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

[swarapriya]

(Shailendra) Madhumati (1958)

�Madhumati� is like a poem on the celluloid. It has that lyrical quality, that melancholic beauty, that haunting sweetness that stays with you forever. Bimalda who directed the movie was unquestionably a cinematic genius. But he was working here with an unusual type of subject. Yet the film clearly demonstrated why he was such a brilliant director. Every frame has his masterly touch. Every scene has his indelible imprint. Everything in the film seems to work together like a well-oiled machine. Its story and its unfolding, its acting, its music, its crisp editing, its photography, its unspoiled locales, its innocent and simple folks in the backdrop of the story, it is like a magnificent book that is engrossing from its cover page to the last that once you start reading it is difficult to put it down.

Bimalda, master of his craft, created an unforgettable ambience and set the movie into motion in a heartwarming romantic mood. He was brilliantly aided by the unforgettable camera work and inspiringly moody but melodious music. In Salilda�s hands the music becomes such an integral part of the movie that it casts a magic spell on you. Listen to the haunting melody of �Aa Jaa Re Pardesi� as Vyjayanti Mala glides through the mist. How about the echo ridden song in the amazing voice of Mukesh intersecting with not so far away horizons when he sings �Suhaana Safar�? What a lovely folksy and festive song it is, the song �O Daiyya Re Daiyya Re Chadh Gaya Paapi Bichchua� in the lovely voices of Lata and Mannada. You feel the aches of love and pangs of separation when you hear that beautiful song �Dil Tadap Tadap�. You feel distressed when Rafi Saab sings �Toote Hue Khwaabon Ne�. Salilda�s magnificent score was saturated with the divine beauty of the surroundings the movie was shot in. His music apparently showed the inspiration he clearly drew from the days he spent growing up in the hills of Assam.

Dilip gives a great performance. But these types of roles are just a routine for him. One expects this from Dilip Saab and he seldom disappoints you. He has done them before. He will do more of them in the years ahead. But the real show stealer was the performance by Vyjayanti Mala in the title role. Looking stunningly beautiful, she displayed hitherto unexplored histrionic talents that keep the viewer spellbound. As an innocent simple woman with no worldly experiences she shone brilliantly like an uncut diamond. As a woman falling in love she expressed her anxieties and vulnerabilities with graceful ease. As a lovely dancer she was full of glee and gay abandon. This was a total and complete film for her.

�Madhumati� was a biggest commercial success for Bimalda. The movie walked away with a whole bunch of Filmfare awards. It won awards for Best Picture (Bimal Roy), Best Director (Bimal Roy), Best Actress (Vyjayanti Mala), Best Music (Salil Chowdhury), Best Supporting Actor (Johnny Walker), Best Art Direction (Sudhendu Roy), Best Editing (Hrishikesh Mukherjee), Best Female Singer (Lata Mangeshkar for �Aa Jaa Re Pardesi�), Best Dialogue (Rajinder Singh Bedi), and Best Cinematography (Dilip Gupta). Its story and screenplay were written by Ritwik Ghatak, an eminent director himself, who was nominated but did not win. Dilip was nominated for Best Actor but lost out to Dev Anand for �Kala Pani�.

I am uploading all songs from this album, some music clips, several specials, and a whole bunch of instrumentals of these popular songs in six back-to-back posts. The first two posts contain songs from the movie. The third post contains several specials. The other three posts contain instrumentals.

The songs start beginning in the next post�

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Madhumati (1958) - Post 1 (Songs)

Here are the songs in this post...

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Madhumati (1958) - Post 2 (Songs)

Here are the rest of the songs and some music clips from this film...

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Madhumati (1958) - Post 3 (Specials)

Here are some specials of some songs from the film...

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Madhumati (1958) - Post 4 (Instrumentals)

Here are some instrumentals of the popular song "Aa Jaa Re Pardesi"...

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Madhumati (1958) - Post 5 (Instrumentals)

Here are instrumentals of the songs "Dil Tadap Tadap Ke" and "Suhaana Safar"...

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Madhumati (1958) - Post 6 (Instrumentals)

This final posting consists of more instrumentals of the popular songs from the film...

[soumik]

Dear Swarapriya Bhai,

The small snippet "Maala Teri" does not sounds like KK's voice....I have not seen this movie...Does this song picturised on KK in the movie????

