s actress Meena Shorey (Khursheed Jahaan), whose claim to fame is the blockbuster hit ‘Ek Thi Ladki’ (1949), married Roop K Shorey, the producer and director of this film. A few years after partition, she divorced Roop and migrated to Pakistan. Over there, she married Pakistani actor Asad Bukhari but divorced him too. Roop K Shorey died in 1973. Meena died in 1987 in abject poverty. Her funeral had to be arranged on charity money. 61. Filmmaker Hansal Mehta (Woodstock Villa, Chhal, Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai) is married to Safina, daughter of actor Yusuf Hussain who does supporting roles in bollywood. Their daughter is Kimaya. 62. Theatre actress Ayesha Raza is married to actor Kumud Mishra. ———- 63. Iconic bollywood villain Ranjeet (Bedi) is married to Nazneen. Their daughter is Divyanka. 64. ‘Raam Teri Ganga Maili’ star Mandakini (real name Yasmeen) was born to a Christian father and a Muslim mother. She is married to one Dr Thakur and has one son. 65. Cricketer Manoj Prabhakar is married to Farheen, an actress who was seen in a few films in the 90s and was noted for her resemblance to Madhuri Dixit. Their son is Rahul. 66. Hyder Ali, writer of the film ‘Jodha Akbar’, (also the onscreen singer of the song Khwaja Mere Khwaja) is married to Dr Uma Shankari. His sister is Naqi Jehan (Nandini after marriage to Vikram Kamdar) who was the Miss India 1967. She also acted opposite Rajesh Khanna in ‘Akhree Khat’. Their parents were first Miss India Esther Victoria Abraham (Jewish) and Syed Hassan Ali Zaidi, who acted in ‘Mughal-E-Azam’ with screen name Kumar. 67. Elahe Heptollah, assistant director and producer of most Nagesh Kukunoor films, was married to cricketer Vidyut Jaysimha. They are now divorced. 68. Journalist Shabnam Minwalla (herself a child of Muslim – Parsi marriage) is maried to Rohit Ramakrishnan. They have three children. 69. One of bollywood’s best-known child actors, Baby Naaz (real name Salma Baig) was married to Late Raj Kapoor’s cousin, actor Subi Raj. She won many awards for her 1954 film ‘Boot Polish’. She was also a skilled dubbing artist and provided voice for Sridevi and other actresses. She died in 1995. 70. Indian English writer Amitava Kumar is married to Pakistani Muslim Mona Ahmed Ali. They have a daughter, Ila. 71. Singer Shamshad Begum (Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar Laga Teer-e-Nazar) married Ganpat Lal Batto. He died in 1955. Their daughter is Usha. 72. World-famous beauty expert and entrepreneur Shahnaz Husain married and divorced a Muslim man. Now she is married to a Hindu businessman RK Puri. 73. Actor Jackie Shroff is son of a Hindu father, Kakubhai Shroff and a Turkish Muslim mother Hoorunnisa (Rita post-marriage). Their other son, Hemant died in childhood. Jackie Shroff has a son, Jai and a daughter, Krishna. 74. Legendary Urdu writer Late Ismat Chughtai’s daughter Seema is married to Mr Sawhney. Their son is Ashish. 75. Actress Veena (Tajour Sultana, sister of actor Iftekhar). married character actor TK Sapru. Their children are supporting actor Tej Sapru who did countless negetive roles in 80s and 90s and actress Preeti Sapru. 76. Maharashtra Congress politician (who has also been a minister) Ramesh Bagwe is married to Zainab, a Muslim of Irani origin. Their sons are Avinash and Yaser. Yaser is married to Irani Muslim Mahdiyeh Vaseei. 77. Old-time actress Chand Usmani married director Mahesh Kaul. 78. Late Safdar Hashmi’s sister Shehla Hashmi is married to Mr Grewal. 79. Actress Aditi Rao Hyderi who played Sonam Kapoor’s sister in the film ‘Delhi 6? and was one of the leads in Ýeh Saali Zindagi’, is a curious case. Her maternal grandfather is the royal Brig. Raja J Rameshwar Rao of Hyderabad and her father’s grandfather was the Prime Minister to the Nizam of Hyderabad, Sir Akbar Hydari. Her husband is Satyadeep Misra. Her mother is Shanta Rameshwara Rao who runs the publishing house Orient Longman. 80. Mehelka, sister of legendary ‘tragedy queen’ actress Late Meena Kumari (Mahjabeen Bano) married Kishore Sharma and was renamed Madhuri after marriage. Meena Kumari and her sisters were daughters of a Muslim father and a Bengali Hindu mother. 