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For Your Eyes Only

This article is written by Mr. Anmol Singh.

For Your Eyes OnlyThe Eyes which are an integral part of our body are a gift of nature. Eyes can give an expression without words. The portrayal of love, emotions, fear, confusion, mischief, solitude, pain, cruelty, truthfulness, etc can be expressed through eyes. In the golden era of 50s and 60s when love was expressed through sensuality, eyes played an integral part of the characterization of a role. This provided a lot of scope to writers to pen down some of the evergreen writings in the form of songs, dialogs, scripts, etc.

Asha ParekhLet’s start with love through eyes. Perhaps the best song which expresses love through eyes is “Teri Aankhon Ki sewa Duniya Mein” from Chirag. These beautiful eyes belong to Asha Parekh. The blinking of eyes has been compared with sunrise and sunset. Rafi gives the perfect expression of love to each and every word of the song. One more for Asha Parekh is the song “Yeh Aakhen Oof Yumaa”. Here Rafi Sahab mixes the Masti with Romance to match the stylish Dev Anand. Another gem delivered by Rafi Sahab for Dev is the song from CID, “Ankhoon Hi Ankhoon Mein Ishaara Ho Gayaa”. The song from Bharosa, “Yeh Jhuke Jhuke Naina” is again for the beautiful eyes of Asha Parekh portraying honestly. Rafi Sahab sings for Guru Dutt on screen. For Guru Dutt there is yet another classic sung by Rafi Sahab from the film Pyassa, “Ham Aap Ki Aankhon Mein Is Dil Ko Basaa Den To”. Mala SinhaThe onscreen actress is Mala Sinha the one with big eyes. Who can forget the heart throb of the 60s, Sadhana. Some of songs written on her beautiful eyes include “Chalke Teri Aankhon Se” from Arzoo and “Mere Mehboob…..Phir Wohi Nargee Si Ankhon Ka Sahaara Dede” from Mere Mehmood. Sadhana’s expressions are stunning in both the songs. Rafi Sahab gives playback for Rajendar Kumar in both the songs, where he provides different expressions. The first one is a fun cum romantic song and the latter is a romantic ghazal where the lover has only seen the beautiful eyes during a close encounter. Sadhana’s eyes have been compared by a beautiful flower (Nargees) in the latter.

Meena KumariThe song from Aarti “Ab Kya Misal Dun” includes a line “Aankhon Mein Hai Chaman Ki Jawan Raat Ka Suroor” which is great expression of gorgeous eyes of the “Tragedy Queen -Meena Kumari”. Her eyes have been compared with a pleasant evening breeze passing through a garden. Rafi Sahab does complete justice to this incredible poetry written by Majrooh with the perfect mood. One unforgettable score “Bahut Hasin Hein Tumhari Aankhen” is truly mind blowing and somewhat different from most the romantic songs. This is the beautiful eyes of actress from south Ragini.

Mohd Rafi
Mohd Rafi

Sharmila TagoreThere is another song on the beautiful eyes from the film Naina, “Hum Ko To Jaan Se Pyari Hai Yeh Kaali Aankhen”. These are the eyes of Moushumi Chatterjee, which kept hunting the hero (Shashi Kapoor) of the film. Once again Rafi Sahab gives a perfect expression for the hero who is search of these beautiful eyes. From the film “Mere Hum Dum Mere Dost” there is a song “Chalkaye Jaam Aayeeye Apkee Aankhon Ke Naam” picturized on Dharmendra singing for Sharmila Tagore. Rafi Sahab without influence of alcohol drunk gives a perfect expression as per the situation.

SadhanaLove for eyes can also be expressed through Mischief (Masti / Sharaarat). To start with is a classical based song “Akhiyan Sang Akhiyaan”. Then there is a folk song from “Ganga Jamuna”; “Nainlad Jaihen”. This is for the round and beautiful eyes of Vijyantimala. Rafi Sahab matches Dilip Kumar’s masti the best in this song. On similar lines is the song “Dekha Hai Teri Aankhon Mein”. Once again it is for the big round eyes of Vijyantimala picturized on Dharmendra. Of course there is another unforgettable song “Gulabi Aankhen” from the film “The Train”. Picturized on Rajesh Khanna is for the beautiful eyes of Nanda. From the film “Kashmir Ki Kali” there is a song “Ye Chand Sa Roshan Chehra” has a line “Ye Jheel Si Nili Aakhane”. Picturized on Shammi Kapoor, Rafi Sahab has given maximum playback to match his every possible aspect of “Masti”. Here the blue water of the lake has been compared with the beautiful eyes of Sharmila Tagore. Another song from the same film “Isharoon Ishroon Mein Dil Lene Waale” has a line “Nigahon Nigahon Mein Dil Lene Waale” sung by Shammi Kapoor for the “Sharaat Bhari Nazren” of Sharmilla.