Regards,

Soumik

(Rajinder Krishan) Mem Sahib (1956)

This movie was based on the story of culture clash between East (represented by saintly Kishoreda) and West (played roguishly by Shammi). By the time the movie was over as expected Eastern culture prevails.

Here is an early Madan Mohan Saab�s movie that has no songs by Lataji. Ashaji grabs the opportunity and smells like a million roses. I like her solos �Dil Dil Se� and �Ishq Ek�. The latter almost sounds like it was inspired by songs from �Anarkali (1953)�. The lyricist Rajinder Krishanji was a common factor for both the films. Incidentally if one pays close attention to the title music, Madan Saab borrows part of its music from Raj Kapoor�s �Awaara (1952)� song �Ab Raat Guzarne Waali Hai�.

Kishore�s version of �Dil Dil Se� was also a runaway popular hit. There are a couple of duets of Asha and Talat that are also pleasing. I am uploading these and others in two back-to-back posts. In the first post I am including all the songs from the film. In the second post I am uploading some music clips and instrumentals.

Here are the songs in the first post�

[swarapriya]

[size=3]Dear Swarapriya,

The small snippet "Maala Teri" does not sounds like KK's voice....I have not seen this movie...Does this song picturised on KK in the movie????

Regards,

Soumik

Yes. The song was picturized on Kishoreda when the character he was playing was offering prayers to the God. It is conceivable that someone else's voice was used for the snippet. But I think this is very unlikely.

Cheers,
S

[swarapriya]

(Anand Bakshi) Preet Na Jane Reet (1966)

This movie has a usual dose of Rafi Saab�s songs one can expect in a Shammi�s film. All of them were popular than the movie itself when the movie was released. Incidentally, even though they established for themselves credible track record as award winning independent music directors, Laxmikant & Pyarelal continue to be assistants to Kalyanji & Anandji. Here are the songs from this film�

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(Hasrat Jaipuri) Kabhi Andhera Kabhi Ujala (1958)

Songs from this album were uploaded few months back in this very thread. The information about these songs is available at the following location.

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...4658&st=789

The songs are no longer available at the location mentioned but I will be happy to reload them on request.

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(Javed Akhtar) Duplicate (1998)

This comedy and action movie was the first of many in which Shah Rukh appeared for Dharma Productions. Shah Rukh gave a great performance in a dual role, one as a simple guy and the other as a baddie. The movie boasts all good songs with some fine lyrics by Akhtar Saab and hit music by Anu Malik. On the surface it appears that this movie has all the ingredients to be a hit film. However it did not click with the audience.

Incidentally, Kajol makes a brief appearance in the film, another regular of many hit films made by Dharma Productions, where Shah Rukh�s character confronts her on the railway platform and asks her whether she will marry him. In the background the song from the 1995 hit film �Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge�, �Tujhe Dekha Toh� is played.

Among so many catchy songs from this film my favorite is �Mere Mehboob�. I am posting this and other songs from this film in two back-to-back posts.

Here are the songs in the first post�

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Concluding Songs from "Duplicate (1998)"...

Here are the rest of the songs and some music clips from this film...

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(Majrooh) Daaka (1959)

Here are the songs from this album...

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(Rajinder Krishan) Naya Aadmi (1956)

This movie was made originally in Tamil, �Velaikaari�, in 1949. It was based on the famous play by Annadurai, the founder of DMK Party. It was inspired by the famous Bhawal case about an imposter who claimed to be the prince of Bhawal who was presumed dead 10 years earlier. The story basically deals with class conflicts. Apart from the true story based on Bhawal case, it also borrowed heavily from Alexandre Dumas� famous novel �The Count of Monte Cristo�. Tamil film was a huge hit.

Six years later, in 1955, the movie was made in Kannada as �Mallimadhuve� and �Santhosham� in Telugu. Both films were hits. In 1956 it was remade in Hindi as �Naya Aadmi� with a mixture of several Telugu and Hindi film actors. The Hindi film had two music directors, Madan Mohanji, and the duo Viswanathan & Ramamurthy (VR) who also composed music for the Telugu film. Mohanji composed music for three songs and the rest were composed by VR.

Here is an interesting sidelight. Annadurai, the author of the story of this film, eventually became the Chief Minister of then Madras State (now called Tamilnadu). And the hero of the Telugu and this film, N.T. Rama Rao, went onto become the Chief Minister of then Andhra Pradesh State (it is now divided into two states; one Andhra and the other Telangana).

Here are the songs from this film