• Thursday, April 25, 2024

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Shammi Kapoor: Rock ‘n’ roll revolutionary

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By Asjad Nazir. HE MAY have been one of the greatest movie stars in the history of Bollywood, but Shammi Kapoor also made a huge impact musically by introducing a rock ’n’ roll swagger into film songs. With the voice of Mohammed Rafi, the rocking revolutionary changed the musical face of Hindi cinema. To commemorate the birth anniversary of the late great star last Sunday (21), Eastern Eye went back through time to select 10 of his finest musical moments, limiting ourselves to one song per film. Tumsa Nahin Dekha title track (1957): The movie that turned him into a…

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