Archive for the ‘Rafi songs’ Category
When I was a kid, I thought that most Hindi movie songs were love songs, and there were few songs of other categories. But now I know better. One can see that the Hindi movie songs fall into several categories. One song itself can belong to several categories.
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Ye samaa ye rut ye nazaare
Posted on: October 25, 2010
“Do Kaliyaan” (1968) is one of those movies that I have actually watched (albeit on TV) and the only thing I recall about this movie is that Baby Sonia (now known as Nitu Singh) had played a double role in this movie (and that is why this title called “Do Kaliyaan” viz “two buds”).
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Hindi movie songs are reputed to be sung by the hero and heroine while running around trees. But what happens when the lady has injured herself and is unable to even walk, let alone run ? Does the hero abandon her and runs around trees with some other lady ? Not if the hero is Sunil Dutt. Sunil Dutt is one hero who would take care of his ladies in their moments of need.
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25th october is the date when Sahir Ludhianvi left this world in 1980, exactly three decades ago.
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Bheega bheega pyaar ka samaan
Posted on: October 24, 2010
This is a song that I have heard in the past, but my recollections of this song has been vague. In other words, I had little idea about the details of this song.
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Bhajan binaa baawre
Posted on: October 20, 2010
Here is a rare bhajan from an obscure movie called “Rooplekha” (1962). This movie was a stunt movie which was directed by Mohammad Hussain for Prithvi Pictures, Bombay. the movie had Mahipal and Vijaya Chaudhary in lead roles with Sundar, raj Adeeb, Shaam Kumar, Krishna Kumari, Amar, Jeewan Kala, Madhumati, Rafiq, Munshi Munaqqa, Mohammad Ali, Ghani, Arvind Kumar, Dondu, Balram, Nazeer Kashmiri etc in it.
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Main keh doon tum ko chor
Posted on: October 18, 2010
Playful romantic songs, especially those that are picturised on a pair of actors who were actually romantically involved always makes for good listen/watch. Dev Anand and Suraiyya were one of the first such on screen couple.
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Ab raat milan ki beet chuki
Posted on: October 17, 2010
In Hindi movies, majority of songs have their origins in Indian classical music or folk music. Other source of inspiration has been Western popular music, which in fact became a standard fare in Hindi movie music of 1970s and 1980s.
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There were some movies, especially those made in late 1950s by Guru Dutt that took melancholy to new heights (Depths ?). The Hero, always played by Guru Dutt, would remain gloomy and morose and he would make those around him gloomy and morose too. At least that is the general impression I get whenever I hear the name Guru Dutt. And in his case, life imitated art. He as well as his wife Geeta Dutt let miserable lives in their last few years.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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