81. Late Dhrupad singer (died Aug 2006) Asghari Bai was married to Chaman Lal Gupta. Her children were Kamal, Ashok, Parveen, Anju etc. 82. Tamil film director Late Jeeva (died 2009) was married to Anees Tanvir. 83. Yaman Khan, daughter of classical singer Late Vilayat Khan (and a Hindu mother, Monisha), was married to Raja Bahadur Shivendra Singh. They are now divorced. 84. Veteran singer Asha Bhosle’s son Hemant is married to Sajida (Rama after conversion to Hinduism). Their children are son Chaitanya and daughter Anika. 85. Paki actress Noor was married to Dubai-based NRI Vikram Seth. They had no children and are now divorced. 86. Actress Noor Jehan’s half-Paki, Half-French granddaughter Sonya Jehan (who played Shah Rukh Khan’s sister-in-law in “My Name Is Khan”) is married to Indian Hindu Vivek Narain. They have a daughter. 87. Graphic novelist Sarnath Banerjee, a Hindu of Indian origin is married to Bani Abidi, a Pakistani Muslim. 88. Yesteryear’s bollywood actress Jabeen Jaleel married Kashmiri Pandit Ashok Kak, once the President of Kodak India. Their son Dwij acted in the 2005 film ‘Saathi’. 89. Malayali Hindu artist Sumedh Rajendran is married to Masooma Syed, a Pakistani Muslim. 90. News anchor Sehar Zaman (presently with CNN IBN) is married to writer Dhiraj Singh. ——- 91. Bollywood actor Aftab Shivdasani is son of a Hindu father, Prem Shivdasani and a Muslim mother, Sandha. Aftab’s sister Afsana is married to a Hindu, Amit Varma. 92. CNN-IBN Newsanchor Fatima Mahdi is married to Gaurav Karan. Their son is Azaan. 93. Politician and present Congress spokesman Manish Tiwari is married to Nazneen Shifa. They have a daughter. 94. Malayalam actress Zarina Moidu (screen name Nadiya) is married to investment banker Shirish Godbole, a Maharashtrian Hindu. They have two daughters, Sanam and Sera. 95. Communist leader Late Indrajit Gupta married Suraiya at the age of 65. Suraiya was previously married to a Muslim. 96. Communist leader Sitaram Yechury is married to journalist Seema Chisti. 97. Zubeida Begum, the lead actress in the first Indian talkie film ‘Alam Ara’, married Maharaj Narsing Dhanrajgir Gyan Bahadur of Hyderabad. She herself was from the royal family of Surat. Their son is Humayun and the grandchildren include socialite Rhea Pillai (ex wife of Actor Sanjay Dutt) among others. Zubeida died in 1988. 98. Priyanka Gandhi’s brother-in-law Richard Vadra (Robert’s brother) married Saira. Robert and Richard are sons of a Hindu Punjabi father and a Christian mother. In spite of their Christian names, they are Hindu by faith. Richard died in 2003 and was cremated as per Hindu tradition. Saira is daughter of a Muslim father and Christian mother. Richard and Saira’s daughter is Simran. 99. Actor Sumit Sehgal married actress Shaheen (seen opposite Govinda in film ‘Mahasangram’). Their daughter is Sayesha. 100. Stylist Pernia Qureishi is married to entrepreneur Arjun Prasad, a relative of Congress politician Jiten Prasada. 101. Legendary Marathi stage actor Balgandharva (famous for his female roles on stage, real name Narayan Rajhans) married actress Gohar Jan Karnataki in 1951. This was his second marriage, after demise of his first Hindu wife. Gohar Jan was the sister of film actress Ameerbai Karnataki and herself had acted in a few films. Balgandharva and Gohar Jan had no children. Balgandharva had two daughters from his first marriage and Gohar had an adopted daugher, Ashamma. Neither converted at the time of marriage. Gohar Jan was buried after death and Balgandharva was cremated. 102. Dr Rubina Baskhi, the grand daughter of Bakshi Ghulam Muhammad (former Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir) is married to Ranjit Malhotra. 103. TV actor Gajendra Chuahan (who played Yudhishtir is BR Chopra’s series ‘Mahabharat’ on Doordarshan) married bollywood choreographer Habiba Rahman. 104. Pakistani Muslim journalist Sonya Fatah is married to indian Hindu husband Rajiv Rao. They have one son. 105. Saba Naqvi , co-editor of Outlook magazine, is married to Sanjay Bhowmick. 106. Celebrated Malayali soft porn actress Shakeela married businessman PG Satheesh, a Tamil Hindu. 