Archive for the ‘Rafi solo’ Category
Chanda ka dil toot gayaa hai
Posted on: March 30, 2011
“Khoj” (1953) is as obscure a movie as any. This movie apparently had Shammi Kapoor, Mahipal, Kesari, Lalita Kumari, satish etc in it. Out of these actors, Shammi Kapoor and Mahipal went on to become well known actors in future, but even they were largely non entities in 1953 when this movie was released. It is unlikely that this movie helped them advance further in their career, seeing that this movie itself failed to survive at the box office.
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Nazar mein bijli adaa mein sholey
Posted on: March 27, 2011
After a long time, here is another song of the much loved genre- viz a Rafi -Shammi Kapoor song. This song is from “Prince” (1969) which is one of the last Shammi Kapoor style movies after which the days of Shammi Kapoor movies was over. It was good while lasted.And these movies continue to enthrall the movie watchers even today.
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Haseenon se to bas saahab
Posted on: March 17, 2011
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor of write ups to this blog.
One of the best things about old Hindi songs is that not only are they, by and large, melodious but they come in all varieties, to suit every mood. So depending on your mood, you can always pick up an appropriate genre of songs and you will enjoy a treasure-house of songs in that category.
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“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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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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