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

[swarapriya]

(Majrooh) Kal Hamara Hai (1959)

With such a great title for a movie I was full of anticipation to watch a decent film. But alas. I was very disappointed. It was simply a total nonsensical movie. Even Madhubala’s dual role, one as a simple and quiet woman, and the other as an ambitious socialite did not help the proceedings. What lifted the movie from its mediocrity was its fine music. The DVD listed only Chitragupt as the music director. But various sources I have consulted give credit to Gajanan for two songs. I marked these two songs with a question mark.

Here are the songs from the film…

[taiyab53]

(Majrooh) Kal Hamara Hai (1959)

With such a great title for a movie I was full of anticipation to watch a decent film. But alas. I was very disappointed. It was simply a total nonsensical movie. Even Madhubala’s dual role, one as a simple and quiet woman, and the other as an ambitious socialite did not help the proceedings. What lifted the movie from its mediocrity was its fine music. The DVD listed only Chitragupt as the music director. But various sources I have consulted give credit to Gajanan for two songs. I marked these two songs with a question mark.

Here are the songs from the film…

dear Swarapriya
yes these 2 songs which have labelled are correctly composed by gajanan as per HFGK.Thanks

[swarapriya]

(Majrooh) Kal Hamara Hai (1959)

With such a great title for a movie I was full of anticipation to watch a decent film. But alas. I was very disappointed. It was simply a total nonsensical movie. Even Madhubala’s dual role, one as a simple and quiet woman, and the other as an ambitious socialite did not help the proceedings. What lifted the movie from its mediocrity was its fine music. The DVD listed only Chitragupt as the music director. But various sources I have consulted give credit to Gajanan for two songs. I marked these two songs with a question mark.

Here are the songs from the film…

dear Swarapriya
yes these 2 songs which have labelled are correctly composed by gajanan as per HFGK.Thanks

My Dear Taiyab,

Thank you very much for confirming this.

Cheers,
S

[swarapriya]

(Rajinder Krishan) Aasha (1957)

M.V. Raman who introduced Vyjayanti Mala in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi films, edited, produced, and directed this film, “Aasha” that starred Mala with Kishoreda. Raman directed eight Hindi films. Kishoreda was in seven of them. These films include “Bahar (1951)”,”Ladki (1953)”,”Pehli Jhalak (1955)”, “Bhai-Bhai (1956)”, “Aasha (1957)”, “Chandan (1958)”, and “Payal ki Jhankar (1968)”. Incidentally, Asha Parekh made a brief appearance (limited to two scenes) in “Aasha” and was credited simply as Asha. This was before her stardom in the 1959 hit film “Dil Deke Dekho”. Asha is also in another of Raman productions, “Jwala”, which starred Madhubala. That film even though started in the late 50’s, did not see completion until 1971. This was mainly due to Madhubala’s prolonged illness that led to her untimely death. Madhubala’s sister, Chanchal, posed as her double to finish the film.

“Aasha”, which was shot partly in color, became a hit mainly because of the songs in it, especially the song “Eena Meena Deeka”, that is popular even today. This was one of the first Rock N Roll songs to hit an Indian screen and it became an overnight rage. It has three versions in the film, two by Asha Bhosle and one by Kishoreda.

The origins of the song “Eena Meena Deeka” make a fascinating reading. Apparently the beginning of the song was inspired by some kids who were playing outside Ramchandra’s home. They were playing a game chanting “Eenie Meenie Minie Moe”. Collaborating with his assistant John Gomes, Ramchandra came up with the word “Eena Meena Deeka, Daai Dame Nika”. Gomes was a Goan. Goan musicians in the Hindi film industry were famous for creating rhythmic sounds for songs. Gomes spoke Konknani and came up with the next set of words, “Maaka Naaka Naaka” (meaning “I don’t want”). Thus the beginnings of a hit song started.

Here is another interesting note. In his 1980 film “Karz” its director Subhash Ghai used a similar ploy that was employed in this film to nab the culprit by enacting a play in the end depicting true incidents.

I am uploading all versions of this fun song and the rest in two back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post…

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Aasha (1957)"...

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

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Dec 19 2014, 09:52 PM

[akbaralibhai]

Concluding Songs from "Saaz (1998)" - Post 3

Here is the final set of songs from this film. I have question marks on some of the entries because I am not sure whether the credited person is the correct one or not. I will be thankful to anyone who can help resolve this issue.

Here are the rest of the songs from this film...

Very nice uploads Swarapriya, thank you for sharing.

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Saaz (1998)" - Post 3

Here is the final set of songs from this film. I have question marks on some of the entries because I am not sure whether the credited person is the correct one or not. I will be thankful to anyone who can help resolve this issue.

Here are the rest of the songs from this film...

