Mohammad Rafi versus Kishore Kumar. An era changes with Aradhana (1. When Aradhana unfolded in 1. I love you and my dream is 2 meet with you and I want your autograph and pic with me. Awesome movie, fab concept with outstanding cast. ![]() Amrapali Dubey Biography, Career profile, Husband Name, Personal Details, Hit Movie’s: Amrapali Dubey is one of the talented actresses in Bhojpuri cinema world.Mere sapno ki rani kab ayegi tu, a phenomenon called Rajesh Khanna was born. Also born was another and perhaps more startling phenomenon – a new Kishore Kumar who with this one film swept aside Rafi to emerge as the No. Rafi did have two duets in the film Bagon mein bahaar hai(with Lata) and Gunguna rahe hain bhanwre(with Asha Bhosle), but Kishore Kumar with Lata surpassed him with Kora kagaz tha ye man mera, and Rafi had nothing to counter his two solos Mere sapno ki rani kab ayegi tu and Roop tera mastana. This was no flash in the pan. Aradhana became a clear watershed film which marked the change between the old and the new, and the end of the Golden Era of fifties and sixties. What is most interesting is how Rafi started sliding behind, and Kishore Kumar became the new Rafi, singing not only for Rajesh Khanna, but later becoming Amitabh Bachchan’s voice, and then singing for virtually everyone. This was in some ways similar to the earlier great watershed year of 1. Lata Mangeshkar with her immortal songs of that year with all the great composers such as Ayega Aanewala (Khemchand Prakash, Mahal), Hawa mein udata jaye mera lal dupatta malmal, Meri ankhon mein bas gaya koi re, Jiya beqaraar hai (Shankar Jaikishan, Barsaat), Uthaye ja unke sitam, Koi mere dil mein khushi ban ke aya (Naushad, Andaaz), Dil se bhula do tum mujhe (C Ramchandra, Patanga), Tumhare bulane ko ji chahta hai (Anil Biswas, Ladli), Sajan ki galiyan chhod chale, Baharein phir bhi ayengi (Shyam Sundar, Bazaar/ Lahore), La re lappa la re lappa ayee lakhda (Vinod, Ek Thi Ladki), Chale jana nahin (Husnlal Bhagatram, Badi Bahan) etc. There are several contrasts. Lata had been around for about two years and barely twenty then. Kishore Kumar in 1. Rafi, and only a few years younger than him. Yet Aradhana seemed to make him twenty years younger. Then Lata’s rise can be explained by musical reasons; some have tried to attribute it to Noorjehan’s migration to Pakistan (to which I do not subscribe, see my article Lata Mangeshkar vs Noorjehan). But there are no such apparent reasons for Rafi’s slide. It was not as if one morning in 1. His voice retained its timbre and he still sounded Rafi- ish. This has given rise to a whole . As if to answer this charge, RD Burman got both Kishore Kumar and Rafi sing the same solo in a film – Tum bin jaoon kahanin Pyar Ka Mausam, and even an inveterate Rafi fan would have to admit Kishore Kumar’s version is far superior. Later, RD Burman used the two in conjunction to sing the title song in Yaadon Ki Baraat (1. All Movies: You can watch now on Smart Tvs, Roku, FireOS.Chromecast with "TV Cast" app. Shah Rukh Khan (Hindi
Bachan family at the Jab Tak Hai Jaan Premiere Kishore Kumar singing for one brother and Rafi for another. By this time there was no doubt who was the leader and who the follower. RD Burman- Kishore Kumar became a byword for the musical style of the seventies. Laxmikant Pyarelal had achieved spectacular success with Dosti (1. Rafi’s voice. Post- Aradhana they continued with Rafi and you have a large number of peasant Rafi solos and duets in films like Khilona, Jeevan Mrityu, Humjoli, Anjana, Jigri Dost, Jeene Ki Raah, Mera Gaon Mera Desh, Aap Aye Bahar Ayee, Pratigya, Sargam etc. However, they were too smart to miss the winds of change. So you have Kishore Kumar’s Khizan ke phool pe aati kabhi bahaar nahito Rafi’s Ye reshami zulfen ye sharbati ankhenin Do Raaste. ![]() In Aan Milo Sajna Rafi- Lata title duet is countered by Kishore Kumar- Lata duet Achcha to hum chalte hain, and Rafi solo Phalak se tod kar dekho. And you have several more Kishore Kumar super hits, such as Main jahan chala jaoon bahar chali aye(Banphool, 1. Sachai chhup nahin sakti. The coup de grace was Karz (1. Rafi Dard- e- dil dard- e- jigar dil mein jagaya