Archive for the ‘Rafi songs’ Category
Dil thhaam chaley ham aaj kidhar
Posted on: April 8, 2012
“Love in Simla” (1960) was Joy Mukherji’s home production and it was the debut movie for Joy Mukherji as well as Sadhana. And what a smashing debut it was for both !
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When one talks of a movie called “Rangeela” then most people are reminded of the Aamir Khan and Urmila Matondkar movie of 1995. But it turns out that there was another movie of the same name which was released as far back as in 1953.
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Ham to lut gaye tere pyaar mein
Posted on: April 7, 2012
“Do Dilon Ki Daastaan” (1966) is by now an obscure movie. This movie was a production of Pradeep Kumar and his brother under their banner viz Deep and Sandeep Production. Pradeep Kumar directed the movie and the starcast included names viz. Pradeep Kumar, Vyjyanti Mala, Om Prakash, Jagdeep, Rehman, Shashikala, B. Nandi, Nazir Hussain, Tuntun etc.
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Maine kaha babuji itna bataaoge
Posted on: April 6, 2012
If a movie title has nouns like “Behan”,”Bahu”, Bhabhi” etc in it preceded by adjectives like “Badi”, “Chhoti” etc then one can safely conclude that sacrificing characters lie ahead in the movie and unless one is masochistic in nature, one needs to steer clear of such movies.
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Naiyya meri chalti jaaye
Posted on: April 5, 2012
“My Friend” (1974) was produced by Punamchand Shah and N Patel. This movie was directed by M Rehman, who was a son of Naushad. Naushad was the music director of this movie.
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Here is yet another song of the genre “how come this song was not posted earlier !”. And all along, I was under the impression that this song was discussed long back. I was wrong in my assumption, of course.
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“Door ki aawaaz”(1964) was a Goel cine corporation movie. It was produced and directed by Devendra Goel. The starcast had Joy Mukherjee, Saira Banu, Om Prakash, Pran, Johnny Walker, Durga Khote, Gogia Pasha, Rajoo, Manorama, Rajesh, Ajay Kashmiri, Malika etc in it.
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Sochne ko laakh baaten soche insaan
Posted on: April 4, 2012
Philosophical songs is a genre of songs that are calming to the nerves and they help us see things in perspective and make us realise that we are mere specks in the grand scheme of things and so one should not entertain delusions of grandeur about oneself. We are mere puppets and someone far more omnipotent is running the show.
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“Ye Raat Phir Na Aayegi” (1966) was a Sri Krishna Films presentation. It was directed by Brij. The movie had Vishwajeet, Sharmila Tagore, Madhumati, Prithviraj Kapoor, Mumtaz, Asit Sen, B. M. Vyas, Helen, Sailesh Kumar etc in it.
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