Archive for the ‘Rafi songs’ Category
Uff ye jawaani ye adaa
Posted on: May 1, 2010
I had never heard of this movie called “Mehmaan” (1974) and I am sure most normal fans too may not have heard of this movie.
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Pyaar to ik din honaa thaa
Posted on: May 1, 2010
I had vaguely heard about this movie called “Ek Shrimaan Ek Shrimati” (1969) but I was not aware of this song. I heard (and watched) this song for the first time just a few hours ago.
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“Teasing” songs, where the hero is seen teasing the lady have been there from 1950s. And I mostly find them unrealistic. In real life, one cannot tease a girl like that in India and get away. But in Bollywood songs, the lady, after initial disapproval, begins to respond towards the later parts of the song. I find it difficult to identify with such picturisation.
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Zindagi mujhko dikhaa de raastaa
Posted on: April 27, 2010
I have posted a couple of songs from “Saanjh Aur Saweraa” (1964) in the past. Here is another song from this movie which is “new” for me. What a lovely song to listen to.
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There are very well known songs that remain well known to this day. Then there are songs that one may have listened to in distant past, never to be heard again. It is rather like Bollywood lost and found stories where family members get separated in childhood.
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Music director Ravi (full name Ravishankar Sharma) does not occupy as much mindshare in public mind as many other music directors of the golden era of Bollywood movie music do . Many younger music lovers in fact ask “Ravi who ?” when his name crops up in discussions.
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Here is a song from a forgotten movie called “Ghar Sansaar” (1958). This movie had Balraj Sahni and Nargis in lead roles.
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Bolo he zameen bolo aasmaan
Posted on: April 17, 2010
I was searching for this difficult to find song for more than a year. This song is from an obscure mythological movie called “Chakradhaari” (1954). The movie may be obscure, as also its songs, but this particular song had broken the C grade barrier as far as its popularity is concerned. This song in fact had rubbed shoulders with the songs of A grade movies like “Naagin”, “Aar Paar”,”Taxi Driver” etc. This song had finished 13th in Binaca geetmala final of 1954.
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Muqaddar aajmaanaa chaahtaa hoon
Posted on: April 14, 2010
I have heard the “better known” songs from “Door Ki Aawaaz” (1964) but that is not saying much, since this movie apparently had many more great songs than what met my eyes (and ears) till now. I see that Raja had given me a farmaish for two songs from this movie that I had never herad before.
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All line clear
Posted on: April 13, 2010
I am aware of the more popular songs from this movie, but I had never heard this song from “Chori Chori” (1956) !
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