The Three Reigning Queens

Both the songs, "Ab Raat Milan Ki Beet Chuki" and "Pyar Ke Sagar Se Nikli", are from Jadoo (1951). The song Kyun Mun Dhhoondhhe Prem Nadi Ka Kinara, which is from Lal Haveli, is not uploaded.

Pradeep

This post has been edited by pradeepasrani: Aug 16 2009, 03:27 PM

I had never heard of Raju Bharatan until seeing your reference to him here. Having googled the name I read some of his articles and the ire directed them. It made for a very diverting hour of fun - the man is a genuine loose cannon! And his writing is all over the place - he can't retain a thought for more than a sentence or two. Which leads me to believe there's great scope for many HF members to consider entering the profession of writing about the 'golden era' and doing a great job!

This post has been edited by Faraaj73: Aug 16 2009, 05:42 PM

Faraaj bhai,

The problem with Mr. Raju Bharathan is that he is highly opinionated. In my view, he thinks he knows every thing and compounds it with the conviction that all of that is correct and hence, gospel truth. However, I think this is one of the pitfalls of professional critics. There are very few who wear their knowledge and authority, lightly.

Having said that, it must also be said that, he was, perhaps, IMHO, one of the first people who started to write about VHFM, in the popular press. This view, is, of course, subject to correction by better informed members, such as Aditya. And, even today, I have not come across any informed writing in the popular press about HFM in general & VHFM in particular, except cursory reviews of music discs. He has, certainly, cultivated the interest in VHFM in a lot of people; I am one among them. In the middle or the late eighties, Mr. Bharathan ran a very informative series of articles, in the form of a quiz, about VHFM, in the FILMFARE Magazine, whose editor at that time was one Mr. Pritish Nandy. Subsequently, Mr. Bharathan use to write a piece about Rafi, in an afternoon tabloid, MID - DAY.

As you very rightly said, he is loose cannon; love him, hate him but cannot ignore him. His writings are great entertainment, of course.

Best Regards,
Suresh

(Nargis) Early Albums

I am missing the following early albums of Nargis. I am requesting members to share songs from anyone of these albums. Thanks.

Here is the list ...

Talash-E-Haq (1939) – Baby Raani (Nargis) – Music: Jaddanbai

Tamanna (1942) – Leela Desai, Nargis, Suraiya & Jairaj – Music: K.C. Dey

Bisvi Sadi (1945) – Nargis, Ashalata, Bhudo Advani & Motilal – Music: Pannalal Ghosh

Nargis (1946) – Nargis

Mehndi (1947) – Nargis

Romeo and Juliet (1947) - Nargis

Anjuman (1948) – Nargis, Neelam, Jairaj & Anwar Hussain – Music: Bulo C. Rani

Roomal (1949) – Nargis, Jairaj & Jeevan – Music: Aziz Khan

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Aug 17 2009, 12:04 AM

(Nargis) Taqdeer (1943)

Nargis turned barely 14 when she acted in this movie as the heroine aganist her wishes. She wanted to be a doctor like her father but her mother was grooming her to be an actress. When one of Indian cinema's greatest directors, Mehboob Khan came with the offer to act in his movie "Taqdeer", she couldn't pass it up. This movie became a huge hit and Nargis' taqdeer changed ever for good. Thanks to this movie, Indian moviegoers gained one of the greatest actresses of our times.

Agha Jani Kashmiri was associated with Mehboob Khan from the beginning of later's directorial career. He wrote many of the stories for Mehboob's movies and also penned their dialogues. Mehboob Saab appointed him as a diction and speaking coach to Nargis. Kashmiri Saab worked hard with Nargis preparing her for this movie and in the end after the movie was released and became a huge success, everybody was gratified with the results of their hard work.

Now for the songs from this movie where the sensational singing voice of Shamshad Begum is at the center stage with that great actor Motilal giving assist in some songs.

