Archive for the ‘Rafi solo’ Category
Udd jaa udd jaa pyaase bhanwre
Posted on: July 9, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The starkness of realism, the play of light – on the characters and the scenario, the ultimate expressions in black and white, a play of a poet of celluloid, one of the few directors and performers who had the ability to integrate the viewer into the scene, and transpose the empathy of emotions into the hearts of the audience. His genre, his creations stand out like a lonely weathered tree in a barren landscape. His expressions of emotions are like a crescendo of a silent scream rising heavenwards from the pits of sadness and pain – an experience that will leave the viewers heart asunder, and the mind drained and exhausted of emotions. Really, the message that comes home from his films speaks to the futility of this life, its trappings and achievements, its crazy whirlwind zips on the roller coaster that is the ups and downs of this journey without a destination. For in the end, you are either heartbroken that you never did get what you desired, or you are miserable that you lost after having got what you desired.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I have been going through the biographies and profiles of some of the well known Urdu poets – Mirza Ghalib, Ibrahim Zauq, Mir Taqi Mir, Daagh Dehlvi, Majaz Lucknawi, Firaq Gorakhpuri, Josh Malihabadi, Jigar Moradabadi etc. Most of them had faced prolonged pains and sufferings due to certain events that had happened in their lives. It is said that shaayars’ personal pains and sufferings bring the best shaayaris as these are born out of their first hand experiences. The lovers of ghazals still remember the poignant and melancholic ghazals of Ghalib, Mir, Firaq, Jigar etc.
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This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This is her 100th article in the blog.
I have been dithering for the last two days on the issue of which song post to send, as my 100th post. Now that I have decided on a song which is old enough and a Rafi solo, and melodious and touching as I wanted just such a song for this occasion. For some reason I have suddenly become tongue tied, or key board tied. Not that key boards ever get tied up like our human minds or tongues. But they do give us trouble, whenever we treat them badly. Only last week, it suffered a blow, with a steel bowl. And the key ‘ e ‘ came loose. It just wouldn’t stick in its place, I had all sorts of trouble in completing the last write up. Ideally I should have tried to complete the write up without using ‘e’. It is possible, as I read a paragraph on facebook, completely devoid of the alphabet ‘e’. Maybe next time this sort of thing happens, with a little used alphabet”s key than, it should be worth trying.
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Main raahi anjaan raahon ka
Posted on: July 6, 2013
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This is the last remaining song from Anjaana (1969). It is a ‘Jeep’ song and happens right at the beginning of the film. I got a chance to see this movie on T V during a weekend. Much to my chagrin, they cut two songs from the movie. Somebody tell these T V channels that this is a 60’s movie not 80’s movie, hence the songs are not surplus and they are the main attraction. I could see the song situation in the scene’s leading up to the song, only to see the scene after the song next. My husband alerted me that they are cutting the songs, as the ‘bhai-bahen’ song Hum behnon ke liye mere bhaiyya was cut.
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Aaj is darja pilaa de
Posted on: July 5, 2013
“Vaasna” (1968) was an Anurita Arts Production movie. It was directed by T Prakash Rao. The movie had Raj Kumar, Padmini, Biswajeet, Kumud, Sayeeda Khan, Akashdeep, Rajendranath, Junior Mahmood, Laxmi Chhaya, Manorama, Mukri, Ravikant, Tiwari, Chhugani, David Abraham etc in it.
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Na jaa mere saathi na jaa
Posted on: July 5, 2013
“Saaranga” (1960) was a Sharad Productions movie. It was directed by Dhirubhai Desai. The movie had Sudesh Kumar, Jayshree Gadkar, Nilopher, B. M. Vyas, Niranjan Sharma, Indira Bansal etc in it.
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Jitni likhi thhi muqaddar mein
Posted on: July 3, 2013
“Nayi Roshni” (1967) was a Vasu Films production. It was produced by Vasu Menon and directed by C V Sridhar. The movie had Raaj Kumar, Mala Sinha, Ashok Kumar, Tanuja, Sailesh Kumar, Anwar Hussain, Biswajeet, Bhanumati, Asit Sen, Sulochana Latkar, Mahendra, Chaman Puri, Aruna Rai, Jyotilaxmi, Pahadi Sanyal, Pratima Devi etc in it.
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Main jeeta jag haara haara
Posted on: July 1, 2013
“Jeewan Saathi””(1957) was a D S Films Production. It was directed by R S Tara. The movie had Pratima Devi, Usha Kiran, Anoop Kumar, Daisy Irani, Shammi, Murad, Ashok Kumar, Jabeen Jalil, Amarnath etc in it.
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Ham abhi aata tum abhi jaata
Posted on: July 1, 2013
“Gateway of India” (1957) was a suspense thriller starring Bharat Bhushan, Madhubala, Pradeep Kumar, Chandrashekhar, Om Prakash, Raj Mehra, Johny Walker, Anita Guha, Master Bhagwan, Sundar etc. This movie was directed by Om Prakash. This movie was ahead of its time which unfortunately meant that the movie flopped at the box office.
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Tere aage bolna dushwaar ho gaya
Posted on: June 28, 2013
Shammi Kapoor found his true identity in Hindi movies with “Tumsa Nahin Dekha” (1956). Prior to this movie, he was an underconfident struggling actor who played second fiddle to the leading ladies opposite him. Most movies (if not all) featuring Shammi Kapoor in the lead fared poorly at the box office.
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