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

[swarapriya]

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Boyfriend (1961)

This movie was a remake of the all-time super box-office hit “Kismet” starring Ashok Kumar that was released in 1943. In that film Ashok played a dual role whereas in “Boyfriend” brothers were played by Shammi and the up-and-coming Dharmendra. Whereas “Kismet” made unprecedented history, in spite of super hit songs, “Boyfriend” was only a modest success because of haphazard handling of the story and botched up hurried ending.

With Shammi in the central role one can expect many songs by Rafi Saab. Out of eight songs, Rafi Saab had five solos and a duet. All these and the other two songs are also very good. Dattaram served as an assistant music director to Shankar & Jaikishan.

The song “Mujhe Apna” appeared three times in the film. The second time is the same as the first one without the last antara. The last antara alone appeared when the song appeared for the third time. However it was at a slower rate. I am uploading this one along with the full one. Also, the song “Salaam” appeared twice, albeit briefly the second time. But even in this case it did not break any new ground as it is the first 52 seconds of the original song. Therefore I am not uploading this.

I am uploading all these songs and a few music clips in back-to-back two posts. Here are the songs in the first post…

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Feb 14 2016, 11:58 PM

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Boyfriend (1961)"...

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

[swarapriya]

(Majrooh) King Kong (1962)

This was mighty Dara Singh’s first film as a full-fledged hero. He appeared earlier in three films in smaller roles (“Sangdil” in 1952, “Pehli Jhalak” in 1954, and “Jagga Daku” in 1959). This movie was made clearly to show his strength and most of the movie exploited that.

Singh Saab in this film fought with a T-Rex like creature single-handedly, wrestled and killed a crocodile in the water, bested a famous wrestler also named King Kong in the beginning and end of the movie, took on the whole army alone and came out unscathed as a winner. The story of the film was wound around these and other exploits. Because of a poor script, uneven direction, an average musical score the film fizzles out from your memory swiftly.

Majrooh Saab and Chitragupt teamed together for many films that gave us several winning songs. But the effort here by both of them here was very feeble and below average. The only song that rose above the mediocrity I thought was “Ladi Re Ladi”. Here is this and rest of the songs from this film…

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Feb 21 2016, 10:54 PM

[taiyab53]

(Majrooh) King Kong (1962)

This was mighty Dara Singh’s first film as a full-fledged hero. He appeared earlier in three films in smaller roles (“Sangdil” in 1952, “Pehli Jhalak” in 1954, and “Jagga Daku” in 1959). This movie was made clearly to show his strength and most of the movie exploited that.

Singh Saab in this film fought with a T-Rex like creature single-handedly, wrestled and killed a crocodile in the water, bested a famous wrestler also named King Kong in the beginning and end of the movie, took on the whole army alone and came out unscathed as a winner. The story of the film was wound around these and other exploits. Because of a poor script, uneven direction, an average musical score the film fizzles out from your memory swiftly.

Majrooh Saab and Chitragupt teamed together for many films that gave us several winning songs. But the effort here by both of them here was very feeble and below average. The only song that rose above the mediocrity I thought was “Ladi Re Ladi”. Here is this and rest of the songs from this film…

dear swarapriya
thanks for King kong songs
they are in better sound quality which i had.
one point the song LADI RE LADI TOSE LOOKS LIKE SUMAN KALYANPUR ALTHOUGH HFGK HAVE NOT MENTIONED ANY SINGER NAME
ALSO THE SONG DHOLAK YE BOLE ALSO HAVING USHA MANGESHKAR VOICE - SAME HFGK HAVE NOT MENTIONED ANY SINGER NAME
Any suggestions from other members.

[Viraj Padhye]

I second you on this Taiyabji. I referred book on Suman by Mangala Khadilkar and even it credits the song to Suman though HFGK has not mentioned anything.

This post has been edited by Viraj Padhye: Feb 17 2016, 08:18 AM

[swarapriya]

I second you on this Taiyabji. I referred book on Suman by Mangala Khadilkar and even it credits the song to Suman though HFGK has not mentioned anything.

