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

[swarapriya]

(Shailendra) Benarasi (1962)

The movie starts beautifully but bogs down most of the time. Yet it has some fine moments. Ruma Guha Thakurta shines in the title role and sings a couple of unforgettable songs to her credit. Ustad Ali Akbar Khan provided beautiful music for her songs. The movie even though was released as a Bengali film, had great deal of dialogues and songs in Hindi. Most songs have a lot of background talk going on and their crispness is gone because of this. For example, the song “Shabnam” by Rumaji has background crowd noise between 3:05 to 3:25. Yet it managed to be a beautiful song. But song of the album is “Lillaah Yeh Keh Do”.

A note about Rumaji. She is an actress, singer, and composer. She came from a distinguished family (her mother was the famous singer Sati Devi). She started as an actress in the 1944 Hindi film “Jwar Bhata”. When she was 17 she was married to the famous singer and comedian actor Kishore Kumar. Together they had a son, Amit Kumar. Seven years later they were divorced. However her career as an actress and singer flourished. Her last Bengali movie was the 1996 “Himghar”. She also appeared in the 2006 English film “The Namesake”. Altogether she acted in 55 films, mostly Bengali.

Here are the songs from the film…

[neeltrivedirock]

Thanks for these wonderful uploads. The mass quantity of the uploads you have provided to these forums is invaluable.

I noticed you uploaded a version song from the album Like Father Like Son by Vinod Rathod & Poornima.

Incidentally, I have a friend who's been searching for that particular album for a long time. Do you have more songs from that album?

If so, is it possible to upload them somewhere externally? (As I know uploading them in this particular section of these forums is not appropriate).

Any further information on this would be highly appreciated.

Thanks,
Neel

(Majrooh) Teen Devian (1965)

This entertaining musical had Dev in real fix as three ladies from different backgrounds vie for his romantic affections. The women were played by Nanda, Kalpana, and Simi. But in this movie Kalpana stole the show. She gave an effervescent and bubbly performance with her unbound affection for Dev spilling eloquently all over through her eyes.

Burmanda’s music was the real highlight of the movie. All songs, beautifully penned by Majrooh Saab, were chartbusters. But song of the album is the solo by Kishoreda, “Khwaab Ho Tum”. In the following I am uploading this and rest of the songs and a few instrumentals in three back-to-back posts.

Here is the first set of the songs..

[swarapriya]

Thanks for these wonderful uploads. The mass quantity of the uploads you have provided to these forums is invaluable.

I noticed you uploaded a version song from the album Like Father Like Son by Vinod Rathod & Poornima.

Incidentally, I have a friend who's been searching for that particular album for a long time. Do you have more songs from that album?

If so, is it possible to upload them somewhere externally? (As I know uploading them in this particular section of these forums is not appropriate).

Any further information on this would be highly appreciated.

Thanks,
Neel

Neel,

Thank you very much for your kind words.

Yes. I do have the first volume of this set. It is a 1996 album. I can post it here because others may like some of the songs in it. Please let me know if you want me to upload the album here.

Cheers,
S

[swarapriya]

(Anand Bakshi) Maa Aur Mamta (1970)

This was Nutan’s movie. She was in almost every significant frame of the picture. Other actors had very little to do in this tearjerker drama of an unfortunate woman who sacrificed everything she dreamed about her life only to raise a child of unknown parents. L&P song compositions seemed like as if they were going through motions with most of them retreads of their previous hits.

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

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Maa Aur Mamta (1970)"...

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

[neeltrivedirock]

Yes, please upload it when it's convenient.

Thanks,
Neel

Thanks for these wonderful uploads. The mass quantity of the uploads you have provided to these forums is invaluable.

I noticed you uploaded a version song from the album Like Father Like Son by Vinod Rathod & Poornima.

Incidentally, I have a friend who's been searching for that particular album for a long time. Do you have more songs from that album?

If so, is it possible to upload them somewhere externally? (As I know uploading them in this particular section of these forums is not appropriate).

Any further information on this would be highly appreciated.

Thanks,
Neel

Neel,

Thank you very much for your kind words.

Yes. I do have the first volume of this set. It is a 1996 album. I can post it here because others may like some of the songs in it. Please let me know if you want me to upload the album here.

Cheers,
S

[surhall]

Concluding Songs from "Maa Aur Mamta (1970)"...

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

sangeet ka safar
very good thanks your service on hf
dhall

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Maa Aur Mamta (1970)"...

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

sangeet ka safar
very good thanks your service on hf
dhall

Thank you very much Dhallji. Welcome back. Cheers.

[swarapriya]

Like Father Like Son - Vol. 1

I am uploading these songs in two back-to-back posts on request. I am not sure how many volumes were published in this series. Currently I have only this album. This deals with the songs composed by SD Burman & his son RD Burman. These are all version songs.

The first post has five songs by SD. The second has five songs by RD. Here are the songs in the first post...

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Like Father Like Son - Vol. 1"...

Here are the rest of the songs from this album, all composed by RD...

[swarapriya]

(Hasrat) Hamrahi (1963)

This film was adapted from the 1961 Telugu hit “Bharya Bharthalu”. With a razor thin and predictable plot the movie does not hold much interest except for its inconsistent but mostly fine music by the incomparable music director duo Shankar & Jaikishan. Two songs stand out above everything else. One of them is Lataji’s beautiful solo “Mann Re”. The other is the duet “Mujh Ko Apne”. The highlight of this duet is that Mubarak Begum lends her seldom used voice. With such an abundance of talent it is a shame that she was mostly ignored by our music directors.

I am uploading all songs, a few version ones, and some instrumentals in three back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post…

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Hamrahi (1963)"...

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

[swarapriya]

A Few Instrumentals of the Songs from "Hamrahi (1963)"...

Here are a few instrumentals of the songs from the film...

[swarapriya]

(Majrooh) Afsana (1966)

A consummate artiste he was, Dada Moni gives an endearing performance as an escaped convict who repays the debt to the man who gave him the shelter. In an average musical score, Rafi Saab’s solo, “Chaand”, sparkles. Lataji’s “Jaise Kahin” is passable. I am uploading these and the other songs from the film, plus a few musical clips below…

[swarapriya]

(Rajinder Krishan) Suhag Sindoor (1961)

This film was based on a Tamil hit that starred Savithri, Sivaji Ganeshan, and Gemini Ganeshan. I saw the Tamil version (its name slips my mind) but could not get hold of a copy in Hindi. It was an average film that gets lost in too many twists for its own good.

Chitraguptji composed several fine songs for the film. My favorite is Lataji’s “Jo Main”. Krishan Saab’s lyrics for the song are simply superb. Here is this and other songs from the film…