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

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(Majrooh) Dillagi (1966)

This utterly forgettable movie has few good songs in it. Mukeshji’s duet with Lataji “Tum Meri”, Lataji’s solo “Mere Dil”, and Rafi Saab’s solo “Poochho Toh”. Usha Mangeshkar makes a rare singing appearance with the not so bad song “Ye Aaj Kal”. Here are these and other songs from this album in two back-to-back posts…

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Concluding Songs from "Dillagi (1966)"...

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

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(Rajinder Krishan) Main Chup Rahungi (1962)

This familiar story deals with a woman who sacrifices her happiness for an idiot husband and his foolish father. Countless movies with this theme have been made before and yet they kept making them. This was based on the 1960 Tamil hit “Kalathur Kannamma”. It was made in several other languages. The Tamil film had the distinction that Kamal Haasan made his debut as a child artiste as the orphaned child of the separated parents.

For her performance Meena Kumari was nominated for Filmfare’s Best Actress Award. The same year she was also nominated in the same category for “Aarti” and “Sahib Bibi aur Ghulam”. This was the only time the category had the same person nominated that number of times. She eventually won for “Ghulam”.

The movie boasts several popular songs. I am uploading these in two back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post…

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Concluding Songs from "Main Chup Rahungi (1962)"...

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

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(Shailendra) Hariyali aur Rasta (1962)

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;#entry751645

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(Anand Bakshi) Sharafat (1970)

There is nothing new or novel about this story. Time and again Mumbai filmdom has made movies like this umpteen times before. Time and again, the movie is marred by senseless comedy that simply does not fit into the story.

The movie, thanks to its fine music and the charming young couple Hema Malini and Dharmendra it became a hit. Dharmendra, handsome, debonair, and dashing never looked better. Early in his career, before his senseless action films, he showed a lot of promise. As a decent, good natured, fine educated gentleman, Dharamji steals the show.

There are several good songs in the film. Some of these include Ashaji’s solo “Ek Dinn” and Lataji’s solos “Mera Rasta” and the chartbuster “Sharaafat Chhod Di”. The last mentioned song was such a huge hit that many think it carried the movie to its success.

I am uploading these and other songs below…

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(Hasrat Jaipuri) April Fool (1964)

Shankar & Jaikishan made sure that this day, April 1 celebrated as an All Fool's Day around the world, will be remembered by the Indian music lovers forever by composing some of their beautiful and memorable music for this film. Subodh Mukherjee, who introduced Saira Banu in "Junglee" in 1960, is back here with another winner with her in this film.

All songs from this film were chart busters. S&J were assisted by Sebastian and Dattaram.

The song “Aa Gale Lag Jaa” I am uploading here has over 5 minutes of music preceding it. This is the “Pool Aquatics Show” in the movie. I am also uploading this separately as a music clip in the third post.

I am uploading all of the hit songs plus a few music clips from the film in three back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs…

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Continuing Songs from "April Fool (1964)"...

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

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Concluding Songs from "April Fool (1964)"...

Here are a few music clips from the film...

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(Majrooh) Mamta (1966)

This emotional rollercoaster was directed by Asit Sen. Suchitra Sen who played the dual role of mother and daughter simply dominated the film from beginning to end with a brilliant and unforgettable performance. Then there was Ashok Kumar. The ease with which he approached his role is simply admirable. Dharmendra in a smaller role also makes a mark.

Ms. Sen was nominated for the Filmfare Best Actress Award but lost it to Waheeda Rehman for her stint in “Guide”. Suchitraji as the mother was so brilliant that she reminded me of great Nargis in the 1957 blockbuster “Mother India”. Many felt that Suchitraji lost the award because her Hindi diction was not that great. Whew!

Another thing going for the movie was the brilliant combination of the lyricist Majrooh Saab working with Roshanji. The result is that their combined product was an absolute charmer. There are mujras, thumris, geets, a ghazal, and several unforgettable songs. Yet for all this sparkling effort, neither Majrooh Saab nor Roshanji were nominated for any awards. Shankar & Jaikishan won the award for “Suraj” the same year.

I am uploading all songs, a couple of specials, and a few instrumentals in four back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs…

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Concluding Songs from "Mamta (1966)"...

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

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More Songs Related to "Mamta (1966)"...

Here are a couple of specials (see the great Noor Jehanji's intro of Lataji) and a few instrumentals related to the songs from this film...

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Few Instrumentals of the Songs from "Mamta (1966)"...

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

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(Rajinder Krishan) Man-Mauji (1962)

This film was a remake of the 1955 Telugu super hit “Donga Ramudu”. Whereas the Telugu film had mixture of comedy, pathos and good songs, for some reason when remade into Hindi most of this was gone with only music worth mentioning. The movie hardly had any comic relief even though Kishoreda was the principal actor. Even the pathos and poignancy of the classic Telugu film were solely missing from the Hindi version. As mentioned only Madan Mohanji was on the mark with his music.

The storyline of the movie borrowed some ideas from the 1943 classic monster hit, Ashok Kumar’s “Kismet”. But the main inspiration came from an English short story, “Loving Brothers”, from a book on anthology of American short stories. That story tells the love between two brothers. In this film it was changed to the relationship between the older brother and his younger sister.

Incidentally, Jaya Lalitha, the future star of Tamil and Telugu films, and who ruled the state of Chennai with iron fist as its Chief Minister, had a cameo appearance in this film as Krishna in the dance drama “Radha Krishan”.

There are several good tracks in the film. Kishoreda’s “Zaroorat Hai” was a chartbuster. Also at the top of the list is Lataji’s solo “Main Toh Tum Sang”. This is closely followed by another Lataji’s solo “Chanda Jaa”. Kishoreda’s other solo “Bura Lagta Hai” was for some reason not included in the film.

I am uploading these and other songs from the film plus a few instrumentals in two back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post…

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Instrumentals from "Man-Mauji (1962)"...

Here is a version song of "Main Toh" and a few instrumentals of the same song...