Archive for the ‘Rafi songs’ Category
Songs of 1940s and 1950s are nostalgia lovers’ delight. These songs magically transport us back to the era when Rehana was a leading lady and Premnath was a lead actor.
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During the golden era of Hindi movie music (circa 1950-1980), things were quite simple and rudimentary in most fields. Hindi movie songs tended to become popular only if the movie did better, and the movies did better only if they followed certain set formulaes. Movies that tended to deviate from the standard formulae tended to fail and as a result, the songs of such movies too would suffer.
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For most music lovers,”Bheegi Raat” (1965) is synonymous with its iconic song viz. Dil jo na kah saka. Of course, no Hindi movie worth its salt had only one song in it. This movie too had more songs in it, it is just that the other songs from this movie got overshadowed by the above mentioned song.
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Kyun mile ham tum bewafaa o sanam
Posted on: January 6, 2011
Fans of my generation remember Ashok Kumar and Nirupa Roy for playing the roles of parents, but that was not always the case. In their younger days (it may be difficult to believe, but they were actually young as some time in the past), they actually acted in lead roles.
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“Mehboob Ki Mehandi” (1971) is a movie starring Rajesh Khanna and Leena Chandawarkar. This Muslim social movie had some wonderful songs in it, which remain popular to this day.
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Tabeeyat saaf ho gayi saaf
Posted on: December 21, 2010
“Sagaai” (1951) is an action/adventure movie starring Premnath,Rehana,Purnima, Vijaylaxmi, Gope,Yaqoob,Ifteqar,Heeralal, Sundar etc. This movie has some interesting songs in it.
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“Alladin And The Wonderful Lamp” (1952) was a Wadia Movietone movie based on the well known Arabian Night tale. In this movie, Mahipal and Meena Kumari play the lead roles.
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“Alladin And The Wonderful Lamp” (1952) was a fantasy movie based on the well known Arabian nights tale. This Wadia movietone movie had Mahipal and Meena Kumari in lead roles.
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It is unbelievable how songs composed three/four generations ago could sound so fresh even today, sixty years later, long after most people involved in creating them may have left the scene.
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