Rafi Solo List - Part 1 of 2 (Sixth Update)

NAIR, ARUN

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Dec 13, 1996, 3:00:00 AM12/13/96

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Anup Pandey

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Dec 15, 1996, 3:00:00 AM12/15/96

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>Gulabi aankhen jo teri dekhi |Apna Desh|?|?

Correction. Movie should be "The Train". I think
MD is RDB?.

> Haan yeh mana meri jaan |Hanste Zakhm (1973)|MM|KAzmi

Is this the "qawwaali" we are talking about then its not a solo
but Rafi is singing with Balbir. The qawwaali I am talking about
is "Haan yeh maana meri jaan mohabbat sazaa hai".

O.K. as I have found a possible problem? with your solo so let me
contribute one

Solo: Chup chup kyun baithi ho | Hamraahi?|RDB?| Majrooh?

The above song is picturised on Randhir Kapoor who is in railway
compartment with Tanuja who is kind of upset :) at his antics.

>Chiraag dil ka jalao ke gham ki raat |Chiraag|?|?

Is this the same song "Chiraag dil ka jalao bahut andheraa hai" ??

Cheers
Anup

Rajan P. Parrikar

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Dec 16, 1996, 3:00:00 AM12/16/96

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In article <591vct$g...@rome.raynet.com> apa...@raynet.com writes:

>Solo: Chup chup kyun baithi ho | Hamraahi?|RDB?| Majrooh?

Is this a newer Humrahi? Because the older Humrahi is scored
by Shankar-Jaikishan (Rafi's 'yeh aaNsoo mere dil ki zubAn
hai', for instance).

>The above song is picturised on Randhir Kapoor who is in railway
>compartment with Tanuja who is kind of upset :) at his antics.

Why antics? A mere glance at Randhir would be enough reason.

r

Anup

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Dec 16, 1996, 3:00:00 AM12/16/96

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In article <592cls$3...@lace.colorado.edu>, parr...@rococo.Colorado.EDU says...

>
>In article <591vct$g...@rome.raynet.com> apa...@raynet.com writes:
>
>>Solo: Chup chup kyun baithi ho | Hamraahi?|RDB?| Majrooh?
>
>Is this a newer Humrahi? Because the older Humrahi is scored
>by Shankar-Jaikishan (Rafi's 'yeh aaNsoo mere dil ki zubAn
>hai', for instance).
>

Yes it is, if its indeed Hamraahi :). AFAIR name of that
movie was Hamraahi.

>>The above song is picturised on Randhir Kapoor who is in railway
>>compartment with Tanuja who is kind of upset :) at his antics.
>
>Why antics? A mere glance at Randhir would be enough reason.
>

Slowly Rajan Sahaab, believe it or not there exists a big Randhir
Kapoor lobby in RMIM which is ready to serve you notice.

Anup

Rajan P. Parrikar

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Dec 17, 1996, 3:00:00 AM12/17/96

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Recently and quite by accident I happened to run my eyes over
a still photograph of an old Hindi film that seemed to have the
makings of a sci-fi epic involving extraterrestrials. This is
merely an educated guess since the picture had a fierce Pradeep
Kumar putatively rescuing Tanuja from the clutches of what appear
to be men dressed in tracksuits with scooter helmets for head
gear. The movie also has a highly original title: Wahaan ke Log:-)

I am curious about the soundtrack and the music and the lyrics.
Any ideas anyone?

r

Ashok

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Dec 18, 1996, 3:00:00 AM12/18/96

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In article <parrikar....@spot.Colorado.EDU>, parr...@spot.Colorado.EDU says...

It's a sordid film (I'm told) of 1967 with a sordid soundtrack (I know!)
by C. Ramchandra. It was made by NA Ansari, who must have produced
dozens of B and C grade crime films, all of them starring himself as
the villain. In addition to Pradeep and Tanuja, the film had Johnny
Walker, Shobhana Samarth, and Nilofar. I believe it was a low-tech
black and while film; perhaps a far cry from 'Independence Day'!

Ansari's earlier film 'Zindagi Aur Maut' (Pradeep, Faryal)
succeeded well beyond movies of that ilk usually do, mainly propelled
by the soundtrack contributed to by Shakeel and CR, the first time they
were brought together.

The producer stuck with the same combination for his next film, but
unfortunately got dealt junk. There is a very forgettable title song
by Mahendra Kapoor:

wahaaN ke log heere, yahaaN ke log moti
chibachchimpa,chibachchimpa (some *anokhe bol* like that)

That song was no "dil lagaa kar ham ye samajhe". CR also tried his
hand at an eerie and ghostly song with Asha Bhosle

aawaaz meri sun kar ek baar chali aao

It was boring rather than haunting!

The only song of acceptable quality from the film was by Mukesh;
as far as I know, only the third film in which CR used Mukesh (the
previous two are 'Mera Munna', a late 1940s film that I came to
know from Snehal, and the better known 'Shaarada' of fifties.). The
song went

ham tum se mohabbat kar ke sanam
duniyaa ka fasaana bhool gaye

It is at best an okay song, lacking as it does the magic to be
found in two other songs with similar words:

ham tujh se mohabbat kar ke sanam
haNste bhi rahe rote bhi rahe

sung by Mukesh for S-J and

ham kar ke mohabbat ye samajhe
gham me.n se (?) khushi kuchh door nahi.n

that CR himself had composed for Talat in 'Kavi.' But that was
a different CR, a different S-J, and a different era.

Ashok

Snehal B. Oza

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Dec 19, 1996, 3:00:00 AM12/19/96

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In <59974o$8...@lex.zippo.com> ADhar...@WorldBank.Org (Ashok) writes:

Ashok, great commentary. I really liked the the way you compared songs at the
end. Thanks for this info.

Snehal