aapne, but Oops! Kishore Kumar sang the rock star song Meri umar ke naujawanon. The message was clear; he was the voice of the new generation. Kalyanji Anandji did not have much Rafi baggage, their main singer was Mukesh. While they continued to create songs for Mukesh, their adoption of Kishore Kumar as the lead singer was breathtaking. Theirs was a most amazing transformation in style – it is difficult to believe that it is the same composers that composed Kishore Kumar’s Khaike paan Banaraswalawho in the 6. Hum chhor chalein hain mehfil ko, Tumhein zindagi ke ujale mubarak, Mere toote hue dil se koi to aaj ye poochheetc for Mukesh. And what stupendous success they achieved with Kishore Kumar’s voice in Sachcha Jhoota, Safar, Kahani Kismat Ki, Haath Ki Safai, Victoria No. Apradh, Kora Kagaz, Don, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, Lawaris and Vidhata, catapulting themselves to the top league with RD Burman and Laxmikant Pyarelal. Other stalwarts of the Golden Era had already faded or were on the decline. Shankar Jaikishan owed their supremacy in the 6. Rafi. In the new era they had a major success with Rajesh Khanna starrer Andaaz (1. While Rafi sang a largely forgotten Re mama re mama re, Kishore Kumar had a winner Zindagi ek safar hai suhana singing for Rajesh Khanna. Coming to Mausam (1. Dil dhoondta hai phir wohiwas in Bhupinder’s voice. Rafi sang Chhadi re chhadi kaise gale mein padi. The song hardly enhances the prestige of Rafi. There was a time when Rafi could sing a chhadi (stick) song Laal chhadi maidan khadi, which would make the song and Shammi Kapoor a cult figure (Jaanwar, 1. For over the next 1. Rafi continued singing, the same story repeated. Whatever Rafi did, Kishore Kumar did one better. He would sing for Rajesh Khanna, and later he would become the voice of Amitabh Bachchan. He would sing for Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna, Vinod Mehra, Jackie Shroff, Rishi Kapoor, Anil Kapoor and everyone. He would sing for the street performer, Ei hai Bambai nagariya tu dekh babuato the night club to a five star hotel party to a rock concert, Apni to jaise taise thodi aise ya waise kat jayegi, Pag ghunghroo baandh Meera nachi reand Sara zamana haseeno ka deewana. He could sing of the life’s ebullient and carefree journey Zindagi ek safar hai suhana, and he would be the voice to express sombre uncertainty of life Zindagi ka safar hai ye kaisa safar. In his voice the evening could be passionate and intoxicating Ye sham mastani madhosh kiye jaye, but at times it could also be melancholy Wo sham kuchh ajeeb thi ye sham bhi ajeeb hai. He would sing the holi song Aaj na chhorenge bus humjoli khelenge hum holi, and he would sing the wedding song Le jayenge le jayenge dilwale dulhaniya le jayenge. Kishore Kumar was the new Rafi, and more. He would define the popular music of 1. Rafi won the Flmfare and National Award for Kya hua tera vadafrom Hum Kisi Se Kam Nahin (1. But this could not be much of a consolation. It would be difficult to put this song among his greats or anywhere near Kishore Kumar’s iconic songs of the period. Rafi’s sudden fall from the pedestal must have been bewildering to him, as it was to his fans. Incidentally Manna Dey and Mukesh would not have suffered the same agony. Their strength was never in numbers but in quality, they were not as prolific as Rafi. In the new era too their well known songs can easily be placed among their greatest – Manna Dey’s Nadiya chale chale re dhara, Yaari hai imaan meri yaar meri zindagi, Zindagi kaisi hai paheli, Ae bhai zara dekh ke chalo; or Mukesh’s Duniya se janewale jane chale jate hain kahan, Kahin door jab din dhal jaye, Maine tere liye hi saat rang ke sapne chune, Jaane kahan gaye wo din, Main pal do pal ka shair hoon, Kabhi kabhi mere dil mein khayal ata haietc. Rewind the clock back to pre- 1. Rafi was the master of all he surveyed. He had his first major success with Naushad’s Suhani raat dhal chuki (Dulari, 1. Naushad juggled between Talat Mehmood and Mukesh as Dilip Kumar’s voice. But he soon settled on Rafi as his lead singer, and what immortal music they gave in Aan, Amar, Deedar, Baiju Bawra, Kohinoor, Mere Mehboob, Palki, Dil