Waheeda RehmanApart from fun and romance, songs have been written and composed to express sorrow & solitude through eyes as well. An all time classic is the song “Tere Bin Soone Nain Hamaare” expresses sorrow and solitude through eyes. Rafi Sahab does complete justice to Ashok Kumar’s expression. Another classic is the song “Apni Aankhon Mein Basakar”. The Bahadur Shah Zafar’s famous Ghazal, “Na Kisi Ki Aankh Ka Noor Hun” is a great expression of sorrow of losing every thing in life. The song “Yeh Aanson Mere Dil Ki Zuban Hai” from Hamrahi is another perfect example of expressing sorrow through eyes. The song “Kal Raat Zindagi Se Mulaakat” from Palki is a beautiful sad ghazal. In the film the character played by Rajendra Kumar recalls the beautiful eyes of his beloved (Waheeda Rehman) who is no more, through line “Aankhe Wohi Jin Aankhon Pe Dhokaa Ho Jaam Ka”.

Mohd Rafi
Mohd Rafi

The song “Tere Naino Se Mein Deep” from Anuraag doesn’t fall in any of the above categories. The song is a Rafi-Lata duet where Rafi sings for a blind character played by Moushumi Chatterjee. It’s amazing that even such expressionless eyes of a blind person can inspire poets to right. Rafi is once again at his best providing the final touch to Anand Bakshi’s work.

It is very difficult to do a complete justice on this subject. May be English is not the right language to write on this subject. It should be written in the original language -Urdu in which these great songs where written. Of course Rafi Sahab’s excellent pronunciation and clearly of speech in Urdu in every scale of singing, did the true justice to these great songs. Perhaps that is what makes them evergreen (Sadaa Bahaar).

Mr. Anmol Singh
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94 Blog Comments to “For Your Eyes Only”

  1. Binu Nair says:

    haldar babu: with ur knowledge about the hfm, let’s all start a quiz for a change. it will be more lively and informative. i look forward.

    binu nair, mumbai, 9833 250 701

  2. Anmol Singh says:

    Ref – 48.

    I think it is some other song, may be from the late 60s. Not able to recall.

  3. Mehboob says:

    Ref post 46:
    Haldar ji,

    i think the actor you are referring to is Waheeda Rehman’s late husband Kamaljeet.
    Am i right?

  4. Siva says:

    Haldar da
    Ref your quiz in post 40:
    I think you are referring to the evergreen melody from Guide picturised on Dev Anand & Waheeda Rehman: Tere mere sapne ab ek rang hain… the lines specifically mentioned by you are from “tere dukh ab mere, mere sukh ab tere, tere ye do naina chand aur sooraj mere…O mere jeevan sathi”
    Can there be any other singer who can just loads tons and tons of romance than our ever-smiling , dear Rafi sahab???!!!

  5. P. Haldar says:

    ref post 40:

    anmol ji, the first song was written by the great majrooh saab. In the second song, this chaudhvin ka chand’s eyes turned out to be fatal for guru dutt in real life. A few years later, another hero would also be disillusioned with her in “reel” life. But before that happened, he would fall in love with her, and promise that he would share her joys and sorrows. He would hold her hand, look into “her eyes” and compare them to chand and aftab. No more clues; let’s see who gets this one first.

  6. A.T.M. SALIM says:

    DEAR RAFI FANS

    I AM MENTIONING ONE MORE ROMANTIC SONG WITH THE WORD
    ” AANKHEN ” WHICH IS RENDERED SUPERBLY BY OUR BELOVED RAFI SAHAB :

    ” YEH JALTE HONT AUR YEH NEEDH MEIN DOOBI HUYI AANKHEN ,
    MUJHE SONE NAHIN DETI THUMHARI ‘ ADH KHULI AANKHEN ‘ ,
    ZARA TEHROH MUJHE BHI NEEDH AA JAYE TO SO JANA ,

    ABHI TO RAAT BAQI HAI, YEH DHAL JAYE TO SOJANA,
    GHADI BHAR KO DIL-E-NADAN SAMBHAL JAYE TO SOJANA … ”

    THIS SONG IS FROM THE FILM : ” BANDISH ” WITH MUSIC BY USHA KHANNA
    AND LYRICS BY AKMAL HYDERABADI .

