Posts Tagged ‘Rafi’
Chaandi ka badan sone ki nazar
Posted on: May 16, 2009
I have posted over a thousand songs in this blog so far. Most songs are 3 to 4 minutes long and their lyrics are about 200 words long. But this qawwali is nearly ten minutes long and its lyrics runs into 800 words !
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Bhool jaayen saare gham
Posted on: May 16, 2009
“Nausherwaan e Adil” (1957) must be an Arabian Night’s tale, going by the title. But the makers of such historical/ mythological movies were not known to care much for authenticity. Thus we find the characters dressed in Greek dresses of a different era. And the biggest faux pas is Mala Sinha is seen wearing a cross !
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There were quite a few well known songs in “Bambai ka Babu” (1960) and I have posted several songs from this movie already.
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I have heard this song many a times without knowing which movie this song was from. I was under the impression that this song was from some movie of 1960s.
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Ye duniya patang
Posted on: May 14, 2009
Rajinder Krishan liked to use the word “patang” (kite) whenever he got an opportunity to do so. And he has written some memorable “patang” songs in movies like “Nagin”, ‘Bhabhi” etc.
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Tum jo mil gaye ho
Posted on: May 13, 2009
By now I have realised that one should not typecast people. People, if given a chance can surprise us by coming up with performances that one do not normally associate with them.
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Ye duniya badi luteri
Posted on: May 13, 2009
But for the farmaish of this song, I was neither aware of this song nor the movie called “patang” (1960).
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“Aankhen” (1968) begins with its its title/ theme song as the credits roll in. This song, sung by Rafi is quite a soul stirring song, one that rouse passions. Sahir Ludhianvi has written this song. His brief was to write a song on “Aankhen”, and he came up with this amazing song.
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We have armchair critics in all fields, be it sports, driving, movies, and even singing. And often, the ignorance of these critics could be mind boggling.
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Soorat ho to aisi ho
Posted on: May 10, 2009
I have posted many songs in this blog which I call “teasing” songs, viz songs where the girl gets teased by the boy.
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