Shair Aur Sargam, Songs From Movies of 7 Great Lyricists Options

[swarapriya]

(Javed Akhtar) Deewaar (1975)

Most of the following write up appeared in one of my earlier postings of this fabulous film...

“Deewaar” is an example of an outstanding Indian cinema. Everything about this film, almost everything, is just marvelous craftsmanship. The gripping story was a cleverly juxtaposed urbanized version of Mehboob’s “Mother India (1957)” and Dilip’s “Gunga Jumna (1961)”. But the way it was presented with one of the greatest performances ever seen on an Indian screen, by Amitabh, the movie was just riveting. It was almost spellbinding in the way the director treats the subject matter. Powerful dialogues by the story and screenplay writers Salim and Javed also helped. I don’t believe that Yash Chopra, who directed this movie, was ever this good before this movie or after this.

The movie originally was to be made with a different producer with Shatrughan Sinha and Navin Nischol playing brothers. But the writing team developed differences with the producer and the story was sold to Gulshan Rai. Rai wanted to cast Waheeda in the mother’s role but Yash was already directing her and Amitabh in “Kabhi Kabhie” as wife and husband so decided against it. Vyjayanti Mala was offered the role, but she declined it. Finally Nirupa Roy was cast in the role.

Interestingly, 1975 was a banner year for Amitabh. His history making “Sholay” was also released the same year. But with this film Amitabh once for all solidified his position in the film industry as the “Angry Young Man” of the screen with his mesmerizingly powerful portrayal. The movie also introduced a new type of heroine in Parveen Babi to the screen. Babi was not new but the role she played was so atypical. She played a liberated woman. She drank alcohol, smoked cigarettes, and slept with her lover out of wedlock, almost everything against the established norms of Hindi film heroines.

Salim & Javed apparently developed the script so tight that originally the movie was not to have any songs in the film. But both the producer and director decided to add songs almost as an afterthought. This may be one reason, this movie that has everything going for it, I believe is a little let down with its music. The songs are actually not that bad. I like them more now than when I first heard them. Still, the song “Kehdoon Tumhen” was a chart-buster.

The movie was nominated for so many awards. It walked away with seven Filmfare awards. Best Picture, Best Director, Best Story, Best Screenplay, Best Dialogues, Best Sound, and Best Supporting Actor (Shashi). Amitabh was nominated in the Best Actor category but lost to Sanjeev Kumar for “Aandhi”. I think Sanjeev was great in “Aandhi” but his performance was not anything close to that of Amitabh’s. Amitabh breathed fire into his role and in some scenes you cringe in pain and empathize with his melancholy and unbearable suffering. All in all an unforgettable performance that should have been recognized.

The movie was remade in Tamil and Telugu and both versions were also huge hits.

Now for a description of the songs and the songs themselves…

[swarapriya]

(Majrooh) Sartaj (1950)

Here are the songs from this album...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Feb 17 2013, 01:03 PM

[taiyab53]

(Majrooh) Sartaj (1950)

Here are the songs from this album...

dear swarapriya
according to HFGK there no duet of LATAJI & RAFI SAHAB.
taiyab

[swarapriya]

(Majrooh) Sartaj (1950)

Here are the songs from this album...

dear swarapriya
according to HFGK there no duet of LATAJI & RAFI SAHAB.
taiyab

Thank you Taiyab. I made changes to the table to reflect your suggestion. Thanks again.

Cheers,
S

[swarapriya]

(Rajinder Krishan) Kamal Ke Phool (1950)

Here are the songs from this album...

[swarapriya]

(Shailendra) Daag (1952)

Most of the following write up appeared in one of my earlier postings of this album...

This is yet another beautiful album from the energetic music duo Shankar & Jaikishan, very early in their career. Talat Saab sings four songs, all just absolutely beautiful.

This movie was made by Amiya Chakraborty who was responsible for so many fine movies, like "Patita (1953)", "Kathputli (1957)", "Dekh Kabira Roya (1957)", and others. "Daag" dealt with the subject of an alcoholic who had difficult time kicking the addiction. Dilip Saab played the alcoholic. For his performance he won the first Filmfare Best Actor Award instituted that year. This was his first with many more to follow in the future. Award or not, when I saw the movie recently, I felt something was missing from Dilip Saab's performance. It didn't have the same depth or pathos he usually brings to his roles. I think it could have been better. Time and again Dilip Saab proved that he is capable of bringing this to his performances in so many other movies. May be it was because the whole movie had this mood of depression. Either way, I am convinced that this probably served as a precursor to that memorable winning performance from the thespian when he played a heart broken alcoholic lover later in Bimalda's classic film "Devdas (1955)".

I am uploading these songs from the original sound track album in back-to-back two posts. Here is the first set of songs...

[swarapriya]

Concluding with Some Instrumentals from "Daag (1952)"...

Here are some instrumentals of the song "Aye Mere Dil Kahin"...

[swarapriya]

(Shakeel) Paras (1949)

Here are the songs from this album...

[nandi]

(Shakeel) Paras (1949)

Here are the songs from this album...

Thanks for the usual superb job of keeping this entire forum going.

[swarapriya]

Thanks for the usual superb job of keeping this entire forum going.

My Dear Nandi,

Thank you very much for your continuing support and encouragement through your kind words.

However, it doesn't take one person to keep things moving forward. It always is a team effort. This Forum belongs to all of us. It takes a team to move anything forward. People like yourself, me, and others members of this Forum. Together we make up the Team. We all play our part in contributing to its success. Some share music. Others share information. Some others, like yourself, take time to share encouraging words.

