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

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(Shailendra) Naughty Boy (1962)

Shakti Samanta, later of “Aradhana (1969)” and other movies fame, produced and directed this slapstick comedy. The only thing worth remembering about this film is its music. As always, the great Burmanda is on the mark. Almost every song is fun to listen to. RD was his assistant. The film credits only Asha and Kishoreda as the playback singers. But there is a duet in the film, “Ho Gayi Shaam”, that was sung by Asha and Mannada. Interestingly, Manna was singing here for Kishoreda. It wasn’t any typical Mannada song and Kishoreda could have handled it without any sweat. Yet for some curious reason Burmanda had Manna sing that song.

The movie’s heroine was Kalpana (Mohan) who made her debut with Shammi Kapoor in the hit comedy “Professor” which also came the same year as “Naughty Boy”. She acted only in five or six films. One of the notable of these was with Dev Anand in “Teen Deviyan (1965)”. Her last film appearance was in the film “Nawab Sirajuddaula”. That came in 1967 the year she got married. Soon after her marriage she quit acting. Her marriage however was short lived. She divorced her husband and lived alone with her daughter. She passed away earlier in 2012 at the age of 65 with complication arising from cancer.

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

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Concluding Songs from "Naughty Boy (1962)"...

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

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(Anand Bakshi) Suhana Safar (1970)

This movie finds a rich heiress run away from her family to find a poet whose book she is fond of. She meets someone who is not a poet and commences the journey with his help. Most of the journey takes place in a bus full of passengers played by various comedians and character actors. With a bus load of people all talking at the same time the move loses its momentum and in the end becomes a forgettable journey.

There are two outstanding songs in this film. They are duals. One is sung by Rafi Saab, and the other by Sumanji. The song is “Ahaa Ahaa”. This is the eighteenth film Bakshi Saab wrote lyrics for in 1970. That is simply incredible. 18 films in 12 months!

I am uploading the above mentioned songs and others in two back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post…

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Concluding Songs from "Suhana Safar (1970)"...

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

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(Hasrat Jaipuri) Baghi (1964)

Rafi Saab’s solo “Aap Maujood Yahaan” stands out in this just about an average album. Here is this and the rest of the songs from this film…

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(Majrooh) Mere Lal (1966)

Here are the songs from this lesser known film...

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(Rajinder Krishan) Prem Patra (1962)

Great Bimalda produced and directed this film based on the 1956 Bengali film “Sagarika”. I am a great admirer of Bimalda but I must confess that I was disappointed with this film. The screenplay was written by Salilda who also composed its music.

Of all the people you don’t expect Bimalda to divert from the central theme to delve into senseless and predictable comedy. There is a tiger hunting scene that consumes seems like nearly 25 minutes of time. And it was totally unnecessary as it does not serve any purpose to the main theme. There is also a Spanish Dance in the middle of nowhere. I can only guess that it was there because of the venerable assistant music director of Goan origin, Sebastian D’Souza.

Sadhana’s performance and the music try to lift the film. There are only five songs in the film. Of these all three duets are very good. I am uploading these and other songs below…

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(Rajinder Krishan) Prem Patra (1962)

Great Bimalda produced and directed this film based on the 1956 Bengali film “Sagarika”. I am a great admirer of Bimalda but I must confess that I was disappointed with this film. The screenplay was written by Salilda who also composed its music.

Of all the people you don’t expect Bimalda to divert from the central theme to delve into senseless and predictable comedy. There is a tiger hunting scene that consumes seems like nearly 25 minutes of time. And it was totally unnecessary as it does not serve any purpose to the main theme. There is also a Spanish Dance in the middle of nowhere. I can only guess that it was there because of the venerable assistant music director of Goan origin, Sebastian D’Souza.

Sadhana’s performance and the music try to lift the film. There are only five songs in the film. Of these all three duets are very good. I am uploading these and other songs below…

Thank you for uploading all the songs from this Film. It is a pity that you forgot to share the beautiful Title music.

[surhall]

sangeet ka safar

Thank you for uploading all the songs
dhall

[swarapriya]

(Rajinder Krishan) Prem Patra (1962)

Great Bimalda produced and directed this film based on the 1956 Bengali film “Sagarika”. I am a great admirer of Bimalda but I must confess that I was disappointed with this film. The screenplay was written by Salilda who also composed its music.

Of all the people you don’t expect Bimalda to divert from the central theme to delve into senseless and predictable comedy. There is a tiger hunting scene that consumes seems like nearly 25 minutes of time. And it was totally unnecessary as it does not serve any purpose to the main theme. There is also a Spanish Dance in the middle of nowhere. I can only guess that it was there because of the venerable assistant music director of Goan origin, Sebastian D’Souza.

Sadhana’s performance and the music try to lift the film. There are only five songs in the film. Of these all three duets are very good. I am uploading these and other songs below…

Thank you for uploading all the songs from this Film. It is a pity that you forgot to share the beautiful Title music.

Rishiji, the title music is there. Take a closer look. It is the fourth one in the list. You will find it.

Cheers,
S

[swarapriya]

sangeet ka safar

Thank you for uploading all the songs
dhall

Many thanks, Dhallji. Cheers.

[swarapriya]

(Shailendra) Professor (1962)

All 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;#entry751683

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(Anand Bakshi) Aap Aye Bahaar Ayee (1971)

This movie was produced and directed by Mohan Kumar from his own story. The problem is that the story is so hodge-podge that you have already seen something like it many times. One can tell what happens in the next scene and that lack of originality kills the film that has an above average score by its music director duo Laxmikant & Pyarelal.

Apparently this movie was popular. I can only think of one reason; LP’s music. Even that was not one of their memorable scores. Yet it was not bad.

A note about Sadhana. One can clearly see the health problems she was going through at this time. It was evident in her eyes during close-up shots. The sprightly beautiful woman who charmed her way into millions of Hindi cinegoer hearts was showing burdened by the strain of bad health that will finally end her career prematurely. Such a pity as her brief stay at the top of her movie career showed so much promise.

I am uploading all songs from the film and some version songs in two back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post…

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Aap Aye Bahaar Ayee (1971)"...

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

[swarapriya]

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Beti Bete (1964)

This movie was a remake of the 1955 Telugu hit “Santhaanam”. It tells the story of a hapless little girl who is forced to take care of her two younger brothers. She is subjected to all kinds of atrocities and eventually ends of separated from both younger brothers. After several years they are all united but not before she subjected to more injustices.

Years ago I have enjoyed watching this film. But it was difficult to watch now. One major complaint I have with these movies is that the characters are etched out as one-dimensional. Either they are all good or they are all bad. Women keep on taking abuses and are treated as sexual objects.

But one thing about the film I have not changed my opinion. It is its music. The incomparable duo Shankar & Jaikishan deliver one of their best work in this film. They were ably supported by Dattaram & Sebastian D’Souza. Almost all songs became chartbusters with “Aaj Kal”, all three versions (two solos by Lataji and Rafi Saab, and the duet by Lataji & Rafi Saab), taking the top honors. Incidentally, in the 1955 Telugu original this song also was sung by Lataji herself. I am including this in my first post as a reference.

I am uploading the above mentioned songs and others from the film in three back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post…