Posts Tagged ‘Hasrat Jaipuri’
I was aware of a movie called “Do Phool” (1973) but it now I have come to know that there was another movie of this name in 1958. This movie “Do Phool”(1958) is far more obscure that its 1973 namesake. This movie was obviously a B grade movie with no saleable stars in it.
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When Dilip Kumar began his career as a lead actor in Hindi movies, Talat Mehmood gave playback for him. It was from mid 1950s onwards that Rafi became his (and for that matter every one’s) voice.
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“Aas Ka Panchhi” (1961) is a movie starring Rajendra Kumar and Vyjyanti Mala. From music point of view, it had some superb songs in it that were sung by several singers ,well known ones as well as lesser known ones.
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I have not counted the number of songs sung by Rafi for Shammi Kapoor, but it is high time I did that. There are so many of them, and it is amazing how Rafi could summon so much energy and enthusiasm every single time he had to sing a song for Shammi Kapoor. Just about everyone of these songs are gems, that have stood the test of time.
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Mujhe tum mil gaye hamdam
Posted on: November 4, 2010
“Love in Tokyo”(1966) is the most Shammi Kapoorish of all movies not involving the great man himself. “Love in Tokyo” (1966) has Joy Mukherji instead and he does a great job here as a Shammi Kapoor clone.
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I have not discussed a Shammi Kapoor style song in this blog for quite some time. No, it is not because I have run out of such songs. There are still many such songs that are yet to be covered.
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I have heard this song many a times, but I was not aware of any details about this song except the obvious one that the song is sung by Rafi.
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Many fans remember “Ujaalaa” (1959) as one of the earlier Shammi Kapoor kind of movie. But Shammi Kapoor was not the only lead actor in this movie. Raj Kumar was also there in this movie, and he in fact may have been the better known of the two as well.
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Jaane bhi de sanam mujhe
Posted on: October 16, 2010
“Around The world” (1967) which is an abbreviation of “Around the world in eight dollars” was basically a movie where Raj Kapoor and Jayshree are seen going on a world tour. Most tourists go to their destinations to watch those places and soak in the atmosphere there, whereas our lead actors go there to sing songs. 😀
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Mere ae dil bataa
Posted on: October 4, 2010
I just realised that I have discussed only one song from “Jhanak Jhanak Paayal Baaje” (1955) in this blog. This movie has several amazing songs in it.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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