107. Umaima, who is daughter of well-known social activist from Vadodara Dr Juzer S Bandookwala, is married to Maulin Gajjar, a Gujarati Hindu. 108. Uttarakhand Congress leader and MLA Kishor Upadhyaya’s brother Sachin is married to Nazia Yusuf. 109. Maharashtra politician Late Hamid Dalwai’s daughter married Sharad Chavan. 110. Writer-activist Arshiya Sattar is married to Sanjay Iyer. 111. Tamil actor – director – dancer Prabhu Devaa (Now famous as director of Hindi films ‘Wanted’ and ‘Rowdy Rathore’) married Ramalat, a Muslim. She converted to Hinduism and was renamed Latha. They are now divorced. 112. Mediaperson and writer Shabia Hussain is married to Ravi Walia and has a daughter Sia. 113. Poet Iqbal who wrote the song ‘Sare Jahan Se Achchha Hindustan Hamara’ but unfortunately, later became the biggest proponent of idea of Pakistan, had Kashmiri Pandit ancestry. It is said that he was son of Ratan Lal Sapru and a Muslim woman Iman Bibi. It is also said that Ratan Lal had to convert to Islam at the time of marriage. 115. USA based filmmaker Rohi Mirza is married to felow filmmaker Gitesh Pandya. Her brother Ameer is married to a Hindu. Their parents are Pakistani Muslim (father) and Filipino (mother). 116. Actor-wrestler Dara Singh’s son Vindu (also an actor) married 80s actress Farha Naaz. Their son is Fateh. They are long divorced. According to Vindu, “The fights started because of the way our son was being brought up. Farha was turning Fateh into a fanatic. When she decided to leave with our son, I didn’t try to stop her.” Vindoo is now married to a Russian Christian lady. 117. Old-time music composer Anil Biswas (died 2003) married Mehrunnisa, a Kutchi Muslim actress who converted to Hinduism and was renamed as Ashalata. They had three sons- Pradeep, Utpal and Amit – and a daughter, Shikha. They later seperated and Anil married Meena Kapoor. 118. Mubarak Begum, the legendary playback singer of old times, married Jagannath Sharma. They seperated later. Their children are Muslim. 119. Actor Aamir Khan’s sister Nikhat (daughter of filmmaker Tahir Hussain, aunt to actor Imran Khan) is married to Santosh Hegde. Their children are Sehar (daughter) and Shravan (son). 120. Kolkata-based medical specialist and activist Dr Sariha Abubaker is married to Alokesh Banerjee. Their children are Zinnya and Zoriyon. 121. Artist Niloufer Suleman married a Malayali Hindu man. They are now divorced. Their children are daughter Shiloh and son Shan. Niloufer is a self-confessed believer in Lord Ganesha and Godess Saraswati. 122. Niece of Humayun Kabir, educationist, politician, writer, philosopher (also a minister in Nehru govt), Shukla Kabir, a judge, is married to Manas Sinha. 123. Actress Salma Agha’s grandmother Anwari Begum (who had acted opposite KL Saigal and other leading actors of those times) was had a daughter named Nasreen from her Muslim husband. Later Anwari divorced her first husband and married actor Jugal Kishore Mehra, brother of Prithviraj Kapoor’s wife Ramsarni Mehra. Jugal Kishor Mehra had to convert to Islam and assume the name Ahmed Suleman before marriage. Nasreen too, later married a Muslim. This is an example of an entire family getting incorporated into the fold of Islam and remaining so for generations, even though the man was a Hindu. 124. Actress Gohar Mamajiwala (famous as “Glorious Gohar”, died in 1985) was in a long, lifetime relationship with Bollywood movie mogul Chandulal Shah (died 1975). She never left his side even though he fell upon bad days later. However, they were never officially married. Shah remained married to another (Hindu) woman and the marriage was never dissolved. 125. TV actress Shabnam Syed married TV professional Saurabh Vanzara. She converted to Hinduism before marriage and has renamed herself Surbhi Vanzara. 126. Designer Arshiya Fakih is married to Rij Eippen, a Malayali Hindu. 127. Malaysian citizen Siti Fatimah Abdul Karim (daughter of a Christian father and Hindu mother who both converted to Islam), married a Hindu named V. Suresh, converted to Hinduism and renamed herself Revathi Masoosai. The couple had to struggle against Islamic law in Malaysia for a long time. They have a daughter named Divya Darshini. 