Archive for the ‘Rafi songs’ Category
Lab pe fariyaad hai dil barbaad hai
Posted on: June 22, 2011
“Naach” (1949) is a movie that I became aware of only recently. And I have since found that this movie has some lovely songs in it.
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Hallo hallo o meri chhammak chhallo
Posted on: June 19, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hinsi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
School Master (1959) is a significant contribution of the famous Kannada actor-director BR Panthulu. This movie was made in several languages (Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi), and its theme and storyline has been copied and remade several times, the latest being the Amitabh-Hema starrer Baghbaan in 2003.
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Chale ho kahaan karke jee beqaraar
Posted on: June 19, 2011
Here is a song from a light hearted movie called “Bhaagam Bhaag” (1956). The song begins with Shashikala lip syncing in Asha Bhonsle’s voice. Then Kishore Kumar appears singing not in his voice but in Rafi’s voice. Yes, this song is one of the few occasions when Kishore Kumar, despite his well known singing prowess, was made to lip sync in another playback singer’s voice.
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Teri mehfil mein aaye hain
Posted on: June 17, 2011
I have so far discussed 54 out of around 100 songs that Sajjad Hussain composed for Hindi movies. The remaining songs are highly elusive and I am always on the lookout for them.
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Ek dukhiyaari apne piyaa ko
Posted on: June 16, 2011
“Apsara” (1961) is a forgotten movie which had Pradeep Kumar, Padmini etc in it. This movie had some nice songs in it that unfortunately sank with the movie.
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Ae ishq hamen barbaad na kar
Posted on: June 15, 2011
“Naach” (1949) is a movie that I have become aware of only recently and I havre discussed one wonderful song from this movie.
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This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Even as I type out this write-up, my fingers are trembling. And I am not exaggerating! I have written over 50 write-ups for this blog so far and yet I find myself struggling to put down my thoughts coherently for this particular piece. It is not as if I have writer’s block (which I may also well have) ; it is just that the occasion seems to have got the better of me. I find myself totally inadequate to the occasion, and although I’ve just started, I have this nasty foreboding that I am going to make a mess of this, I am going to end up “choking”. I am suddenly beginning to empathise and sympathise with the South African cricket team. 😀
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Dil de diya hai tujhko
Posted on: June 11, 2011
I had neither heard of this movie nor this song. But it appears that in the form of “Naach” (1949), I may have hit a goldmine.
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