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“Aawaara” (1951) was an R K Films Production. It was produced and directed by Raj Kapoor. The movie had Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Prithviraj Kapoor, Leela Chitnis, Cuckoo, Om Prakash, K N Singh, Leela Misra, Honey O’brein, B M Vyas, Shashi Raj, ertc in it.
This movie had eleven songs in it. As many as ten of these songs have already been discussed with two songs following each other being discussed as one song.
Here is the eleventh and final song from the movie. This song is a background song which is sung by Rafi and chorus. Shailendra is the lyricist and music is composed by Shankar Jaikishan.
I notice that Lata Mangeshkar also gets credited as a singer of this song in a few sites including sites dedicated to Shankar Jaikishan. I wonder whether the female aalaap that we hear in this song is in the voice of Lata and whether this song can in that case be treated as a Rafi Lata duet. The site myswar.com describes it as a Rafi solo song though.
I request our knowledgeable readers to throw more light on the singers of this song.
With this song, “Aawaara” (1951) joins the list of movies that have all their songs discussed in the blog.
Song-Pativrata Sita maayi ko (Aawaara)(1951) Singer-Rafi, Lyrics-Shailendra, MD-Shankar Jaikishan
Female voice
Chorus
Lyrics
ho o o
o o o
o o o
pativrata Sita maayi ko
o o o
o o o o
toone diya vanvaas
kyun na phata
dharti ka kaleja
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa
kyun na phata aakaash
julam sahe naari
janak dulaari
julam sahe naari
janak dulaari
o o o o o
janak dulaari
raam ki pyaari
??? janak dulaari
julam sahe naari
janak dulaari
julam sahe
o o o o
gagan mahal ka raja dekho
kaisa khel dikhaaye
kaisa khel dikhaaye
o o o o o
o o o o
o o o o o
o o o o
o o o o
gagan mahal ka raja dekho
kaisa khel dikhaaye
kaisa khel dikhaaye
seep se moti
gandle jal mein
sundar kamal khilaaye
khilaaye
sundar kamal khilaaye
ajab teri leela
hai girdhaari
ajab teri leela
hai girdhaari
aa aa aa aa aa aa
o o o o o o
Hawa tu unse jaa kar keh de
Posted on: June 14, 2013
“Rimjhim” (1949) has become an obscure movie by now, though it was a well known movie of its time.
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Apna hai phir bhi apna
Posted on: June 13, 2013
“Bhai Bhai” (1956) was an AVM Productions movie. It was produced by A V Meiyappan and directed by M V Raman. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Kishore Kumar, Nimmi, Nirupa Roy, Shyama, Om Prakash, David, Master Chottu, Kesari, Shivaraj, Master Arun, Master Babu, Roop Kumar etc in it.
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Nazar aati nahin manzil
Posted on: June 11, 2013
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I have heard this song after some 20 years or so today. A regular song on Vividh Bharati. They played both Rafi Sahab and Chandrani Mukherjee’s versions frequently. Like many of those Rafi and Lata solo version songs, this one too is in memory, with one line following the other in the mind. So typing the lyrics is fast work. I thought the female version must be Lata’s. But it turns out that the female singer is Chandrani Mukherjee, who is gamely trying to match Rafi sahab pitch for pitch. On radio she sounded a lot better than on the ear phones on which I heard it now. The ear phones have no heart and no mercy for even the greatest of singers, so none are spared.
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Yoon chaal chalo na matwaali
Posted on: June 11, 2013
“Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya”(1966) was a Rawal Films Production movie. This movie was produced by B L Rawal and directed by C L Rawal. The lyrics of this song were written by G L Rawal. The movie boasted of some big names in its starcast, viz. Dharmendra,Nutan, Rehman, Bela Bose, Laxmi Chhaya, I.S.Johar, Mumtaz Begum, Jeevan, Randhir, Sunder, TunTun, Niranjan Sharma, Ravikant, JeevanKala, Madhumati, Pal Sharma, Brahm Bhardwaj etc in it. The story line of the movie unfortunately was meant to appeal to masochists and their numbers were dwindling among movie goers. As a result this movie failed at the box office.
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Nazron ne maara hum kyaa karen
Posted on: June 11, 2013
“Zimbo comes to town” (1960) was a Combine Film Theatres production. The movie was produced by Homi Wadia and directed by Nanabhai Bhatt. The movie had Chitra, Azad, Bhagwan, Shammi, Nilofar, Habeeb, Dalpat, Bismillah, Mittu Miyan, M. K. Hasan, Geeta, Julian, Korega, Yadav, Ratan, Raman Joshi, Pedro aka Manav Chimpazi etc in it.
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Jab ek qazaa se guzro to
Posted on: June 10, 2013
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
A few weeks ago I got a request from Avinash Scrapwalaji to do a write-up for a certain song. He sent me, by e-mail, the concerned lyrics and the videos (audio only) but, for some reason, wanted me to do the write-up.
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Tauba tauba tauba ye adaayen
Posted on: June 10, 2013
“Naya Paisa” (1958) was a Super Pictures production. It was directed by Aspi Irani. The movie had Johnny Walker, Chand Usmani, Krishna Kumari, Shammi, Tuntun etc in it.
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Kisi ko hansi mili kisi ko rulaayi
Posted on: June 7, 2013
“Shankar Seeta Anusuya”(1965) was a Madhur Pictures production. It was directed by Manibhai Vyas. The movie had Mahipal, Anita Guha, Manhar Desai, Nirupa Roy, Helen, Sulochana, B M Vyas, Shahu Modak, Dev Kumar etc in it.
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Deepak jalaao jyoti jagaao
Posted on: June 2, 2013
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This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Seven song of the film Sangeet Samrat Tansen (1962) are posted in the blog. This singular Rafi solo is the eighth song to appear. It seems to me that Bharat Bhooshan is in the title role. The song is the creation of lyricist Shailendra and Music Director S N Tripathi. But to elevate this song in a film based on a vocalist life, the onus rest heavily on Rafi Sahab. And the award goes to Mohammed Rafi Sahab. Not lyrical, not musical but a vocal beauty, this one.
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