Archive for the ‘Rafi songs’ Category
I have posted as many as ten songs from “Andaaz” already. Unbelievably, not one of these ten songs was a duet song between hero and heroine in this movie. Most songs were solo songs, except one, which was sung by two female singers ( Lata and Shamshad Begum).
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I have posted several fine songs from “Haqeeqat” (1964), but I had not yet posted this song.
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The word “Chaand” and its derivatives were quite common in Bollywood movies till 1970s, after which man reached the moon and mankind ( including Bollywood lyricists) would no longer look at “Chaand” with the same fascination.
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Teri jawaani tapta maheena
Posted on: April 28, 2009
“Amaanat” was a movie starring Manoj Kumar and Sadhana. I find that the date of release of this movie is shown as 1977. Considering that Sadhana had retired from movies in late 1960s, I think that “Amaanat” was a movie picturised in 1960s and accordingly I thought that it was a movie of 1967 rather than 1977.That is the only explanation for the kind of dresses worn by Sadhana and Manoj Kumar in this movie which are incongruous with the dressing styles of 1970s. This movie has an iconic song that goes “matlab nikal gaya hai to pahchaante .”. I am fully convinced that I have been listening to this song from 1960s itself.
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Dekh liyaa maine
Posted on: April 28, 2009
This is a song from “Deedaar” (1951). This song is sung by Rafi and Lata.
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Khoya khoya chaand khulaa aasmaan
Posted on: April 27, 2009
By now I have posted more than a thousand songs from the golden era of Bollywood music. It can be easily noticed that lyrics played a very important roles in the success of these songs. In 1980s and later, lyrics lost its importance in the minds of the music directors and from that time onwards, songs lost their soul and their longevity. However great the singing and music may be, unless the singer and music director has a good song to work with, the song cannot hope to become popular.
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Din dhal jaaye haay raat naa jaaye
Posted on: April 26, 2009
“Guide” (1965) was voted by Bollywood insiders ( music directors, lyricists, singers) as the movie with the best music among all Bollywood movies in history. It is no mean achievement, and it shows just how highly the music of this movie is regarded by the Bollywood music industry themselves.
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Meri kahaani bhoolne waale
Posted on: April 26, 2009
“Deedaar” (1951) was a movie starring Dilip Kumar and Nargis. The movie had some nice songs written by Shakeel Badayuni and composed by Naushad.
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Wow! What a song ! And what Picturisation ! This song must go down as one of the great fun songs of all time.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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