Sahir & Shairi

Barsaat ki Raat (1960)

Here is a beautiful musical extravaganza from Roshan Saab. Roshan Saab was not the first choice as a music director for the movie. Originally Khayyam Saab was signed to provide its music. But differences developed between the producers and Khayyam Saab that forced Khayyam Saab to leave the project. This gave an opportunity to provide to Roshan Saab for some of the great qawwali music ever screened for an Indian film. There are so many of them it feels like a long mushaira and a never ending musical celebration.

Sahir Saab who wrote the lyrics was at the top of his game here. The title song is just a thing of beauty. Rich lyrics. Mesmerizing singing of Rafi Saab. The experience just leaves one on cloud nine.

Interestingly, neither Sahir Saab nor Roshan Saab was nominated for any awards that year. Most honors went to Mughal-E-Azam but Shakeel Badayuni Saab won the Best Lyrics Award for the title track of "Chaudhvin ka Chand" and Shankar & Jaikishan won for their music for "Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai".

The movie came in the same year for its heroine, Madhubala, as her magnum opus "Mughal-E-Azam". Her beauty was still radiant in spite of her now well known health problems. However she didn't have much to do in the film and even her character was not that well defined.

Bharat Bhushan on occasion made good movies. This was one of them. He suited well in the role of the poet. He and the music and a sprightly Shyama lighted the screen with several musical interludes while Madhubala giggled away into our hearts.

I am uploading songs from this album in three back-to-back posts. The first two posts contain all the songs from the film. The third post has some extended version songs.

Here is a description of the songs in the first post and the songs themselves...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Nov 24 2010, 08:32 PM

Continuing Songs from "Barsaat ki Raat (1960)"...

Here are all of the famous qawwalis from this film concluding all songs from the album...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Nov 24 2010, 08:43 PM

Concluding Songs from "Barsaat ki Raat (1960)...

Here are extended versions of some of the qawwalis...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Nov 24 2010, 08:54 PM

Thank you very much Swarapriya for this great album.

You're welcome Bhai Saab. Cheers. -S

Masoom (1960)

Following are the songs from this album. It appears like I may be missing the song shown in red italics in the table below. If indeed this is the case, please kindly share if you can. Thanks.

Thanks a lot for "Masoom." The song "Naani Teri Morni Ko Mor Le Gaye..." is worth the price of admission!
nandi

SP,

The missing song, 'tu prem nagar ka saadhu' a duet by Sabita Banerjee and Mohammad Rafi is available at the following link:
http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?s=&a...st&p=677487

Exon

This post has been edited by Exon: Dec 7 2010, 09:04 PM

You're welcome Nandi. Cheers. -S

Thanks for the pointer Exon and thanks to Alok for the song. Cheers. -S

Girlfriend (1960)

This album by Hemantda has one of my most favorite duets of Kishoreda. The song is "Aaj Mujhe Kuchh Kehna Hai" with Sudha Malhotra. This is the only song, I believe, these two sang together. And what a song! It is a lovely composition enriched by Sahir Saab's endearingly beautiful lyrics. Sung with lot of passion by both Kishoreda and Malhotra. Especially Kishoreda's voice touches your nerves and evokes a sweet pain. A truly rewarding listening experience.

I am uploading all songs, most of them from an original soundtrack album, here. The only exception is the song "Talni". This was contributed by the Forum member Vin Nidhi. Thank you Vin.

I am also uploading a solo version of Sudha Malhotra's "Aaj Mujhe Kuchh Kehna Hai". This is not from the film but was sang in a London concert as a solo in 1972. The source for the audio is "You Tube".

Here are the songs...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Dec 17 2010, 06:25 AM

hi SP

here are extended versions of the first two songs

aaj rona pada to samjhe--@192kbps--4.10mts
aaj mujhe kuchh kehna hai--@192kbps--4.15mts



quote=romesh

Romesh,

Thanks very much for posting these long audios.
Some how these audios don't appear to be true extended versions; instead they could be digitization artifacts.
For example, in the 'kashti ka khamosh' song, after 'kabse tumhaare raste mein' line, song's mukhda and 'jo kuch tumko kehana hai' stanza repeats.

Exon

This post has been edited by Exon: Dec 17 2010, 11:25 PM

Thank you very much Romesh for extended versions of the two songs. Cheers. -S

Hum Dono (1961)

This happened to be one of the most popular albums of Jaidevji. Dev, whose regular was S.D. Burman, decided to give an opportunity to Jaidev, a longtime assistant to SD. Jaidevji returned the favour with spectacular results. Jaidev already made his solo debut with Chetan Anand's film, "Joru ka Bhai" in 1955, so it wasn't that he was going for the first time as an independent music director.

Here Jaidevji was working with Sahir Saab. Sahir Saab wrote some rich and beautiful lyrics. All songs became extremely popular and even today they are enjoyed for their youthful freshness. Solos by Asha and Rafi Saab especially are fondly remembered even today after nearly 50 years for their literary richness and the way they were unforgettably performed.

I am uploading these songs in two back-to-back posts. I am including some specials in the second post. Here are the songs in the first post...