Taiyab & Viraj,

So what is the consensus? Should "Ladi" be by Suman and "Dholak" by Usha? Can someone please confirm. Thanks.

S

[swarapriya]

(Rajinder Krishan) Mohar (1959)

In this movie the wife and husband team of Geeta Bali and Shammi Kapoor worked together. They worked in five films altogether. These were “Miss Coca Cola (1955)”, “Coffee House (1957)”, “Mujrim (1958)”, “Mohar (1959)”, and “Jab Se Tumhe Dekha Hai (1963)”.

This is yet another film where Madan Mohan Ji worked with his favorite lyricist Rajinder Krishan. It is their fifth movie during 1959. These were “Baap Bete”, “Chacha Zindabad”, “Duniya Na Mane”, and “Minister”. Earlier I have uploaded songs from all these films in our Forum.

In this film, “Mohra”, both solos by Hemantda (“Kho Gaya”) and Talat Saab (“Yaad Jab”) are excellent. My favorite is the one by Hemantda. Here are these and other songs from this film…

[abhijoy]

Excellent sharing swaraprija ji....many thanks from core of my heart.....

[swarapriya]

Excellent sharing swaraprija ji....many thanks from core of my heart.....

Thank you very much Gargi. Much appreciated.

Cheers,
S

[swarapriya]

(Shailendra) Aas Ka Panchhi (1961)

Songs from this film were recently uploaded in this very thread. They can be accessed starting at the following location...

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...658&st=1423

[Viraj Padhye]

I second you on this Taiyabji. I referred book on Suman by Mangala Khadilkar and even it credits the song to Suman though HFGK has not mentioned anything.

Taiyab & Viraj,

So what is the consensus? Should "Ladi" be by Suman and "Dholak" by Usha? Can someone please confirm. Thanks.

S

Yes, "Ladi" is by Suman and add Usha in "Dholak" in addition to existing singers.

Viraj

[swarapriya]

I second you on this Taiyabji. I referred book on Suman by Mangala Khadilkar and even it credits the song to Suman though HFGK has not mentioned anything.

Taiyab & Viraj,

So what is the consensus? Should "Ladi" be by Suman and "Dholak" by Usha? Can someone please confirm. Thanks.

S

Yes, "Ladi" is by Suman and add Usha in "Dholak" in addition to existing singers.

Viraj

Viraj & Taiyab,

I have made changes to the table per your suggestions. Thanks.

S

[swarapriya]

(Rajinder Krishan) Ladki (1953)

I am re-uploading these songs on request...

M.V. Raman, who earlier introduced Vyjayanti Mala to Hindi audience in “Bahar (1951)”, is back again for the same concern AVM. He also has Kishoreda who was also in “Bahar”. I saw this movie recently and was pretty disappointed. It is very dated and some of the characters are simply revolting. Even the makeup was done sloppily (Randhir for example). This movie was very very difficult to watch.

As in the case with “Bahar”, Vyjayanti Mala dominates the proceedings in this film also. Her other costar is Anjali Devi, a popular star from the Telugu film industry. Anjali Devi produced and starred in the 1958 folklore film “Suvarna Sundari” that has fabulous award winning music by her husband Adi Narayana Rao.

There are tons of songs in the film. Lataji sang all the songs for Vyjayanti Mala. Geetaji sang for Anjali Devi. Screen credits list Sudarshanam & Dhaniram (encrypted as SD in the “Music” column in the table below) as the music directors. But I found various references that credit C. Ramchandra (encrypted as CR) as another composer of some other songs. I am hoping someone from our Forum can verify this.

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

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Ladki (1953)"...

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

[taiyab53]

Concluding Songs from "Ladki (1953)"...

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

According HFGK all your tagging is correct except AYRE AANKH for which (according to HFGK) , most probably C ramchandra, have given the music.
taiyab