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

[swarapriya]

(Rajinder Krishan) Amar Deep (1958)

Whenever C. Ramchandra and Rajinder Krishan got together they gave several great songs. Their collaboration resulted in nearly 25 movies. That says something about their combination; reliable and consistent. Remember all those unforgettable songs from "Albela (1951)" and mesmerizing songs of "Anarkali (1953)". This album has some very fine songs too. It has that popular duet "Dekh Humein Aawaaz Na Dena" and several lovely solos by Asha and Lata.

This movie was based on the 1956 Tamil hit “Amara Deepam” that starred the great Tamil thespian Shivaji Ganeshan. Shivaji produced the Hindi version. The story revolved around an amnesiac played by Dev who is cast opposite three Southern Belles, Vyjayanthi Mala, Padmini, and Ragini. The movie didn't make too many waves, but thanks to its beautiful music it was a modest hit.

All of the songs from the film were huge hits. The duet by Asha and Rafi Saab, "Dekh Humein Aawaaz Na Dena", was a chartbuster. So were some of the solos by Asha, especially "Lagi Apni Nazariya" and "Jaalilo Dhintaana." But my favorites are both of the solos by Lata. These melodious songs were beautifully sung by Lata. I am uploading these and other songs in two back-to-back two posts.

Here is the first set of songs...

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Amar Deep (1958)"...

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

[swarapriya]

(Shailendra) Ujala (1959)

This was the first association of the actor Shammi Kapoor and the music directors Shankar & Jaikishan. Through Prithvi Theaters and with his elder brother Raj’s films Shammi knew both S&J well. Later Shammi developed close friendship with Jaikishan.

In his late career, Shammi told an interviewer that when working in “Ujala”, S&J approached him to give input to their compositions. He admitted that even though he was not well versed in the knowledge of music as his elder brother Raj, yet he happily participated with them in their music sessions. After that it became a regular phenomenon with him. He never missed any musical session of his films composed by the music director duo. Shammi and S&J worked together in 24 films.

Shammi played a serious role in this film. He clearly was ill at ease being away from his home turf of comedy, buffoonery, and light hearted roles. Raaj Kumar was excellent as a baddie in a supporting role.

All of the songs from the film became enormous hits for which Dattaram and Sebastian were assistant music directors. S&J did not yet home in on Rafi Saab as the voice for Shammi. In this film for various songs they used Mannada, Mukesh, and Rafi Saab. Mannada has several songs in the film. The most popular was the duet with Lata, “Jhoomta Mausam”. Here is this and other songs from this popular musical in two back-to-back posts…

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Ujala (1959)"...

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

[soumik]

Dear Swarapriyabhai,

Could you please re-upload the following movies:

1. Mehlon Ke Khwab (1960)

2. Shreeman Funtoosh (1965)

3. Saloni (1952)

4. Begunah (1956)

5. Rukhsana (1955)

6. Fareb (1953)

7. Dhobi Doctor (1954)

8. Paisa Hi Paisa (1956)

Please do take ur time....I am not in a hurry.

Soumik

This post has been edited by soumik: Jul 3 2015, 10:30 AM

[ketaki shukla]

Concluding Songs from "Ujala (1959)"...

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

Thanks Swarapriya for this lovely album

Ketaki

[swarapriya]

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Satta Bazaar (1959)

The highlight of this movie was its fine music by the then up and coming music director duo Kalyanji & Anandji. They were ably assisted by another yet to be discovered duo Laxmikant & Pyarelal who were to create their own legacy in near future.

Several songs from the film standout. Lata’s solo “Kaisa Insaaf” and Hemantda’s solo “Chaandi Ke” and the duet with Lata, “Tumhen Yaad Hoga”. Especially the duet was a resounding hit.

There is a short song in the film, “Yeh Duniya”, for which I do not have details of. It appears like it started as Rafi Saab’s voice and then changed to someone else’s. Or may be it is the same voice throughout the song. Please kindly provide details of this if you can. Thanks.

I am uploading above mentioned songs and others from the film plus several instrumentals of “Tumhen Yaad Hoga” in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs…

[swarapriya]

A Few Instrumentals of the Song "Tumhen Yaad" from "Satta Bazaar (1959)"...

