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A WEEKEND IN PARIS EIFFEL TOWER 100 YEARS AND LOUVRE - TRAVELOGUE (VOL 27) DOWN MEMORY LANE

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Eiffel Tower at night         I was a 10-year-old boy crazy about Hindi film music glued to the only social media of those times the valve radio. Every Wednesday evening the top 16 film songs will be broadcast in Binaca Geet Mala in the magic voice of Ameen Sayani.          The year was 1967 when the movie “An Evening in Paris” was released. Rafi from Bombay studio at high pitch imagined himself to be in Paris to be Shammi Kapoor for this title song which set the tone for this musical album.          Aj aisa mauka phir kahan milega hamara jaisa dil kahan milega         Ao tumko dikhalata hun Paris Ke ek rangi shaam        Dekho dekho dekho dekho an Evening in Paris       Shankar Jaikishen the music director for this movie were at their peak. All the songs were shot around exotic locales in Paris and became the chart busters of that year. This young boy ...