Archive for the ‘Rafi songs’ Category
Ye shokh sitaare
Posted on: August 27, 2011
“Ek Thi Ladki” (1949) is a movie starring Motilal and Meena Shorey. This movie is famous for the iconic song Laara lappa laara lappa laai rakhdaa(Ek Thi Ladki). I have discussed as many as four songs from this movie, and all these songs are just outstanding.
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Mil mil ke gaayenge do dil yahaan
Posted on: August 27, 2011
“Dulaari” (1949) is a movie that starred Suresh, Geeta Bali, Madhubala etc. This movie is today known as the movie that launched the career of Rafi as a playback singer with the song Suhaani raat dhal chuki na jaane tum kab aaoge.
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Sheeshe ka ho ke patthhar ka dil
Posted on: August 26, 2011
“Baat Ek Raat Ki” (1962) is a movie starring Dev Anand and Waheeda Rehman. When one looks at the songs of this movie, one notices that this movie had lots of singers singing lots of solos and duets. This movie had singers like Rafi,Lata, Manna Dey,Hemant Kumar,Asha Bhonsle and Suman Kalyanpuri. And this movie has duets sung by Rafi and Lata, Rafi and Asha Bhonsle, as well as Hemant Kumar and Suman Kalyanpur. In fact, Asha Bhonsle and Rafi sing as many as four duets in this movie.
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“Baazaar” (1949) is a movie that starred Nigar Sultana, Shyam, Gope,Yaqoob,Kukku etc in it. I have discussed three songs from this movie in the past.
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“Chakradhaari” (1954) is a religious/mythological movie and one expects its songs to be mainly prayers etc. And indeed there are several such songs. But this movie also has songs that are more “mainstream” in the sense that they have more to do more with human relations rather than with the Almighty.
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Tadpaa ke mujhe ab chhod diyaa
Posted on: August 25, 2011
“Namoona” (1949) is a movie that had Kishore Sahu, Kamini Kaushal, Dev Anand and Leela Chitnis in lead roles. In this movie, Kamini Kaushal’s father fixes her wedding with Kishore Sahu, though she is in love with Dev Anand. And as is the case in Hindi movies, he resorts to emotional blackmail to get her to marry the person of his choice. Dev Anand, who overhears their conversation, also concurs with the old man and advises Kamini Kaushal that they needed to sacrifice their love for the sake of practical considerations.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Aao Pyaar Karen (1964) is a romantic comedy from the house of S Mukherjee, and Filmalya Productions, directed by RK Nayyar. The normal rich-girl-poor-boy-love-story, in this case, is presented as a comedy, and not a sob story. The male lead actor, as with many S Mukherjee productions, is Joy Mukherjee, paired with Saira Banu. At the time of making this movie, both the actors were comparatively fresh in the industry, having made their debut in 1960 (Love In Simla) and 1961 (Junglee). The other key players in the star cast are Rajendranath, Madhavi, Marilyn, Shyam Chatterjee, Jayant Shah etc.
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Zameen se hamen aasmaan par
Posted on: August 23, 2011
“Adalat” (1958) was a movie starring Pradeep Kumar and Nargis. Quite an add couple, and the movie apparently failed at the box office. But what music this movie had ! Almost all the songs of this movie must be regarded as timeless classics.
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Meri zindagi tere pyaar mein
Posted on: August 22, 2011
“Jee Chaahta Hai” (1964) is a movie starring Joy Mukherji, Rashree, Shyama, Rajendranath, Nazir Hussain,Jeewan etc. I have not seen the movie so I often try to guess the story of the movie from the picturisation of the song, and my conclusions thus drawn about the movie are often quite off the mark. 😀
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Raja ka haathi le le
Posted on: August 22, 2011
“Mastaanaa” (1954) is a movie starring Motilal and Nigar Sultana, who were mainly big name actors of 1940s but who continued to act in 1950s too.
From the picturisation of this song, I guess that Motilal and Nigar Sultana play roadside toy sellers and they have a kid (Master Romi).
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