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Aug 17 2009, 12:02 AM

Here some songs from my side from Madhubala'movies:


Movie: LAL DUPATTA (1948)
Music: Gyan Dutt


01-3.16 mins-Mithi baten sunake dil legaya-GitaRoy-Munshi Sham--189 kb
02-3.16 mins-Ari o albeli naar-Rafi,Shamashad&Co--M. L. Khanna--188 kb
03-3.20 mins-Surinder Kaur-Mere dil ki ram kahani sunja meri zabani--192 kb
04-2.49 mins-Jahan koi na ho-Salochna Kadam-D.N. Madhok--128 kb(Courtesy HF member-Erum Ji)

This post has been edited by mirsa: Aug 17 2009, 12:18 PM

It seems like attachments are missing.

Files are attached now.

Here are 7 songs from:

Movie: PARAI AAG(1948)
Music: Ghulam Mohammed
Lyrics: Tanveer Naqvi

All tracks are in MP3 and bitrate and duration are provided in song listing

01-3.04-128 kb-Radio version-Mohd. Rafi-Nigahen Milane Ko Jee Chahata Hai
02-3.15-192 kb-Zohra Bai-Kis se kahen
03-2.33-191 kb-Hamida Bano-Kuch bhi na kaha aur keh bhi gaye
04-3.16-128 kb-Radio version-Hamida-Bhool Ja Pyar Ke Rangeen
05-3.09-192 kb-Zohra Bai-Man geet suhaane gaye

This post has been edited by mirsa: Aug 17 2009, 12:38 PM

Hi Swarapriya

Nargis (1946) had music by Husnlal-Bhagatram with two good solos by Zohrabai Ambalewali. In fact, Aankhon Mein Aa is a beauty - you must've heard it. Both songs are CDQ 192kbps.



Two songs from Anjuman (1948) as well. I am strongly biased towards Mukesh-Shamshad duets. I feel their voices went very well together. And this duet is quite lovely too. The audio is unfortunately so-so.



Enjoy!

Kind Regards
Faraaj

Here are last 2 songs from:

Movie: PARAI AAG(1948)
Music: Ghulam Mohammed
Lyrics: Tanveer Naqvi & Akhtar-Ul-Imaan (for song #6 only)

All tracks are in MP3 and bitrate and duration are provided in song listing

06-3.19-192 kb-Zohra Bai & Nasim Akhtar-Tohe kaise dikhaun dil chirke-Lyrics by Akhtar-Ul-Imaan
07-3.21-191 kb-Zohra Bai-Ae dil jahan mein tera

This post has been edited by mirsa: Aug 17 2009, 12:44 PM

Thanks a Lot for the Nargis soundtracks Faraaj

Here 3 songs from Madhubala's movie DAULAT:

Movie: DAULAT(1949)
Music: Hanuman Prasad
Lyrics: Qamar Jalalabadi

All tracks are in MP3 and file duration and bitrate is provided in song listing.
If any one has record versions of the below 2 songs please upload them.

01-2.53-Radio version-Tum ek nazar dekh chuke-Zohra Bai-128 kb
02-2.54-Radio version-Zohra Bai- Main Ja Na Sakun-192 kb
03-3.07-Shankar Dasgupta-Dil Kha Kar Chot Judai Ki-192 kb

This post has been edited by mirsa: Aug 17 2009, 04:48 PM

Thanks a Lot for Daulat sound tracks Mirsa Ji - but looks like you have not uploaded the song "Main Ja Na Sakun" - instead of that you have uploaded the song "Tum Ek Nazar Dekh Chuke" - twice.

Request you to upload the song "Main Ja Na Sakun"

Thank You

Here are 5 songs from Madhubala's movie Apradhi:

Movie: APRADHI (1949)
Lyrics: Amar Varma
Music: Sudhir Phadke
All tracks are in MP3--192 kbps and track duration is provided in the track listing

01-2.47-Jan pehchan na-Sitara Kanpuri
02-3.53-DuniaPyar karne walon ke liye-Sitara Kanpur
03-3.14-Dil ro raha hai-Sitara Kanpuri
04-4.06-Zindagani ka maza-G.M. Durrani & Saathi

This post has been edited by mirsa: Aug 17 2009, 04:49 PM