Archive for the ‘Rafi solo’ Category
Ae meri jaane chaman
Posted on: April 27, 2012
There have been quite a few Rafi songs where Rafi has sung with such high energy levels that the listeners are left gasping for breath literally. To this day I keep wondering how a singer can sing with such high energy level throughout in a song lasting well over three minutes and sometimes more. Songs of “Junglee”(1961), “Rajkumar”(1964),”Prince” (1967),”Saawan Bhaadon”(1970) etc readily come to mind as songs whose energy levels could have lit up a few households if harnessed properly.
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Meri chaahat rahegi hamesha jawaan
Posted on: April 26, 2012
At any moment of time, I have lots and lots of contributions lying with me for discussion and I am unable to cope with them satisfactorily. I just realised that it is like sitting on a pile of gems and not finding time to appreciate them.
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“Dastak” (1970) was a movie on a theme that called for mature audience, But Indian audience, media as well as the censors were not mature at that time. Such movies were regarded as obscene and were given A certificates. Instead of attracting mature audience to the movie halls, such movies attracted immature audiences hoping to find some titillating scenes in the movies.
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Shaayar to nahin hoon lekin
Posted on: April 25, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I do not know as to why I suddenly remembered Sanjeev Kumar (real name Haribhai Jariwala) today early in the morning when I was preparing for my morning walk. His anniversary dates were nowhere near and I have not seen any of his films and video clips for a long time. As it is, my ‘area of operations’ on YT are mainly confined to the watching/listening of video/audio clips pertaining to the period between 1940-1960, straying sometime up to late 60s and most of his his songs does not fit in to my preference. Probably, this was a reminder to me from Sanjeev Kumar donning a white suit and trouser in true suspense film style echoing “old man, have a peep at me too sometime”.
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“Aao Pyaar Karen” (1964) was a Filmalaya Production. It was produced by S Mukherji and directed by R K Nayyar. The movie had Joy Mukerji, Saira Banu, Shyam Chatterji, Rajendranath, Madhvi, Merlyn, Sanjay, Brijmohan, Manavendranath, Jayant M. Shah etc in it.
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Ujad gaya panchhi ab tera baseraa
Posted on: April 24, 2012
“Ghar Ki Laaj” (1960) is quite an obscure movie. This movie was a Navkala Niketal Production. It was directed by V M Vyas. The movie had Sohrab Modi, Feroz Khan, Nirupa Roy, Kumkum, Sheela Kashmiri, Johnny Walker etc in it.
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Just as pet songs are few and far between in Hindi movies, much to my disappointment, swimming pool songs with bikini clad ladies are also very few in Hindi movies, much to the disappointment of a large number of movie watchers.
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Ek lali ghar se chali
Posted on: April 22, 2012
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The title of the movie “Cha cha cha” is unique and one of its kind. It also indicates great songs. Four songs from the film are already posted here, which include songs like “woh ham na thhe woh tum na thhi”, “ek chameli and mandve tale” & “subha na aayi shaam na aayi”. There are more such gems still to be discovered from this movie.
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Kaun apna kaun paraaya
Posted on: April 21, 2012
“Kaun Apna Apna Paraaya” (1963) was a Golden Films Production movie. It was produced by Tony walker (Johny Walker’s brother) who also starred in the movie as Hero under the name of Vijay Kumar. Niranjan directed the movie. The movie had Waheeda Rehman, Vijay Kumar, Johnny Walker, Nirupa Roy, Tun Tun, Amar, Shammi, Dulari, Hammad, Sham Kumar, Dilip Dutt, Laxmi, Nasreen, Saudagar Singh etc in it.
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This article is written by Nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a new contributor of write ups to this blog.
I am totally overwhelmed with the response to my first write up. I want to thank Atul ji for posting it almost immediately. Thus encouraged I am now ready to do my second post. What could be the second step after a Lata solo ? No prizes for quessing, it has to be a Rafi solo. Mohammed Rafi solo by O.P.Nayyar to be precise. I would have preferred to have a solo song by S D Burman. I like O.P.Nayyar songs a lot, but S D Burman and Madan Mohan’s songs are my favourites. I have a few song by them lined up for discussion, Atul ji permitting.
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