Posts Tagged ‘Rafi’
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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Din hain ye bahaar ke
Posted on: December 24, 2011
When it comes to discussing songs on the occasion of Rafi’s birthday, one is spoilt for choice. One can discuss many songs and I have material for discussing several songs today. But then there is constraint of time and one is required to work as well. 😉
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Ye shaam hai dhuaan dhuaan
Posted on: December 24, 2011
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“Ek Naao Do Kinaare” (1973), though a recent movie by the standards of this blog, is by and large a forgotten movie. It was a Nitin Films production and it was directed by B R Ishaara.The movie had newcomers like Hina Kausar, Rakesh Pandey, Mrinal Mukherjee and oldtimer like Manhar Desai in it.
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“Changez Khan” (1957) is mainly remembered today for the iconic song from this movie viz. Muhabbat Zinda rahti hai(Changez Khan). But we in this blog explore the lesser known songs of a movie as well. So far we have discussed three songs from this movie.
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Today (24th december) is Rafi’s birthday so today we are discussing songs sung by Rafi in this blog.
Here is a song from “Mirza Saahibaan”(1957). I notice that I have discussed as many as six songs from a movie of the same name that was released in 1947 and which starred Trilok Kapoor and Noorjahaan, but only one song from “Mirza Saahibaan” (1957) which starred Trilok Kapoor’s nephew, someone known as Shammi Kapoor 🙂 and Shyama.
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“Zevrat” (1949) is an obscure movie with rare but nice songs in it. I have discussed two songs from this movie in the past.
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Is duniya mein ae dil waalon
Posted on: December 24, 2011
24th december is a red letter day for Hindi movie music lovers. It was on this day in 1924 that Mohammad Rafi was born. We in this blog do not wait for this day to remember him, of course. This blog is 1260 days old and we have 1287 Rafi songs so far in this blog, which means that we in this blog remember him everyday by discussing on an average one Rafi song daily.
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Dulhan Maarwaad ki
Posted on: December 21, 2011
I have discussed as many as six songs from “Anpadh” (1962) including the most well known songs from the movie, viz the two ghazals from it.
Here is another song, which is a lesser known song from this movie. This song is a stage dance song which is picturised as a cultural programme on stage which is watched by a houseful audience.
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Jhoom jhoom kar baadal aaye
Posted on: December 21, 2011
For music lovers of Hindi movie music, there is a vast repository of well known songs to chose from. And if one wants to go off the beaten track and savour songs that few people even know exist, then there is an equally vast repository of musical gems. In this blog, we keep discovering such unheard gems from times gone by, almost on a regular basis.
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