Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs

Posts Tagged ‘Rafi


This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6394 Post No. : 19834

Today ‘s song is a typical 1950’s Fun song from a Mythological film – Durga Pooja-1954.

The film was produced by Dhirubhai Desai and his son Sharad Desai for their family banner Sharad Productions, Bombay. The director of this film was Dhirubhai Desai. Music Director was a veteran of such films – S.N.Tripathi. He used 4 lyricists for the film’s 10 songs namely, Bharat Vyas (3 songs), G.S.Nepali (2), B.D.Mishra (3) and Saraswati Kumar ‘Deepak’ (2). The cast included Nirupa Roy, Trilok Kapoor, Shahu Modak, Kamal( wife of comedian actor Maruti), Yashodhara Katju, Ratnamala, S.N.Tripathi, Rajkumar Khatri, Indira Bansal, Yashwant Dave etc.
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This article is written by Nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6393 Post No. : 19832

ہر ایک بات پہ کہتے ہو تم کہ تو کیا ہے

تمہیں کہو کہ یہ انداز گفتگو کیا ہے

نہ شعلہ میں یہ کرشمہ نہ برق میں یہ ادا

کوئی بتاؤ کہ وہ شوخ تند خو کیا ہے

یہ رشک ہے کہ وہ ہوتا ہے ہم سخن تم سے

وگرنہ خوف بد آموزی عدو کیا ہے

چپک رہا ہے بدن پر لہو سے پیراہن

ہمارے جیب کو اب حاجت رفو کیا ہے

جلا ہے جسم جہاں دل بھی جل گیا ہوگا

کریدتے ہو جو اب راکھ جستجو کیا ہے

رگوں میں دوڑتے پھرنے کے ہم نہیں قائل

جب آنکھ ہی سے نہ ٹپکا تو پھر لہو کیا ہے

وہ چیز جس کے لیے ہم کو ہو بہشت عزیز

سوائے بادۂ گلفام مشک بو کیا ہے

پیوں شراب اگر خم بھی دیکھ لوں دو چار

یہ شیشہ و قدح و کوزہ و سبو کیا ہے

رہی نہ طاقت گفتار اور اگر ہو بھی

تو کس امید پہ کہیے کہ آرزو کیا ہے

ہوا ہے شہہ کا مصاحب پھرے ہے اتراتا

وگرنہ شہر میں غالبؔ کی آبرو کیا ہے

हर एक बात पे कहते हो तुम कि तू क्या है
तुम्हीं कहो कि ये अंदाज़-ए-गुफ़्तुगू क्या है

न शो’ले में ये करिश्मा न बर्क़ में ये अदा
कोई बताओ कि वो शोख़-ए-तुंद-ख़ू क्या है

ये रश्क है कि वो होता है हम-सुख़न तुम से
वगर्ना ख़ौफ़-ए-बद-आमोज़ी-ए-अदू क्या है

चिपक रहा है बदन पर लहू से पैराहन
हमारे जैब को अब हाजत-ए-रफ़ू क्या है

जला है जिस्म जहाँ दिल भी जल गया होगा
कुरेदते हो जो अब राख जुस्तुजू क्या है

रगों में दौड़ते फिरने के हम नहीं क़ाइल
जब आँख ही से न टपका तो फिर लहू क्या है

वो चीज़ जिस के लिए हम को हो बहिश्त अज़ीज़
सिवाए बादा-ए-गुलफ़ाम-ए-मुश्क-बू क्या है

पियूँ शराब अगर ख़ुम भी देख लूँ दो-चार
ये शीशा ओ क़दह ओ कूज़ा ओ सुबू क्या है

रही न ताक़त-ए-गुफ़्तार और अगर हो भी
तो किस उमीद पे कहिए कि आरज़ू क्या है

हुआ है शह का मुसाहिब फिरे है इतराता
वगर्ना शहर में ‘ग़ालिब’ की आबरू क्या है

No need to say here that the above ghazal is the kalam of Mirza Ghalib. His takhallus is his signature in the last Shair. Like the painters sign at the bottom of the canvas. Newer trend here is the thumb impression, biometric is the new signature. Going back in time.

