Archive for the ‘Rafi songs’ Category
One reason why the songs of the golden era live in our memory is the lyrics which were soul of these songs. Secondly, the singers sand these songs with involvement and passion, and thirdly, the music of these songs created just the right ambience for the mood of the song.
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This is a song that I have heard many a times in my younger days. I was only aware of the fact that this song is sung by Rafi and Asha Bhonsle, but that was all I knew about this song.
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Yaar chulbulaa hai
Posted on: August 8, 2010
I have posted several songs from “Dil Deke Dekho” (1959) and still it appears to me that this movie has an endless supply of wonderful songs in it.
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I have posted a few songs from “Asli Naqli” (1962) in the past. This movie had Dev Anand and Sadhana in lead roles.
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Koi pyaar ki dekhe jaadugari
Posted on: August 7, 2010
I was recently informed by Lalitha that many “Kohinoor” (1960) songs are missing from the blog. In fact, many songs from many movies are missing, if you think about that. 😀
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Wo chale jhatak ke daaman
Posted on: August 5, 2010
Rajendra Kumar during his heydays was a big star and he was in fact nicknamed “Jubilee” Kumar because his movies tended to be hits. It was an open secret that he aped Dilip Kumar’s acting style and mannerisms. Someone apeing the best and going on to have huge success is nothing new and we see it in so many fields of activities.
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Aaj huaa meraa dil matwaalaa
Posted on: August 5, 2010
“Chhote Nawaab” (1961) was R D Burman’s debut movie. He was given this break by Mehmood, and the rest, as they say, was history.
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Here is a song from “Apna Banaa Ke Dekho” (1962). This song is sung by Rafi. I do not have the video of this song available, but I am awre that this movie had Manoj Kumar and Asha Parekh in lead roles, so one can safely assume that this song is picturised on Manoj Kumar.
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Kaise samjhaaun bade naasamajh ho
Posted on: August 4, 2010
In Bollywood movies, showdown / competition songs were quite popular in 1950s to 1970s, where two artists, mostly of the same gender would try to score brownie points over their competitor.
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“Bahaaron Ke Sapne” was one of the earliest movies of Rajesh Khanna before his pre- superstardom days. In this movie, Rajesh Khanna plays an ordinary man who has ordinary worries, viz he is looking for a job.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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