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Anmol Radio G M Durrani Post By Gajendra Khanna

Gajendra Khanna Remembers Legendary Singer G M Durrani ji

This is a special programme dedicated to the Legendary Singer G M Durrani ji who was a popular singer in the 1940s and 50s. Hope you enjoy the programme as much as I enjoyed making it. Audio:

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Anmol Radio Asha Bhosle Post By Gajendra Khanna

Gajendra Khanna wishes Asha Bhosle ji on Eve of Her 88th Birthday

On Eve of the Legendary Singer’s 88th Birthday, we pay tribute to her early vintage songs:- Audio:

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Anmol Radio Jagjit Kaur Post By Gajendra Khanna SIRC Bangalore Listening Sessions

SIRC Session on 15th August 2021 – Tribute to Singer Jagjit Kaur ji and Patriotic Songs Special

Legendary Singer Jagjit Kaur ji passed away on 15th August 2021 morning in Mumbai. In her memory, the main theme was dedicated to her songs. The session is available here for your listening pleasure:- Audio: The second part was dedicated to patriotic songs and related records. We played a number of rare recordings including a […]

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Anmol Radio Neena Post By Gajendra Khanna Sitara Kanpuri

Gajendra Khanna Remembers Actress Neena (Part 2)

In this second part of programme we talk about the career of Neena, W Z Ahmed and their migration to the newly created Pakistan. She was very popular in the 1940s among the cine goers for her beauty. We talk a bit about the various movies of Shalimaar pictures and Ahmed’s career in Pakistan. We […]

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Neena Post By Gajendra Khanna Sitara Kanpuri

Gajendra Khanna Remembers Actress Neena (Part 1)

A tribute to the famous actress Neena of the 1940s is remembered through this programme. This is the first part of the series which also throws light on Shalimar films, Neena’s personal life, W Z Ahmed as well as introduces many songs from her films (rendered by Sitara Kanpuri). Audio:

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Anmol Radio Post By Gajendra Khanna Sitara Kanpuri

Gajendra Khanna Remembers Sitara Kanpuri (Part 2)

In second part of the series, Gajendra Khanna remembers Singer Sitara Kanpuri through her songs recorded post-partition after Shalimar Pictures had wound up. Hope you will enjoy the programme. Audio:

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Anmol Radio Evergreen Duets Post By Gajendra Khanna SIRC Bangalore Listening Sessions

Evergreen Duets Part 2 – SIRC Bangalore Listening Session 18th July 2021

The theme for this SIRC Bangalore Listening Session (18th July 2021) was Evergreen Duets. Here is the audio of the session for your listening pleasure:- Audio: In the second part of the session, requests of the listeners were played as part of ‘Aap Ki Pasand’. Very enjoyable as well. Here it is for your listening […]

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Anmol Radio Post By Gajendra Khanna Sitara Kanpuri

Gajendra Khanna Remembers Singer Sitara Kanpuri (Part 1)

15th June 2010 was the day, Anmolfankaar.com had been launched and to commemmorate the 11th Birthday of the blog, we present this programme remembering the wonderful but sadly forgotten singer Sitara Kanpuri for your listening pleasure presented by Gajendra Khanna. We hope you will enjoy listening to the programme. Do keep visiting, contributing to and […]

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Biographies Post By Arunkumar Deshmukh ji

RAJA SANDOW – ONE WHO LIVED AFTER DEATH

This article has been written by Film historian, Author and our mentor Arunkumar Deshmukh ji. We thank him for writing this article. In the early cinema , men with a large muscular body and wrestlers were recruited as actors to do fight scenes. Therefore, in the cast of Silent films and early Talkie films, one […]

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Biographies Post By Arunkumar Deshmukh ji

ZOHRA JAAN – THE SUCCESSFUL, SPIRITED STAR OF EARLY FILMS

This article is written by Film historian, Author and our mentor Arunkumar Deshmukh ji. We are thankful to him for writing this article for us. In the Hindi film industry history,there have been many brother and sister pairs who worked in films. However, there were only 2  cases where 3 sisters worked in Early Hindi […]