Foot Tapping & Heart Stopping Op

I am uploading in my next posting. Cheers. -S

Do Ustad (1959)

I am reuploading these songs on request. Here are the details and the songs ...

As usual, very first visit of the day ...to this thread
Got missed 'chameli ke phool'

Big thanks to Swarpriya.

USR

Thank You So Much for re-uploading Do Ustad - Swarnapriya

My dear USR,

Thank you very much for such nice words.

With many cheers,
Swarapriya

You're very very welcome.

Khoon Ka Badla Khoon (1978)

This is one OP's albums post Asha era. He was desperately looking for someone to take Ashaji's place and in the process experimented with few. In this movie he had the greatly talented Vani Jairam sing all nine songs; four solos and five duets. Even though Vaniji is a very talented and trained classical singer (remember her debut song "Bolo Re Papihara" from Vasant Desai's "Guddi" in 1971?), I am not sure about the results here.

Vani Jairam was born in a music-oriented family. She was a child prodigy and many expected great things from her. She was trained in the nuances of classical singing and by early teens she was an expert at many of the ragas.

In a private concert, Vasant Desai spotted her and invited her to sing in Hrishikesh Mukherjee's "Guddi". She sang all three songs in that movie. But it was the song "Bolo Re Papihara" that catapulted her to overnight fame. This song fetched her several awards. Among them were Tansen Samman award, The All India Cinegoer's Association award, The Lions International Best Promising singer award, and The All India Film-goers award.

Vaniji sang in several languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Gujarati, Malayalam, Marwari, Hariyanvi, Bengali, and Tulu. She won Best Female Playback Singer awards from Tamilnadu (1980), Gujarat (1975), and Orissa (1984). She won President's award three times. For "Meera" she won awards from Film World, Cine Herald, and Filmfare. She was also awarded Sangeet Peeth Samman award. The list goes on and on ...

This highly accomplished singer recorded over 10,000 songs to her credit! Yet, with all the credentials she possesses, and with ample proof of singing so many songs in so many different languages, it appears that people hardly know much about her.

Now for the details of the songs from this album and the songs themselves ...

Songs of "Khoon Ka Badla Khoon (1978)" Continued ...

Now for the rest of the songs from the album "Khhon Ka Badla Khoon" ...

Kahin Din Kahin Raat (1968)

Here is an album where Rafi Saab didn't sing a single song for OP. OP had some difference of opinion with Rafi Saab during this time. Instead of going with his regular singer Rafi Saab, he had Mahdenra Kapoor sing in this movie. OP did utilize Mahendra's talents even before this, but this time Mahendra was singing in Rafi's place. Even though Mahendra is no Rafi, (for that matter not many sigers could scale the heights of versatility and longevity Rafi Saab exhibited in his professional singing career), he did a very good job here. OP and Rafi Saab patched up their differences later on as Rafi sang for OP in some of his later movies.

There are eight songs in this album. I am able to upload only seven of them. I am missing one song. It is shown in red italics below. These songs came from various sources. Most of them from different CD collections. Others were contributed by the members of this Forum. The extended version of the song is same as the regular version except it is preceded by nearly 90 seconds of music.

Now for the details of the songs and the songs themselves ...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Nov 11 2008, 10:03 AM

Songs of Kahin Din Kahin Raat (1968) Continued ...

Here are the rest of the songs from this album...

Swarapriya

Many thanks for the songs and more importantly for the information about Vani ji. Its truly unfortunate that people does not know much about an artist who has sung over 10000 songs in various languages.

My 2 cents on the music and Box Office fate of KKBK :

A film with a name like that is rarely considered a musical. By 1978, OPN had lost the magic touch. And the film starring Asha Sachdev prpbably did not boast a great star cast as well.

True..Vani Jayaram certainly didnt get what she deserves. But one should say..that OPN's style of music needs a female voice with all the oomph...like Geeta and then Asha. As OPN once said, that lata didnt have the kind of voice he needs...which might be a lame excuse. Vani's voice resembles a sincere devout woman..or disciple for that matter. Strictly personal view.
She had some wonderful songs in telugu...many of them for child artists..like that one Sankarabharanam where she was just fantastic.
The only singer who was treated so shabbily would have to be Yesudas..he was never given his due. His was divine voice too..



SP..a typo am sure. Seconds ?? Sorry for pointing it out..but i just love to read what ever you post as they are so well written and informative. hence the pointer..Sorry again. hope you wont mind.

With so many impeccable credetials she possesses Vani Jairam should have been a household name. But she isn't. Part of the reason may be of her own chosing. She probably is a very private person. May be she prefers to stay that way.

Cheers,
Swarapriya

By the way, I feel the same way about Yesudas. I saw him in a concert once. His humility belies his talent rich career. If you are into his type of music, you are simply in awe. In one of the concerts Balasubrahmanyam (Balu) gave, he referred to Yesudas as his guru. That says something about both of them.

Thanks for pointing out the error. I have corrected it now. You don't need to be sorry to point out something like this.

Cheers,
SP

SP..Actually my bro and sil both went to Yesudas's concert in US. I should have been there...
Hope I will catch a gimpse of him someday. He just overwhelms with what ever he sings...