    REGARDS/ A.T.M.SALIM

  7. A.T.M. SALIM says:

    POST -37
    DEAR HALDER BABU

    JUST AS YOU HAVE MENTIONED TWO EXCELLENT SONGS OF RAFI SAHAB RELATED TO THE TOPIC , IAM ALSO MENTIONING ANOTHER VERY ROMANTIC & BEATIFUL SONG :
    ” JHUKI JHUKI NIGHAON MEIN BHI HAI BALA KI SHOKHIAN ,
    DABI DABI HANSI MEIN BHI , TADAP RAHI HAI BIJLIAN ,
    SHABAB AAP KA , NASHE MEIN KHUDHI KHUD CHOOR HAI,
    MERA DIL MACHAL GAYA TO MERA KYA KASOOR HAI,

    AAP KE HASSEN RUKH PE AAJ NAYA NOOR HAI ,
    MERA DIL MACHAL GAYA TO MERA KYA KASOOR HAI,
    AAP KE NIGHA NE KAHA TO KUCH ZAROOR HAI ,
    MERA DIL MACHAL GAYA TO MERA KYA KASOOR HAI…. ”

    ( FILM BAHAREN PHIR BHI AAYENGI ; MUSIC BY O.P.NAYYAR ;
    LYRICS BY ANJAAN ; PICTURISED ON DHARMENDRA , TANUJA & MALA
    SINHA .)
    HOW DO LIKE THIS SONG ? ( I HAVE MENTIONED THE LYRIC- WRITER’S
    NAME TOO ).

    BEST REGARDS/ A.T.M. SALIM

  8. A.T.M. SALIM says:

    POST-38
    DEAR DR KHAJA ALIUDDIN SAHAB

    AGAIN YOU HAVE MADE ME HAPPY FOR MENTIONING ONE OF MY MOST FAVOURITE SONGS OF RAFI SAHAB I.E. THE SONG ” PARDAH ZARA HATAO TO PHIR KOI BAAT HO, AANKHEN ZARA MILAO TO PHIR KOI BAAT HO… ” FROM THE FILM: MURDER IN CIRCUS .
    WHAT A BEAUTIFUL TRACK IT IS !

    BEST REGARDS/ A.T.M. SALIM.

  9. A.T.M. SALIM says:

    DEAR RAFI FANS

    I AM MENTIONING SOME MORE SONGS OF RAFI SAHAB ( AS NAZAR , NIGHA,PALKON – RELATE WITH THE BEAUTY OF EYES I.E. ‘ AANKH ” ) :

    1) ” NAZAR BACHA KE CHALE GAYE HO , VARNA GHAYEL KAR DETA …”
    ( FILM : DIL TERA DEEWANA ; MUSIC BY SHANKAR – JAIKISHAN ;
    PICTURISED ON : SHAMMI KAPOOR & MALA SINHA ) ;

    2) ” TERI PALKON MEIN YE KAJAL AE HASEENA , HUMSE BEHTAR HAI …”
    ( FILM : JAI-VIJAY ;MUSIC BY RAJESH ROSHAN ; SUNG BY RAFI SAHAB
    & SUMAN KALYANPUR ; PICTURISED ON : PREM KISHAN & BINDIYA
    GOSWAMI ) ;

    3) ” BAHUT KHOOBSURAT HAI AANKHEN THUMHARI, AGAR YEH KAHIN
    MUSKURADE TO KYA HO….” ( FILM : SHUSHILA ; MUSIC BY C. ARJUN;
    SUNG BY RAFI SAHAB & MUBARAK BEGUM ) ;

    4) ” YEH JHUKI JHUKI SI AANKHEN TERI …..” ( FILM : AAO PYAR KAREN ;
    MUSIC BY USHA KHANNA ; PICTURISED ON MAC MOHAN ) .

    REGARDS/ A.T.M. SALIM

  10. Anmol Singh says:

    Ref Post – 39,

    Dr. Aliuddin Sahab,

    Thanks for the update. The song from “Shola & Shabnam” is one of the best Ghazals rendered by Rafi. Every and every word has been presented to perfection.

    Infact within the first few posts I got a feeling perhaps I have missed many classic songs which certainly should have been part of this article.

  11. Anmol Singh says:

    Ref Post – 37.

    P Halder Ji,

    Thanks for the compliments. The song which you mention is a classic Rafi / Lata duet. Possibly the song is either written by Majrooh or Shailendra. It is a typical SDB composition.

