Miscellaneous

Mukesh not the only voice of Raj Kapur

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Wonderful Rafi, Talat songs on Raj Kapur When Mukesh died (in 1976), Raj Kapur said he had lost his voice. And rightly so. When you think of Raj Kapur, you think of Awara hun, Mera joota hai japani, Ruk ja o janewali ruk ja, Chhalia mera naam, Mera naam Raju gharana a-naam, and countless other […]

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Door Papiha Bola

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Your relationship with songs that moved you, that brought tears to your eyes the first time you heard them and every time you hear them, is deeply personal.  How can others relate to your experience?  And no matter how well you write it would be less than what you felt. Nida Fazli famously said: Yun […]

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