Diya Dard Liya, Ganga Jamuna, Leader etc. Shankar Jaikishan had a clear distinction – Mukesh for Raj Kapoor and Rafi for everyone else. SJ- Rafi combination made Shammi Kapoor into a cult figure. SJ owed their dominance in the 1. Rafi. OP Nayyar, Roshan and Ravi were also on Rafi bandwagon and created countless unforgettable melodies of the Golden Era. Among great composers only SD Burman used Kishore Kumar in some significant manner for Dev Anand. But he used several other singers, and Rafi was no less important for him than Kishore Kumar. In Jewel Thief (1. Aasman ke neeche for Kishore Kumar- Lata, he had Dil pukare aa re aa re aa rein Rafi- Lata’s voice. In Teen Deviyan (1. Kishore Kumar’s Khwab ho tum ya koi haqeeqator his duet with Asha Bhosle Are yaar meri tum bhi ho ghazab, Rafi’s Kahin bekhayal ho kar mujhe chhoo liya kisi neand Aise to na dekhowas more than adequate reply. In Guide (1. 96. 5), if he gave Kishore Kumar a duet with Lata, Gata rahe mera dil, all the beautiful solos, Kya se kya ho gaya, Din dhal jaye haye raat na jayeand Tere mere sapne ab ek rang hain, were in Rafi’s voice. If in Paying Guest, Fantoosh and Nau Do Gyarah SD Burman tilts towards Kishore Kumar, it is Rafi all the way in Tere Ghar Ke Samne,Kala Bazaar, Kala Pani and Bambai Ka Babu, and what unforgettable songs SD Burman- Dev Anand- Rafi combination gave such as, Khoya khoya chand, Dil ka bhanwar kare pukar, Tu kahan ye bata is nashilee raat mein, Hum bekhudi mein unko pukare chale gayein the late 1. On the other hand you have SD Burman- Rafi’s immortal songs in Kagaz Ke Phool, Pyasa, Insan Jaag Utha and Meri Soorat Teri Ankhen. A survey of SD Burman’s music for Rafi and Kishore Kumar pre- 1. Rafi. Kishore Kumar was nowhere a competitor to Rafi. None was, though Mukesh, Talat Mehmood, Manna Dey and Hemant Kumar commanded huge respect and following. Kishore Kumar was reckoned after them. And as if to make the position clear, many composers also used Rafi’s voice as playback for Kishore Kumar. In Shararat (1. 95. Kishore Kumar sang a beautiful song Hum matwale naujawan, yet Shankar Raikishan used Rafi’s voice for Ajab hai dastaan teri ye zindagito go on Kishore Kumar. Ajay Devgn - Wikipedia. Ajay Devgan. Born. Vishal Veeru Devgan(1. April 1. 96. 9 (age 4. New Delhi, India. Occupation. Actor, producer, director. Years active. 19. Spouse(s)Kajol (m. Children. Nysa Devgan (daughter)Yug Devgan (Son)Parent(s)Veena and Veeru Devgan. Relatives. See Devgan family. Awards. Ajay Devgan (born Vishal Veeru Devgan on 2 April 1. He is widely considered as one of the most popular actors of Hindi cinema, who has appeared in over a hundred Hindi films. In 1. 99. 8, he appeared in a critically acclaimed performance in Mahesh Bhatt's drama Zakhm and he received his first National Film Award for Best Actor for his role in the movie. In 1. 99. 9, his most- talked- about film was Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam in which he played Vanraj, a man who tries to unite his wife with her lover. In the early 2. 00. Ram Gopal Varma's fictional expose of Mumbai underworld. Company. He played the character of a gangster, for which he won Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor. The same year he gave another critically acclaimed performance in Deewangee for which he received the Filmfare Best Villain Award. In 2. 00. 3, he won his second National Film Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Bhagat Singh in Rajkumar Santoshi's biopic The Legend of Bhagat Singh. Throughout his career he has performed in many critically and commercially successful films including Raincoat (2. He has starred in more than hundred Hindi films. Having done so, he established himself as one of the leading actors of Hindi cinema. In 2. 00. 8, he debuted as a film director with U Me Aur Hum. He is married to film actress, Kajol since 1. In August 2. 00. 