Archive for the ‘Rafi solo’ Category
“Nayaa Kaanoon” (1965) is a movie that had Ashok Kumar, Vyjyanti Mala, Bharat Bhushan, Om Prakash etc. This movie was a miserable failure at the box office as far as I can tell.
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In this blog, I normally discuss songs from several artists unless it is a special occasion. On special occasions, depending on the nature of the occasion, songs may be from one genre or from one artist. Today (8 march) is a special occasion. It was on this day in 1921 that Sahir Ludhianvi was born.
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1963 was a year when Hindi movie music was at its pinnacle. There were countless musical extravanzas that were released that year. Just thinking about the names of the movies boggles the mind. In this year, we had movies like “Mere Mehboob”, “Apna Bana Ke dekho”, “Asli Naqli”, “Meri Soorat teri aankhen”,”Sehra”,”Ye raaste hain pyaar ke”,”Ustaadon ke ustaad”,”Bharosa”,”Dil Ek Mandir”,”Professor”,”Gumrah”,”Pyaar kiya to darna kyaa”,”Bluff Master”,”dil Hi to Hai”,”Ek Dil Sau Afsaane”,”Aaj aur Kal”,”Gehra Daag”,”Bandini”,”Dil Tera Deewaana”,”Tere Ghar Ke Saamne”,”Rustam Sohrab”,”Bin Baadal Barsaat” etc etc.
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The lyrics of this song are provided by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
“Pyaar Ka Bandhan” (1963) is a movie starring Raj Kumar,Nishi,Kumari Naaz, Dhumal,Johny Walker, Indira Bansal, Helen etc in it.
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Lyrics of this song have been provided by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog
It may be unimaginable today for the present generation, but when India became independent over six decades ago, the country was industrially undeveloped and there was hardly any infrastructure to speak of. Indian leadership of that time decided that India needed to adopt the Soviet Union model of planned economy for nation building. Accordingly, there used to be five year plans those days and based on the decisions taken for these five year plans, various infrastructure projects were undertaken.
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This post is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor of writeups to this blog
For a Bollywood old-song buff like me, one of the biggest pleasures of checking out youtube is to discover new “old” songs. Over the years I have not just listened to hundreds of songs that I already knew but have discovered several new “old” songs that have absolutely delighted me. The “suggestions” feature on youtube ensures that I spend several unintended hours listening to songs.
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Dekho taangaa meraa niraalaa
Posted on: February 7, 2011
Discovering forgotten gems from the golden era of Hindi movie music is quite a rewarding experience. Look at this discovery, for instance !
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Zindagi hai kyaa sun meri jaan
Posted on: February 6, 2011
Lyrics of this song are courtesy Sudhir who is a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor of lyrics to this blog
Most music lovers are aware of better known songs from movies and they are oblivious of the other songs from those movies. I have fond that these lesser known/forgotten songs can sometimes be real gems/ special songs.
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Ye kaisi deewaar hai duniyaa
Posted on: February 3, 2011
Here is a mourning song from “Batwaaraa” (1961). No one had died. It is the age old relations that have are getting severed though. The two brothers, who lived under the same roof, now want to partition the home as they cannot see eye to eye with each other. So a wall is being erected right in front of the courtyard to partition the house into two.
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Bahaaron ki baaraat aa gayi
Posted on: February 1, 2011
Though I have seen “Yakeen” (1969) in a movie hall, I do not remember most of its details except a couple of songs that I have already discussed in this blog. I in fact do not even remember the other songs from this movie.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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