    The second song is one of the best romantic songs of all times, picturized on Guru Dutt for the beautifull eyes of Wahedaa Rehman.

  12. Dr. Khaja Aliuddin says:

    Janab Anmol Singh Sahab,
    You article on ” Ankhen ” will not be completed, unless until you did not mention this beautiful song of ” Shola aur Shabnam “, MD, Khayyam and lyrics by Kaifi aazmi.
    ” Jaane kya dhoonhthi rahethi hain yeh aankhen mujh me, raakh ka “.
    Good night,
    Dr. Khaja Aliuddin,
    Chicago

  13. Dr. Khaja Aliuddin says:

    Janab A.T.M. Salim saheb, I, don’t know about the hero of the movie “Phir Bhar Aayi”, MD is Kamal Rajasthani and lyrics by Naqhsh Laayalpuri.
    I have few more numbers of Rafi saheb on this great ,attractive and romantic topic.Listen and enjoy them.

    Sagar nahi to kiya teri aankh ka nasha to hai ( Natak, MD LP and Anand Bhakshi and hero is Vijay Arora )
    Parda zara hatao to phir koi baath ho, aankh zara milao ( Murder in Circus, MD Usha Khanna and lyrics by Hasrath Jaipuri and hero is Sujeeth kumar )
    Naino me kajra MaashAllah, balon me gajra subhanAllah ( Noor Mahal, MD Jaani Babu, lyris by Saba Afghani. Hero Feroze Khan)
    Meri nigah ne kiya kaam lajawab kiya (Mohabbath isko kahte hain, MD Khayyam, lurics by Majrooh and hero Ramesh Deo)
    Soja sanam teri jawan palkon tale sapne sajadun (Tere milne ke baad, MD Sapan Jagmohan, lyrics by Naqhsh Laayalpuri and hero is Sanjeeve Kumar )
    Jinki tasveer nigahon me liye phirta hun ( Husn aur ishq, MD, Ganesh, lyrics by Noor Devassi and hero Hari Bhai )
    Aankhon me chitki, seene me khatki ( Do Aankhen, MD Hansraj Bahal, lyrics by Varma Malik and hero is Biswajeeth )

    With regards to all Rafi Lovers,
    Long live Rafi Sahab,
    Good night,
    Dr. Khaja Aliuddin,
    Chicago, USA

  14. P. Haldar says:

    Excellent article, anmol ji. Many readers, especially Dr. Aliuddin and Mr. Salim, have provided great examples of rafi saab’s songs meant for “her eyes”. Here’s another in the same genre, written by dada’s “mozru”:

    Palkon Ke Peechhe Se Kya Tumne Kah Daalaa
    Phir Se To Faramaanaa
    nainon ne Sapanon Ki Mehfil Sajaai Hai Tum Bhi Zaroor Aanaa

    I was waiting for someone to post one of the most romantic songs in hfm, written by shakeel saab. Here’s the part that has both zulfein and aankhen:

    Zulfein Hain Jaise Kaandhe Pe Baadal Jhuke Hue
    Aankhen Hain Jaise Maey Ke Pyaale Bhare Hue
    Masti Hai Jisme Pyaar Ki Tum, Woh Sharaab Ho
    Chaudvin Ka Chand Ho …

    Has anyone written more romantic words than these?

  15. A.T.M. SALIM says:

    DEAR DR. KHAJA ALIUDDIN SAHAB

    THANKS A LOT FOR MENTIONING THE SONG ” AANKHON ME HAYA KA HALKA SA KAJAL …. ”
    I HAVE LISTENED TO THIS SONG HARDLY ONCE OR TWICE BUT DIDN’T KNOW THE FILM’S NAME . AT LAST TODAY I HAVE COME TO KNOW IT FROM YOU . THE SONG IS A FANTASTIC ONE !
    MAY I KNOW THE HERO OF THE FILM.

    REGARDING THE SONG ” HO CHUPKE SE PEECHE SE AAKE MUSKAKE, PHIR MERI AANKHEN MUCHOGI KAB TUM AAKE…. ” I WAS ABOUT TO MENTION IN MY LIST . THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE SONGS OF RAFI SAHAB . WHAT A WONDERFUL SONG IT IS !
    THIS SONG IS FROM THE FILM ” PAL DO PAL KA SAATH ” WITH MUSIC BY SHYAM SAGAR AND FILM ARTISTES ARE SHEKHAR KAPOOR & RITA BHADURI .
    REGARDING THE OTHER SONGS LISTED BY YOU, I HAVE NOT HEARD THEM.

