The song La re lapaa la re lappa layee rakhda from Ek Thi Ladki (1949) always intrigued me. Its words (of mukhda) carried no meaning to me. Today I know it is based on a traditional Punjabi folk song, and these words indeed have some meaning. Then, the music director Vinod. Who was he? What […]
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- N Venkataraman on SAFARNAMA: In Pursuit of Two Iconic LivesPradeepji @56, This short song had faded away from my memory. I remember now, I came to know about this...
- N Venkataraman on SAFARNAMA: In Pursuit of Two Iconic LivesVasudevanji @ 55, Rafi is inseparable part for many actors, but the same cannot be said of others. Rahulji @...
- N Venkataraman on SAFARNAMA: In Pursuit of Two Iconic LivesHansji @ 49, I read in the book ‘Dilip Kumar ke Yaadgaar filme’ by Javed Hameed that Naushad recorded two...
- Rahul Bhagwanrao Muli on SAFARNAMA: In Pursuit of Two Iconic LivesVenkatraman ji Generally I do not browse through FB reels but just now when I opened FB the very first...
- Dr Pradeep K Shetty on SAFARNAMA: In Pursuit of Two Iconic LivesNV ji, There is one more lively snippet in GJ. DK riding a bullock cart and singing: Bailan ki jodiya...
- R Vasudevan on SAFARNAMA: In Pursuit of Two Iconic LivesDili Kumar without Rafi is unthinkable, so also Raj Kapoor without Mukesh, Rajesh Khanna without Kishore Kumar and Shammi Kapoor...
- AK on My favourite Rafi – Lata duetsRabindra Singh, Welcome to Songs of Yore. I am happy that you liked it.
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