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

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(Majrooh) Sujata (1959)

Here are some of the beautiful compositions form the incomparable Burmanda. All songs except for one were huge hits. These songs are liltingly soothing to listen to. Burmanda was ably assisted by Jaidevji.

This film with the backdrop of a Brahmin family raising an untouchable girl was to say the least was daring. It was treated with rare sensitivity by its producer and director Bimalda. The movie won several Filmfare awards; the Best Film, the Best Actress for Nutan, the Best Director for Bimal Roy, and the Best Story for Subodh Ghosh. It also won a special award from the Maharashtra Government for its theme dealing with the untouchability. It was an official entry from India for the 1960 Cannes Film Festival.

I am uploading songs from this album and some specials in three back-to-back posts. The first post contains all the songs from the film. The second post contains few music clips. The third post contains some instrumentals of the songs from the films.

A note about the song “Suno Mere”. The movie version has Burmanda’s song immediately followed by Asha’s humming. I am uploading this song including humming in the first post. In the second post, the title song music has brief humming of Geetaji, a prelude to the song “Hawa Dheere”. The song itself comes a few minutes later in the movie.

Here are the sweet servings of honeyed songs starting in the first post...

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Few Music Clips from "Sujata (1959)"...

Here are some music clips from the film...

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Few Instrumentals of Songs from "Sujata (1959)"...

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

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(Rajinder Krishan) Dekh Kabira Roya (1957)

Amiya Chakrabarty produced and directed this film. He also was readying the release of “Kathputli” the same year. But before that movie was released he passed away. Chakrabarty, who had a string of hits in succession, did not live long enough to see the success of these two movies.

“Dekh Kabira Roya” was an all-out comedy where the story revolves around three heroines and three heroes. Madan Mohan provided outstanding music for the film. Chakrabarty utilized talents of Shankar & Jaikishan for four of his previous movies until this one.

Many songs from the film became popular. The song of the album is Mannada’s “Kaun Aaya”. This song appeared twice in the film. But lyrics are the same on each occasion. Also, the song “Hum Panchhi” also appeared twice in the film. Both songs again are identical. Interestingly the song was picturized both times on Anita Guha and Shubha Khote in the film. But the CD version of the song, including various references, mention a third singer, Seeta Agarwal. I could detect voices of Geetaji and Lataji only. May be someone can explain the discrepancy.

In another situation, the songs “Ashqon Se”, “Mere Veena”, and “Tu Pyaar” appeared as one long song, about 10 minutes long in the film. These are listed in the CD as three separate songs. I am also uploading them as three separate songs.

I am uploading the above songs and others in two back-to-back posts. The first post contains all songs from the film. The second post contains some specials and several instrumentals of the song “Kaun Aaya”.

Here are the songs in the first post…

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Some Specials & Instrumentals of "Dekh Kabira Roya (1957)"...

Here are some specials and a few instrumentals of the song "Kaun Aaya"...

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(Shailendra) Jawani ki Hawa (1959)

This was a below average effort from the usually reliable music director Ravi Saab. Yet there is one good song in the film. The title song “Chali Kaisi” sung by Asha is very racy and quite hummable. Here is this and other songs from this album…

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(Shakeel) Wahan Ke Log (1967)

N.A. Ansari besides acting in this film also produced and directed it. This was one of many “B-grade” films he made. Ramchandra, who was on the decline of his career, provided music for this film. There are only few songs in the film but some are good. These include “Aawaaz”, “Hum Tujh Se”, and “Tum Kitni”. Especially Mukesh’s song “Hum Tujh Se”, which had the similar beginning of his 1951 hit song from Raj Kapoor’s “Awara”, is a fine one. The song “Aawaaz” appears five times, with the first line repeated most of the times. I am uploading two parts of it here even though the second part is included in the first. The difference is that the second part I am uploading here is preceded by additional music.

Here are these and the rest of the songs from this film…

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(Anand Bakshi) Milan Ki Raat (1967)

Here are the songs from this film...

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(Hasrat Jaipuri) C.I.D. Girl (1959)

Songs from this film were uploaded earlier in this very thread under the topic of "Anand Bakshi". They are no longer available but I will be happy to upload them again if anyone is interested. Thanks...

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(Majrooh) Mere Sanam (1965)

Here is a movie that instead of the huge miscast of Biswajeet as a hero and a terrible turn of Asha Parekh became a huge box-office hut. The story began by borrowing from the 1961 English comedy hit “Come September” but slipped into a hodgepodge of usual family and crime drama with many twists in between. The major reason the movie was a blockbuster was because of the phenomenal musical score by OP. Another reason was that in a brief role Mumtaz ignites the screen with her enticing presence.

Biswajeet in the lead desperately tried to ape Shammi. However hard he tried, he did not even come close to what Shammi could have done in the role. He was simply miserable to watch. Usually reliable Asha Parekh as the leading lady of the film did a sloppy job with her performance. Especially she butchered the beautiful song “Jaaiye” with very forgettable performance by twirling and twisting her body too many times. But it was a different story with Mumtaz. She appeared in the middle of the film but gave an endearing performance as a voluptuous vixen. Her unforgettable performance for the song “Yeh Hai Reshmi” was deliciously sweet and seductively sexy that stays with you for a long time.

It was OP’s inspired music that lifted the film from mediocrity to modestly watchable. Song after song, the movie delivered some unforgettable hits. This album was undoubtedly one of his best ones. He was ably assisted by G.S. Kohli and Sebastian.

I am uploading all the songs, specials, version songs, and some instrumentals in five back-to-back posts. The first two posts contain all of the songs from the film. The third post contains some specials and a few version songs. The fourth and the fifth posts contain several instrumentals of some of the songs from the film.

Here is the first set of songs starting in the next post…

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Mere Sanam (1965) - Post 1 (Songs)

Here are the songs in the first post...

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Mere Sanam (1965) - Post 2 (Songs)

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

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Mere Sanam (1965) - Post 3 (Concerts & Version Songs)

Here are some specials and version songs...

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Mere Sanam (1965) - Post 4 (Instrumentals)

Here are a few instrumentals of some of the songs from the film...

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Mere Sanam (1965) - Post 5 (More Instrumentals)

Here are a few more instrumentals of some of the songs from the film...