    NOW , ONE MORE SONG I AM MENTIONING : ” TERE CHEHRE SE HATEN AANKH TO DUNIYA DEKHOON ….” ( FILM: PYAR KA SAPNA ; STARS : BISWAJIT & MALA SINHA )

    BEST REGARDS/A.T.M. SALIM.

  16. A.T.M. SALIM says:

    (FOR POST-26)
    DEAR RAFI FANS

    I HAVE MISTAKENLY MENTIONED THE SONG OF ‘ JHUK GAYA AASMAN ‘
    AS ” AANKHON AANKON SE NEEDIYAN UDA LE GAYA…. ” IT SHOULD BE READ AS ” MERI AANKHON KI NEEDIYAN UDA LE GAYA …..”.

    NOW IAM MENTIONING 4 MORE SONGS OF RAFI SAHAB :

    1) ” KAJAL WALE NAIN MILA ……” ( FILM : DEVAR ; MUSIC BY ROSHAN;
    PICTURISED ON : DHARMENDRA .

    2) ” AAJ TERE NAINA MILKE …..” ( FILM : EHSAAN ; MUSIC BY R.D. BURMAN;
    (PICTURISED ON : JOY MUKHERJEE & ANJANA MUMTAZ . )

    3) ” NAIN MILAKAR CHAIN CHURANA ….” ( FILM: AAMNE SAMNE ; MUSIC BY
    KALYANDJI ANANDJI ; PICTURISED ON : SHASHI KAPOOR &
    SHARMILA TAGORE .)
    4) ” DIL MERA JAA TAKRAYA ….NEELI NEELI AANKHONWALI SE….” ( FILM :
    VIDESH ; MUSIC BY AJIT SINGH ; PICTURISED ON : PREM KISHAN ) .

    REGARDS/ A.T.M. SALIM

  17. “Maa Aur Mamta” had another beautiful and melodious Rafi-Lata duet – “Rut Bekaraar Hai”.

  18. Dr. Khaja Aliuddin says:

    Janab Anmol Singh Saheb and all Rafi lovers,
    I am mentioning few more romantic numbers of Rafi Saheb related to “Aankhen”.
    In naghmon me Rafi Saheb ki Gaayeki apne urroj par hai. If you listen these songs, you will love to listen again and again.

    Aankhon me haya ka halka sa kajal, aie mahjabeen – Phir Bahar Aayi

    Yeh kali kali zulfen aur gora gora chera, yeh khoi khoi aanken palkon ka yeh pahra waghera waghera – Lamboo in Hong Kong

    Raaton ki siyahi hai aurdin ka ujala hai, teri aankhon ka rang nirala hai – Raath Andheri Thi

    Aisa to kabhi mumkin hi nahi, miljaye nazar aur piyar na ho – Gunah aur khanoon

    Ho chupke peeche se aankhen muskake, phir meri aankhen muchenge kab tum aake – I forgot the nameof the movie. I need help from Hussein Sheikh Saheb.

    With regards,
    Long live Rafi Saheb,
    Dr. Khaja Aliuddn

  19. Binu Nair says:

    anmol ji: beauty lie in the “beholder’s” eyes. madhubala, sharmila and asha parekh along with meena kumari will give a fair run to anyone from todays showbiz.
    the advent of the media has opened a huge market for beauty products and judges are often swayed by companies who want to market “big time” in our country. times also has changed anmol ji and we understand that in the fast paced life, even beauty can be skin deep.
    as for songs from the golden era, they are olden and golden – without any shelf expiry dates and i believe what a composer said recently: in few years in time, there will be no songs in any of the films.
    the ar rehmans and the new breed of composers “must” lose their sleep over this.

    binu nair, mumbai, cell : 9833 250 701

  20. Binu Nair says:

    anmol ji: beauty lie in the “beholder’s” eyes. madhubala, sharmila and asha parekh along with meena kumari will give a fair run to anyone from todays showbiz.
    the advent of the media has opened a huge market for beauty products and judges are often swayed by companies who want to market “big time” in our country. times also has changed anmol ji and we understand that in the fast paced life, even beauty can be skin deep.
    as for songs from the golden era, they are olden and golden – without any shelf expiry dates and i believe what a composer said recently: in few years in time, there will be no songs in any of the films.
    the ar rehmans and the new breed of composers “must” lose their sleep over this.

    binu nair, mumbai, cell : 9833 250 701

  21. Anmol Singh says:

    Dr. Khaja Aliuddin,

    Thanks for the information. Possibly I would like to meet u personality when ever I get a chance to come to United States.