The trigger for the above ghazal is here in the last stanza of this song:

aakaash se taare toot padey
aankh se tapki jo meri daastaan

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This article is written by Peevesie’s mom, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6391 Post No. : 19827

Hullo Atuldom

This post is thanks to the reminder that came from an Atulite (on Whatsapp), that today would have been the 100th birthday of Omkar Prasad Nayyar better known as O.P.Nayyar to the film- music- loving public.

O.P. Nayyar was born in Lahore, which is now in Pakistan, on 16th January 1926 as one among four sons. According to information on the internet, all his brothers are doctors. He was married to Saroj Nayyar who was a stage dancer when she met OPN who was at that time a singer at Lahore Radio Station. The Nayyars are parents to three daughters and a son. One of his granddaughters or grand niece, Niharica Raizada an actress, was born in Luxembourg, was seen in the Rohit Shetty directed ‘Sooryavanshi’ in 2021 & ‘Total Dhamaal’ (2018) a Inder Kumar directed film.

O P Nayyar was active in the film world from 1949 when he gave the background score for ‘Kaneez’. Dalsukh Pancholi’s ‘Aasman’ (1952) was his first as music director. ‘Zid’ (1994) directed by Esmayeel Shroff was the last film with OPN’s music.

In between 1952 & 1994 (almost 42 years) OPN’s music was heard in 73 Hindi movies (according to this post by Atulji.
That post also gives the number of O.P. Nayyar songs yet to be posted as 97. Since then (2018) we have added 37 more songs i.e. around 60 filmy songs are yet to be posted.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6389 Post No. : 19816

Today’s song is from a Mythological film Shri Ganesh Mahima aka Shri Krishna Vivah – 1950.

This is one Genre that I have my soft corner for. I like religious songs. I find bhajans by various artists from different films so enchanting to listen to. Seeing Religious or Mythological films attracted me as much as the ‘C ‘grade action/stunt films did. I used to go to the extreme corners of the city to watch such films in absolutely dilapidated old theatres, which were affordable for the lowest strata of the society. I used to get so engrossed in seeing the action films that the presence of the third grade public passing lewd and loud comments never disturbed me ! Similarly, visiting Theatres along with the old and the senior most family members, composed mainly of old ladies to watch mythological movies was an experience to remember till date ! Later on I realised these films also provided a lot of religious knowledge, in the formative years.
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This article is written by Nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6389 Post No. : 19815

ہوا جو پیوند میں زمیں کا تو دل ہوا شاد مجھ حزیں کا
بس اب ارادہ نہیں کہیں کا کہ رہنے والا ہوں میں یہیں کا

قریب ہے یارو روز محشر چھپے گا کشتوں کا خون کیوں کر
جو چپ رہے گی زبان خنجر لہو پکارے گا آستیں کا

ہوائے مے میں ہوں محو ایسا چمن میں گھر کر جو ابر آیا
سیہ مستی میں میں یہ سمجھا جہاز ہے آب آتشیں کا

امیرؔ دیکھا جو اس کا نقشہ تو نقشہ یوسف کا دل سے اترا
کہ نقش ثانی کے آگے ہوتا فروغ کیا نقش اولیں کا

हुआ जो पैवंद मैं ज़मीं का तो दिल हुआ शाद मुझ हज़ीं का
बस अब इरादा नहीं कहीं का कि रहने वाला हूँ मैं यहीं का

क़रीब है यारो रोज़-ए-महशर छुपेगा कुश्तों का ख़ून क्यूँ-कर
जो चुप रहेगी ज़बान-ए-ख़ंजर लहू पुकारेगा आस्तीं का

