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Mohammad Rafi was the Favorite Voice of Dharmendra

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  According to Dharmendra, it was Rafi Sahaab’s voice that gave a boost to his film career. Mohammad Rafi sang 104 songs for Dharmendra. The first song Rafi sang for Dharmendra was 'Jane Kya Dhoondti Rehti Hain Yeh Ankhen Mujhme' for the film 'Shola Aur Shabnam released in 1961. This was Dharmendra's second film. In his first film, no song was picturized on him. There were 2 songs that were picturized on Dharmendra in Shola Aur Shabnam, this was a duet with Lata Mangeshkar'Jeet Hi Lenge Baazi'.     These songs are popular even today.     Song of Shola Aur Shabnam 1961 Song of Shola Aur Shabnam 1961 The next song Rafi Saab sang for Dharmendra was a duet from the 1964 film 'Pooja Ke Phool', in the same year Rafi sang 4 songs for Dharmendra in Aap Ki Parchaiyan, recall the song ' Main Nigahen Tere'  Song of Aap Ki Parchaiyan 1964  Rafi Sahaab did have a typical style while singing for Dharmendra too so that one always identified the performer and th...

50 Years of Mera Gaon Mera Desh

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  A super hit movie of 1971 starting Dharmendra, Asha Parekh, and Vinod Khanna shot in Rajasthan is  sheer eye candy.  It has its romance, its moments of comedy, and its melodrama, but ( Vinod Khanna) Jabbar Singh vs. Ajit(Dharmendra) is, eventually, the focus of the film.    it has a lot of the tropes and motifs of the Clint Eastwood films.  The film was a huge blockbuster at the box office cementing Vinod Khanna's place as a top actor. Dharmendra plays Ajit, an orphan, who is reformed by an ex-soldier Jayant. The village is repeatedly looted and savaged by Jabbar’s gang and Ajit stands up to wage a lone fight. Asha Parekh is the heroine of the film but has nothing to do except singing one or two songs.  Worth mentioning is Laxmi Chhaya.  She gets to lip-sync to three of the film’s most famous songs— Maar diya jaaye ya chhod diya jaaye ,  Aaya aaya atariya pe koi chor  and  Apni prem kahaaniyaan —and dances up a storm in each of th...