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(Anand Bakshi) Do Raaste (1969)

The year 1969 was the year of Rajesh Khanna. Hitherto unknown, these two films were released that year, Shakti Samanta’s “Aradhana” and Raj Khosla’s “Do Raaste”. Both of them went onto celebrate golden jubilees elevating Khanna to super stardom. Interestingly, the directors for both the films were noted for making crime thrillers. In Samanta’s case he decided to go with an appealing human drama. In Khosla’s case he went along with a family drama.

Watching “Do Raaste” now I must admit I was very disappointed. It was a routine story of a joint family, which was generally a trademark of many South Indian remakes. There were too many loose ends in the film. Bindu, as a “bad” one arriving into the family, had too much of screen time leaving very little time for the principals. Also, Mumtaz and Bindu played sisters in the film. Except for one small scene there was no interaction between the sisters. In the second half of the movie it was not Sahni Saab, not Khanna, not Mumtaz, but mostly Bindu. As she ill-treats the rest of the family, everyone except Khanna’s character tolerate the abuse and suffer silently. I am so surprised that the movie was such a box-office hit and went on to celebrate a golden jubilee.

However there is one thing that was going for the film. Its music. LP’s music was simply outstanding. Most songs became chartbusters. For top honors there is a tie between Kishoreda’s solo “Mere Naseeb” and Rafi Saab’s “Yeh Reshmi”. My personal favorite is “Yeh Reshmi Zulfein”.

Another thing about the film. The movie starts with Saigal Saab’s great song from the 1937 movie “President”. It is played on and off several times during the movie. It also ends with it followed by a repeat of brief version of the song “Bindiya”.

I am uploading this and rest of the songs from the film in the first post. The second post contains some version songs and a few instrumentals.

Here are the songs in the first post…

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A Few Version Songs & Some Instrumentals of "Do Raaste (1969)"...

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

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(Hasrat Jaipuri) Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai (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...mp;#entry744319




This post has been edited by swarapriya: Sep 21 2015, 06:45 PM

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(Majrooh) Ankh Micholi (1962)

This is another crime drama that was done badly. There was too much clowning around spread throughout the movie that diluted the suspense. Chitraguptji came up with a couple of good songs; Geetaji’s “Tumhi Ne” and Mukeshji’s “Woh Toh”. Especially the song by Mukesh is simply superb. Geetaji is her usual self in the only song she sang for the movie. It almost sounds like her other hit song “O Baabu O Laala” from the 1958 film “Dilli Ka Thug”. That song also was written by Majrooh Saab but was composed by Ravi. Actor Jagdish Raj, looking young and ruggedly handsome, playing an inspector for the umpteenth time, had winning presence.

Here are these and other songs and a couple of music clips from the film…

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(Rajinder Krishan) Baap Bete (1959)

Interestingly a couple of songs from this Madan Mohanji’s album sound like those from the hit film Usha Khanna’s “Dil Deke Dekho”. The songs are “Bol Bol” which sounds like “Dilruba Meri Neeta” and the music for “Mere Dil” has the similar orchestrization like the title song of “Dil Deke Dekho”. But both of these movies were released during the same year, 1959. It must be a strange coincidence. Here are these and other songs from this film…

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(Shailendra) Kala Bazar (1960)

Early in his career and even until late 60's, probably even 70’s, Dev made some really good movies. They were mostly entertaining, fun to watch, and full of melodious and unforgettable songs. This film happens to be one of those. It was produced by Dev himself. It also starred his other two brothers, Chetan and Vijay. Then there is beautiful Waheeda.

Besides acting in the film, Vijay also wrote its story, scripted its screenplay, penned its dialogues, and directed it as well. This was quite a responsibility on young Anand's shoulders. But he came through all of it beautifully.

The movie with black-market ticket sales as background had a scene in it where many dignitaries appeared. The occasion was the premiere of Mehboob Khan's masterpiece "Mother India" at Liberty in Mumbai. A list of these film personalities who were attending the premiere was impressive. Here were they: Kum Kum, Lata Mangeshkar, Geeta Dutt, Naaz, Nadira, Nargis, Naseem, Nimmi, Shammi, Anwar Hussain, Dilip Kumar, Guru Dutt, Kanhaiya Lal, Kishore Kumar, Mehboob Khan, Mohd. Rafi, Mukri, Raaj Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Sheikh Mukhtar, Sohrab Modi, Surendra, and Yakub.

This movie boasted some of the best work of Burmanda. With Shailendra penning beautiful lyrics Burmanda composed several melodious songs. Geetaji had two beautiful duets. But star of the show was Rafi Saab. He had three solos and a duet with Geetaji. I sometimes wonder whether Rafi Saab’s voice was this sweet ever. Then again, Rafi Saab did many such melodious songs throughout his career. But especially the two songs "O Ho Ho Ho Khoya Chaand" (beautifully picturized on Dev) and "Apni Toh Har Aah" are just out of this world. My own favorite of the album is the unbelievably honeyed lovely, "Apni Toh". You can hear this song over and over again and never get tired of it. The listening experience transcends the soul into a quiet soothing bliss. Love ya Burmanda and love ya Rafi Saab...

In the song “Sambhaalo” the male voice initially sounded as if it may have been RD’s. But he was not in the credits of the film. SD’s assistant for this film was Jaidevji.

I am uploading all songs from this film and a few instrumentals in three back-to-back posts. The first two posts contain the songs and a couple of instrumentals. The third post is all instrumentals. Here are these beautiful songs starting in the first post…

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Concluding Songs from "Kala Bazar (1960)"...

