All the precious gems in the vault of great Rafi for everyone to cherish and soothen their souls
Friday, July 31, 2020
Mohammed Rafi & Madan Mohan gems (No.3) : film Dastak
Mohammed Rafi & Madan Mohan gems (No.2) : film Aap ki parchhaiyan
Mohammed Rafi & Madan Mohan gems (No.1) : film Suhagan
Toon mere saamne hai teri zulfen hain khuli
My first gem is the ultimate romantic song from the 1964 film Suhagan. The lyricist is Hasrat Jaipuri and the song is picturised on Guru Dutt and Mala Sinha. Mohammed Rafi has sung this Madan Mohan gem with such smoothness, yet full of intensity, that one is completely mesmerized while listening to it. You can listen to it n number of times and the song still remains absolutely fresh.
Thursday, July 30, 2020
Mohammed Rafi - Khoya khoya chand- TOP OF THE LIST : film Kala Bazar
Finally one day, he asked R.D.Burman to go along with Shailendra to get the lyrics. They drove to his home. On the way, they stopped at Shankar Jaikishan's place to finish some pending work. It was evening, Shailendra finished his work with Shanker Jaikishen and with Pancham, got into his car. He instructed the driver to go to National Park. There, Shailendra kept smoking, BUT NO WORDS !!! Shailendra then thought of a change of place and proceeded to Juhu Beach. R D Burman was cursing his luck as they got back into the car, it was almost night, what will he tell his father about the song. He was 20 years old that time and was an assistant so he couldn't pressurize Shailendra to give him the song immediately.
The time was 11 in the night and nothing is written. The beach was deserted. Those days people used to return home by 7 or 8 in the evening. Shailendra was leisurely strolling along with the eager Pancham trying to keep step. Suddenly Shailendra asked Pancham for a matchbox. He sheepishly handed over his matchbox to Shailendra. Shailendra was lost in thought, he lit his cigarette, returned the matchbox and asked Pancham to give him the tune Burman da had composed. Pancham, tapping the matchbox in rhythm, hummed the tune. It was a full moon night and Shailendra was looking at the sky puffing away on his cigarette and suddenly started writing on a piece of cigarette pack foil. after a while, he told Pancham – “You can go home, tell Dada, I will be at your place in the morning with the full song..”
He hummed the mukhda: Khoya khoya chand, khula aasmaan, Aankhon mein saari raat jaayegi, Tum ko bhi kaise neend aayegi. Pancham smiled, he knew that this song was a winner! He ran, hailed a cab and went home. Pancham in the next morning handed Dada a crumpled piece of cigarette pack foil with the words of the mukhda scribbled on it!!! Burman Da instantly liked the mukhda and asked Pancham to call Shailendra to complete the song.
MOHAMMED RAFI & MADAN MOHAN - 15 PRECIOUS GEMS IN ONE VAULT
MY CHOICE OF SONGS FOR THIS COLLECTION - A TRIBUTE TO MOHAMMED RAFI & MADAN MOHAN DUO [1] Toon mere saamne hai teri zulfen hain khuli M...
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Rang aur noor ki baraat kise pesh karoon This gem is from 1964 film "Gazal" and is picturised on Sunil Dutt and Meena Kumari. The ...
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Jinhe naaz hai hind par woh kahan hain This classic song is from the 1957 film " Pyasa " and is picturised on Guru Dutt, the lyric...
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MY CHOICE OF SONGS FOR THIS COLLECTION - A TRIBUTE TO MOHAMMED RAFI & MADAN MOHAN DUO [1] Toon mere saamne hai teri zulfen hain khuli M...
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Tujhe kya sunaoon main dilruba tere saamne mera haal hai This gem is from 1958 film Aakhri Dao. The song is picturised on Shekhar and Nutan...
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" Tere bin soone nayan hamare, tere bin soone" This gem of a duet is from the 1963 film " Meri Surat Teri Aankhen...