9, Devgn changed his surname from Devgan to Devgn on the request of his family. Devgan's father, Veeru Devgan, is a stunt choreographer and action film director and his mother, Veena, is a film producer. His brother, Anil Devgan, is a filmmaker and screenwriter. Devgan graduated from the Silver Beach High School in Juhu and then studied at Mithibai College. Their daughter was born in 2. His next film was Jigar (1. Bollywood martial arts film co- starring Karisma Kapoor. It was released on Diwali weekend and became the seventh highest- grossing movie of that year, taking . He next featured in Divya Shakti. Other releases that year were Shaktiman, Dhanwan and Bedardi. In 1. 99. 4, Devgan starred in Harry Baweja's romantic action movie Dilwale. He played the part of Arun Saxena, a man with intellectual impairment. The movie was the tenth highest- grossing movie of the year. The movie was about two friends. Devgan played Ajay Sharma/Malhotra. Suhaag was the seventh highest- grossing movie of the year. Shooting dates for Vijaypath clashed with those of Karan Arjun which Devgan declined. Vijaypath was the eighth highest- grossing film of the year. This film was the eleventh highest- grossing movie of the year. His next release was an action movie called Jaan. He then starred in Harry Baweja's film, Diljale where he played a terrorist character called Shaka. His next release was Indra Kumar's romantic comedy, Ishq with Aamir Khan, Juhi Chawla and Kajol. In this successful film, Devgan played Ajay, a rich boy in love with a poor girl (Kajol). The film was the fourth highest- grossing film of the year. In 1. 99. 9, in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Devgan played Vanraj, a man who tries to unite his wife with her lover. Devgan then starred in Major Saab with Amitabh Bachchan and Sonali Bendre where he played the character of an army officer. The movie was successful and was the tenth highest- grossing film of the year. It grossed 3. 02,5. Indian rupees. The plot examines communal tension in Mumbai during riots. Devgan played a man who is fed up with religious conflict. Devgan won several awards for his performance, including the National Film Award for Best Actor and the Star Screen Award for Best Actor. Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam marked a significant turning point Devgan's career. The film, an adaptation of Maitreyi Devi's Bengali novel Na Hanyate, was directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and co- starred Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai. Devgan was highly praised for his performance. There he is searching for the boyfriend of the girl he secretly loves. But intense scenes are his forte and he does well here. He's particularly good in the scene where he gets exasperated with his wife's stubbornness and strives to keep his cool. After that, he appeared in Hindustan Ki Kasam with Amitabh Bachchan and Sonali Bendre. The movie was a box- office hit. The film was titled Dil Kya Kare. His other movies in 1. Gair and Thakshak in which he played a strong, silent man. In 2. 00. 0, Devgan performed in Harry Baweja's Deewane. The film did not do well at the box office. The film was moderately successful. He was nominated for the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award. However, the film was not popular with the public. Devgan played a gangster named Malik. Both Company and Devgan's performance received critical acclaim. Taran Adarsh reviewed, . A controlled performance, the actor takes to this complex character like a fish takes to water. He underplays his part with admirable ease. To state that he is excellent would be an understatement. His performance is bound to win admiration from cinegoers, besides fetching awards. Despite these awards, and Devgan winning his second National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance, the film was not popular with the public. The film was partially inspired by William Diehl's novel, Primal Fear. The film earned Devgan several awards for his role including a Filmfare Best Villain Award, the Star Screen Award for Best Villain and the Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role. The film was a success at the box office. The film was appreciated critically and performed well at the box office. The film was a commercial success. This film did not succeed at the box office. The film was set in the time of the blinding incident in Bhagalpur, Bihar. To his credit (and the director's), he brings style and grace to a largely stereotypical, righteous protagonist. To a great extent, his presence covers up the film's patchiness in the second half. He then worked in Rohit Shetty's directional debut Zameen. Dutta's war film LOC Kargil. In 2. 