Archive for the ‘Rafi songs’ Category
Ae babu ye hai zamaana tera
Posted on: July 3, 2009
In 1940s and 50s, Bollywood music drew mainly from folk music of India as well as from Hindustani classical music.
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Here is a very old song from an obscure movie called “Actress” (1948). This is a stage song. It is sung by Rafi and it is picturised on Prem Adeeb.
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Haay re haay neend nahin aaye
Posted on: July 2, 2009
This song was one of the most popular songs with one and all during its day. And as happened with me quite often those days, I was not aware about the details of this song. I could identify the voice of Rafi and Lata but that was all. In fact I did not know those days that a song had a lyricist and a music director too. I thought that the singer did everything himself/ herself. And of course I had no idea which movie it was from.
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Main bairaagi naachoon gaaun
Posted on: July 2, 2009
The movie “Bairaag” (1976) starred Dilip Kumar, Saira Bano and Leena Chandawarkar. This was the last movie in which Dilip Kumar was seen as a hero.
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O paape na sharmaa
Posted on: July 2, 2009
Here is a party song from “Sagaai” (1966). This song is sung by Rafi. It is Madhumati and another female dancer who perform dance on this song. The actor lip syncing in Rafi’s voice is Johny Whiskey. This must be one of the very few occasions when Johny whiskey got to “sing” a song in a movie.
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Chalo chalo chalen
Posted on: July 2, 2009
Many movies have been made in Bollywood on the story of Alibaba and forty thieves. The first such movie, that I am aware of, was made in 1954. It was a C grade movie and it had Mahipal and Shakila in lead roles.
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Adaayen jab hon latkedaar
Posted on: July 1, 2009
This is a song from a 1958 movie called “Khota Paisa”. It is sung by Asha Bhonsle and Rafi. If one listens to the song, it appears a quintessential O P Nayyar tune.
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Ik nanhi munni ladki thhi
Posted on: June 30, 2009
I have been waxing eloquent about music director Ganesh in this blog. The more I listen to his songs, more is the sense of loss that I feel. If only he got a proper run in Bollywood, we would have had many more great songs to savour.
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Beta dar mat dar mat dar mat
Posted on: June 30, 2009
I have found an absolute gem of a song just now. It is from “Bhai Bahan” (1959).
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If one listens to just the audio of this song, it sounds unmistakably like a song from a Shammi Kapoor movie. The song is sung by Rafi and Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics is by Hasrat Jaipuri, music is by Shankar Jaikishan. It all seems to add up. The song even has Rafi shouting “Hurray” (reminiscent of “Yaahoo” in an earlier Shammi Kapoor movie)
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