Archive for the ‘Rafi songs’ Category
O sanam
Posted on: February 27, 2009
In olden days, love songs would often have words like “Chaand”, “raat” etc in their lyrics. Another interesting variation was where the hero would sing a sing in a moonlit night with tajmahal in the background.
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Mujhe darde dil ka pata na tha
Posted on: February 26, 2009
Dharmendra had begun his career in 1960 and he had a long career spanning four decades. During hisearlier yeras, he got to work with many legends of Bollywood, before he became a legend himself.
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Ye teri saadgi ye tera baankpan
Posted on: February 26, 2009
“Shabnam” (1964) was a movie in while Mehmood played the hero. Many comediens of those days aspired to be heroes in B grade movies. But none of them suceeded.
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I have been posting one evergreen song after another from “Badi Bahan”(1949). And readers may have noticed one thing about them- all these song were solo songs sung by a female singer. Wow ! Women’s lib had taken place so long ago as far as this movie was concerned.
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Aaja tujhko pukaare mera pyaar
Posted on: February 24, 2009
“Neelkamal” (1968) is known for its iconic song “Baabul ki duaayen leti jaa, jaa tujhko sukhi sansaar mile”.
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This song is sung by Rafi and Suman Kalyanpur. Hasrat Jaipuri is the lyricist and Shankar Jaikishan have composed the music.
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Rafi-Shammi songs typically were cheerful songs sung with such high energy that the listeners would have no option but to get infected with the exuberance contained in the song. Such songs are sure to cheer people up. Every time one is feeling low, one can try listening to these songs. One can get invigorated in no time.
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Paaon mein dori
Posted on: February 23, 2009
“Chor Machaaye Shor” (1974) had amazingly popular songs. I have already posted a few songs from this movie.
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Babul ki duaayen leti ja
Posted on: February 22, 2009
This song from “Neelkamal” (1968) has become immortal as the greatest “Bidaai” song of all time that Bollywood has come up with. And as happened with most iconic songs of Bollywood, this song too is a creation of Ravi, the underestimated music director who in fact went to have one of the longest and most successful career as a music director.
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“Izzat” was a 1968 movie starring Dharmendra, Tanuja and Jaylalitha.
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