Archive for the ‘Rafi-Lata duet’ Category
Kuhu kuhu bole koyaliya
Posted on: December 23, 2008
This song is among the most difficult songs that has been sung in Bollywood movies. For one, the singers are called upon to sing in a wide range of frequencies, and secondly, it is a semi classical song, where one needed to sing not just one raag, but as many as four raagas. Yes it is true. This song as raag Sohini, raag Bahaar, raag Jaunpuri and raag Yaman in it.
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When two people fall in love, it is the boy that is traditionally supposed to take the initiative and the girl has to wait for that initiative to come, which often never comes, if the boy is someone like Amol Palekar in Bollywood movies of 1970s.
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I recently found a rail song in a Shammi Kapoor movie called ‘Boyfriend”. And now I find that the “professor” song “main chali main chali” is a rail song as well ! And all these days I was thinking that I had already discovered all the rail songs a few months ago. May be I need to watch more Shammi Kapoor songs.
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Haule haule ghoonghat pat khole
Posted on: December 9, 2008
I have mentioned repeatedly that “Goonj Uthe Shehnaai” had an endless supply of nice songs. I have already posted quite a few ( I have lost count) and there are still songs from this movie that are yet to be posted.
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Jeewan mein piya tera saath rahe
Posted on: December 8, 2008
When I started this blog, I was certain that I will be kept busy for years because there are just so many great songs.But I was not aware just how many such great songs were there.
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Husn chala kuchh aisi chaal
Posted on: December 8, 2008
Raja of Jhumri Tilayya, oops, Holland, keeps wondering why I did not post this song, and whether I did not like this song. Rest assured , Raja, I like all songs of Shammi Kapoor, or for that matter, songs picturised on any other actors, and there is no way I would not have liked this song.
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Yoon hi tum mujhse baat karti ho
Posted on: December 6, 2008
Rajesh Khanna and Mumtaz star in this movie. Rajesh Khanna in fact has a double role in this movie.This movie was released in 1970 when everything that Rajesh Khanna touched turned to gold.
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Ye parbaton ke daayare
Posted on: November 26, 2008
1968, the titanium year of Bollywood movie music had so many great songs that a sizeable number of such songs struggled to get into the popularity bandwagon. Many great songs found themselves forgotten without getting the chance to be heard by the audience.
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Tum to pyaar ho sajna
Posted on: November 24, 2008
“Sehra” was a musical blockbuster whose music was created by a less known music director viz. Ramlal. Lata had sung some very fine songs in this movie.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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