Two songs from ‘Raj Tilak’ (1958), one from ‘Karigar’ (1958), four songs from ‘Paigham’ (1959) and one from ‘Sarhad’ (1960) did not leave any mark also. However the
Another duet “Chupne wale samne aa” is worth listening to. The representative Muhammad Rafi songs in OP Nayyar’s compositions are “Ghareeb jaan ke”, Jawanina ye mast mast bin
Even excellent songs were composed in Guru Dutt’s film ‘Bharosa’, 1963, with songs like “Aaj ki mulaqat bus itni”, where all the songs were sung by Muhammad Rafi.
The song is superbly enacted by Asha Sachdev also. Asha Sachdev is a noted Bollywood character actor of the 1970s. Though she acted in a few early films
Another song “Batain kar lo ji” is a lilting song on Punjabi folk from this movie. Another song on cheerful note is “Teri nazar ki chabi nei khola”
The last we saw of the quartet together was in the 1968 movie ‘Sanghursh’. The movie was about thugs in Varanasi. The story was based on Jnanpith Award
He was reputed to be famous or moulding his voice to the actor’s personality he was singing for. Since he was considered the god of Hindi songs, it
I remember having watched the movie ’Arzoo’ while in UK in late sixties with petit Sadhna singing Lata’s marvellous song “Bedardi baalma tujh ko mera mun” in bewitching
Formative Days: Before proceeding ahead with some of important songs sung by Rafi Sahib with other composers, I must talk about his background. Muhammad Rafi was ‘Amritsariya’ by
It is an intriguingly interesting coincidence that the rich classical literary tradition of Punjab started with a Farid (Fariduddin Mas’ud, fondly called Baba Farid) and almost ended with
KAFI A GENRE OF SUFI PUNJABI POETRY (SHAH HUSSAIN) …
Raj Kumar is a chemistry teacher at Cornell University. Like so many Indians, he lives in America and has carved out a life that would be envied by
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The MQM recently organised a Sufi moot in Lahore to juxtapose the teachings of great mystics of the region with militant ideology, which is eating into the very
NEW DELHI: Notable Indian writer, editor and translator Khushwant Singh died Thursday at the age of 99 at his home in New Delhi, a report published on Indian
Sonya Rehman meets Afshan and Noshi Ejaz, painters of exquisite Naqaashi and Khataati art that is helping save Lahore’s heritage …
It is primarily a ‘concept’ hotel, ‘designed’ with a design on decision-makers. The objective of this business model is termed in academic circles ‘linkage creator’. That is what
Our linguistic diversity has been an intellectual and political conundrum for the state and the ruling segment of society for too long. Instead of logical reasoning and recognition
More than eight decades after he proudly walked to the gallows in the Lahore Central Jail on March 23, 1931, Bhagat Singh caused a fierce controversy when a
NEW DELHI: A fistful of Indian writer Khushwant Singh’s ashes have been saved by his family to be taken to Pakistan where an unnamed friend wants to put
I had never spoken to a Sikh. Strangely, there were no Sikh students in the Christian missionary school, where I studied in Bombay. There was an assortment of
LAHORE: The teaching of the English language in Pakistan is class-based as the country’s education system is programmed to provide different levels of English teaching to people belonging
The Pashto speakers, who cannot pronounce certain words of Urdu in a correct way, are always laughed at in the media. Today, almost all the comic text messages
Honour killing : Family, property and woman! The phenomenon of honour killing is widespread in our country. Why woman is ‘honour’ of the family? Why she needs to
Whitewashing history is a national past time in Pakistan. Ours is not the only country indulging in the practice however, as nation states around the world have construed
On Bhagat Singh’s death anniversary, the writer looks at a newly revealed document that establishes him as a mature political thinker. …
“He is beautiful,” she said. Her bright brown eyes were alight with joy. It’s almost mid-night, but the street is glimmering with lights. Looking at the crowd dancing
Last month, the Government of India issued a notification which included retrograde provisions for Indian languages for central civil services examinations. The notification also added further weightage to
Rawalpindi: The twin cities literary group 'Punjabi Sufi Sangat' has been organizing a weekly session for last three years to read and understand 'Saif al -Malook', a famous
Yousaf Hasan is a man of great intellect and integrity. Born in Kala Gujran, Jhelum, the Urdu and Punjabi language poet and critic, started writing literary criticism …..
