Three Of A Kind, Dev, Dilip & Kishore Options

[swarapriya]

(Kishore) Raagini (1958)

Anyway you look at it, 1958 was a banner year for OP. He had “Howrah Bridge”, “Phagun”, “Raagini”, “Sone Ki Chidiya”, and “12 O'Clock” all released that year. Each of the movies had some of the finest musical creations of OP. It was an awesome display of talent and creativity with OP scaling new heights with every new movie. At this juncture in his career, only Shankar & Jaikishan could compete closely with OP. But they were a duo. OP was a one man show.

Ashok Kumar, besides starring in the movie also produced it. It also starred Kishore, his younger brother, and Padmini, second of the three Travancore sisters. Later Ashok produced another movie, “Kalpana” in 1968 that also starred Padmini and her younger sister Ragini. It also had some of the finest music composed by OP.

One of the distinguishing features of this film is that OP used Rafi Saab for Kishore’s voice for one song. The song “Mann Mora Baawra” is a classic Rafi with a great musical composition by OP to fine lyrics of Jan Nisar Akhtar Saab. Of course, like any of the movies of OP, this album is dominated by Asha. There are 12 songs in this album with four solos by Asha and five duets (four with Kishoreda and one with Geetaji). Every song from this album became a huge hit. Thanks to its music, the movie also became a success.

The movie also features a song, a duet by Amanat Ali and Fateh Ali. Apparently, Fateh Ali Saab is none other than the father of the great qawwali and Sufi singer, late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

I am uploading these songs in two back-to-back posts. These include a couple of extended version songs. Here are the details of the songs in the first post of "Raagini (1958)" and the songs themselves...

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Raagini (1958)"...

Here are the rest of the songs from this OP's endearingly classic beauty...

[Faraaj73]

(Kishore) Raagini (1958)

The movie also features a song, a duet by Amanat Ali and Fateh Ali. Apparently, Fateh Ali Saab is none other than the father of the great qawwali and Sufi singer, late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

Hi Swarapriya

A small correction: there are two Fateh Ali Khan's. One - Nusrat's father - was a Qawwal from present day Faisalabad who passed away decades ago. The other Fateh Ali Khan, sang classical Jugulbandi's such as the one you've uploaded with his younger brother Amanat Ali Khan.

Fateh Ali Khan is still alive and in good health. He lives in my hometown Islamabad and I had the honour of spending an evening with him about 2 years back courtesy my fathers patronage of a musical society in Islamabad that often invites Ustad Sahab to musical evenings. Khan Saab sang a few classical pieces that evening and told us a few anecdotes. An interesting one relates to why his brother Amanat Ali Khan sang a handful of Ghazals such as Honton Pe Kabhi Unke Mera Naam and Aye Mere Pyare Watan Pak Watan. Apparently he met Mehdi Hassan at a party and couldn't tolerate his boasting about his Ghazal singing abilities and decided to teach him a lesson by singing in the form Mehdi Hassan was so acclaimed in. Fateh Ali tried unsuccessfully to dissuade his brother from singing in a form he considered beneath his stature. The two ghazals I mentioned are both eternal classics.

I can tell you, sitting less than a metre away from a great classical singer and hearing him sing makes your hair stand on end!

[swarapriya]

(Kishore) Raagini (1958)

The movie also features a song, a duet by Amanat Ali and Fateh Ali. Apparently, Fateh Ali Saab is none other than the father of the great qawwali and Sufi singer, late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

Hi Swarapriya

A small correction: there are two Fateh Ali Khan's. One - Nusrat's father - was a Qawwal from present day Faisalabad who passed away decades ago. The other Fateh Ali Khan, sang classical Jugulbandi's such as the one you've uploaded with his younger brother Amanat Ali Khan.

Fateh Ali Khan is still alive and in good health. He lives in my hometown Islamabad and I had the honour of spending an evening with him about 2 years back courtesy my fathers patronage of a musical society in Islamabad that often invites Ustad Sahab to musical evenings. Khan Saab sang a few classical pieces that evening and told us a few anecdotes. An interesting one relates to why his brother Amanat Ali Khan sang a handful of Ghazals such as Honton Pe Kabhi Unke Mera Naam and Aye Mere Pyare Watan Pak Watan. Apparently he met Mehdi Hassan at a party and couldn't tolerate his boasting about his Ghazal singing abilities and decided to teach him a lesson by singing in the form Mehdi Hassan was so acclaimed in. Fateh Ali tried unsuccessfully to dissuade his brother from singing in a form he considered beneath his stature. The two ghazals I mentioned are both eternal classics.

I can tell you, sitting less than a metre away from a great classical singer and hearing him sing makes your hair stand on end!

My Dear Faraaj,

What a great story. Aren't you the blessed one to have the privilege of listening to these legends live? You seem to come from a rich musical heritage yourself. It is so wonderful of you to share these small cherished moments. These are the type of things I like to treasure them away in the folds of my own heart.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart to share such a private experience.

Love it.

Cheers,
Swarapriya

[ShankarJaikishanFan]

Thanks for all your uploads Swarapriya and fulfilling my earlier requests!

Could you re-upload Deedar, Daag, Tarana, Andaz, Arzoo and Aan?

Hai, could you share these?

