Posts Tagged ‘Rafi’
Phir wo bhooli si yaad aayi hai
Posted on: March 1, 2009
This song from “Begaana” (1963) has been sung by Rafi and picturised on an obscure actor called Shailesh Kumar who had played the role of hero in this movie, with Dharmendra playing second fiddle to him.
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When one listens to this song, and finds out that Shankar Jaikishan are the music directors and Hasrat Jaipuri the lyricist, then one can safely assume that this Rafi song is picturised on Shammi. And indeed, I have thought so about this song for more than four decades. It indeed seems to fulfil all the ingredients that one had in a Shammi Kapoor movie.
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Suno suno Miss Chatterji
Posted on: February 27, 2009
I have mentioned it that the song picturised on Johny Walker in a 1950s movie became so popular that Johny Walker began to get one comedy song in many of his subsequent movies.
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O sanam
Posted on: February 27, 2009
In olden days, love songs would often have words like “Chaand”, “raat” etc in their lyrics. Another interesting variation was where the hero would sing a sing in a moonlit night with tajmahal in the background.
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Mujhe darde dil ka pata na tha
Posted on: February 26, 2009
Dharmendra had begun his career in 1960 and he had a long career spanning four decades. During hisearlier yeras, he got to work with many legends of Bollywood, before he became a legend himself.
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Ye teri saadgi ye tera baankpan
Posted on: February 26, 2009
“Shabnam” (1964) was a movie in while Mehmood played the hero. Many comediens of those days aspired to be heroes in B grade movies. But none of them suceeded.
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I have been posting one evergreen song after another from “Badi Bahan”(1949). And readers may have noticed one thing about them- all these song were solo songs sung by a female singer. Wow ! Women’s lib had taken place so long ago as far as this movie was concerned.
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Aaja tujhko pukaare mera pyaar
Posted on: February 24, 2009
“Neelkamal” (1968) is known for its iconic song “Baabul ki duaayen leti jaa, jaa tujhko sukhi sansaar mile”.
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This song is sung by Rafi and Suman Kalyanpur. Hasrat Jaipuri is the lyricist and Shankar Jaikishan have composed the music.
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Rafi-Shammi songs typically were cheerful songs sung with such high energy that the listeners would have no option but to get infected with the exuberance contained in the song. Such songs are sure to cheer people up. Every time one is feeling low, one can try listening to these songs. One can get invigorated in no time.
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