#53
        Song: Hum Tum Ye Bahar, Dekho Rang Laya Pyar,  Barsat  Ke
Mahine Me
                Rimzim Ye Fuhar Dil Gaaye Ye Malhaar, Ik Aag Liye
Sine Me

        Film:   Ambar (1952)
        Music:  Gulam Mohammad
        Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni
        Singer: Mohammad Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar
        *ing:   Raj Kapoor, Nargis

Today, I am revisiting rain songs again. This second  round  will
last  for  very  short  period though. I thought it good to start
with this Rafi duet, after that one week on Rafi songs. This song
is  good enough to make you dance! Musically, it's not very great
(orchestral part), but rhythm is fabulous.  The  song  ends  with
Rafi   singing   some   strange   words.   Sounds   really  good.
Interestingly the same is used at the beginning of one other song
of the film, this time a Rafi solo. It's 'Chale Jana Tum Dur Bade
Shauk Se Huzur; Par Mera Dil Muze Waapas Kar Do'. Nice solo. It's
no tear-shedding affair though. It's a light number.

This film has had three Rafi-Lata duets: I will include one  more
here (leaving other one for later time to appear as ATMJH #???):
        Shama Jali Parwaana Aya, Shama Jali

All duets are very good and were popular then.

Lata has sung some very good solos too:
        'Tutegi Na Pyaar Ki Dor Duniya Chahe Lagale Zor
                Dil Ki Baat Bataun Sajan Dil Baat Bataaun'

A breath-taking number. Then there is 'Dil Deke Tumhe Pachhataaye
Sanam',;  an  excellent  song. Soft and very melodious. There are
more which we will touch sometime later.



 
Author: Snehal B. Oza