Posts Tagged ‘Rafi’
Ik meri galli ka ladka
Posted on: July 18, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Today’s song is from film MILAN-1958, sung by Rafi and Shamshad Begum, with music by Hansraj Behl.
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Pyaar hai ik nishaan kadmon ka
Posted on: July 15, 2013
This article is written by Pamir Harvey, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This is the title song of Mukti (1977). Death and Loss play a central role in the film in different forms. Thus this song is used in bits and parts throughout the film. I have included the complete audio version and also the bits which I could find, which were used in the film. Since these bits give away the ending of the film, a SPOILER ALERT! Please don’t watch the videos of the film, if you don’t want the ending to be revealed.
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Jab dekh liya to chhupenge kahaan
Posted on: July 14, 2013
“Chiraag” (1969) was produced by Premji and directed by Raj Khosla for Suchitra Productions. The movie had Sunil Dutt, Asha Parekh, Lalita Pawar, Om Prakash, Sulochana Latkar, Dulari, Kanhaiyyalal, Mukri, Birbal, Nazir Hussain, Snehalata, Ram Avtaar,Asha Nadkarni etc in it.
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“Ganga Ki Saugandh” (1978) was Sultan Ahmad production. It had Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha, Prana, Amjad Khan, I S Johar, Bindu, Anju Mahendru etc in it.
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Main teri gunahgaar hoon
Posted on: July 13, 2013
Yesterday (12 july 2013) brought us the sad news that Pran, the legendary villain of 1950s and 60s who then turned a legendary character actor of later decades had breathed his last. Pran Krishan Sikand (12 february 1920- 12 july 2013) made his debut in Hindi movies with “Khaandaan” (1942) as a hero. This movie was produced in Lahore, his favourite place. He subsequently made a mark as a hero in Lahore movie circles.
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Ye bhool huyi bhoole se kabhi
Posted on: July 13, 2013
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The ‘harmonium song’ and ‘roadside tamasha song’ are no more featuring in films now. The last song of these genre that I can recall was in the film ‘Aashiqui’ by Kumar Sanu and Anuradha Paudwal which goes :
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Pehle paisa phir bhagwaan
Posted on: July 12, 2013
“Miss Mary” (1957) was an AVM Productions movie. It was produced by A V Meiyappan and directed by L V Prasad. The movie had Meena Kumari, Kishore Kumar, Gemini Ganeshan, Jamuna, Achla Sachdev, Jagdish Sethi, Randhir, Om Prakash, Karunanidhi, Maruti, Shivraj, Kesari, Meenakshi etc in it.
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Dukh sukh ki har ik maala
Posted on: July 11, 2013
Today (11 july 2013) is the 12th death anniversary of Qateel Shifaai (24 december 1919- 11 july 2001). He was mostly active in Pakistani movie industry as a lyricist, but some of his lyrics have been used in a few Hindi movie songs as well.
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Tum se dil kya lagaaya gaye kaam se
Posted on: July 11, 2013
“Duniya Rang Rangeeli” (1957) was a Sadiq Production movie. It was produced and directed by M Sadiq. The movie had Johnny Walker, Chand Usmani, Shyama, Rajendra Kumar, Jeevan, Amar, S N Banerjee etc in it.
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Ye mard bade dil sard bade
Posted on: July 10, 2013
“Miss Mary” (1957) was an AVM production movie. It was produced by A V Meiyappan and directed by L V Prasad. The movie had Meena Kumari, Kishore Kumar, Gemini Ganeshan, Jamuna, Achla Sachdev, Jagdish Sethi, Randhir, Om Prakash, Karunanidhi, Maruti, Shivraj, Kesari, Meenakshi etc in it.
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