Archive for the ‘Rafi solo’ Category
Teri pyaari pyaari soorat ko
Posted on: December 14, 2008
This song swept every award that it was eligible for. This song from “Sasuraal” was the top song in Binaca geetmala final of 1961, and Rafi won Filmfare best male singer award for this song. This was the second time one particular song won these two coveted honours. Rafi himself had achieved the same distinction in the previous year for “Chaudhvin ka chaand ho” for “Chaudhvin ka chaand”.
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Chaudhvin ka chaand ho
Posted on: December 13, 2008
This song was written by Shakeel Badayuni and music was created by Ravi. Shakeel Badayuni was a lyricist who usually worked only for Naushad. When he was signed up to work for this movie, he came up to Ravi, grabbed Ravi’s hand and told him “I have never worked with an outside production. I am nervous, please cover up for my deficiencies”. Such humility ! This lyrics must go down as one of the greatest lyrics written in Bollywood movie history.
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Kyon jee mujhe pahchaana
Posted on: December 12, 2008
This is a comedy song from “Boyfriend”, a Shammi Kapoor starrer. Shammi Kapoor dresses up like a Sikh gentleman and I must say that the disguise is in a different league than the usual Bollywood movie disguise where the hero, whether the disguise hero often looks indistinguishable from his undisguised self.
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I have posted quite a few lullabies. They are typically sung by females for small kids. But trust Shammi Kapoor to sing a lullaby for his girlfriend ! Yes, this is what he does in this movie called “Boyfriend”.
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Aane se uske aaye bahaar
Posted on: December 11, 2008
If you are looking for a song to uplift your spirits, then look no further than this song from “Jeene Ki Raah”. Every time I listen to this song, I find my spirits soaring sky high.
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Mujhe apna yaar banaa lo
Posted on: December 10, 2008
A few months ago, I had written a detailed post about rail songs where I had posted details about some 20 songs.
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Kah do koyi na kare yahaan pyaar
Posted on: December 6, 2008
There are a large number of Bollywood songs in existence that express the feelings of jilted lovers. The degree of frustration depends upon the degree of jolt that the spurned lover gets from his beloved.
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Meri muhabbat jawaan rahegi
Posted on: December 5, 2008
I have just realised that when it comes to love songs in Bollywood, the lyrics do not believe in making small talk, rather they make big talk. The lover would not say such small things like “I love you”, rather he would talk on a much larger scale like how his love is forever, how his love can move mountains, etc.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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