    Thanks once again.

    Anmol Singh.
    0091+9820812723.

  22. Anmol Singh says:

    Hello Binu Ji,

    Well judges were not needed in the Golden era, since the beauty was natural. Plus only the best was preferred. In todays era beauty is materialistic with very little of honesty and grace. Analyzing the actresses from last 20 years, my personal option is that only Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla are some of the rare actress from 90s who fall in the category of actresses as that of the Golden era. What expressions we have seen in the golden era, to quiet an extend can see in these two actresses. Plus they never supported vulgarity to make success. They were successfull mainly with there own merit.

    In other words honesty and beauty go hand in hand. The world will forget Ashwariyas, Sushmitas, etc. in the next 10 years, but actresses like Madhubala, Meena Kumari, Sadhana, etc will be remembered for years to come.

  23. A.T.M. SALIM says:

    POST-26
    DEAR MOHANFLORAJI

    YOU HAVE REMINDED ONE OF THE WONDERFUL DUETS OF RAFI SAHAB – ” APNE NAINON KO …FILM : MAA AUR MAMTA ( STARRING JEETENDRA & MUMTAZ ) ! IT’S ONE OF MY VERY FAVOURITE DUETS OF RAFI SAHAB .

    THERE IS ANOTHER DUET OF RAFI SAHAB FROM THE FILM ” JHUK GAYA AASMAN ” ( STARRING RAJENDRA KUMAR & SAIRA BANU ) AND THE SONG IS ” AANKHON AANKHON SE NEEDIYAN UDA LE GAYA ….”
    (THOUGH THIS SONG IS NOT PICTURISED ON THE STARS IN THE FILM BUT IT GOT RELEASED BY THE MUSIC COMPANY ( SAREGAMA) IN RECORD/CASSETTE/CD ). IT IS ALSO BEAUTIFUL SONG .

    REGARDS/ A.T.M. SALIM.

  24. kn.kumar says:

    Nice article, anmolji. compared to many nationalities,our indian women are beautiful and we had a host of beautiful actresses during the 50’s,60’s & 70’s.and this gave many of our song writers to come up with beautiful songs which are fresh in our memory even today.Of course to give a voice to these songs they had the incomparable Rafi Sahab who gave an indentity to each of the actors he sang for. that was a leasure period when the finer aspects of love and life was appreciated.nowadays what do you see the lovers doing?the girls have become more daring than the boys and both of them are more eager to jump into bed than appreciate the eyes.what a sorry state of affairs!

  25. mohanflora says:

    While driving around today heard LP’s songs with Rafi- “Tere Nain Nashe De Pyale” from Gora Aur Kala, “Shokhiyan Nazar Mein Hain Mastiyan hain chal mein” from Aasra, “Apne nainon ko samjhade yeh baat inhe tu batlade” from MAA aur Mamta among others!

  26. Dr. Khaja Aliuddin says:

    Janab Anmol Singh Sahib, Adab Araz Hai,
    Ref: to post 19. I will try my best to translate these words into English. Urdu words had several meanings depending on situation, poets imagination, time and place.
    Rasme ulfath – Methodology of love
    Custom of love
    Tradition of love
    Fasana – Storey
    Neem baaz Aankhen – Half open tempting eyes
    Indulging eyes

    I hope this will help you to understand and enjoy the meaning of above written, Ashaar. I will be happy to talk to you on my cell phone, #847-910-1005.
    With regards to all Rafi lovers,
    Long live Rafi Sahab,
    Dr. Khaja Aliuddin,
    Chicago

  27. Binu Nair says:

    So many love-ly eyes along with the article anmol. I am wondering where all these Miss India, Miss Universal, Miss world – judges were when such beautiful ladies of fifties, sixties and seventies – setting the screens on fire and cash registers ringing along with the unbeatable melodious voice of rafi saaheb…..

    binus

  28. A S MURTY says:

    siva sahab, ref post 22. sure the word ‘tauba tauba’ has been rendered so excellently well by rafi sahab that it gives added dimension to the same word that the song writer had intended it for. i had not mentioned the same in my comment at post 16 only because it is part of the second stanza which is on “zulfen”. since the article was on ‘aankhen’ i had thought it appropriate to curtail my comment on the first stanza which is all about ‘nazaren’. however, like you say these ‘subtle naunces’ are one area which no other singer could trod on. even after rafi sahab no other singer could ever come up with these ‘special effects’ and that alone makes rafi sahab a unique phenomenon. yes, article after article and comments after comments can be showered on this one feature which was rafi sahab’s forceful domain. almost every song has one or two such extraordinary diction and rendition that it still baffles us all.

