Rajesh Khanna

Manchivaadu (1973) - A Telugu Movie

The movie "Humshakal" apparent;y was based on this Telugu movie, per Madhu Ayyagari's information. Thank you Madhu. I do have all the songs from this movie I will upload here. The song quality is somewhat loud but not all songs do not sound the same. I am uploading all the songs except for the one Madhu uploaded. Here are the songs ...

Roti (1974)

Here is a movie that came from Manmohan Desai film factory. He was on a roll during those years. He had 13 (?) jubilee hits in a row, a record still not broken. Many years back American television's "60 Minutes" program had an episode on Indian movies, in particular Hindi movies. In that broadcast they had an interview with Desai, Amitabh Bachchan, and others. The moderator complemented Desai on his unique achievement and told Desai that even Spielberg couldn't match such a record.

Desai's "Roti" is one of those jubilee hits. It had the hit pair Mumtaz & Rajesh Khanna and some fine music from ever so dependable Laxmikant & Pyarelal. I saw the movie and I didn't care much for it even though it had its moments.

Here are the songs ...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Aug 2 2009, 11:00 PM

Aakraman (1975)

This movie has some great songs by Laxmikant & Pyarelal. Rajesh Khanna was a guest star. Interestingly, there was an English movie made in 1979, named "Hanover Street", that parallelled this movie which came four years earlier. The English movie starred Leslie Ann-Down, Harrison Ford, and Christopher Plummer. First half of both movies are just about the same but in the second half they drift apart. The English movie was written and directed by Peter Hyams; so it was not from any hitherto published novel.

LP exploits Kishore's singing strengths to full extent in this movie. Kishore has four beautiful solos and a duet, all just great. Anand Bakshi Saab also supplies some great lyrics.

Because of the number of songs in this movie, I am uploading them in back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs ...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Aug 6 2009, 11:40 AM

Songs of "Aakraman (1975)" Continued ...

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

Thank You for Aakraman Swarapriya - heart in heart I just wished that even Aaj Chalo Mil Kar should have been given to KK...

Thanks for the comment. Asha and Mahendra had some great duets over the years, but this is certainly not one of them. This is out and out Kishoreda's album. And some great lyrics by Bakshi saab. Especially I love the richness of lyrics of the songs "Fauji Gaya" and "Woh Ek Haseen Ladki". Some inspired writing.

Cheers,
Swarapriya

World's greatest genius Kishoreda had sung great patriotic songs in the film Aakraman.

Thanks Swarapriya for Rajesh Khanna albums

This post has been edited by mirsa: Aug 6 2009, 05:27 PM

You're very welcome. -S

Prem Kahani (1975)

Here is another beauty from LP. Each song is a beauty. My favorites are the two duets, "Chal Dariya Mein Doob Jaayen" and "Phool Aahista Phenko". Here are the songs ...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Aug 9 2009, 05:47 AM

Love the song "yeh mausam aya hai"

Superb music of a flop film but the song that stands out for the purists is " prem hai kya"........A very difficult composition superbly sung by the king. This song is nothing less than a classic, a very difficult song, sung with perfection as always by Rafisaab.

Agreed. Definitely another great song by Rafi Saab.

Bundalbaaz (1976)

This Rajesh Khanna starrer was directed by Shammi Kapoor who also had an active role in the movie. The album has some fun-filled songs ...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Aug 15 2009, 04:17 AM

Ginny Aur Johnny (1976)

Here are songs from this album. I am missing one song shown in red italics in the table below. If anyoe of you have it, please share. Thanks.