This gives me satisfaction to keep going forward with more enthusiasm and vigor. It makes it worthwhile to belong to a Forum like this one.

Cheers,
S

[swarapriya]

(Anand Bakshi) Khoobsurat Dhoka (1959)

I am uploading some of the songs from this album below. It appears that I am missing at least three songs. These are listed in red italics in the table below. If you can, please kindly share these songs with rest of us. Thank you.

Here are the songs I have...

[romesh]

(Anand Bakshi) Khoobsurat Dhoka (1959)

I am uploading some of the songs from this album below. It appears that I am missing at least three songs. These are listed in red italics in the table below. If you can, please kindly share these songs with rest of us. Thank you.

Here are the songs I have...

Hi Swarapriya
as per geet kosh hairelu lusha & buri aankh hai teri is one song which i am uploading pl enjoy

duration of the song is 3.18 mts @ 192 kbps rest of the details are in the song itself




quote = romesh

[swarapriya]

(Anand Bakshi) Khoobsurat Dhoka (1959)

I am uploading some of the songs from this album below. It appears that I am missing at least three songs. These are listed in red italics in the table below. If you can, please kindly share these songs with rest of us. Thank you.

Here are the songs I have...

Hi Swarapriya
as per geet kosh hairelu lusha & buri aankh hai teri is one song which i am uploading pl enjoy

duration of the song is 3.18 mts @ 192 kbps rest of the details are in the song itself




quote = romesh

Thank you very much for sharing the song Romesh. Cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Badnam (1952)

Songs from this album were upload recently in this very thread. They are available starting at the following location...

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...4658&st=170

[swarapriya]

(Javed Akhtar) Sholay (1975)

Most of the following write up appeared in one of my earlier postings of this epic fun film...

This movie became a phenomenon throughout India as it went on to establish record after record at the box office. It ran successfully for over five years. It grossed an astounding figure of nearly 800 crores of Rupees. It celebrated the golden jubilee in over 60 theatres. It ran over 25 weeks in more than 100 theatres. BBC declared it as the “Film of the Millennium”. Even though “Sholay” snubbed originally by the influential Filmfare magazine, it gave recently the award for it as the Best Film in 50 Years.

The movie was based on a simple idea. It was a story of revenge molded after several successful westerns. Yet it is surprising why this movie became such an unprecedented rage among filmgoers. The biggest answer lies in the character Gabbar Singh as played by the late great Amjad Khan. This person was molded after a real life dacoit of the same name. Khan Saab (son of the great actor, Jayant) debuted as a child artiste in Raj Kapoor’s “Ab Dilli Door Nahin” in 1957. His first adult role as an actor was in “Hindustan ki Kasam” released in 1973. But “Sholay” was the movie that brought him instant fame and recognition. A villain in an Indian film never looked meaner and his deeds scarier than Khan’s were from this movie. He gave an unforgettable performance that would be envious of any veteran actor. Simply put, his performance was phenomenal. Apparently he prepared for the role by reading Taroon Bhaduri’s book “Abhishapth Chambal” which chronicled the doings of dacoits of Chambal valley. Taroonji was the father of Jaya Bhaduri, who also starred in this film. Interestingly Khan Saab was not the original choice of the producers. They wanted Danny Denzongpa for the role. But Danny was away in Afghanistan shooting for Feroze Khan’s “Dharmatma (1975)” and was not immediately available. Later on after many years when a film journalist asked Danny whether he regrets missing out to play Gabbar Sing, he retorted more or less in this vein: “You can get many Danny’s every day. But how many times you will get an Amjad Khan the way he portrayed the role.”

I think the song “Mehbooba O Mehbooba” by RD was another chief contributor to the success this movie enjoyed. RD did such a splendid job with his vocals and the music he composed for the film fuses Indian sounds with elements of Afro-Cuban, Arabic, and Latin reflecting his musical genius. Especially the background score where Gabbar Singh is located in a desolate rocky terrain gives such an eerie feeling.

Both the romantic pairs got hitched while preparations to make this movie were going on. Few months before the movie was to be launched, Jaya and Amitabh were married. Soon after that Jaya got pregnant delaying the shooting of the movie. Also, besides being already married and with children, garam Dharam was after Hema’s affections. Originally Dharam wanted to play the role of Thakur (eventually played by Sanjeev Kumar). He was informed that then Sanjeev will get the role of Veeru. When he learned that Veeru will get the girl in the movie, as Sanjeev proposed to Hema only a few months back, Dharam changed his mind quickly and took Veeru’s role. Apparently Dharam used to bribe the light boys while shooting so that he can have several retakes with Hema. Incidentally, Hema does not appear with Sanjeev in any scenes in the movie. This was done at her request because she did not want to be near him.

Shatrughan Sinha was considered for the role of Jai, but Dharmendra persuaded the director to have Amitabh play the role. Amitabh also went to the director to convince him that he would be the right choice to play Jai.

The movie was shot near Bangalore. The rocky terrain, called Ramanagaram, where the movie was shot is now a tourist attraction. Parts of Ramanagaram were renamed as “Sippy Nagar”. The village that was built for the movie was left intact by the producers.

“Sholay” was the first Hindi movie to be shot in stereophonic sound. It was also presented in the 70mm widescreen format. The song “Chaand Sa Koi” is not in the movie. After the song was recorded, director Ramesh Sippy decided to not include it in the movie. So the song was never picturized. Anand Bakshi Saab, the lyricist, was one of the co-singers of the song.

I am uploading songs from this film in four back-to-back posts. These include all songs from the film, several music clips, some instrumentals, and few extended versions. Here is a description of the songs in the first post and the songs themselves …