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Aankh Michouli
''Aankh Micholi'' (Blind Man's Bluff) is a 1942 Hindi social film. The music direction was done by Gyan Dutt with lyrics written by Pandit Indra, Satyakam Sharma and Shatir Ghaznavi. The cast included Nalini Jaywant, Sulochana (Ruby Myers), Satish, Jilloobai, Hadi, Pratima Devi and Anand Prasad Kapoor. Cast * Nalini Jaywant * Sulochana (Ruby Myers) * Satish * Jilloobai * Hadi * Pratima Devi * A. P. Kapoor Soundtrack The music was composed by Gyan Dutt with lyrics by Pandit Indra Chandra Pandit Indra Chandra was an Indian lyricist of Hindi language films from the 1930s through the 1950s. He wrote lyrics for 913 songs in 132 films, including Mr. Sampat (1952) and Bahut Din Huwe (1954). Career Filmography * '' Gunsundari'' (1 ..., Satyakam Sharma and Shatir Ghaznavi. The singers were Leela Sawant, Nalini Jaywant, Rajkumari, Satish and Sumati Trilokekar. Song List References External links * 1942 films 1940s Hindi-language films 1940s Indian films Films scored by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nalini Jaywant
Nalini Jaywant (18 February 1926 – 22 December 2010) was an Indian actress who appeared in Hindi films in the 1940s and 1950s. Filmfare in their poll in the 1950s declared her the most beautiful woman in the movies. Actor Dilip Kumar described her "the greatest actress he ever worked with". Background and personal life Jaywant was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1926. At the age of six years, she performed songs on All India Radio Mumbai station's Bal Sabha programme. By the age of ten, she was acting in school plays. Her popularity soared when she played the lead role in Rabindranath Tagore’s play ''Shrimatiji''. Nalini's maternal aunt was Marathi singer and actress, Rattan Bai. In Dec. 1931, when Jaywant was 5, Rattan Bai's husband, Prabhakar Shilotri, died, prompting Rattan Bai and her 15 year-old daughter, Sarojini, to move in with the Jaywants. While they were in Mumbai, Rattan Bai and Nalini's dad's cousin, Kumarsen Samarth returned from studying cinematograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyan Dutt
Gyan Dutt was one of the most prominent music directors in Bollywood in the 1940s. He was music director for films such as The Secretary, ''Thokar'' (1939), '' Achhut'' (1940), ''Bhakta Surdas'' (1942), '' Sunehre Din'' (1949) and '' Ghayal'' (1951). Many of his songs were sung by K. L. Saigal. In 1948 he composed seven songs for a young Geeta Dutt in the films '' Chanda Ki Chandani'' and '' Hua Savera'', although their most notable collaboration was '' Dilruba'' (1950) in which Dutt wrote eight songs, six of which were solos for Geeta Dutt. Notable songs Notable songs written by Gyan Dutt include: *"Chandanee Rat Aur Tare Khile Ho" (''Bhakt Surdas'') Sung by: Khursheed, K L Saigal *"Din Se Dugunee Ho Jaye Ratiya Hay" (''Bhakt Surdas'') Sung by: K L Saigal *"Jholee Bhar Tare La De Re" (''Bhakt Surdas'') Sung by: Khursheed *"Kadam Chale Aage Mann Pichhe Bhage" (''Bhakt Surdas'') Sung by: K L Saigal *"Madhur Madhur Ga Re Manawa" (''Bhakt Surdas'') Sung by: Khursheed *"Meraa Kaha H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindi Language
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of the Government of India, alongside English, and is the ''lingua franca'' of North India. Hindi is considered a Sanskritised register of Hindustani. Hindustani itself developed from Old Hindi and was spoken in Delhi and neighbouring areas. It incorporated a significant number of Persian loanwords. Hindi is an official language in twelve states (Bihar, Gujarat , Mizoram , Maharashtra , Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand), and six union territories (Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Delhi, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu , Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir) and an additional official language in the state of West Bengal. Hindi is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India. Hindi i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindi Cinema
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". The industry, producing films in the Hindi language, is a part of the larger Indian cinema industry, which also includes Cinema of South India, South Indian cinema and other smaller Cinema of India#Cinema by language, film industries. The term 'Bollywood', often mistakenly used to refer to Indian cinema as a whole, only refers to Hindi-language films, with Indian cinema being an umbrella term that includes all the Cinema of India#Cinema by language, film industries in the country, each offering films in diverse languages and styles. In 2017, Indian cinema produced 1,986 feature films, of which the largest number, 364, have been in Hindi. In 2022, Hindi cinema represented 33% of box office revenue, followed by Telugu cinema, Telugu and Tamil cine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruby Myers
Ruby Myers (1907 – 10 October 1983), better known by her stage name Sulochana, was an Indian silent film actress of Jewish descent, from the community of Baghdadi Jews in India. In her heyday she was one of the highest paid actresses of her time, when she was paired with Dinshaw Bilimoria in Imperial Studios films. In the mid-1930 she opened Rubi Pics, a film production house. Myers was awarded the 1973 Dada Saheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in cinema for lifetime achievement. She adopted a girl and named her Sarah Myers who after marriage was called Vijaylaxmi Shreshtha. Myers died in Mumbai in 1983. Early life Ruby Myers was born in 1907 in Poona, British India into an Baghdadi Jewish family. Film career The self-named Sulochana was among the early Eurasian female stars of Indian Cinema. She was working as a telephone operator when she was approached by Mohan Bhavnani of Kohinoor Film Company to work in films. She initially turned him down as acting was reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pandit Indra Chandra
Pandit Indra Chandra was an Indian lyricist of Hindi language films from the 1930s through the 1950s. He wrote lyrics for 913 songs in 132 films, including Mr. Sampat (1952) and Bahut Din Huwe (1954). Career Filmography * '' Gunsundari'' (1948) * '' Mr. Sampat'' (1952) * ''Bahut Din Huwe ''Bahut Din Huwe'' () is a 1954 Indian Hindi-language film directed by S. S. Vasan, produced by Gemini Studios and starring Madhubala. It is a remake of the Telugu film '' Bala Nagamma'' (1942). ''Bahut Din Huwe'' received lukewarm reviews fr ...'' (1954) References External links {{authority control Hindi-language lyricists Indian lyricists Year of birth missing Year of death missing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1942 Films
The year of 1942 in film involved some significant events, in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest of all time, ''Casablanca''. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1942 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 16 – Actress Carole Lombard is killed in a plane crash west of Las Vegas while returning home to Los Angeles from a War Bond tour. * June 4 – British-set wartime romantic drama '' Mrs. Miniver'', starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon, opens at Radio City Music Hall in New York, in what will become a record-breaking 10-week run. The film becomes MGM's highest-grossing film of the 1940s. At the 15th Academy Awards, ''Mrs. Miniver'' wins six awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (for William Wyler), Best Actress (for Greer Garson) and Best Supporting Actress (for Teresa Wright). * August 8 – Walt Disney's animated film ''Bambi'' opens in the United Kingdom. * N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940s Hindi-language Films
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar became a Roman Consul. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 days. * First year of the ''Xingping'' era during the Han Dynasty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Scored By Gyan Dutt
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
