Archive for the ‘Rafi songs’ Category
Ek pal ruk jaanaa sarkaar
Posted on: June 12, 2010
I have posted so many songs from “Dholak” (1951) and each song is outstanding without exception. What a treasure of timeless songs this movie is !
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Magar ae haseena e bekhabar
Posted on: June 11, 2010
I have posted many songs from “Dholak” (1951) and I need to post all the remaining songs from this movie. These songs are such treats to the ears and eyes.
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I have mentioned the fact that most people (at least I) are only aware of the more popular songs from a movie and they often miss out on some real gems that the lesser known songs of these movies often turn out to be.
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Tere bin soone nain hamaare
Posted on: June 10, 2010
I have posted as many as three outstanding songs from “Meri Soorat Teri Aankhen”(1963). I was not sure that these movie had more songs of the same calibre.
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I have listened to this song in the past and liked it too, but all this while I was totally ignorant about the details of this song. The only thing I knew about this song is that the song is sung by Rafi.
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Bhar bhar aayen ankhiyaan
Posted on: June 8, 2010
“Samrat Chandragupta” (1958) is a by now forgotten movie which starred Bharat Bhushan and Nirupa Roy in lead roles. But the songs of this movie are still remembered by music lovers who like to listen to old songs.
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There have been several movies called “Kangan”. I just realised that I have not posted any songs from any of these movies. So here is a song from a C grade movie called “Kangan” (1959).
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Halla gulla lailla halla gulla
Posted on: June 2, 2010
“Dholak” (1950) was a movie that is not remembered much, but I have discovered that this movie was one of the biggest musical blockbuster movies of all times.
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Late 1960s was when Bollywood movie music was at its zenith. The quality and quantity of great songs those days was just mind boggling. Many great songs created those days found themselves to be marginalised and elbowed out in this stiff competition. No one has really chronicled all the great songs of those years, but I am sure that the number of such songs must be in several hundreds, if not in thousands.
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I have listened to this song many times and liked it, but all this while I had no clue about its details. This is one of those songs that have gone on to get implanted on the psyche of those who grew up listening to this and other songs of those days.
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