Posts Tagged ‘Rakhi’
The movie “Paaras” (1971) is by now a forgotten movie. But this movie was a nice threasure trove of some very nice songs.
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Jhilmil sitaaron ka aangan hoga
Posted on: February 5, 2009
I have listened to this song many a times during my childhood. I had no idea which movie this song was from.
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The first time Ravindra Jain worked with Kishore Kumar was in “Chor machaaye shor”. What songs Kishore Kumar sang in that movie ! “Le jaayenge, le jaayenge” became an icon of an icon song and helped many careers. One was the career of Shashi Kapoor who capitalised on it by signing movies indiscriminately.
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O meri sharmilee
Posted on: November 23, 2008
Rajesh Khanna’s superstardom owes a good deal to the fact that Kishore Kumar was the playback singer for him. In fact, the next superstar viz Amitabh Bachchan too owes it to Kishore Kumar’s voice for much of his popularity.
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Pal pal dil ke paas
Posted on: November 17, 2008
I have posted a few songs in this blog that I call “chitthi” songs. In all those songs, the words “chitthi”, “daakiya” or “sandeshe” was mentioned prominently. These chitthis were written by near and dear ones staying in far flung areas.
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Main yaar manana ni
Posted on: November 5, 2008
Here is a Laxmikant Pyarelal song full of verve and enthusiasm. Such songs were typically the preserve of Asha Bhonsle, but this particular song has been sung by Lata and Minoo Purushottam, and the result is a song that was very popular during its days.
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Kya mausam hai
Posted on: September 17, 2008
Yash Chopra had made a nice and different kind of movie called “Doosra Aadmi” in 1977. Rakhi had played the central character, whereas Shashi Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor played the two men in her life. It was a daring and controversial topic for a movie in those days, where Rakhi, whose boyfriend Shashi Kapoor dies, take up a job in Rishi Kapoor’s firm because he resembles Shashi and she sees Shashi in Rishi and wants to own him, even though Rishi ( much younger to her) is already married.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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