Archive for the ‘Rafi solo’ Category
Dilip Kumar was known as tragedy king during the days I was growing up, but he would act in non tragedy roles too, though I was not aware of that in my younger days. And moreover, He was from the earlier generation, and I was growing up with the next generation of heroes ( Rajesh Khanna etc).
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Ik tera sundar mukhda
Posted on: April 20, 2009
I was aware of a movie called “Bhai bhai” released in 1940s, but I never knew that a movie of the same name was made in 1970 too. This 1970 movie must have done really poorly at the box office to be so unknown.
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In 1950s and 1960s, most leading actors stuck to the some particualar playback singers, whose voices, they thought suited them. Thus we had Mukesh singing for Raj Kapoor, Rafi singing for Shammi Kapoor etc.
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Aap naaraaz Khuda khair kare
Posted on: April 19, 2009
I keep confusing among movies with names like “Pyaar Muhabbat” “Jawaan Muhabbat” “Pyaar Deewaana” etc. With great difficulty, I remind myself that one had Dev Anand, and another had Shammi Kapoor, and yet another had Kishore Kumar. Now which movie had which actor is something I cannot recall with any certainty.
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Jhoomta saawan dekho aaya
Posted on: April 19, 2009
While looking for forgotten gems, look what I have discovered. This Rafi song is from a forgotten movie called “Do Khilaadi” (1976). Gauhar Kanupri is the lyricist and Usha Khanna has composed the music.
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Meri gaadi udan khatola
Posted on: April 19, 2009
I had never heard about the songs of this movie called “Aurat” (1967), but now that I have heard a couple of songs from this movie, I cannot help but post them in this blog.
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Poochhe jo koi mujhse
Posted on: April 16, 2009
In Bollywood movies, hero is often seen teasing the girl and get away with it. It does not happen that way in real life. In reality, there are laws which prohibit “eve” teasing as it is called in India.
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Wo ham na thhey wo tum na thhey
Posted on: April 14, 2009
Few people are aware of this 1964 movie called “Cha Cha Cha”. It had a by now forgotten hero called Chandrashekhar, and Helen, a one dance wonder in most movies, was the heroine of this movie !
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“Tere Ghar Ke Saamne” (1963) is full of songs that have become classics. I have already posted one such song. Here is another.
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Nazar na lag jaaye.. o my love
Posted on: April 10, 2009
In any field of activity, whenever a product succeeds, “me to” products with similar packaging come up, which hope to encash on the popularity of the original. Most of the clones fail, but some of the best clones often succeed, and in some cases, may become as successful as the original too.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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