This was in some ways similar to the earlier great watershed year of 1. 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 no flash in the pan.Īradhana 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. 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. 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. Mere sapno ki rani kab ayegi tu, a phenomenon called Rajesh Khanna was born.
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