Archive for the ‘Rafi-Lata duet’ Category
Unpar kaun kare jee vishwaas
Posted on: April 12, 2011
The usual love stories constituted the bulk of storyline in mainstream Hindi movies of the past. The fact that history and mythology provided such rich sources of stories that could be used was not given much thought by mainstream movie makers. It was left to movie makers of smaller resources (makers of B grade movies) to make movies on such topics that were regarded as risky and unviable by mainstream movie makers.
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Main yahaan tu kahaan
Posted on: April 9, 2011
It may be difficult to imagine today but actors like Ashok Kumar and Nirupa Roy used to act in lead roles five decades ago, before they began to play roles of parents. In fact, the two of them were paired opposite each other in lead roles in many movies of late 1950s.
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O jaane waale sun zaraa
Posted on: April 6, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The year is 1966. The “Yahooooo” of Junglee has already happened in 1961, and has set a benchmark and a career path for Shammi Kapoor. After having spent a better part of 50s in a set of indifferent roles, Shammi Kapoor found his calling and came into his own in the spectacular success of Junglee.
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This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor of articles to this blog.
Mela (1971) is a movie I remember from my early days. I believe that , inspite of the Rajesh Khanna wave threatening to drown every non-Rajesh movie in those days, this movie did manage to do well at the box-office. Its songs also became pretty popular too, especially the Rafi-Lata duet, “Rut hai milan ki”.
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Tan rang lo jee aaj man rang lo
Posted on: March 20, 2011
Today (20 march 2011) is Holi, one of the major festivals in India. This festival is also one of the most popular festival in Hindi movies as it offers great opportunity for movie makers to show the lead actors and others letting their hairs down and singing and dancing rather more uninhibitedly than usual.
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Tunak tun tun bole jiyaa
Posted on: March 6, 2011
“Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye” (1963) is a B grade movie where Mehmood was the hero and Shakila played the leading lady opposite him.
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This post is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of hindi movie songs and a regular contributor of write ups to this blog.
As far as I know, Sasural (1961) was a pretty big hit. Produced by Prasad Productions and directed by LV Prasad, it starred Rajendra Kumar and B Saroja Devi.
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Sun mere saajnaa re
Posted on: March 3, 2011
When I was a young kid, I was into new songs (which meant songs of 1970s) and I disliked listening to old songs. I wondered why the older singers could not sing songs like the newer songs, and why the music of these two songs were not jazzy like the new songs.
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Din pyaar ke aaye re
Posted on: March 2, 2011
“Aansoo” (1953) is a forgotten movie by now. It had Shekhar and Kamini Kaushal in lead roles.
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O bal khaati sharmaati aajaa
Posted on: February 6, 2011
I have discussed as many as four songs from “Usne Kahaa Thha” (1960) but I was not aware of this song from the movie.
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