Posts Tagged ‘Rafi’
When one talks of a movie called “Do Bhai”, one is reminded of the 1947 movie of this name that had some memorable music by S D Burman.
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Ye aankhen uff yumma
Posted on: October 12, 2009
The movie “Jab pyaar kisi se hota hai” (1961) had music by Shankar Jaikishan, lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri, songs by Rafi and Lata, the lead actress was Asha Parekh. All that this movie needed was Shammi Kapoor.
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One big reason why the songs of the golden era are still popular is the lyrics of these songs, which were meaningful and they in fact formed the soul of these songs.
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This song was among the most popular songs of 1970s, especially among pre teens like me. But I had no inkling which movie this song was from, though I guessed that this song must be from some well known movie.
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Ek chaand aasmaan pe hai
Posted on: October 9, 2009
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I had once mentioned that the version of song seen in the movie and heard in the records was often different because they were recorded on two separate occassions. Imagine a great song being recorded not once but twice ! Once for the movie sound track, and once for the record company.
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Ik dil ke tukde hazaar huye
Posted on: October 7, 2009
In 1948, most present day legendary Bollywood figures were only just starting their careers and they had yet to acquire their cult status.
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Mohabbat ke maaron ka haal
Posted on: October 5, 2009
In “Baawre Nain” (1950), Mukesh did the playback singing for the hero (Raj Kapoor) whereas Raj Kumari and Geeta Dutt sang for Geeta Bali, the heroine. But they were not the only playback singers in this movie.
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“Solva Saal” (1958) was a lovely movie based loosely on “It happened one night”. And “Solva Saal” had great songs to boot !
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As old songs go, there are many such songs that I am discovering for the first time these days. Here is a song that is as old and as obscure as a song can be, but this time for a change, I have heard this song before. In fact I heard the audio of this song a few years ago and I recall liking this song.
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