Archive for the ‘Rafi songs’ Category
“Solva Saal” (1958) was a lovely movie based loosely on “It happened one night”. And “Solva Saal” had great songs to boot !
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As old songs go, there are many such songs that I am discovering for the first time these days. Here is a song that is as old and as obscure as a song can be, but this time for a change, I have heard this song before. In fact I heard the audio of this song a few years ago and I recall liking this song.
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“Paighaam” (1959) is a movie starring Dilip Kumar and Vyjyantimala. This movie, like most movies of that era, had some nice songs in it.
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Dil hai aapkaa huzoor
Posted on: October 1, 2009
“Jaali Note” (1960) was a movie starring Dev Anand and Madhubala. The movie unfortunately flopped and that is the reason why this movie is not all that well known.
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Ye hawa ye mastaana mausam
Posted on: September 30, 2009
“Akeli Mat Jaiyyo” (1963) was one of those movies that failed at the box office despite boasting of names like Rajendra “Jubilee” Kumar and Meena Kumari. Madan Mohan yet again had the mortification of watching his music go down the drain because his songs from this movie failed to take off as a result of the failure of this movie.
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Kah do kah do jahaan se kah do
Posted on: September 28, 2009
I am aware that “April Fool” (1964) had some great songs. But even I was not aware of this song.
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I have posted a couple of songs from “Kinaare Kinaare” (1963). The movie was a sad melancholic movie and its songs matched the mood of the movie.
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Marna teri gali mein
Posted on: September 25, 2009
There are a few people who say that “Shabaab” (1954) was one where Naushad gave his best music. I hope the people who hold this opinion are aware that Naushad was the music director of movies like “Baiju Baawra”, Mughal e Azam” etc as well. There are others who feel that “Baiju Baawra” could be the best creation of Naushad.
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When separated relatives “inadvertently” meet again in Bollywood movies, background music goes on an overdrive. And the body language of the separated relatives show that they are trying to recognise each other, but without success. In some cases, a background song also gets played on this matter.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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