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

[swarapriya]

(Majrooh) Opera House (1961)

The only thing worth mentioning about this film is its music by Chitraguptji. There are six songs in the film. All are sung by Lata; three solos and three duets. All duets and the solo, “Balma”, are appealing. The song of the album is the duet by Lata and Mukesh, “Dekho Mausam”. Here are these songs and a few music clips from this film…

[swarapriya]

(Rajinder Krishan) Khota Paisa (1958)

M. Sadiq besides producing and directing this film also wrote its story and screenplay. He was big on Shyama and Johnny Walker. Both of them appeared in several of his films together or by themselves. This was his second film with Walker as the hero. The other was the 1956 film “Chhoo Mantar”. The film was supposed to be a comedy but there was not much substance to the proceedings. But the music of Madan Mohanji, who almost sounds like O.P. Nayyar here, was the highlight of the film. With Naayarish songs, he had Asha sing most of the female songs. Listen to the song “Adaayein”. An impeccable imprint of OP style of music.

This was the fifth film Madan Mohan Saab and Rajinder Krishan worked together in 1958. The other four were, “Adalat”, “Chandan”, “Jailor”, and “Khazanchi”.

There is a fine qawwali in the film, “Dil Haseenon Se”. I am uploading a regular version and an extended version of the song at a lower bit rate. The longer version has some static between 3:20 and 4:20.

Here are these songs and others from this film…

[swarapriya]

(Shailendra) Honeymoon (1960)

Here is a fine album from Salilda with Mukesh’s song “Mere Khwaabon Mein” taking the top honors…

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(Anand Bakshi) Do Bhai (1969)

This movie released in 1969, the same year of blockbusters “Aradhana” and “Do Raaste”, was lost in the “mastaana” storm of “Aradhana” and the family drama of “Do Raaste”. But I think it deserved better. At least it has some elements of a good story and excellent acting by Dadamoni. The songs were about average and that did not help the film. The movie begins with Rafi Saab’s song “Iss Duniya” as the titles roll and ends with the same song. In between also it appears once more. The verbiage for these three parts is slightly different. I am uploading all three of these and rest of the songs below…

[swarapriya]

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Ek Phool Char Kante (1960)

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

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...658&st=1333

[swarapriya]

(Majrooh) Ramu Dada (1961)

There are several good songs in this otherwise dull crime drama. A rare solo by Kamal Barot is a surprise. Shakeela Bano Bhopali, the queen of qawwali, appears in the film in the qawwali, “Zinda Hai”. My favorite of the album is the solo by Mukeshji, “Babum”.

The titles list Asha as one of the singers. I don’t believe any of the songs listed in the table below has Asha’s voice in it. If there is another song in this film that is by Asha, I am requesting members to share with rest of us if they can. Thank you.

A note on the two duets by Lata and Rafi Saab, “Daal Bhi De Palkon Ki” and “Daal Bhi De Zulfon Ki”. The first song is in the film. Interesting thing is that these two are identical except everywhere “Palkon” appears in the first duet, in the other duet it is replaced by “Zulfon”. If anyone has any idea how this came about, please share with us. Thanks.

Here are these songs and others from this film…

[Viraj Padhye]

As per HFGK, there are 2 more songs without any credits "AAYI HAIN DIWALI PATANGA NACHE" & "ADAYEIN CHODO GARIBON SE". Records are not available. Maybe Asha appears in one of these or both the songs. Swarasha by Vishwas Nerurkar also doesn't list Ramu Dada as playback movie for Asha.

[swarapriya]

As per HFGK, there are 2 more songs without any credits "AAYI HAIN DIWALI PATANGA NACHE" & "ADAYEIN CHODO GARIBON SE". Records are not available. Maybe Asha appears in one of these or both the songs. Swarasha by Vishwas Nerurkar also doesn't list Ramu Dada as playback movie for Asha.

Thanks Viraj for following up on this. Cheers.

[swarapriya]

(Rajinder Krishan) Aangan (1959)

Asha’s “Ujdi Maa” is a standout song of this album. It seems like I am missing two songs shown in red italics in the table below. I am requesting members to share these songs if they can. Thank you.

Here are “Ujdi Maa” and five other songs from this film…

[swarapriya]

(Shailendra) Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai (1960)

Here is a motion picture that was an ode to truth, honesty, love, and redemption. In spite of all the good intentions, the movie’s preachiness eventually gets on your nerves. One of the great things of this movie was and still is its magnificent music by the incomparable duo Shankar & Jaikishan. It is not just all of those popular and beautiful songs but the background musical score as well that was simply outstanding. There are several dazzling dance sequences (mostly by Padmini) in the film that was accompanied by equally ebullient orchestration. The music directors Shankar & Jaikishan were nominated in the Filmfare Best Music Director category but lost to Ravi for “Gharana”. The music for “Gharana” was fine but the music for “Ganga” was out of this league. It had that scope of music including background score only a handful of Hindi films are in such a select company. One such film immediately comes to mind is “Pakeezah (1972)’ which had music by Ghulam Mohammed and Naushad Saab. That movie also suffered the same fate. Shamefully no awards.

Here are other Filmfare awards won by this film. Raj Kapoor won the award as the Best Actor. Padmini was nominated as the Best Actress but lost to Vyjayanti Mala in “Gunga Jumna”. I think Padmini was a great dancer and had only limited talent as an actress. But she got an opportunity in this film to show her histrionics. She came through in flying colors with several memorable dances to her credit. The other Filmfare Awards went to G.G. Mayekar as the Best Editor and M.R. Acharekar in the Best Art Direction category. Shailendra was nominated for the title song but lost to Shakeel Saab for the romantically beautiful song “Husnwaale Tera Jawaab Nahin”. Mukesh also was nominated for the title song but lost to Rafi Saab for the same song “Husnwaale” from “Gharana”.

The movie was directed by Radhu Karmakar (see the attached picture below), who was the cinematographer for most of early Raj Kapoor films. He worked with RK from “Awaara (1951)” through “Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)” and had the distinction of winning many awards in his brilliant career. Interestingly this was the only movie Karmakarji directed.

As stated earlier, I am so fond of not only the songs but its background music that I am going overboard here by including several back-to-back posts, five to be exact. The first two posts contain all of the songs from the film. The third post contains several music clips. The fourth post contains a couple of specials and a couple of version songs. Finally, the fifth and the last post contains several instrumentals of the popular song “O Basanti Pawan Paagal”.

The songs begin starting in the next post…

[swarapriya]

Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai (1960) - Post 1 (Songs)

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

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Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai (1960) - Post 2 (Songs)

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

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Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai (1960) - Post 3 (Music Clips)

This film has not only an outstanding music for its songs but the entire background score for the film is also at the same level. To prove this point I am uploading several music clips below...

[swarapriya]

Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai (1960) - Post 4 (Specials)

Here are some specials related to the songs from this film and a couple of version songs...

[swarapriya]

Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai (1960) - Post 5 (Instrumentals)

Here are a few instrumentals of the outstanding song, "O Basanti Pawan Paagal", of Lataji from the film...