Archive for the ‘Rafi songs’ Category
Ye shaam hai dhuaan dhuaan
Posted on: December 24, 2011
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“Ek Naao Do Kinaare” (1973), though a recent movie by the standards of this blog, is by and large a forgotten movie. It was a Nitin Films production and it was directed by B R Ishaara.The movie had newcomers like Hina Kausar, Rakesh Pandey, Mrinal Mukherjee and oldtimer like Manhar Desai in it.
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“Changez Khan” (1957) is mainly remembered today for the iconic song from this movie viz. Muhabbat Zinda rahti hai(Changez Khan). But we in this blog explore the lesser known songs of a movie as well. So far we have discussed three songs from this movie.
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Today (24th december) is Rafi’s birthday so today we are discussing songs sung by Rafi in this blog.
Here is a song from “Mirza Saahibaan”(1957). I notice that I have discussed as many as six songs from a movie of the same name that was released in 1947 and which starred Trilok Kapoor and Noorjahaan, but only one song from “Mirza Saahibaan” (1957) which starred Trilok Kapoor’s nephew, someone known as Shammi Kapoor 🙂 and Shyama.
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“Zevrat” (1949) is an obscure movie with rare but nice songs in it. I have discussed two songs from this movie in the past.
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Is duniya mein ae dil waalon
Posted on: December 24, 2011
24th december is a red letter day for Hindi movie music lovers. It was on this day in 1924 that Mohammad Rafi was born. We in this blog do not wait for this day to remember him, of course. This blog is 1260 days old and we have 1287 Rafi songs so far in this blog, which means that we in this blog remember him everyday by discussing on an average one Rafi song daily.
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Dulhan Maarwaad ki
Posted on: December 21, 2011
I have discussed as many as six songs from “Anpadh” (1962) including the most well known songs from the movie, viz the two ghazals from it.
Here is another song, which is a lesser known song from this movie. This song is a stage dance song which is picturised as a cultural programme on stage which is watched by a houseful audience.
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Jhoom jhoom kar baadal aaye
Posted on: December 21, 2011
For music lovers of Hindi movie music, there is a vast repository of well known songs to chose from. And if one wants to go off the beaten track and savour songs that few people even know exist, then there is an equally vast repository of musical gems. In this blog, we keep discovering such unheard gems from times gone by, almost on a regular basis.
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Tera jogi aayaa
Posted on: December 20, 2011
“Mera Jeewan” (1976) is a “recent” movie by the standards of this blog. This movie was no great shakes at the box office, but its title song, viz Mera jeewan kuchh kaam na aaya was quite popular during its time, so much so that other songs of this movie were overshadowed as a result.
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Husn jawaan ishq jawaan
Posted on: December 20, 2011
In case of most movies, only a few songs become popular and other songs become forgotten with time. I have found that several of these forgotten songs are superb songs to listen to, and with some luck, they should have become popular songs, instead of ending up into the dustbin of obscurity.
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Kis tarah jeete hain ye log
Posted on: December 19, 2011
“Nai Roshni” (1967) is a forgotten movie despite being a “recent” movie by the standards of this blog. This movie had actors like Raaj Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Anwar Hussain, Asit Sen, Mala Sinha, Tanuja, Sulochana, Biswajeet, Pratimadevi etc in it.
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