Archive for the ‘Rafi solo’ Category
Todo todo todo dil ke taar
Posted on: December 29, 2011
“Amar Raj” (1946) is an obscure movie by now and little is known about this movie.
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“Nawaab Sahib” (1978) is an obscure movie, despite being a movie of recent vintage by the standards of this movie. This movie was clearly a B grade movie and it had small time non selling actors in it.
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So jaa baaba mere so jaa
Posted on: December 27, 2011
Lullabies are a much loved category of songs in Hindi movies. Most lullabies are sung by female singers as one would expect. But there are exceptions where male singers too have sung lullabies.
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Naushad was born on 25th december. To mark this occasion, here is a song from “Sohni Mahiwal” (1958). This song is sung by Rafi, who collaboration with Naushad yielded several memorable songs.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Remembering Rafi Saab on his 87th birth anniversary.
‘Saawan’ (1959) is a film produced under the banner of NC Films, Bombay. The banner ‘NC Films’ belongs to the Behl family. Music director Hansraj Behl and his brother Gulshan Behl started this company, in the name of their father, Sh. NC Behl. Gulshsan Behl is the producer. The film is directed by Ramesh Tiwari. There are 10 songs listed for this film. All songs except one are penned by Prem Dhawan. One of the songs is written by Asad Bhopali. This song is from the pen of Prem Dhawan. The film is a social drama, and the star cast includes Bharat Bhushan, Ameeta, Jeevan, Achla Sachdev, Tiwari, Helen, Leela Misra, Tuntun, Majnoo, Naazi, Jagdish Kanwal, Master Deepak etc.
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Dil tadpe tadpaaye
Posted on: December 24, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Remembering Rafi Saab on his 87th birth anniversary
It is thirty one years now that Rafi Saab left this mortal world. As per Hindu scriptures, ‘shabd’ or word / sound is eternal. And thus the voice of Rafi Saab. Probably the most mellifluous, and the most pliable voice that has ever graced the Hindi silver screen and the radio airwaves. The loss at a reasonably young and active age of 55, has been irreplaceable, as the past three decades have shown. Many contenders came and tried to take his place. But in the test of time, Rafi Saab towers above all and his voice, now emanating from electronic storage, still strums the strings of the heart, as they did decades ago.
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On the occasion of Rafi’s birthday, I have discussed a variety of songs of many genre whose lyrics were contributed by different contributors. So, going by that trend, here is another Rafi gem from yet another forgotten movie.
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Din hain ye bahaar ke
Posted on: December 24, 2011
When it comes to discussing songs on the occasion of Rafi’s birthday, one is spoilt for choice. One can discuss many songs and I have material for discussing several songs today. But then there is constraint of time and one is required to work as well. 😉
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Ye shaam hai dhuaan dhuaan
Posted on: December 24, 2011
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“Ek Naao Do Kinaare” (1973), though a recent movie by the standards of this blog, is by and large a forgotten movie. It was a Nitin Films production and it was directed by B R Ishaara.The movie had newcomers like Hina Kausar, Rakesh Pandey, Mrinal Mukherjee and oldtimer like Manhar Desai in it.
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“Changez Khan” (1957) is mainly remembered today for the iconic song from this movie viz. Muhabbat Zinda rahti hai(Changez Khan). But we in this blog explore the lesser known songs of a movie as well. So far we have discussed three songs from this movie.
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