Archive for the ‘Rafi solo’ Category
Tin kanastar peet peet kar
Posted on: July 13, 2009
This was not a song that was created with the aim of becoming an all time classic, nor did it become one. It was a light hearted song, which was Shankar Jaikishan’s way of taking a dig at the fad of copying Western music and using them in Bollywood movies.
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Yahi to hai wo yahi to hai
Posted on: July 12, 2009
When it comes to the movie “Solva saal” (1958), most people are familiar with just one song from this movie, viz “hai apna dil to aawaara”. This song, sung by Hemant Kumar was the most popular song of that year.
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“Ek Shrimaan Ek Shrimati” (1969) is not a movie about which I had any knowledge. same was true about its songs as well.
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Suno suno ek nayi kahaani
Posted on: July 6, 2009
There are some songs which can be categorised as “story” songs. Here the singer tells a story in song form. In fact, telling story in song form is an old traditional art in India and Bollywood movies are definitely inspired from that tradition when coming up with such songs.
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Songs have the ability of change the mood of the listeners. There are songs that are uplifting, there are songs that are soothing, there are songs that makes one feel romantic.
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Here is a very old song from an obscure movie called “Actress” (1948). This is a stage song. It is sung by Rafi and it is picturised on Prem Adeeb.
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O paape na sharmaa
Posted on: July 2, 2009
Here is a party song from “Sagaai” (1966). This song is sung by Rafi. It is Madhumati and another female dancer who perform dance on this song. The actor lip syncing in Rafi’s voice is Johny Whiskey. This must be one of the very few occasions when Johny whiskey got to “sing” a song in a movie.
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Ik nanhi munni ladki thhi
Posted on: June 30, 2009
I have been waxing eloquent about music director Ganesh in this blog. The more I listen to his songs, more is the sense of loss that I feel. If only he got a proper run in Bollywood, we would have had many more great songs to savour.
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Beta dar mat dar mat dar mat
Posted on: June 30, 2009
I have found an absolute gem of a song just now. It is from “Bhai Bahan” (1959).
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Dil kahe ruk jaa re ruk jaa
Posted on: June 27, 2009
Here is a typically upbeat song composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal that will cheer everyone up who listens to this song.
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