Archive for the ‘Rafi songs’ Category
Dil mein basa le apna bana le
Posted on: May 2, 2013
“Rangeela” (1953) was Produced and directed by Bhagwan under his banner of Bhagwan Art Production. The movie had Bhagawan, Poornima, Vivek, Badri Prasad, Baburao, Nazeera, Bimal Devi, Heera Sawant, Indira, Rambha, Usha Shukla, Afgan Sundae, Inamdar, Madhav Kale, Radheshyam, Ramlal, Deepak, Balram, Harish, Hanuman, Swami, Swartha, Sitara, Shera, Kammo, Kukku, Maruti etc in it.
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“Sohni Mahiwal” (1958) was a Chaudhary Art Production movie. It was directed by Raja Nawathe. The movie had Bharat Bhushan, Nimmi, Kumar, Achla Sachdev, Mukri, Lotan, Chand Burque, Om Prakash etc in it.
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Ajee dil ho qaaboo mein to
Posted on: May 1, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
On the eve of my retirement from the service in 2006, I had started buying VCDs/DVDs of many classic Hindi films mostly of 40s and 50s to watch them as a part of my post retirement activities. While I have watched most of them, there were still a few VCDs which were lying intact without even breaking the plastic wraps. One of such VCDs was of the film ‘Village Girl’ (1945). What caught my attention was not the intact plastic cover but a boldly printed statement on the top of the VCD cover in Hindi which in English meant ‘Mohammed Rafi’s first song – ajee dil ho qaaboo mein to dildaar ki aisee taisee’. Until now I was under the impression that Mohammed Rafi’s first debut Hindi film as a playback singer was ‘Pahle Aap’ (1944). I decided to first watch the film.
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Jaa jaa jaa re tujhe ham jaan gaye
Posted on: April 29, 2013
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This is the Rafi-Lata Duet from Film ‘Sehra” (1963). It is picturized on Sandhya and Prashant. I saw this song for the first time while looking for desert songs in this film. And it is clear from the picturization that it was a precursor to this song in Sangam (1964).
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Itni si baat ka fasaana na banaao
Posted on: April 29, 2013
“Ek Ladki Saat Ladke”(1961) was a Filmistan Production. It was directed by Roop K Shorey. The movie had Ravindra Kapoor, Ameeta, Badri Prasad, Manju, Durga Khote etc in it. The movie must have really sunk without a trace for it to have become such an obscure movie.
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Na maangoon main tera jahaan
Posted on: April 28, 2013
“Raja Vikram” (1957) was a Sharad Productions movie. It was directed by Dhirubhai Desai. The movie had Bhagwan, Usha Kiran, Nigar Sultana, Suryakant, Shahu Modak etc in it.
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Ye kaali raat kaali
Posted on: April 27, 2013
“Upkaar” (1967) was a Vishal Pictures Production. It was produced and directed by Manoj Kumar. The movie had Manoj Kumar, Asha Parekh, Sunder, Aruna Irani, Prem Chopra, Pran, Kamini Kaushal, David Abraham, Kanhaiyalal, Madan Puri, Manmohan, Manmohan Krishna, Asit Sen, Mohan Choti, Krishna, Gulshan Bawra, Shammi, Carolyne King etc in it.
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“Paataal Pari” (1957) was a Sardar Pictures Production. It was directed by S P Bakshi. The movie had Jairaj, Shakila, Kumkum, Sheikh, Yashodhara Katju, Habib, Tiwari etc in it.
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“Saawan” (1959) was an N C Films production. It was produced by Gulshan Behl and directed by Ramesh Tiwari. The movie had Bharat Bhushan, Ameeta, Nishi, Tuntun, Jeevan, Achala Sachdev, Leela Mishra, Ramayan Tiwari, Helen etc in it.
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