A fistful of ashes of legendary writer Khushwant Singh were placed at his school in Hadali, 12km from Khushab city. …
Maharaja Ranjit Singh has eluded capture by even the most persistent of his biographers. He has been approached on his blind side by western authors curious to find
My great-aunt died the other day. She was old just how did would be difficult to guess exactly. She had been a presence in the family ever since
“Kindly stay on the line. The Prime Minister will speak to you.” I waited, and within half a minute, I heard a familiar voice. It was I.K. Gujral.
The city of Chandigarh is Islamabad gone right. The similarities between these two cities – of their size, the most modern in the subcontinent – are numberless. ,…
Punjab, the area to which Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Fakir Azizuddin belonged, lay in the northwestern plains of India. The Punjab derived its name from the five rivers—Jhelum,
ISLAMABAD: It was with fanfare and a crowded hall that the second Islamabad Literature Festival opened at Margalla Hotel on Friday afternoon under the auspices of Oxford University
K.K. Aziz is a well-known name among academics and students of history in Pakistan. Many young people in this country are thankful to him for liberating them from
Although not in such a state of complete dilapidation as the Bradlaugh Hall, it is by no means in a shape that befittingly projects its centrality to the
A Pakistani travels through India as the world’s biggest democracy votes in the national elections. Follow his journey to know what happens and all the people that he
Which heritage do we keep on harping about? In this piece I will not discuss the heritage on the ground, but of the one that lies below the
Music is a sign of life. One of the most significant sound based tools, humans invented, is musical instrument which constitutes a half-mark of human civilisation.,…
The hunger strike started by Bhagat in Mianwali Jail became a saga of heroic resistance in the Lahore Central Jail against the racism of colonial authorities that imposed
“In an age where the powers assumed by the state against its citizens… far exceed even the most gross abuses of the colonial system, Bhagat Singh’s example is
Spare the ‘freedom fighter’ One of the most telling signs of our intellectual backwardness is our obsession with ‘great men’ of history. ‘Great men’ not as they really
“I am a guest only for a few moments, my companions/ I am the lamp that burns before dawn and longs to be extinguished” …
Though it keeps resounding with "Inqilab Zindabad," the film does little to explain the slogan that Bhagat had raised with unprecedented vigour. The most politically important scene in
More than eight decades after he proudly walked to the gallows in the Lahore Central Jail on March 23, 1931, Bhagat Singh caused a fierce controversy when a
BHAGAT Singh, ever the guerrilla fighter, keeps cropping up at places, as if trying to ambush the prigs who today inhabit the area he took by storm almost
‘Galicha Unan wali’ (The carpet weaver) Zahid Hassan’s novel is different from the run of the mill fiction in the sense that it draws its inspiration from the
Seasons have deep impact on all things. Of all the living beings, humans are most prone to be affected by seasons, especially by the changes in season which
Shrines in Punjab have been and are informal spiritual and cultural centres visited by teeming millions every day with the expectation of gaining some kind of spiritual or
It seems unreal — a legend, a folklore or storyline of a cliff-hanger — that a Lucknow-born, Urdu speaking renaissance man leads a group of passionate volunteers to
It has been a sheer pleasure to read the autobiography of Kailash Puri, written largely in Punjabi and rendered into very readable English by Professor Emeritus Eleanor Nesbitt.
Punjabi is one of the most ancient languages. Even Farsi and Urdu were born later. It therefore inherits rich culture and tradition in literature also. Even the roots
Explor Asian 2014 : Book Launch, Fauji Banta Singh and Other Stories by Sadhu Binning…
Mai Bhagi’s ‘Kharee neem kay neechey’ (underneath a neem tree) is one of the most famous songs ever to emerge from the desert expanse of Tharparker (in the
Rajab Ali sang for M Ashraf’s movie ‘Saathi’ with A Nayyar the song “O hamdum o saathi”. It was a popular number. Four more songs composed by M
I have known singer Rajab Ali for a long time both at personal and professional level. I have sung with him a number of times for the Pakistan
I was born in Aldinpur village, Amritsar, 10 miles from the border with Pakistan. Lahore and Amritsar are the heart of the old Punjab. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz