Posts Tagged ‘Rafi’
Kaliyon ne ghoonghat khole
Posted on: November 25, 2008
“Dil ne phir yaad kiya” was a fantastic musical blockbuster. I have already posted the title song of this movie in this blog.
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Tum to pyaar ho sajna
Posted on: November 24, 2008
“Sehra” was a musical blockbuster whose music was created by a less known music director viz. Ramlal. Lata had sung some very fine songs in this movie.
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Mujhe dekhkar aap ka muskuraana
Posted on: November 24, 2008
“Ek Musafir Ek Haseena” was a movie featuring Joy Mukherjee and Sadhana. The music was by O P Nayyar and lyrics were written by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan ( known more for writing lyrics for Madan Mohan). Rafi, as is his wont creates magic with his divine voice in this song.
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Deewaana mastaana hua dil
Posted on: November 23, 2008
“Bambai ka Babu” was a movie starring Dev Anand and a young Suchitra Sen.
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Dil ne phir yaad kiya
Posted on: November 23, 2008
Sonik and Omi who were mama and bhanja acted as assistants to many music directors viz Madan Mohan etc. It was in later half of 1960s that they started out as independent music directors.
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Aanchal mein saja lena kaliyaan
Posted on: November 22, 2008
While watching the picturisation of Bollywood songs, I have observed a few things which we are used to, but which are actually funny, if you think about it.
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I as a kid grew up reading “Chandamama”, a children’s magazine that was published from Madras in many Indian languages. They had interesting stories from eclectic sources viz mythology, arabian tales, folk tales, etc. They also used to have stories preaching the values of peaceful co existence among joint family members. In other words, they preached just the opposite of what is preached in Ekta Kapoor’s serials now a days.
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Itni nazuk na bano
Posted on: November 21, 2008
Chitragupta was a music director who was always on the fringes of mainstream movies. Most of the time he would give music for C grade movies viz mythological movies, stunt movies etc, and such movies alongwith their music failed to make much impression with mainstream Bollywood audience.
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Koi nahin hai mera
Posted on: November 21, 2008
“Samjhauta”(1973) was a movie that went unnoticed. Many people may not even have heard of this movie or its songs. Personally I heard its title song viz “samjhauta ghamon se kar lo”, but I have not been able to locate its video.
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This song was one of the earliest songs that left an indelible mark in my tender mind. I could identify the voice of Rafi even those days, but the concept of lyricists and music directors was not yet known to me at that time.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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