Posts Tagged ‘Rafi’
Dekha hai sabhi ne chaand ko
Posted on: May 9, 2009
In 1960s, Shammi Kapoor was the expert when it came to “teasing” ladies. Other aspiring heroes tried to ape Shammi Kapoor, but they hardly looked in the same league as a teaser.
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Aa gale lag jaa mere sapne mere apne
Posted on: May 9, 2009
When I was a kid, wearing a swimming costume used to be a big deal for Bollywood actresses. Wearing such costumes was considered against the Indian culture and was considered tantamount to exposing. Thus we used to read interviews from virtuous actresses saying that they would never wear such revealing dresses in their movies.
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Ham chale door ham chale door
Posted on: May 8, 2009
I had posted a superb song from “Ek Thhi Ladki” (1949) in the past. That song “lara lappa lara lappa” has got to be one of the greatest iconic songs of all time.
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Dil ne pyaar kiya hai ik bewafa se
Posted on: May 7, 2009
There are many songs that I heard in my younger days and loved them, even though I had no inkling which movie these songs were from. I have been rediscovering many of these songs again.
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“Talaash” (1969) had awesome music and a nice story line. In another time and era, this movie would have gone on to become a musical blockbuster. But unfortunately this movie had to compete with “Aradhana” and it was a knock out contest. “Talaash” was knocked out and “Aradhana” won.
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Ye zulf kaisi hai
Posted on: May 6, 2009
In India, where boys and girls are not allowed to mingle freely like in the west, most wedding alliances are fixed by the parents, again without taking the kids themselves into confidence. And after the parents finalise it, they inform the parties. One important information, and perhaps the only important information that a person often has is a photograph- a passport size photograph.
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Tumhaari zulfon ke saaye mein
Posted on: May 6, 2009
“Naunihaal” (1967) was a movie that did not do well at the box office. This movie had a few nice songs in it, though. After all, it has Madan Mohan as the music director.
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Matwaali aankhon waale
Posted on: May 6, 2009
“Chhote Nawab”(1963) was a movie that was Mehmood’s home production and he acted as the hero in this movie. The biggest contribution of Mehmood in this movie was introducing R D Burman as an independent music director.
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Falsafa pyaar ka tum kyaa jaano
Posted on: May 5, 2009
If you want to make someone else to see your point of view then what do you do ? Start telling her that she is wrong and she is dumb ? In fact this song takes precisely that kind of approach.
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Kal ki daulat aaj ki khushiyaan
Posted on: May 4, 2009
“Asli Naqli” (1962) was a movie starring Dev Anand.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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