Very nice uploads Swarapriya, thank you for sharing.

Thank you very much Bhai Saab for the kind words. Cheers.

S

[swarapriya]

(Shailendra) Chhoti Bahen (1959)

This was the second Hindi film under his independent production company, L.V. Prasad, producer and director of this film made. First one was the 1957 film “Sharada”. Like most of his films, this movie was a family drama. Also, like most of his films, it was based on a Telugu film.

The story of the film unfolds as the central character in the film, “Chhoti Bahen”, played finely by Nanda suffers an accident and loses her eye sight. Talking about blindness, Prasad, a recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, after making many huge hit films, established in 1987 an eye institute called “L.V. Prasad Eye Institute” which is active even today. Their work is similar to that of the widely known “Sankara Eye Foundation” founded in 1998.

“Chhoti Bahen” became a huge hit thanks to the outstanding music by Shankar & Jaikishan. All the songs were chart busters. The movie garnered several Filmfare Award nominations even though it did not win any. I am uploading all songs from the film and some specials in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs…

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Chhoti Bahen (1959)"...

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

[swarapriya]

(Shakeel) Phool Aur Patthar (1966)

This was a star making vehicle for Dharmendra. Interestingly he was the second choice for the role as Sunil Dutt was not immediately available to play the lead. Dharamji seized the opportunity to scorch the screen with a firebrand performance. He brought the ruggedness and the manliness with his personality that ignited the screen in several scenes. Much before Salman Khan made it popular to take off his shirt to show off his physique, even if it is not necessary to do so, Dharmendra did this in this movie in an unforgettable scene to cover a shivering Meena Kumari.

O.P. Ralhan, who wrote the story, screenplay, produced and directed this film, also acted in it. While making the movie he had differences that evolved into friction with Dharmendra. Dharam thought Ralhan was arrogant to work with and he almost quit the movie in protest. Many think that this was because Dharam was romantically involved with Meena as she was going through a rough time in her marriage that director thought may not bode well for his movie. However better senses prevailed. In the end when the movie was completed it became a sensational hit. Dharam was nominated for the Best Actor Filmfare Award for his performance. However, he lost to Dev Anand who took the award for the fine movie "Guide".

The music by Ravi also helped the movie's popularity immensely. All of Asha's numbers became very popular as was Rafi Saab's solo "Mere Dil Ke Andar".

I am uploading all the songs in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs…

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Dec 23 2014, 09:01 PM

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Phool Aur Patthar (1966)"...

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

[swarapriya]

(Anand Bakshi) Anita (1967)

This film was produced and directed by Raj Khosla. It came in the wake of the successes of “Woh Kaun Thi? (1964)” and “Mere Saaya (1966)” both suspense thrillers. This movie was supposed to be the part of trilogy of thrillers even though none of them related to each other. Sadhana was the only common part of all three movies. She was the heroine of all three films.

“Anita” was dedicated to the memory of the late great Guru Dutt. Khosla did his apprenticeship under Guru as his assistant director. Later in 1955 Guru gave Khosla “C.I. D.” to direct that was a big hit and established Khosla as someone to look forward to in the future for many good movies. Khosla Saab did not disappoint.

“Anita” was based on a story idea by Khosla himself. The movie was disappointing as one can easily guess who the culprit is behind all that was happening. Not only that the screenplay of the film was uneven and in the end the movie in spite of its fine songs by LP was disappointing.

The movie titles give credit for lyrics to Raja Mehdi Ali Khan Saab. But the original soundtrack CD and other sources credit one song to Bakshi Saab and the other (“Gore Gore” appears three times in the film) to Lucknavi Janaab. The first part of the song “Gore Gore” is complete in itself. The second and third parts repeat some antaras from the first part. The third part has an extended music sequence at the end of the song.

The song “Kaise Karoon” sounds similar to Asha’s “Jhumka Gira Re” from “Mera Saaya”. Besides some words being identical it was also picturized on Sadhana attired as a gypsy as was in “Mera Saaya”.

I am uploading these and other songs from this film in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set…

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Anita (1967)"...

Here are the rest of the songs from this movie...

[swarapriya]

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Humsaya (1968)

I am uploading songs from this album skipping the chronological order of Jaipuri Saab's films to cater for a request...

Magnificent music composed by the venerable OP is simply wasted in this mediocre movie. It was produced and directed by Joy Mukherjee who also had a dual role in the film. Some of the beautiful songs include Rafi Saab’s solo, “Dil Ki Aawaaz”, Asha’s “O Kanhaiya”, and also Asha’s “Woh Haseen Dard”. Especially “Haseen Dard” is simply outstanding. I am uploading these and other songs from the film including some music clips in two back-to-back posts.

Here are the songs in the first post…

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Humsaya (1968)"...

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