128. Journalist (presently editor of Asian Age) Seema Mustafa is married to a Hindu man. Her children are Agneya and Gayatri. 129. Oriya film actress Aparajita Mohanty is daughter of a Muslim father and a Hindu mother. She is married to actor Uttam Mohanty and has one son, Babusan. 130. Businessperson, Socalite and Charity Founder Faiza Seth is married to businessperson Pallak Seth who is presently Vice Chairman and Managing Director of PDS Multinational Group. Faiza is daughter of Tahir and Tasneem Abbasi while Pallak is son of Deepak Seth. 131. IPS officer Mrs Aslam Khan is married to Hindu Husband Mr Pankaj Kumar Singh. They have one daughter Sufi. 132. Legendary Sitar player Ravi Shankar (died 2012) married Roshanara Khan (daughter of classical singer Allauddin Khan). She converted to Hinduism and took up the name Annapurna Devi. Their son was Shubhendra(died young in 1992). The marriage did not last long. After divorce, Annapurna remained single for a long time, before marrying Rishi Kumar Pandya. 133. Bangladeshi Hindu music composer Kamal Dasgupta (son of Taraprasanna Dasgupta and Kamini) married singer Firoza Begum. Their sons Hamin and Shafin and daughter Tehsin are all Muslims. Kamal Dasgupta died in Dhaka in 1973. 134. South film actress Sakshi Shivanand (and her sister actress Shilpa Shivanand too) is daughter of a Hindu father and a Muslim mother (Parveen). 135. Roohi Oomerbhoy, daughter of business tycoon Ahmed Oomerbhoy (and sister of Riyaad) is married to Chetan Jaikishen. 136. Grand niece of legendary Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto and noted Pakistani historian, Ayesha Jalal is married to Indian Hindu Husband Sugata Bose, who is grand nephew of One of Greatest Indian Freedom Fighter Subhash Chandra Bose and grandson of Sarat Chandra Bose. 137. Indian cricketer Dilip Vengsarkar’s son Nakul Vengsarkar married TV anchor Ayesha Faridi. She is herself a child of a Muslim father, Javed and Hindu mother Vinita. 138. Prominent filmmaker Subhash Ghai married Rehana Farooqui who converted to Hinduism and adopted the name Mukta. Their daughters are Meghna and Muskaan. Meghna is married to Rahul Puri. 139. TV actress Alefia Kapadia was married to Prem Nawaz Dharmraj. They are now seperated. Their children, Altaf and Mahika are Muslim. 140. Actor Emraan Hashmi (himself married to a Hindu), belongs to a family that, in spite of inter-religious marriages, has been entirely incorporated into the Muslim fold. His grandmother is actress Poornima (screen name). She is a Bohri Muslim by the name of Meher Bano. Curiously, she is daughter of a Hindu father, Ram Sheshadri Iyengar and a Muslim mother (name not known). In spite of the man being a Hindu, the family thus merged into the Muslim fold. Apart from Meher Bano, they had another daughter Shireen, who was the second wife of filmmaker Nanabhai Bhatt, (parents of director Mahesh Bhatt). Poornima married a Muslim, Shauqat Hashmi and had children. One of them was Anwar Hashmi, actor Emraan Hashmi’s father. However, Shauqat migrated to Pakistan at the time of India’s partition. Therafter, Meher Bano (Poornima) got married again, this time to a Hindu filmmaker, Bhagwan Das Varma. However, they did not have any children. Anwar Hashmi married a Roman Catholic woman who converted to Islam. Emraan Hashmi is their son. He is a Muslim. He, in turn, has also married a Hindu woman, Parveen. 141. Famous character actor Iftekhar (himself married to a Jew who converted to Islam) had two daughters, Salma and Sayeeda. Salma married Bipin Chandra Jain. Their son is Vishal. Ifthekhar’s other daughter, Sayeeda married a Muslim. 142. Yesteryear’s leading actor Shyam (born Shyam Sunder Chaddha) who died in 1951 after a fall from horseback during a film shoot, was married to Mumtaz Qureishi. They had a daughter, Sahira and a son Shakir (born after Shyam’s death). After Shyam’s death, Mumtaz migrated to Pakistan and married a Muslim. The two children were converted to Islam. Anyway, they had Muslim names. Courtesy :

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