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1954 Naagin .. .. with Vijayanthimala n Pradeep Kumar. Lovely songs from oldie!

Jadugar Saiyan

https://youtu.be/1sgmcAidGMQ

amita bachan singing copy of american song

https://youtu.be/6S6u4mBFpH0

Omg!! I love this song..Mits bhai can u pls give translation??

n this lil kid KILLED it!!

FOREVER MOHD RAFI:

July 31st marks thirty seven years, since the passing of one of the Legendary Singer in India....Padmashree Mohamed Rafi, (July 31/80).

Rafi was born in a small village called Kotla Sultan Singh near Amritsar in December 1924.When his family moved to Lahore, he was still a baby.
It is said that a fakir used to come to their locality in Lahore every day and sing. The young Rafi was so fascinated by him that he used to follow him around. His elder brother Hamid was aware of Rafi's love for music and encouraged it. "In fact," says music director Naushad, "A lot of credit for Rafi's success must go to Hamid who knocked on several doors and tried everything to ensure that his brother got work.

The young Rafi was so engrossed with music and singing, he started taking music lessons from his the professional "Ustad Wahid Khan."

It is said that Rafi used to sing for friends and small occasions and as fate would have it,
one day himself and his borther attended a show featuring the "Great" K.L. Saigal. At the time, there was a power failure, and KL refused to sing, as the microphone was not operative, Rafi's brother Hamid, went to the organisers and practically begged that Rafi be given a chance to sing.
He was thirteen at the time, and the performance he gave was so impressive that the music director, invited him to Bombay.

The music director gave him a break, the movie was Gul Baloch,
the song became a hit, but then later, he met another Great "Naushad" and from then on there were no stopping for Rafi, Naushad said "When I heard Rafi, I liked his voice and promised him work in future. I was already doing a film called Shahjehan with Saigal. Rafi, who was a fan of Saigal, came to me with a request: that it was his greatest desire to sing with Saigal. I gave him one line in the song Roohi roohi mere sapno ki rani," recalls Naushad. "The first full song he sang for me was in Anmol Ghadi -- it went like Tera khilona toota balak..." he adds. "Then again he sang for me in Dillagi: Is duniya mein aye dilwalon dil ka lagana khel nahin and Tere koonche main armanon ki duniya leke aaya hoon."

Then like a Godsend came Baiju Bawara features some of the greatest songs by Mohammed Rafi and Lata Mageshkar. The melodies are simply haunting. "O Duniya ke rakhwale", "Insaan Bano", "Mohe Bhool gaye sawariya" and "Tu Ganga ki Mouj me" are timeless classics of Hindi cinema.
Big names in this film: Mohd Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Naushad, Meena Kumari.

On his personal life..Rafi married Bilquis his wife, and had four sons and three daughters, it is said that Rafi was a teetotaller, a religious and extremely humble person. He was a devout Muslim. Laxmikant-Pyarelal duo once observed - "He always gave without thinking of the returns". Rafi was also famous for his various humanitarian efforts.

The date of his passing away was perhaps
divinely pre-ordained, for it is said that one who dies in the
holy month goes to heaven. There was no person more deserving of that status than the pious and God-fearing Rafi, who never touched a drop of alcohol, who never told a lie, who never had a harsh word for anyone, and who worshipped his work. A man whose songs wiped away many a sorrowful tear from the eyes of those who were struggling under the burden of life and brought tears of ecstatic joy to many more.

MOHAMED RAFI (1924 - 1980)

Ishita was the winner of SRGMP  a couple of yrs ago..she sings like a nightingale.  He competed on SRGMP lil kids but placed in top 10(her dad died 2 months before the show aired n she-has been wearing her dad’s jacket for every episodes since..

https://youtu.be/rHOImv8bY7M

Gaurav n Saumya ..Tip Tip Barsa Pani..AMAZING!!

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x45w1n5

Wow..live orchestra!!

https://youtu.be/vP1iTLJM-gs

real instruments..love the flute n sitar sounds..nowadays it is all digital!!

https://youtu.be/9Il2GYCxhWU

Old is Gold !!

Gems of yesteryear!

Shamshad Begum song:-

Bahar 1951.. Vijayanthimala

https://youtu.be/X2QchU7Xlng
enjoy

Singing legend Lata Mangeshkar was back on the ventilator after her health deteriorated and was undergoing “aggressive therapy,” a doctor treating had said on Saturday.

The 92-year-old singer tested positive for Covid with mild symptoms and was admitted on January 8 to Breach Candy Hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU) where she is being treated by Dr. Pratit Samdani and his team of doctors.

Regarded as one of Indian cinema’s greatest playback singers, Mangeshkar started her career at 13 in 1942 and has sung over 30,000 songs in various Indian languages.

Omg

Ishita tugged at my heartstrings with this rendition of Tujhse naraz ..

https://youtu.be/qk4m5nyI550

i think she would have been the einner of IDol if she had competed

few yrs ago she was on SRGMP lil champs n was in top 10 but didnt make to finals

Now everyone says HOLI but growing up in Gy we said Phagwah.

my fave song is Holi aaye re kanhaiye ….

in hi-sch, we always had Phagwah n Diwali concerts. In 3rd form, our spanish teacher picked a group of us n trained us to sing for the concert..of all the songs he taught us, this was my fave n to this day itis still my fave!!

https://youtu.be/hz5h9S613-Y

Sri Devi was a phenomenal actress no doubt but my fave was (n still is) Madhuri Dixit.. drop dead gorgeous n talented actress n dancern humble!

https://youtu.be/PPzsGIZ6djY

Just like Lata..there will never be anyone who comes close to her dancing..so graceful !!

Love this movie n songs..Abhimaan

https://youtu.be/YTTBgkhwrIE

PS

I only had few cassettes with Bollywood songs in Gy..1 with songs from Abhimaan n Aradhana ..