[swarapriya]

(Dilip) Ram Aur Shyam (1967)

"Gunga Jumna (1961)" was the last major hit Dilip Saab enjoyed until the release of "Ram Aur Shyam" in1967. With the huge money spent on it, "Leader (1964)" could barely garner its investment back. "Dil Diya Dard Liya (1966)" met a similar fate. Ironically music by Naushadji was outstanding for both of these movies. Probably the commercial failure of these films, an unfamiliar ground for the magnificent maestro, must have been irking in Naushadji’s mind when he was asked to compose the music for "Ram Aur Shyam". There are a couple of hummable songs in this film but by and large this is not one of the stellar efforts of Naushadji. He has set the bar so high that even with a couple of good songs there is a feeling that it could have been easily better.

This movie was first made in Telugu. Its name was "Ramudu Bheemudu (1964)". It was a huge hit. Later it was remade in Tamil with equal success. When Dilipji was approached to play not one but two roles of twin brothers in the movie, he jumped at the opportunity to play a dual role. This was a first in his richly illustrious career.

Incidentally, Vyjayanti Mala was originally cast to play one of the heroines in the movie. Two weeks of the movie also was in the can. By this time Vyjayanti Mala drifted away from Dilipji and firmly entrenched in Raj Kapoor's camp, even though she made only two movies with him (“Nazrana (1961)” and “Sangam (1964)”). This irritated Dilip Saab to no end and he was in no mood to work with her as his costar. It was difficult to work for all those involved given the reality of the situation. The production was dragging under this cloud. Vyjayanti Mala was replaced almost immediately by Waheeda Rehman and the production went without a hitch afterwards.

Many film observers and critics believe that this was the movie that finally established Mumtaz as a full-fledged and bankable star even though she had many earlier successes in supporting roles and as heroine to Dara Singh in several of his films. This was long time coming and she richly deserved the break. Interestingly neither Mumtaz nor Waheeda had much of a role in the film. It was all Dilipji from the beginning to the end.

This is another movie which fetched Dilip Saab the Best Actor Award from Filmfare. It was almost a routine thing to expect his winning these awards if he appeared in a movie. This movie also inspired later "Seeta Aur Geeta (1972)" with roles of twin brothers switched to twin sisters. These roles were played by Hema Malini that also fetched her the Best Actress Award from Filmfare. Salim and Javed took the credit for the story even though it was not their original idea.

Here are the details of the songs from an original soundtrack album of "Ram Aur Shyam" and the songs themselves...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jun 5 2011, 12:30 AM

[krisleo]

Thank you very much for the numbers.

Regards,
Krisleo

[swarapriya]

(Dev) Munimji (1955)

“Munimji” in many respects was a breakaway movie. Its storyline and many scenes from the movie formed a template for other successful future movies which more or less copied the same pattern. The movie was produced by Filmistan (headed by Shashidhar Mukherjee, also known as S. Mukherjee - father of actor Joy Mukherjee), the studio that was responsible for so many money spinning musicals. It was directed by Subodh Mukherjee, younger brother of Shashidhar, a first for him. Subodh always wanted to make a movie along similar storyline ideas. Instead he ended up directing “Munimji.” Writing duties were handled by Nasir Hussain, a future famous producer and director himself who churned out several successful musicals to his credit. Nasir and Subodh collaborated in writing the screenplay. The dialogues were written by Nasir and Qamar Jalalabadi. Interestingly, Jalalabadi who was a renowned lyricist himself didn't write any songs for this movie.

Dev's portrayal in the movie was full of light-hearted fun and he walked through his role in gay abandonment. He was nominated in the Best Actor Filmfare Award category, but lost to Dilip Kumar (for “Azaad”) in apparently a very close vote. Nirupa Roy who played Dev's mother won the Best Supporting Actress Filmfare Award. In years, apparently, Roy was younger to Dev in real life!

Interestingly, Nasir Hussain practically took the same story idea and made three other money spinners in "Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957)," "Dil Deke Dekho (1959)," and "Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai (1960)" all major musical blockbusters.

The songs of "Munimji" are simply superb. I have so many personal favorites in this movie. These include both versions of the song “Jeevan Ke Safar”, especially the solo version by Kishoreda. Just awesome. Another one of my favorites is the triplet by Geetaji, Hemantda, and Thakur, the song “Dil Ki Umangen”. An unforgettable song that is absolute fun to listen to with both Geetaji and Hemantda at their teasingly pleasing best. I read in this Forum that Thakur who is the co-singer of this song is none other than the great veteran actor Pran himself.

It is noteworthy that Burman Da did not have Sahir write all the songs, though he wrote most of them. Their collaborations in all of the previous movies enjoyed unprecedented and phenomenal success. But the song writing duties for this film were split between Sahir and Shailendra.

I am uploading these songs in back-to-back two posts. Here are the details of the songs in the first post and the songs themselves...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: May 30 2011, 01:19 PM

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Munimji (1955)"...

Here are the rest of the songs from this beautiful album including a special version of "Jeevan Ke Safar" with an introduction by the great ghazal singer, Jagjit Singh...

[ShankarJaikishanFan]

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...pid=663356&

(Dilip) Aadmi (1968)




First three songs...

This post has been edited by ShankarJaikishanFan: May 30 2011, 05:25 AM

[ShankarJaikishanFan]

(Dilip) Aadmi (1968)
Next three songs..

[ShankarJaikishanFan]

(Dilip) Aadmi (1968)

Final song.

[ShankarJaikishanFan]

Swarapriyaji, could you re-upload Deedar, Daag, Tarana, Andaz, Arzoo and Aan?

[hemdutt]

Swarapriyaji, could you re-upload Deedar, Daag, Tarana, Andaz, Arzoo and Aan?

Deedar











This post has been edited by hemdutt: Jun 2 2011, 05:09 PM

[hemdutt]