Here are some of the instrumentals of the fine song "Tumhen Yaad Hoga" from this film...

[swarapriya]

Dear Swarapriyabhai,

Could you please re-upload the following movies:

1. Mehlon Ke Khwab (1960)

2. Shreeman Funtoosh (1965)

3. Saloni (1952)

4. Begunah (1956)

5. Rukhsana (1955)

6. Fareb (1953)

7. Dhobi Doctor (1954)

8. Paisa Hi Paisa (1956)

Please do take ur time....I am not in a hurry.

Soumik

Will do...

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Ujala (1959)"...

Thanks Swarapriya for this lovely album

Ketaki

You are very welcome Ketaki. Cheers.
S

[swarapriya]

(Anand Bakshi) Spy in Rome (1968)

This movie is another cheap and bad version of a mixture of James Bond films. The only thing that can be said about this movie is its not so bad music. Especially Rafi’s song “Rome”. It appears four times in the film. The first appearance is the full song I am uploading here. The other three times repeat the beginnings of the song and have nothing new to add.

I am missing a song from this film shown in red italics in the table below. It was not in the VCD and I could not get hold of it anywhere. Please share this song with rest of us if you can. Thank you.

Here are the songs and some music clips from the film…

[hemdutt]

Hello Swarapriya

Thanks for all the quality uploads over the years.

Soundtrack version of song "Rome Ki Wadiyon Se"

128 kbps length 3.25



Another CD Version from Album "First Time on CD-Mohd. Rafi" 128 kbps

chears.











This post has been edited by hemdutt: Jul 10 2015, 11:30 AM

[swarapriya]

Hello Swarapriya

Thanks for all the quality uploads over the years.

Soundtrack version of song "Rome Ki Wadiyon Se"

128 kbps length 3.25



Another CD Version from Album "First Time on CD-Mohd. Rafi" 128 kbps

chears.

Thank you kindly for the songs Hemji. Cheers.

[swarapriya]

(Majrooh) Flat No. 9 (1961)

Here are the songs from this film...

[swarapriya]

(Rajinder Krishan) Chandan (1958)

M.V. Raman of “Bahar (1951)” and other films directed this film from a Tamil hit. Apart from Vyjayanti Mala whom he introduced, Kishoreda was one of his favorites. Mala is not in this film but Kishoreda is. Kishoreda starred in seven of the eight Hindi films Raman directed.


Nutan and Kishoreda appeared together in three films in 1958. These were “Chandan”, “Dilli ka Thug”, and “Kabhi Andhera Kabhi Ujala”. All these films had one common trait. They all had good songs. Of these three movies only “Thug” was a modest hit.

But “Chandan” and “Kabhi” had another thing common besides their leading pair. They were based on a story that was already made in Tamil and Telugu as films. I am not sure whether the leading pair was aware of this or not. Yet they went ahead and starred in the two separate Hindi versions of the Tamil film.

Both movies were finished just about the same time and were scheduled for release in the same month. But the producers of “Chandan” went to court to stop the release of “Kabhi” claiming that they had the rights to the story and “Kabhi” should never be released. They had partial victory in the court. They did not get what they wanted but agreed to a postponement of the release of “Kabhi” to a later date.

“Chandan” was released earlier in the year whereas “Kabhi” was released later. Neither of them did well at the box office.

Madan Mohanji gave music to 95 released films and 12 shelved ones. Of these he was collaborated with the lyricist Rajinder Krishanji in 36 films. That comes to a whopping one-third of the movies! Their collaboration produced countless melody rich songs. However the music and songs of “Chanda” bordered on average. An exception was Asha’s “Sunn Raadha” which was a stand out.

A note about the song “Yeh Khule” by Lata. This song actually includes four songs, each with different lyrics and compositions, and each was sung by different actress in the film. The order of these four songs is “Log Kahe”, “Kabhi Dekh Saki”, “Mohabbat”, and “Takra Naa”. I am uploading these songs individually. As mention earlier, the combined version of the song I am uploading as “Yeh Khule”.

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