Posts Tagged ‘Rafi’
Mere pardesi mehmaan
Posted on: December 28, 2011
“Andher Nagri Chaupat Raja” (1955) was a movie produced by the production house of Chitramahal. Shamim Bhagat directed the movie. The “star” cast of this B grade movie included names like Chitra, B. M. Vyas, Uma Devi, Gope, Amarnath, David Abraham etc.
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Dil leke dil diya hai
Posted on: December 28, 2011
Love is the most common theme in Hindi movie songs. There are many variations of this theme and one of them is light teasing between lovers.
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Main jab gaaun geet suhaanaa
Posted on: December 28, 2011
Originally written by me, this writeup has subsequently been thoroughly revamped and rewritten by Sudhir, following his detailed and thorough investigation into this song
“Amar Raj” (1946) is a movie which was directed by Homi Wadia. The movie had Trilok Kapoor and Nirupa Roy from what little I can gather on internet.
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So jaa baaba mere so jaa
Posted on: December 27, 2011
Lullabies are a much loved category of songs in Hindi movies. Most lullabies are sung by female singers as one would expect. But there are exceptions where male singers too have sung lullabies.
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Meri jholi ko bhar de
Posted on: December 27, 2011
“Maan Ke Aansoo” (1959) is a movie which had actors like Ajit, Nalini Jaiwant, Lalita Pawar, Kammo, Agha, Jankidas, Tuntun etc in it. It was a Sharad Productions movie and it was directed by Dhirubhai Desai.
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Naushad was born on 25th december. To mark this occasion, here is a song from “Sohni Mahiwal” (1958). This song is sung by Rafi, who collaboration with Naushad yielded several memorable songs.
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Ta ra ri aa ra ri
Posted on: December 25, 2011
If 24th december was the birthday of Rafi then his close musical associate Naushad was not too far behind. Naushad was born on 25th december !
So today (25th december) is the day when we in this blog will pay our musical tributes to Naushad, the great pioneer in the field of Hindi movie music.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Remembering Rafi Saab on his 87th birth anniversary.
‘Saawan’ (1959) is a film produced under the banner of NC Films, Bombay. The banner ‘NC Films’ belongs to the Behl family. Music director Hansraj Behl and his brother Gulshan Behl started this company, in the name of their father, Sh. NC Behl. Gulshsan Behl is the producer. The film is directed by Ramesh Tiwari. There are 10 songs listed for this film. All songs except one are penned by Prem Dhawan. One of the songs is written by Asad Bhopali. This song is from the pen of Prem Dhawan. The film is a social drama, and the star cast includes Bharat Bhushan, Ameeta, Jeevan, Achla Sachdev, Tiwari, Helen, Leela Misra, Tuntun, Majnoo, Naazi, Jagdish Kanwal, Master Deepak etc.
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Dil tadpe tadpaaye
Posted on: December 24, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Remembering Rafi Saab on his 87th birth anniversary
It is thirty one years now that Rafi Saab left this mortal world. As per Hindu scriptures, ‘shabd’ or word / sound is eternal. And thus the voice of Rafi Saab. Probably the most mellifluous, and the most pliable voice that has ever graced the Hindi silver screen and the radio airwaves. The loss at a reasonably young and active age of 55, has been irreplaceable, as the past three decades have shown. Many contenders came and tried to take his place. But in the test of time, Rafi Saab towers above all and his voice, now emanating from electronic storage, still strums the strings of the heart, as they did decades ago.
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On the occasion of Rafi’s birthday, I have discussed a variety of songs of many genre whose lyrics were contributed by different contributors. So, going by that trend, here is another Rafi gem from yet another forgotten movie.
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