Archive for the ‘Rafi solo’ Category
I have heard this song many a times, but I was not aware of any details about this song except the obvious one that the song is sung by Rafi.
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Tum hamen bhool gaye
Posted on: October 29, 2010
“Balam” (1949) is by now a forgotten movie. This movie has Wasti, Suraiyya,Agha, Nigar, Masud, Jayant etc in main roles.
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Badi der bhai badi der bhai
Posted on: October 28, 2010
I have discussed six songs from “Basant Bahaar” (1956) in the past and all those were iconic songs. I thought that there were no more songs, and certainly no more iconic songs left in the movie to be discussed.
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Hindi movie songs are reputed to be sung by the hero and heroine while running around trees. But what happens when the lady has injured herself and is unable to even walk, let alone run ? Does the hero abandon her and runs around trees with some other lady ? Not if the hero is Sunil Dutt. Sunil Dutt is one hero who would take care of his ladies in their moments of need.
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Bhajan binaa baawre
Posted on: October 20, 2010
Here is a rare bhajan from an obscure movie called “Rooplekha” (1962). This movie was a stunt movie which was directed by Mohammad Hussain for Prithvi Pictures, Bombay. the movie had Mahipal and Vijaya Chaudhary in lead roles with Sundar, raj Adeeb, Shaam Kumar, Krishna Kumari, Amar, Jeewan Kala, Madhumati, Rafiq, Munshi Munaqqa, Mohammad Ali, Ghani, Arvind Kumar, Dondu, Balram, Nazeer Kashmiri etc in it.
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Ab raat milan ki beet chuki
Posted on: October 17, 2010
In Hindi movies, majority of songs have their origins in Indian classical music or folk music. Other source of inspiration has been Western popular music, which in fact became a standard fare in Hindi movie music of 1970s and 1980s.
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There were some movies, especially those made in late 1950s by Guru Dutt that took melancholy to new heights (Depths ?). The Hero, always played by Guru Dutt, would remain gloomy and morose and he would make those around him gloomy and morose too. At least that is the general impression I get whenever I hear the name Guru Dutt. And in his case, life imitated art. He as well as his wife Geeta Dutt let miserable lives in their last few years.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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