Archive for the ‘Rafi songs’ Category
I had once wondered what I would do if I run out of all Rafi-Shammi songs. Then I realised that I need not worry. In case I have no more Rafi-Shammi songs to listen to, I always had the option of listening to the songs picturised on Shammi Kapoor clones. And these songs sounded just as good. There was Joy Mukherjee ( similar in appearance to Shammi Kapoor ans sometimes nearly as good) and there was also Vishwajeet ( smaller built and therefore described as poor man’s Shammi Kapoor).
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Subaha na aayi shaam na aayi
Posted on: January 23, 2009
Few people have heard the name of the movie (Cha Cha Cha) or that of the music director (Iqbal Qureshi), but what music this movie had !
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Jab bhi ye dil udaas hota hai
Posted on: January 23, 2009
I have heard this song “jab bhi ye dil udaas hota hai” quite a few times in the past and I have liked it too. It is an ideal song when you feel sad, as the song says.
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Sang basanti ang basanti
Posted on: January 22, 2009
“Raja aur rank” (1968 ) is a movie that the present generation of movie watchers are not much familiar with, and that is for good reasons too. The movie was eminently forgettable with a flimsy story line. The only well known actor in this movie was Sanjeev Kumar, and he too was a newcomer to Bollywood.
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Tumne mujhe dekha
Posted on: January 22, 2009
What can one say about the music of “Teesri Manzil” that has not been said ? It was the launch pad of R D Burman as a formidable music director in Bollywood music industry. The songs, all of them, broke new ground. Rafi and Asha Bhonsle were magical in this movie. Majrooh Sultanpuri came up ith some wonderful lyrics.
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Jab jab apna mel huaa
Posted on: January 22, 2009
Sonik Omi, who were assistants to Madan Mohan for a long time, tended to suffer a fate similar to Madan Mohan as independent music directors.They would create outstanding music, but the movies where their music would be included would fail at the box office without a whimper. As a result, the career of Sonic Omi failed to take off despite the brilliance of their music.
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Chakke mein chakka
Posted on: January 22, 2009
“Brahmachari” had so many wonderful songs, including a few immortal song. Even those songs that are not all that immortal can still be regarded as memorable, even though these songs were composed as time pass songs.
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Ek daal par totaa boley
Posted on: January 21, 2009
Ravindra Jain was a newcomer when he got the opportunity of composing the music for “Chor Machaaye Shor”. And it was his music that revived the career of Shashi Kapoor as a hero.
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Mama O mama
Posted on: January 21, 2009
I was not aware that Raj Kapoor and Mehmood had ever worked together in a movie. Now I know that they were together in a movie called “Parvarish” (1958).
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Itna hai tumse pyaar
Posted on: January 20, 2009
The movie “Suraj” had some very nice songs. And quite a few songs were picturised on the beautiful Mysore gardens.
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