Archive for the ‘Rafi-Lata duet’ Category
Sun lo dil ka afsaanaa
Posted on: October 12, 2010
In Hindi movies, songs were traditionally recorded twice- once for the picturisation and once for the audio (for the record company). The audio records were typically released prior to the release of the movie.
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Naazuk naazuk badan moraa
Posted on: October 3, 2010
Reading the line of the lyrics “naazuk naazuk badan moraa” did not ring any bells for me, but when I listened to the song, then it rang began to ring quite loudly. I had listened to this song during my younger days, some four decades ago. And I was not aware of any details of this song. In fact I was nnot even aware of the lyrics of the song. I only had vague recollections of the catchy tune of this song.
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I have posted many songs in this blog where the hero and heroine are going on a drive and the hero (if he is a singing type, viz Dev Anand) bursts into a song. Then we have cases of historical/ mythological movies where the duo are riding on a chariot. If the hero is a non-singing type (like Dara Singh) then the onus of singing falls on the tender shoulders of the heroine (typically Mumtaz).
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Paas aake huye ham door
Posted on: September 17, 2010
In old days, when we did not have all these shopping complexes, baazaar, especially Meena Baazar was the ultimate in shopping experience. As a kid, it was my dream to go visit a Meena Bazar.
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Apni nazar se door wo
Posted on: September 10, 2010
“Bazaar” (1949) was a movie with Shyam, Nigar Sultana, Gope, Yaqoob, Kukku etc in it. This movie may have been forgotten by now, but this movie has some nice songs in it.
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Beet gayi hai aadhi raat
Posted on: August 31, 2010
In my definition, Chaayaageet song is one which is sung in the period between 10 PM to midnight. :D. That way, a song talking about a period after midnight is not a chaagyaageet song. May be I should call such a song as “post Chaayaageet period” song.
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Chaand ko dekho ji
Posted on: August 29, 2010
There are people who preach us to save for a rainy day. If you talk to me about saving for a rainy day,I will reel off the list of songs picturised on a rainy day to try and prove that rainy days are as much fun as sunny days. If one does not save for a sunny day, then why should one do so for a rainy day ? One should instead enjoy rainy days by getting drenched in the rain instead of hiding indoors. Next thing you know, the same people may ask us to save for a moonlit night saying that nights are for going to bed !
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Agar main poochhoon jawaab doge
Posted on: August 26, 2010
This post is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor of posts to this blog
Shikari (1963) was a B-movie, starring Ajit and Ragini. I had the pleasure of watching it a few months ago and I must say I thoroughly enjoyed it. It is a typical jungle adventure story with the necessary ingredients of tigers, gorillas and such. This may not be to everybody’s taste but I do enjoy such movies, even at this age. 😉
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Laagi chhoote naa ab to sanam
Posted on: August 26, 2010
I have mentioned it that this blog has songs from nearly 1000 Hindi movies as of now. The list of moviewise songs that I have provided gives us a good idea of the songs that have been posted. With time, I have posted all the songs from some movies- viz “Barsaat”(1949), “Dholak”(1950), “Madhumati” (1958) etc. In case of other movies, I am gradually building up the list song by song.
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Aaja ke intezaar mein
Posted on: August 25, 2010
This post is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor of posts to this blog
When I was growing up in the early 70s, Kishore was easily the dominant male voice in Bollywood. He was everywhere and with every new movie he seemed to only deliver more hits.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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