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

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(Shailendra) Sapan Suhane (1961)

When Balraj Sahni sings solos, duets and starts swinging his fists you know the film is going to be pretty bad. After watching the entire movie my expectations of it did not change. The only redeeming feature of the film was its music. Salilda gave a couple of good songs. His future wife, Sabita Banerjee, sang a solo and a duet.

The best song of the album to me is “Chaand Kabhi”. This one seems to be inspired by Burmanda’s 1955 hit from “House No. 44”, Lata’s memorable song “Phaili Hui Hai”.

Here are the songs from this film…

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(Anand Bakshi) Humjoli (1970)

This film was based upon the 1964 Tamil hit “Panakkara Kudumbam”. It was later remade in Kannada and Telugu. This is another routine family drama that offered no redeeming value. Only thing going for it was comedian Mahmood who played three roles. But even that act eventually gets on your nerves. Jeetendra, like in the movie “Himmat (1970)’ that was reviewed earlier here, looked overweight with his tummy bulging out. The skintight clothes did not help the matters. In later years Jeetendra took care of his weight problems and looked good and fit. Mumtaz appeared as a guest in the dance number (“Tik Tik Tik”).

LP had a couple of good songs in the film. These are “Dhal Gaya Dinn” and “Haaye Re Haaye”. Both songs were huge hits. I am also uploading a version song of “Haaye Re Haaye”. Even though this song is from a CD, for some reason Babul Supriyo’s voice is feeble in the recording and not intelligible. But Sargam’s is fine. I am including this song at a lower bit rate.

I am uploading all songs in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs…

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Concluding Songs from "Humjoli (1970)"...

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

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(Hasrat Jaipuri) Hariyali aur Rasta (1962)

Many of the popular movies of 60’s owe much of their success to fine music. This film was no exception. Thanks to its beautiful music by Shankar & Jaikishan, who were ably assisted by Dattaram & Sebastian, the movie became popular.

The movie was very formulaic and borrowed from several previous hit films especially the 1960 “Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai”.

Mahendra Kapoor did not sing too many songs for S&J. This was the first film he sang for them. The song “Kho Gaya Hai” became enormously popular. In the movie it was filmed on a boatman with the hero Manoj wandering on the banks of the river looking for his beloved oblivious of the fact that she was laying unconscious inside that very boat.

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

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Concluding Songs from "Hariyali aur Rasta (1962)"...

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

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(Majrooh) Aakash Deep (1965)

Phani Majumdar directed this total misfire from his own story. The movie wanted to show the difficulties faced by well-meaning but inflexible stubborn people (Ashok Kumar played the principal protagonist). But it falters by moving in many directions with plots and subplots that slow down the narrative. Also, it does not add any value to the proceedings.

That said I should mention that there are at least two very beautiful songs in this film. Both Chitagupt, the music director, and the lyricist, Majroohji, rose to give us Lata’s exceptional beauty “Dil Ka Diya” and Rafi Saab’s “Mujhe Dard-E-Dil”.

I have separated these songs into two groups based on their quality. I am uploading better quality songs @192 KBPS (Post 1) and lower quality songs @128 KBPS (Post 2).

Here are the songs in the first post…

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Concluding Songs from "Aakash Deep (1965)"...

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

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(Rajinder Krishan) Chhaya (1961)

It is surprising that Hrishida directed this film for AVM Productions. Surprise because there is nothing novel in the story. It is very predictable from the beginning to end. No situations in the film that call for Hrishida’s handling them with his usual ease and élan. Only one who took seriously about the goings on seems to be the music director of the film, Salilda. His handful of composition of songs all are simply superb. Talat gets to sing several songs, three solos and a duet. He comes through beautifully. I should also mention that Rajinder Krishanji was equally at task by penning fine lyrics for the songs.

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

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

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

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(Shailendra) Sasural (1961)

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

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...658&st=1536

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(Anand Bakshi) Ishq Par Zor Nahin (1970)

Ramesh Saigal directed this film from his own hodge-podge of a storyline. There are many characters in the film who come and go and their role is neither properly defined nor fully developed.

Sadhana, the central figure of the film, was going through rough time in her life during the filming of this movie with health problems due to thyroid. Only few years back she charmed millions of movie goers with her coy smile, elegant beauty, and understated acting skills. But that was then. Nevertheless she gave a convincing performance. Dharmendra was passable but the surprise of the film was Biswajeet. I never cared for his acting skills but in a pivotal role in this film he came through convincingly. Incidentally, this was the only film in which both Dharmendra and Biswajeet worked with Sadhana.

The highlight of the film was the combination of Burmanda working with Bakshi Saab. SD composed beautiful songs for the rich lyrics penned by Anandji. Too bad these have to be wasted on such a bad film.

I am uploading all songs and some specials in three back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs…

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Continuing Songs from "Ishq Par Zor Nahin (1970)"...

Here are more beautiful songs from this film...

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Concluding Songs from "Ishq Par Zor Nahin (1970)"...

Here are a few music clips and a couple of specials related to the songs from this film...

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(Hasrat Jaipuri) Professor (1962)

This popular movie boasted fine performances by Shammi and Lalita Pawar with beautifully lilting music by the inimitable duo Shankar & Jaikishan. Here once again they were assisted by Dattaram & Sebastian. S&J, who were riding high for sometime, grabbed the Filmfare Award for the Best Music for this film.

Interestingly all songs in the movie were longer than either the LP or CDs published. The CDs missed one antara from each song. The songs I am uploading here are from the DVD and are complete.

A note about the leading lady of the film, Kalpana. This was her very first movie. (Shammi was following up a successful trend he started beginning with Asha Parekh in “Dil Deke Dekho (1959)”, Saira Bano in “Junglee (1961)”, and Sharmila in “Kashmir ki Kali (1964)”. Asha Parekh did appear in smaller roles in earlier films but “Dil Deke Dekho” was the movie that launched her as a heroine.) Kalpana acted only in five or six films. A notable among these was the one with Dev Anand in the 1965 hit “Teen Deviyan”. Her last film appearance was in the 1967 film “Nawab Sirajuddaula”. That very same year she got married. Immediately after the marriage she quit acting. However, the marriage did not last long as she and her husband were divorced. After that she lived rest of her life alone with her daughter. She passed away in early 2012 at the age of 65 with complications arising from cancer.

Apart from the beautiful songs from the film, I am uploading also a few version songs and several instrumentals. All these are in three back-to-back posts.

Here is the first set of songs…

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A Few Specials Related to Songs from "Professor (1962)"...

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