  29. Siva says:

    Excellent article and good additions by all others.
    Mr A.S.Murthy–ref post 16 about the song ” main nigahen tere chhehere se…”. I hope all ardent fans of Rafi sahab would have noticed the line”tauba tauba..tauba tauba..tauba tauba ye nashaa hain ke bataoon kaise.. The third tauba tauba is the ultimate piece in that song–only Rafi sahab can take a song to such great heights. I hope someone would write an article on such subtle nuances in the style that Rafi sahab used to sing that makes them evergreen. As the Sanskrit term goes-Na bhooto na bhavishyati-meaning there was no one in the past and there shall be no one in the future..That is Rafi sahab-the IMMORTAL

  30. Binu Nair says:

    the lyricist writes, composer tunes the lyrics and the singer sings and he becomes the face of the song.

    the lyricist is very important link along with the singer. op nayyar will give more credit to the lyricist . my vote is to the singer and the lyricist in equal measure and then the composer.

    binu nair,

  31. A.T.M. SALIM says:

    DEAR RAFI FANS

    I AM MENTIONING ONE MORE SONG OF RAFI SAHAB FOR THIS CATEGORY :

    THE SONG IS ” TERI ZULFEN PARESHAN , TERI AANKHEN PASHEMAN …..” FROM THE FILM ‘ PREET NA JANE REET ‘ STARRING SHAMMI KAPOOR AND MUSIC BY KALYANDJI ANANDJI .

    REGARDS/A.T. M. SALIM

  32. Anmol Singh says:

    Dr. Khaja Aliuddin Sahab….
    Adaab,

    I like the way to acknowledge every article with a shaayeri. My Urdu Knowledge is very poor, hence requesting you to translate the following words into english.

    rasme ulfath
    fasana
    Neem baaz

  33. Anmol Singh says:

    A T M Salim ji….

    Thanks for the correction on the song from “Naina”. I haven’t seen the film…only read the film preview some where. But certainly try to see it.

  34. Anmol Singh says:

    To all the Rafians,

    Thanks for the compliments and highlighting the songs which have been missed out, possibly should have been part of the article.

    Thanks also for suggesting to write about “Zulfen”. Well “Zulfen” and “Aankhen” are two different aspects altogether. Perhaps it calls for a lot of research in going back in time.

  35. A S MURTY says:

    the song – main nigahen tere chehre se hataoon kaise – entire stanza is on the beauty of the ‘eyes’. “shokh nazaren yeh shararat se na baaz aayengi, kabhi roothengi kabhi uth ke palat jayengi, tujh se nibh jayegi main inse nibhaoon kaise – main nigahen tere chehre se hataoon kaise”. the next stanza is ofcourse on the next in line article on “zulf”. true the subject could be better expressed in hindi-urdu than in english but anmol singhji has done a wonderful job giving us a lovely topic.

    Then there is another song on the ‘eye-lids’ an extension of expression of the eyes – khuli palak mein jhoota gussa band palak mein pyar, jeena bhi mushkil marna bhi mushkil.

    keep writing anmol singhji on similar subjects, for rafi sahab is front runner in extolling the beauty of nature. there is no dearth of subjects.

  36. Jagdish Bhagchandani says:

    Excellent article. Rafi has also sung a wonderful patriotic song for the eyes expressions. It is from the film ‘Aankhen’: Us mulk ki sarhad ko koi choo nahin saktaa jis mulk ke sahad ki nigebaan nain aanken’ .

  37. balushi says:

    Nazar jab utayee duwa bangayee,
    Nazar jab jukayee adaa bangayee,
    Nazar jab milayee wafaa bangayee,
    Nazar jab churayee kaza bangayee.

  38. A.T.M. SALIM says:

    DEAR ANMOLJI

    IT’S A FINE ARTICLE !
    I AM HAPPY AS YOU HAVE MENTIONED THE SONG ” BAHUT HASEEN HAI THUMHARI AANKHON , KAHO TO MAIN INSE PYAR KARLOON ….” THIS SONG IS FROM THE FILM ” AADHI RAAT KE BAAD ” ;MUSIC IS BY CHITRAGUPTA .

    IN YOUR ARTICLE , YOU HAVE MENTIONED STARS FOR THE SONG ” HUMKO TO JAAN SE “….( FILM: NAINA ) AS SHASHI KAPOOR & MOUSHAMI CHATTERJEE BUT THE SONG IS PICTURISED ON SHASHI KAPOOR & RAJESHREE.

