Archive for the ‘Rafi-Asha Bhonsle duet’ Category
Teri yaad aa rahi hai
Posted on: July 21, 2011
“Hazaar Raatein” (1953) is by now an obscure movie. This movie had actors like Rehana, Manhar Desai, Agha, Cuckoo, Bipin Gupta, Kuldeep Akhtar, Amir Banu, Satya Narayan, Gajendra Singh, Yunus etc.in it.
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“Aji Bas Shukriya” (1958) was a movie starring Johny Walker and Geeta Bali. Yes, this movie had Johny Walker as the hero.
As can be guessed, this movie was a light hearted movie with fun songs in it.
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The title “Dushman” seems to be quite a popular title of Hindi movie makers. I am aware of at least three movies of this name, starring K L Saigal, Dev Anand and Rajesh Khanna. In addition, other movies of this title may have been produced later too.
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Chale ho kahaan karke jee beqaraar
Posted on: June 19, 2011
Here is a song from a light hearted movie called “Bhaagam Bhaag” (1956). The song begins with Shashikala lip syncing in Asha Bhonsle’s voice. Then Kishore Kumar appears singing not in his voice but in Rafi’s voice. Yes, this song is one of the few occasions when Kishore Kumar, despite his well known singing prowess, was made to lip sync in another playback singer’s voice.
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Hamdam mere khel na jaano
Posted on: April 28, 2011
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“Phir Wohi dil Laayaa Hoon” (1963) was a Shammi Kapoor style movie in which Joy Mukherji, a Shammi Kapoor clone had starred opposite Asha Parekh. this movie was a home production of Joy Mukherji’s family.
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Aaaa jaa mere saathi aajaa
Posted on: April 20, 2011
“Saaranga” (1960) is a mythological movie with lovely songs in it. Listening to the songs of this movie on a peaceful evening is a wonderful experience. That is how I had first heard the title song of this movie (Saarangaa teri yaad mein(Saarangaa)(1960)) in 1970s in Vividh Bharati in a summer evening.
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I was not aware of this movie called “Do Dilon Ki Daastaan” (1966) till recently. I wonder why . This movie has such nice songs in it and it should have been much better known. This movie had Pradeep Kumar and Vyjyantimala in lead roles.
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Aa main bataaun tu hai kyaa
Posted on: April 11, 2011
“Barsaat Ki Raat” (1964) was a movie that only had qawwalis in it, and the movie, riding on these qawwalis went to to become an all time hit movie. Inspired by the success of this movie, a B grade movie maker tried to emulate the movie by making another movie on the same theme. This movie maker in fact went one step ahead and named his movie “Qawwali ki raat”! What an inspired title ! 🙂
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Aankhon se aankh mili
Posted on: April 11, 2011
“Mitti Mein Sona” (1960) is a lesser known movie from the past. This movie had Pradeep Kumar and Mala Sinha in it.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
What a wonderful duet from an almost unknown movie, Taxi Stand (1958). Another long lost friend that I had been searching for a very long time.
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