Muse & Music

Thanks again Parag. I will wait for other inputs for giving credit to the name of the correct singer. -S

Thanks Aditya. Madan Mohan was one of our greatest composers. He and Lataji combined to give us so many sparkling gems. That was the only reason for my observation.

Also, thanks for the missing song.

Cheers,
Swarapriya

Well Suresh. You've just echoed my sentiments. Cheers. -S

Parag is correct. It is not Geeta Dutt. It is not even a separate song, It is simply the Asha song played at a slower speed.

Aditya

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Thanks again Parag. I will wait for other inputs for giving credit to the name of the correct singer. -S
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Parag is correct. It is not Geeta Dutt. It is not even a separate song, It is simply the Asha song played at a slower speed.

Aditya
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I made the changes the best I could. Thanks. -S

(Mumtaz) Pathan (1962)

I have only two songs out of seven from this album. These two songs came from CD collections. I am uploading these two. The missing songs are shown in red italics below. Please share these with us if you happen to have them. Interestingly the songs for this album were composed by various music directors. This 1962 thing is now becoming a vogue in current movies.

Here are the two songs ...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jul 23 2009, 10:30 PM

Hi swarapriya,

I have the following from Pathan (1962) courtesy of HF.

Bitrate: 160 Kbps

1 - Ab Tak Mujhko Yaad Hai (03:17)
2 - Bombay Central Par (03:10)
3 - Mori Chunri Hawa Me Udi Jaay Re (03:03)
4 - Soja Salone Soja (02:53)

This post has been edited by jigri1: Jul 23 2009, 05:38 AM

Thank you very very much Jigri. Appreciate sharing these songs with us. Cheers. -S

SP,

Talat Mahmood's site puts the MD of Aaja Ke Bulate Hain also as Fakir Mohd. Asar. Can someone with HFGK confirm this?

Aditya

According to the HFGK, Pathan has 9 separate composers.
1. Fakir Mohammad
2. Jimmy
3. Asar
4. Shambhu
5. Dattaraj
6. Raajbhushan
7. David
8. Brijbhushan
9. Shyambabu Pathak

The composer attributions that SP has in the table are correct.
No songs are attributed to Shambhu, Raajbhushan or David.
No composer is explicitly called out for the last song in the table.

Just one minor correction: the lyricist for the Asha-Mahendra Kapoor duet is Nazim Jaipuri.

Thanks SB for sharing this information. I have updated the table per your suggestion. Cheers. -S

(Nutan) Laila Majnu (1953)

Here is another classic love story that has been told countless times through books, poems, and movies. The story was first published as a book of series of verses by Nizami Ganjavi in 12th century and was apparently based on a 7th century true story. Mian Mohammad Bakhsh interpreted these verses in a story text form and this is considered as one of the most acclaimed treatises ever published on this fable. Since then some version or other of this story of ill-fated lovers has been passed on through centuries. Countless generations have seen many versions of this fabled story in countries like Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, and Syria.

There were two silent movie versions were made here in India in 1922 and 1927. The first talkie version was made in 1945 and it was a huge hit thanks to its music composed by Rafiq Ghajnavi and Gobindaram. This movie for which I will be uploading songs was made in 1953. It was remade as “Dastaan-E-Laila Majnu” in 1974. It was also remade in 1976 with Ranjeeta and Rishi Kapoor that had a magnificent musical score by Madan Mohan and Jaidev.

In 1949, that great Telugu and Tamil movie star Bhanumati made this story in both languages. That movie boasted nearly 20 songs and became for its producer Bhanumati one of the biggest hits.

I will upload songs from three Hindi versions (1953, 1974, and 1976), and also the Telugu version (1949) all in this section, one after the other.

Here are the details of the Nutan-Shammi Kapoor starrer. I am uploading 13 songs in back-to-back posts. I am missing one song. This is shown in red italics in the table below. If you have it, please kindly share with us.

Here is the first set of songs …

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jul 26 2009, 01:52 AM

Songs of "Laila Majnu (1953)" Continued ...

Here are rest of the songs from this album. The extended version of the song "Aasmaan Waale" may have been contributed by the Forum members. Whether it is or it isn't, my thanks anyway. Now for the songs ...

Dastaan-E-Laila Majnu (1974)

This movie was released just two years before the famous Madan Mohan & Jaidev composed "Laila Majnu" was released. Its music is by Iqbal Qureshi. Even though not many people saw this movie, it has some pretty nice songs. All these songs are by the courtesy of the Forum members.

Now for the songs ...

Laila Majnu (1976)

Here is one of the most popular movies made on this epic love story. It has some of the most beautiful songs written by Sahir Ludhianvi. Music of Madan Mohan ji is simply superb. During its filming, Madan Mohan ji passed away. Jaidev ji was able to fill in and did a great job finishing composing whatever was left for him to do.

Because of the number of songs, I will upload them in two back-to-back posts. Now for the first set of songs ...


This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jul 24 2009, 11:38 PM