    I AM MENTIONING 4 MORE SONGS OF RAFI SAHAB FOR THIS CATEGORY :

    1) AANKHON MEIN PALKON KI GHUNGHAT ….( FILM : MAIN WOHI HOON ; MUSIC BY USHA KHANNA ; STARS : FEROZE KHAN & KUM KUM );

    2) AANKH MILAYE NA , MUKURAYE NA , MERA YAAR BADA SHARMILA ….( MILAN KI RAAT ; MUSIC BY LAXMIKANT PYARELAL ; STARS: SANJAY KHAN & SHARMILA TAGORE );

    3) GULABI GULABI AANKHON SE PILA DE TO ….( FILM: BANPHOOL ; MUSIC BY LAXMIKANT PYARELAL ; STARS : JEETENDRA & BABITA ) ;

    4) CHEHRA TERA , MASHA ALLAH … BADI BADI AANKHONWALE…( FILM TUM HASEEN MAIN JAWAN ; MUSI BY SHANKAR JAIKISHAN ; STARS: DHARMENDRA & HEMA MALINI ).

    BEST REGARDS/ A.T.M. SALIM.

  39. javed lakho says:

    excellant article.

  40. xxx says:

    rafi sahab sung best songs relating to eyes, be it “nain lad jai hain” or “teri aakhon ke siva” or “aakhon hi aakhon mein ishara”….

  41. Anmol Ji,
    Outstanding article sir! It speaks volumes about your knowledge of music and splendid corelation in putting them in discernible words.
    Eagerly waiting for your next article. Possibly on “Zulf”!
    Regards to all
    Shirish Kulkarni

  42. SHRIRANG NAWATHE says:

    anmol ji,

    classic article,,,,,,just great….

    regards;

  43. Narayananji, Aankhen and Zulphe, both are there in the song “Yeh Reshami Zulphe, Yeh Sharbati Aankhen” of Do Raaste. Nice idea that Rafiji’s songs on “Zulphe” can be a topic for discussion.

  44. Hussein Sheikh says:

    Very interesting article by Mr. Amnol Singh. There’s a song “Aankhon Aankhon Mein Na Jaane Kya Ishaare Ho Gaye…” missing in the article.

  45. Narayan says:

    Another Anmol gen from the author . Yes no other bollywood singer can express the romantic beauty of an actress like Rafi sahab. For ur eyes is very apt and the next could be woh haseen zulphe for which Rafi sahab has sung many romantic songs

  46. Azad Ilahibaks says:

    Nice article mr. Anmol Singh. I remember also a very beautiful song of the king: Teri aankh ka jo ishaara na hoga from the film Nayee Roshni.

  47. Dr. Khaja Aliuddin says:

    Janab Anmol Singh Sahab, Adab Araz Hai,
    Congratulations for writing such a romantic topic connected with our “Awaz ke Badshah” Rafi Sahab. Rafi Sahab ki awaz aur unki gayeki , aisa laghtha hai jaise yeh gane rafi saheb ke hi liye likhe gai. Agar aap ijazath den to mai kuch ashaar aap ki nazar kartha hun.
    ” Dl ne aankhon se kahi aankhon ne dil se kahdi
    Baat chal nikli hai, ab dekhen kahan tak pahunche”

    ” Thi khata unki, magar jab aagai woh samne
    Jhuk gai meri hi aankhen, rasme ulfath dikhiye”

    “Aankhon me nami si hai, chup chap se baithe hain
    nazuk si nigahon me nazuk sa fasana hai”

    “Neem baaz ankhon se yeh kiya nigah yar kiya
    na to masoom hi choda na gunahgar kiya”

    “Haya nahi hai zamane ki ankh me bakhi
    khuda kare ke jawani rahi teri bedaagh”

    You really justified writing this article in English and you really did a good job.
    With regards to all Rafi lovers.
    Dr. Khaja Aliuddin

  48. Wonderful article Anmolji. Such lyrics are not written these days and of course, even if written, we do not have Rafiji to put life into such lyrics.

  49. mohanflora says:

    Great article again, Anmol!
    Rafisaab did true justice in expressing the feelings of a beholder of beauty , humanity and life itself. His voice was magic.BTW you would make great justice to any female beholders eyes!Thanks for the article.

  50. jayaram.d says:

    excellant article.it is true rafi saheb has rendered beautifully for all the songs mentioned in this article.there are still many songs on eyes sung by rafi saheb.any how i admire MR.Anmol singh for remembering songs on eyes&narrating optly.good luck.

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