Archive for the ‘Rafi songs’ Category
When one watches a song picturised on Shammi Kapoor, one half expects the song to be sung by Rafi and the music to be composed by Shankar Jaikishan. And that is how it has been for much of Shammi Kapoor’s career during his heydays.
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Aaye thhey huzoor bade tan ke
Posted on: March 4, 2010
I had never heard this song. In fact, I was not aware of this movie either. Now that I have heard this song, and watched the picturisation, I wonder where this song was lying hidden all these days. What an absolute gem of a song !
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Rajesh Khanna made his debut in “Aakhri Khat” (1966). This was a black and white movie, and this movie could well be described as a classic. This must be one of the few movies that could be called a movie with an original and different plot. At least I hope that this movie is an original and not inspired by some other movie.
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I have no idea when the three letter abbreviation (TLA) called CID came into existence. But this TLA certainly caught the fancy of the public. In the mind of the aam janta, CID means something mysterious, bordering on almost supernatural. As a kid, when I asked my elders what was CID, I was given a highly flattering idea of what a CID was. A CID is a master of disguise. “He could be with you, looking like a normal person, but you would not be able to guess that he is CID”- I was told. I would look around me. Finding no one else with me, I would suspect that elder to be CID. But then I was told that CID are there to investigate crimes. Since I was not a criminal, so I would give that elder a clean chit.
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Love songs in Bollywood movies have often used “Chaand” to good effect. In such songs, “Chaand” symbolised beauty, what with female face being compared with “Chaand” (moon) and chaandni (moonlight) being used as a romantic backdrop for some memorable songs.
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“Laal Patthar” (1971) is a movie that has been forgotten with time.
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“Nausherwan e Adil” (1957) was a blockbuster movie produced by G P Sippy. This movie had some superb songs in it.
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Aaja karle muqaablaa
Posted on: February 11, 2010
I have posted a couple of songs from “Detective” (1958) in the past. This was a suspense movie directed by Shakti Samanta. This movie had Pradeep Kumar and Mala Sinha in lead roles.
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Aapne chheen liyaa dil
Posted on: February 11, 2010
When it comes to playback singing, especially female playback singing, Mangeshkar family of siblings rules.
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