हवा-ए-मय में हूँ महव ऐसा चमन में घिर कर जो अब्र आया
सियह-मस्ती में मैं ये समझा जहाज़ है आब-ए-आतशीं का

‘अमीर’ देखा जो उस का नक़्शा तो नक़्शा यूसुफ़ का दिल से उतरा
कि नक़्श-ए-सानी के आगे होता फ़रोग़ क्या नक़्श-ए-अव्वलीं का

(Ameer Minai)

The above is the complete ghazal by Ameer Minai. The famous line “Jo chup rahegi zubaan e khanjar, lahu pukaregaa aasteen ka” is partly used in the last stanza of this song posted recently. Since the famous line is the crux of the matter, and full ghazal is the complete story, so given above as food for thought.
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This article is written by Avinash Scrapwala, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6387 Post No. : 19809

#The Decade of Fifties – 1951 – 1960 #
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This song is from a 1956 movie ‘Aastik’. I had listened to this song in the past and then forgot about it. Recently I came across an audio link of this song mentioning it as from the movie ‘Shyaam Ki Jogan’. It is then that when I looked for other links of this song. That is when I realised that this song is from the movie ‘Aastik-1956’ and not from the other movie.

This movie ‘Aastik-1956’ was directed by S.P. Kalla for ‘Rani Productions, Bombay’. It was produced by Gordhan Das Kakkad and it was passed by Censor Board on 15.05.1956. The cast of this movie has Shahu Modak, Paro, Meenakshi, B.M. Vyas, Nagpal, Anand Joshi, Praveen Pal, Lotan, Ramesh, Micky, Dinanath, M.S. Phatak, Nazi, Shanti, Mithaailal, Master Dabboo, Master Babu and others.
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6385 Post No. : 19802

“Circus Queen”(1959) was produced by Homi Wadia and directed by Noshir Engineer for Basant Pictures, Bombay. The movie had Nadia, John Cavas, Samar Roy, Sheela Kashmiri, Sheikh, Habeeb etc in it.
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This article is written by Nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6379 Post No. : 19779

What is global capitalism theory?

Global capitalism refers to the concept of a global economy dominated by globalizing corporations and those who own and control them, operating beyond national boundaries and interests.

What are the three theories of capitalism?

These include laissez-faire or free-market capitalism, state capitalism, and welfare capitalism. Different forms of capitalism feature varying degrees of free markets, public ownership, obstacles to free competition, and state-sanctioned social policies.

What are the 4 types of capitalism?

In our analysis, we found it useful to classify capitalist economies into four categories: oligarchic capitalism, state-guided capitalism, big-firm capitalism, and entrepreneurial capitalism.

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The above is just to get to the idea of “Bade log” in todays context. We are in the middle of third decade of 21st century, a quarter of which we all have seen/ lived through.

Alhamdullillah for everything, the grand plan of the Almighty takes shape in the ways he ordains. We humans must just bear it, as we cannot change anything. We can try and equip ourselves, using the faculties granted by the Almighty, to deal with the things destined. With wisdom, dignity, patience, and faith.

We are grappling as a human race, with fears of food shortages, natural calamities like wildfires, unnatural calamities like a nuclear war, plus the biggest fear of all, giving the power over fate, to the unwise, the undignified, the impatient and the faithless.

The biggest responsibility and purpose of the humans in the universe is to be worthy of its creator. We have been given the faculties, granted to no other being. This is the simple purpose of creation; scientists/thinkers/philosophers are trying to find for millennia.

This is “chhotta munh aur badi baat”, but just to state things in the proper perspective as things stand.

The song under discussion is from the film “Phandebaaz” 1978. R. D. Burman is the composer, with lyrics of Anand Bakshi. Mohammed Rafi is singing for Dharmendra and Amit Kumar is singing for Dharmendra’s partner, the actor I cannot name.

These 3 songs are posted in the blog.