Here are the rest of the songs, some music clips, and a couple of instrumentals of the song "O Ho Ho" from the film...

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Few Instrumentals of the Song "O Ho Ho" from "Kala Bazar (1960)"...

Here are a few more music clips of the popular song "O Ho Ho Ho Khoya Khoya Chaand" from the film...

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(Anand Bakshi) Hum Ek Hain (1969)

I am uploading below a couple of songs from this film. It seems like I am missing at least three more songs. These are shown in red italics in the table below. I am requesting members to share with rest of us these songs and if there are any additional ones from this film. Thank you very much.

Also, it appears like Mukesh's song is incomplete. Once again, I am requesting members to share its full version if one exists. Thank you again.

Here are the two songs I have...

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(Hasrat Jaipuri) Kala Aadmi (1960)

In this predictable suspense drama the cigarette smoking machine Ashok Kumar romances a young woman, dances with her on the floor, croons a song, and even fights with baddies scaling up tall structures. I have not seen this type of Dadamoni before.

Dattaram's music is fair to average. He was assisted by Sebastian. Only Mukeshji's song, "Dil Dhoondhta Hai", rises slightly above the average. Here is this and rest of the songs from this film...

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(Majrooh) Aarti (1962)

This entire film revolves around Meena Kumari who played the title character. Ashok Kumar, whom you will never see without a cigarette in his hand, played a doctor and rejected lover who was earlier engaged to Meena and is bent on making her life miserable. Pradeep Kumar played the role of a poet and the one who marries Meena. The movie begins with lot of promise but soon degenerates into a routine drama where Meena is abandoned by everyone. Then there is too much unnecessary comedy that does not fit well into the movie and interferes with the proceedings. If not for its beautifully composed songs the film leaves one with disappointment that what it could have been.

Music by Roshan Saab is beautifully superb. There are many good songs in the film. Most of them became very popular. The song “Kabhi Toh Milegi” appears four times in the movie. The second and third appearances repeat beginnings of the song heard earlier but the fourth one is different. I am uploading these two versions here. The other song by Lata, “Baney Ho Ek Khaak Se” is also fine to listen to. Her both duets with Rafi Saab also stand out. But the song of the album is Rafi Saab’s beautiful rendering of the song “Ab Kya Misaal Doon”. The song’s sweetness is heightened by the fabulous lyrics penned by Majrooh Saab. I am uploading these and the other songs of the film plus various version songs in two back-to-back posts.

Here are the songs in the first post…

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Oct 4 2015, 06:00 PM

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A Few Version Songs of Songs From the Film "Aarti (1962)"...

Here are a few version songs and an instrumental of the songs from this film...

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(Rajinder Krishan) Barkha (1959)

Actor Jagdeep heads the cast of this film dealing with the familiar plot of a rural setting where a bad zamindar subjects poor to misery and suffering. Jagdeep who started as a child artiste and acted in nearly 400 movies was in AVM’s earlier 1957 hit film “Hum Panchhi Ek Daal Ke”. The owners of AVM immediately signed him for multiple films. As part of this he appeared in another 1957 film for them, “Bhabhi”, in an adult role. It was a super hit. He appeared either as the leading man or in an important role in quick succession for their films. These were 1959 “Baap Bete”, this film “Barkha”, and the 1960 “Bindiya”. However Jagdeep did not stay as a leading man and serious actor for too long as he later found his niche and success as a comedian.

The dramas AVM produced in those times all have similar plots. Very seldom their subjects changed. Either Madan Mohanji or Chitraguptji were the music directors for these films. Rajinder Krishanji was a constant for all the films and was in charge of penning the lyrics for the songs. This movie may have been okay for the times it was produced but it was difficult to watch it in today’s constantly changing times.

There are several good songs in the film. The duet of Lataji and Mukeshji, “Ek Raat Mein”, and Lataji’s solo “Tadpaaoge” were chartbusters. The song “Sur Badle” appears four times in the film. First three have different “antaras” but the fourth one is simply a repetition of the “mukhda”. However it has some music preceding it. I am uploading all four versions of this song and others here in two back-to-back posts.

Here is the first set of songs…

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

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

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(Shailendra) Masoom (1960)

This movie tells travails of three orphaned children, two boys and a girl, all very young. The story unfolds as the older boy tries to find suitable places for his younger brother and little sister. For a change, this movie shows that there are many people out there who are willing to extend a helping hand.

Robin Banerjee’s music is one of the highlights of the movie. It starts with beautiful title music and in the span of two plus hours sprinkles some fine songs around. A couple of songs from the film became extremely popular. These were “Humein Unn Raahon Par” and Ranu Mukherjee’s lovely “Naani Teri” (music for this song was composed by Hemantda). Subir Sen’s voice in the song “Humein” is deadpan for Hemantda’s. Even intense hearing does not give any clues that it is not Hemantda singing but it is Subir Sen. Incidentally there is a question about the female singer of the duet “Tu Prem Nagar”. Many sources list Sudha Malhotra as the singer. But I have also seen the song attributed to Sabita Banerjee. The DVD titles don’t help here. It omitted listing credits of all the playback singers. I am requesting members with Geet Kosh to please help clarify this. Many thanks.

Apart from the two popular songs mentioned above, I have another favorite from this film. It is Suman Kalyanpur’s song “Nanhi Si Gudiya”. Beautifully composed, the song was passionately sung by Sumanji. It lingers in your thoughts for a while.

Some of the songs have faint hum in the background that I could not get rid of. For this reason I am uploading all the songs at a lower bit rate. Here are these…

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jan 26 2016, 12:00 PM