Thursday, February 9, 2012

Know old Hindi songs/movies? Here you go..

The period between the 1940-1980 marked the golden era of Hindi film music. Some of the best lyricists, composers and singers played their part in making the music in that period immortal. Here is a crossword based on the movies, the songs, the singers and what not. So, play on- u can listen to the music too while you solve this.. only don't google :)

Across

2. Music director for the classic 'Kuhu Kuhu bole Koyaliya' sung by Rafi and Lata from Suvarna Sundari - clue is it is originally a Telugu and then Tamil Movie in which Ghantasala and P Susheela sing. (11, 3)

-- Adinarayana Rao 6. Singer of Bole re Papihara (4,6)

--- Vani Jairam 8. Voice for Rishi Kapoor in Bobby (10, 5)

--- Shailendra Singh 10. O Duniya ke Rakhwale - enough said - name of movie (5,5)

--Baiju Bawra 11. Singer of 'Na Jao sayyan' from Guru dutt's 'Sahib Biwi aur Gulaam' (5,4)

-- Geeta Dutt 12. Hum Dono - Jaidev - ? (Lyricist -first name only)- (5)

--- Sahil Ludhianvi 14. Music director for the immortal song Kabhi Kabhie (7)

--- Khayyam 15. AVM Productions' movie with songs 'aaja sanam madhur chandni' 'yeh raat bheegi bheegi' and 'rasik balma' - (5,5)

-- Chori Chori 17. Music director for the classic movie Anarkali featuring the song Yeh Zindagi usiki hai (10)- last name only

-- C Ramachandra 18. Male singer of the song picturised on Sunil Dutt/Nutan where he teaches her to sing and corrects her pronunciation (6)

-- Mukesh 19. 'chingari koi bhadke' 'raina beeit jaaye' 'yeh kya hua' 'kuch to log kahenge'- director of the movie with these classic songs (6,7)

-- Shakti Samanta 20. Director of the movie with the songs Suhana Safar saat and Aaja re pardesi (5,3)

-- Bimal Roy 21. The trinity- rafi, naushad and - (7- first name only)

-- Shakeel Badayuni 22. Kamal Amrohi's classic movie with the songs Chalte Chalte (Lata) and Inhi Logon Ne (7)

-- Pakeezah Down

1. Bhupinder & Lata's 'Beeti na bitai raina' is from this movie (8)

-- Parichay 3. One of Hindi cinema's greatest music directors who went through a career without a single song with Lata (2,6)

-- O P Nayyar 4. Lata sang this legendary singer's 'soja rajkumari' in her album Shraddhanjali as a tribute (2, 6)-

-- K L Saigal 5. Singer of song 'Zindagi kaisi hai paheli' from Anand (5,3)

-- Manna Dey 7. Movie based on Indo-China war (song Zara si aahat- Lata & Madan Mohan combo)- (8)

-- Haqeeqat 8. Timeless classic which Talat Mahmood almost never sang (because SD Burman found him smoking outside recording room) Name the movie (7)

-- Sujatha 9. Movie where Kishore sings for both the male and female voices- Aakhe seedi lagi (4,6)

-- Half Ticket 12. Song picturised on Farokh sheikh and Deepti Naval is in this movie (5,5)-sung by the ghazal king Jagjit Singh

-- Saath Saath 13. Movie which has a famous song with Dev Anand and Nutan on bicycles (6,5)

-- Paying Guest 16. Movie for which Laxmikant Pyarelal won their first Filmfare award for a great song Chahoonga main tujhe by Rafi (5)

-- Dosti 20. Ketaki Gulab Juhi sung by Bhimsen Joshi and Manna Dey (1956 movie)- (6,5)

-- Basant Bahar

1 comment:

Achyut said...

Across
2. Adinarayana Rao
6. Vani Jairam
8. Shailendra Singh
10. Baiju Bawra
11. Geeta Dutt
12. Sahir
14. Khayyam
15. Chori Chori
17. Ramchandra
18. Mukesh
19. Shakti Samanta
20.
21. Shakeel
22. Pakeezah

Down
1.
3. OP Nayyar
4. KL Saigal
5. Manna Dey
7. Haqeeqat
8.
9.
12.
13.
16. Dosti
20. Basant Bahar


Got most of them in "Across"...but not fared well in "Down" :( By, the way, i thought it was Naushad who caught Talat smoking and not SDB. I may be wrong!

Anyways, it was a nice crossword. Look forward to solving more in the future!!