Archive for the ‘Rafi songs’ Category
Abke bahaar aayi hai
Posted on: December 20, 2008
I stumbled upon this song from a forgotten movie called “Aulaad”. What a song for nostalgia buffs this turns out to be ! This song is sung by Rafi under the music direction of Chitragupta ( father of Anand Milind) and Majrooh Sultanpuri is the lyricist.
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Badan pe sitaare lapete huye
Posted on: December 20, 2008
For a long time, I have been confused between this song and the song “aaj kal tere mere pyaar ke charche har zubaan par”. There was much in common between these songs. Both songs were sung by Rafi for Shammi Kapoor and Shankar Jaikishan were the music director in both cases.
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When two people fall in love, it is the boy that is traditionally supposed to take the initiative and the girl has to wait for that initiative to come, which often never comes, if the boy is someone like Amol Palekar in Bollywood movies of 1970s.
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Laal chhadi maidaan khadi
Posted on: December 17, 2008
The Rafi-Shammi Kapoor-Shankar Jaikishan have together created many songs that absolutely lift one’s spirits up. I have posted quite a few such songs already, but I still have a steady supply of such songs available with me to be posted.
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Sau baar janam lenge
Posted on: December 17, 2008
There are many songs picturised on a man with a female voice singing in the background, viz “Gumnaam”, “Bees saal baad” etc. In this song, it is just the reverse. Here it is a female who is seen walking near a waterfall and the male voice singing in the background. This song “sau baar janam lenge” is in the same league as “Gumnaam” song “Gumnaam hai koyi”. It is just as haunting and creates similar kind of atmosphere.
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Rafi-Shammi Kapoor-Shankar Jaikishan combination has given us some unforgettable songs. Listening to these songs regularly is a potent recipe to keep once spirits up. That way, listening to these songs are like an effective session with a shrink.
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Dono ne kiya thha pyar magar
Posted on: December 15, 2008
Sonik and Omi who were mama and bhanja acted as assistants to quite a few music directors viz Madan Mohan etc. It was in late 1960s that they started out as independent music directors.
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This song from “Professor” is shot on outdoor locations, perhaps in Kashmir (Correction- in Darjeeling, as pointed out by Shontou). The song is sung by Rafi and is picturised on Shammi Kapoor. The rolypoly heroine, Kalpana is also there in this song and she appears rather sore at Shammi Kapoor throughout the song. It seems to me that Shammi kapoor’s charms seem to have cut no ice with her in this song.
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Do ghoont chai pee
Posted on: December 15, 2008
“Sanjog” (1961) is known for some evergreen and timeless Lata- Madan Mohan compositions which were picturised on the heroine viz Anita Guha.
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Nigaahon ne phenka hai
Posted on: December 14, 2008
The movie is called “Jaali Note” viz “couterfeit note”. The movie had Dev Anand and Madhubala in lead roles.
Helen was beginning to make her presence felt in those days in the sense that she was beginning to get a song every movie. This trend of one Helen song per movie would last for nearly two decades.
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