Archive for the ‘Rafi songs’ Category
O gawaalan kyun mera mann
Posted on: February 14, 2012
“Champakali” (1957) was a Filmistan Production. It was directed by Nandlal Jaswantlal and the star cast had names viz Bharat Bhushan, Suchitra Sen, Pran, Mubarak, Shobha Khote, S. L. Puri, Mumtaz Begum, Ram Avtaar etc.
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Man mora baawra
Posted on: February 12, 2012
“Raagini” (1958) was an Ashok Pictures production. It was directed by Rakhan and the starcast had names like Ashok Kumar, Kishore Kumar, Jabeen Jalil, Padmini, Nazir Hussain, Achla Sachdev,etc.
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Here is another song of the popular genre namely “How come this song was not yet discussed ! ” 🙂
This is a well known evergreen song which most music lovers know even if many of them are not aware of the details of the song. Even I was not aware about the details. It is only now that I have becme aware that this song is from ‘Hamraahi” (1963) and that it is picturised as a melancholic song on Rajendra Kumar and Jamuna.
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Tere iss pyaar ka shukriyaa
Posted on: February 9, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Continuing on the sojourn re-discovering and enjoying once again, the melodies created by N Dutta. Here is a lovely piano song, an expression of love and gratitude towards the loved one. On screen the song is performed by Joy Mukherjee playing the piano and singing to Komal, his lady love.
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Tera aana bhi dhokha thhaa
Posted on: February 8, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The film “Mere Armaan Mere Sapne” is a 1963 release by Lalit Kala Mandir, Bombay. This film is directed by Arbind Soni. The main star cast includes Pradeep Kumar, Kumari Naaz, Aeem Kumar, Jayshree Gadkar, Sumitra Devi, Pran, Asit Sen, Agha, Manmohan Krishan, Badri Prasad, Padma Devi, Paro Devi, Johnny Whisky, Samar Chatterjee, Pal Mahendra etc.
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Ae chaand zaraa chhup jaa
Posted on: February 8, 2012
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I have discussed as many as five songs from “Laat Saahab” (1967). But five songs just too few a number to be satisfied with for a typical musical blockbuster of those days.
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“Jaadoo” (1951) was a Musical Pictures presentation. It was directed by A R Kardar and the star cast of this movie had names like Suresh, Nalini Jaiwant, Amanullah, Shyam Kumar, Sharda etc in it.
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“Chaandni Raat” (1949) is an obscure movie by now. It was a Tajmahal pictures presentation and the movie was directed by M Ehsan. Starcast of the movie had names like Shyam, Naseem, Ulhas, Cuckoo, Jilloo Maa, Parvin, David Abraham etc in it.
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Sambhal ae dil
Posted on: February 6, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusist of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
As a music director, N Dutta worked for films that are a mix of A grade and B/C grade films. He did have some films associated with big name banners. Especially, he worked for BR Films for the movies Saadhna (1958), Dhool Ka Phool (1959) and Dharamputra (1961). Each of these films is a musical bonanza and boasts of a string of wonderful hits. Four songs of the 1958 film ‘Saadhna’ are already posted on this blog. This is the 5th gem from this film.
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