Archive for the ‘Rafi songs’ Category
Ik na Ik din ye kahaani banegi
Posted on: February 16, 2009
“Gora Aur Kala” was almost a swan song for Rajendra Kumar as a hero, who was pitted against a newcomer viz Hema Malini in this movie. An ageing Rajendra Kumar against a young Hema Malini- such mismatches were not quite unknown in Bollywood those days.
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Maine peena seekh liya
Posted on: February 14, 2009
Rafi has sung many drunkard songs in his career. And they were mainly picturised on Raj Kumar, Dev Anand etc. I was not aware that Rafi had sung a drunkard song for Rajendra Kumar too.
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Chhup gaye saare nazaare
Posted on: February 14, 2009
One of the category of Bollywood songs that I post in this blog are “rain” songs. Quite a few of these rain songs are picturised on Rajesh Khanna and Mumtaz. So I may as well open a further sub category of rain songs viz Rajesh Khanna-Mumtaz rain songs. And all these songs are simply out of thius world.
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Zulmo sitam ko bhi
Posted on: February 14, 2009
I have posted many Rafi-Shammi songs in this song. Have I run out of more such songs to post ? Not at all. I keep coming across “new” Rafi-Shammi Kapoor songs every now and then.
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This is a song which very much contains the name of its movie as well. Yes, “aaja tujhko pukaare mere geet” is a song from “Geet”. And as iconic songs go, this song is as iconic as they come.
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Aa lag ja gale dilruba
Posted on: February 13, 2009
“Das Lakh” (1966) is known for its iconic title song that went- “gareebon ki suno wo tumhaari sunega”.
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Here is yet another Piano cum Party song that was almost a must in Bollywood movies of 1960s. The hero typically would sing a song seated on a piano kept near a big staircase. The big hall would be full of the invitees to the party. Except the main characters, others would be under strict orders not to make any movements.
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Aa mere hamjoli aa
Posted on: February 12, 2009
“Jeene Ki raah” had some very popular songs sung by Rafi. I have already posted one song from this movie.
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Main Bambai ka babu
Posted on: February 12, 2009
In Bollywood movies, singing songs is traditionally the preserve of lead actors. Lesser actors rarely got to sing. But there were exceptions.
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Patthar ke sanam
Posted on: February 12, 2009
There are many well known songs, names of whose movies are often unknown. That is unlikely to happen with this song since this song “Patthar ke sanam” is also the title of the movie.
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