Archive for the ‘Rafi songs’ Category
Taaron bhari raat hai par tu nahin
Posted on: July 17, 2011
I am aware with a movie called “Kaajal” (1965) and I have discussed a few songs from this movie. It turns out that there was another older movie of the same name that was released in 1948.
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“Aji Bas Shukriya” (1958) was a movie starring Johny Walker and Geeta Bali. Yes, this movie had Johny Walker as the hero.
As can be guessed, this movie was a light hearted movie with fun songs in it.
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14th july is Madan Mohan’s death anniversary. When I searched for a few Madan Mohan songs to be discussed on this occassion, I came across some unbelievable gems and I was left wondering how I have missed out on these gems all these days. I regard myself as some sort of a research scholar on Madan Mohan can be caught unawares like this, then just imagine what undiscovered Madan Mohan gems still lie ahead of us, waiting to be discovered. We have covered about 27 % of all Madan Mohan songs, and the remaining songs contain many wonderful songs as I discovered. In fact, I decided to hold some Madan Mohan songs back for some other occasions too, that is how fantastic I found those songs to be.
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Mere dil ke musaafir khaane mein
Posted on: July 13, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
When the name of Ghulam Mohammed is mentioned, the mind conjures up the classical and semi classical sounds and rhythms, foremost from Pakeezaah and then from many other movies like Shamaa, Mirza Ghalib, Laila Majnu, Dil e Nadaan, Shaayar, and other such movies. And so it is a surprise to come across lighter songs and foot tapping numbers that have been composed under his baton. On first hearing, if the details are not known, one can easily attribute these songs to OP Nayyar or Shankar-Jaikishan, Chitragupt etc.
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“Aan Baan” (1972) is one of the last movies of Rajendra Kumar as a hero. In this movie, he was paired with Rakhi, a heroine half his age. In any case, his days as Jubilee Kumar were behind him as by that time Rajesh Khanna had taken over as the new box office God by that time.
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Ye to kaho kaun ho tum
Posted on: July 12, 2011
12 july is the death anniversary of Rajendra Kumar (DOB-20 july 1929-DOD 12 july 1999). Apart from moviegoers of his time, he was a delight to the movie makers too, because his movies tended to be box office hits. In fact, he was nicknamed Jubilee Kumar for this Midas touch.
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Chalenge teer jab dil par
Posted on: July 11, 2011
“Kohinoor” (1960) is a movie starring Dilip Kumar and Meena Kumari. This movie is studded with one fine song after another, and I have already discussed five songs from this movie.
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Ye raat ye nazaarey
Posted on: July 10, 2011
I am vaguely aware of this Hindi movie title called “Trolley Driver” (1958) and I have wondered about what this movie is all about. To this day, I am not much aware of the star cast of this movie or its story line.
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Here is a song from “Basant Bahaar” (1956) that I may have heard in the past but without paying much attention. This time, when I got the lyrics of this song (sent by nahm), I paid close attention to the lyrics. While doing that , one cannot but help pay attention to the singing and the music as well. And while doing that, one realises that this song is an unparalled combination of sensational singing, superb lyrics and wonderful music.
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There have been quite a few movies made on Raja Harishchandra, the mythological king regarded as the epitome of generosity in ancient scriptures. One of these movies was “Raja Harishchandra” (1952).
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