Song Date of post
Dulhan khoobsurat hai.. abhi gyaarah nahin baje hain 27 May 2009
Mohabbat mein aji kya aap apna imtihaan denge 28 June 2013
Duniya mein paise binaa kaise hum jiyenge 30 December 2023

Helen is also seen in the song. The filming is done in areas of South Bombay, showing some landmark buildings and roads of the city, how it all looked in 1978. This could be the first duet song of Mohammed Rafi – Amit Kumar to feature in the blog. I had seen a photograph of Kishore Kumar sitting on the floor with a young boy next to the “maiyyat” of Rafi Sahab. It must have been taken on 1st August, 1980 at home, before the funeral procession. The boy is the younger son of Kishore Kumar, looked exactly like Amit Kumar. I mistook him for Amit Kumar. But checked recently that Amit Kumar is much older, and here he is singing duets with Rafi Sahab.

Dharmendra – Rafi songs are not over yet. More landmark songs remain to be posted. I have posted so many over the last 2 months, that a series could have been made.

Video:

Audio:

Song-Badey badey logon ke yaar bade bade hain raaz (Phandebaaz)(1978) Singers-Rafi, Amit Kumar, Lyricist-Anand Bakshi, MD-R D Burman
Both

Lyrics

Badey badey logon ke yaar
badey badey hain raaz
badey badey logon ke yaar
badey badey hain raaz
apna kya hai
ham to hain
maamoolee phandebaaz
arey maamoolee
maamoolee kya

phandebaaz
phandebaaz
badey badey logon ke yaar
badey badey hain raaz
apna kya hai
ham to hain
maamoolee phandebaaz

badey badey logon ke yaar
badey badey hain raaz

ham naheen khaate chanda
aur hai apna dhandha
apne aap phanse sab jis mein
apna hai wo phandaa
ho.. dhokha wo dete hain jo
hote hain dhokhebaaz

achha aa
badey badey logon ke yaar
badey badey hain raaz
apna kya hai
ham to hain
ma’amoolee phandebaaz

ho unn se bhi milte hain
aur inn se bhi milte hain
phool nahin ham sirf
gulistaanon mein jo khilte hain

ham uss ke ho jaayen
ham ko jo bhi de aawaaz
hey ae ae
badey badey logon ke yaar
badey badey hain raaz
apna kya hai
ham to hain
ma’amoolee phandebaaz

gorey hain ya kaaley
ham hain bholey bhaaley
achha aa
jaisa apna chehra
waisa dil sun le jag waaley
ho ham sab se khush hain lekin
ham se sab naaraaz

kyun?
badey badey logon ke yaar
badey badey hain raaz
apna kya hai
ham to hain
maamoolee phandebaaz
badey badey logon ke yaar
badey badey hain raaz
apna kya hai
ham to hain
maamoolee phandebaaz


This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6376 Post No. : 19772

Today’s song is from a Mythological film – Maayaa Machhindra – 1951.

This Super film, Bombay’s film was directed by its owner Aspy Irani. There were 4 lyricists and the music for their lyrics was composed by Premnath (Wadhva), a member of a ‘Same Name Confusion’ pair. The cast consisted of Surendra, Nirupa Roy, Trilok Kapoor, Usha Kiran, Parshuram, Amirbai, Master Vinod (Mehra) and many others.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6369 Post No. : 19752

Today, December 25, 2025, is the 10th Remembrance Day of Sadhana, the fashion icon of Hindi cinema in the 1960s. She was also called the ‘mystery girl’ because she acted in three mystery genre of films one after another. In her short filmy career of about 15 years, she had a high success ratio in terms of hit films. She worked with top directors like Bimal Roy, Raj Khosla, Yash Chopra, Hrishikesh Mukherjee and H S Rawail. Her co-stars included Dev Anand, Shammi Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Raj Kumar, Sunil Dutt, Rajesh Khanna and Dharmendra. Sadhana came and conquered the Hindi film industry in the 1960s and by the end of 1970s, she virtually vanished from the film industry.
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