00. 4, Devgan was cast with Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Akshay Kumar in Rajkumar Santoshi's action thriller Khakee. The film was released on 2. January 2. 00. 4. It received positive reviews and became one of the highest- grossing films of 2. His performance as a police officer turned murderer was well received by critics. His confrontations with Amitabh Bachchan are exemplary. He also starred in Yuva. The film is an adaptation of O. Henry's The Gift of the Magi. Raincoat met with wide critical acclaim and won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. His Manoj is no cool dude, but just another lower middle- class guy in misery, with whom none would like to switch place. He particularly stands out in the scenes where he cries in the bathroom, or begs Neeru not to marry someone else. His movies were not financially successful. They included Insan, Blackmail, Main Aisa Hi Hoon, Tango Charlie and Shikhar. However, the films Kaal and Apaharan did well. For his performance in Apaharan, Devgn was nominated for the National Film Award for Best Actor and the Filmfare Best Actor Award. His performance as a villain in Kaal also earned him a nomination for the Filmfare Best Villain Award. It was directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. The film is a tragedy of sexual jealousy set against the backdrop of the political system in Uttar Pradesh. It premiered at the 2. Cannes Film Festival and was screened at the Cairo International Film Festival. Yet the Moor is a brooding and compelling character, and Ajay Devgn does valiantly with his material. Omkara strips Othello of the racism, exchanging his black skin for surprisingly inconsequential half- Brahminism. Ajay's best bits are when restrained, and while there is a bit of a seen- that feel to his character, by the time the film is over, you realise just how unflinchingly solid he's been. The serious look that Ajay carries suits him to the T. Of course, Ajay is exceptional in the film and looks every inch the character he portrays. It had two sequels Golmaal Returns and Golmaal 3. In the same year, Devgan was featured in a short documentary about the Mumbai floods of 2. The Awakening. Also in the cast were Pankaj Kapoor and Vidya Balan. He then took the lead role with Kajol in his own directorial debut film, U Me Aur Hum. Speaking almost entirely in platitudes – pithy at first, profound as he goes on – this grows into an extraordinarily well- written character, replete with flaws and relatability. The way he treats his remorse, drunkenly pointing every finger at himself around a dinner table, is superbly handled, as is his guilty struggle to delineate his life experience from his professional opinion. He then starred in Afzal Khan's Mehbooba. Again in 2. 00. 8, Devgan performed in Rohit Shetty's comedy Golmaal Returns, a sequel to the 2. Golmaal: Fun Unlimited about a mistrustful wife who believed her husband was unfaithful. The Indian Express said the screenplay was derivative, concluding, . It had some financial success. The film was not popular with the public.? He then featured in Prakash Jha's political thriller Rajneeti. Raajneeti was released internationally on 4 June 2. There were also issues about the use of the national anthem in the film. The film was made with a budget of . The actor had enacted a similar role in Company, but it must be said that his interpretation is so different in Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai. He adds so much depth to the character, which only goes to prove his range and versatility. This is, without a trace of doubt, Ajay's finest work so far. So real is his performance that it looks like he was born to play this role. Right from his look to his acting including dialogue- delivery, everything is fabulous. Indeed, an award- winning performance! The movie explores the subject of honour killings.
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