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

[swarapriya]

(Anand Bakshi) Chahat (1971)

There is nothing worth writing home about this retread of retread of well more retreads…

Everyone involved, including the director and the actors, seem to be disinterested in the proceedings. In spite of it LP and Bakshi Saab come up with barely average output per their standard.

For trivia buffs, Jeetendra who appeared in nearly 250 films during his career, this was the only film that was in Black & White.

Here are the songs from this film…

[surhall]

(Anand Bakshi) Chahat (1971)

There is nothing worth writing home about this retread of retread of well more retreads…

Everyone involved, including the director and the actors, seem to be disinterested in the proceedings. In spite of it LP and Bakshi Saab come up with barely average output per their standard.

For trivia buffs, Jeetendra who appeared in nearly 250 films during his career, this was the only film that was in Black & White.

Here are the songs from this film…

sangeet ka safar

thanks post this songs
dhall

[swarapriya]

(Anand Bakshi) Chahat (1971)

sangeet ka safar

thanks post this songs
dhall

Thank you very much Dhallji. Appreciate it very much. Cheers.

[swarapriya]

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Phoolon ki Sej (1964)

This movie tells about the story of an unwed mother and her travails based on Gulshan Nanda’s popular Hindi novel, “Andhere Chirag”. It was directed by Inder Raj Anand who was also responsible for its screenplay and direction. It was Vyjayanti Mala’s movie all the way. She gave a winning performance as a lover, unwed mother, and a woman fighting to keep her sanity amidst all odds. Interestingly there are no villains or bad guys in the film. Fickle finger of fate is the one that reaps havoc in the leading lady’s life.

The movie loses its momentum with Shubha Khote, Mahmood, Mukri, and Kanhaiyalal taking too much time for absurd comedy. It could have been more gripping with none of those four characters.

The movie was made by Anjali Pictures of South whose earlier Hindi film “Suvarna Sundari (1958)” was a hit mainly because of its beautiful music by Aadi Narayana Rao. Rao was rewarded with Sangeet Naatak Academy’s coveted award for his superb efforts. Even in this film Rao comes through several beautiful compositions. My favorite is the duet “Aa Bhi Jaa Rasiya”.

Whenever a Hindi film was made by South, it was generally based on a hit film based on the local language. In this case producers, Rao and his actress wife Anjali Devi, decided directly go to Hindi. The movie was a financial disaster. They almost went bankrupt. However, Rao’s wife still was an actress to reckon within south and was in very much demand. This helped them eventually to pull together financially.

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

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Phoolon ki Sej (1964)"...

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

[nandi]

(Shailendra) Sautela Bhai (1962)

Also I could not identify several singers who are listed in my cross-reference table below as either a Female Voice or a Male Voice. May be someone reading this who has “Geet Kosh” can clarify the situation.

Laagi nahi chhute - male voice is Anil Bishwas
Preet gayi ... is adlib for Laagi nahi chhute ram and singer is Lata, Meena

I heard an interview of Anil da and Meena kapoor together with Tushar Bhatia in which Meena Kapoor thought she sang this song well enough to be compared to Lata Mangeshkar.

[swarapriya]

(Shailendra) Sautela Bhai (1962)

Also I could not identify several singers who are listed in my cross-reference table below as either a Female Voice or a Male Voice. May be someone reading this who has “Geet Kosh” can clarify the situation.

Laagi nahi chhute - male voice is Anil Bishwas
Preet gayi ... is adlib for Laagi nahi chhute ram and singer is Lata, Meena

I heard an interview of Anil da and Meena kapoor together with Tushar Bhatia in which Meena Kapoor thought she sang this song well enough to be compared to Lata Mangeshkar.

Thank you very much Nandi for sharing this information. Cheers.

[swarapriya]

(Majrooh) Jewel Thief (1967)

This was the last movie Goldie (Vijay Anand) directed for his brother Dev. Dev took over directorial chores starting with their next production and though had an occasional success at it, almost every movie he directed proved to be a disaster. But that is a different topic.

This movie with a little more care taken could have been a classic. Still it was a huge hit. The first half of the movie was done so well that you keep guessing what happens next. But in the second half Goldie let Dev play James Bond where many beautiful women hop in and out of the bed by sleeping with him. Once or twice this can be construed as normal to the storyline but when the same thing is repeated every 15 minutes or so it becomes a bit boring in spite of all the good looking women. But this did not stop the movie to become a success it apparently was. Several years later, Dev acted in a disastrous sequel to it.

One of the major contributing factors to the success the movie enjoyed owed to a large extent to the music of Burmanda. As usually is the case with him, he gave one of his best efforts. This shows in every song. Each of them became a huge hit. RD was his assistant.

I have so many favorite songs in this film. The duet by Lata & Rafi Saab, "Dil Pukaare" is an utter delight. The swinging song by Lata & Bhupinder (incidentally he was unlisted in the titles), "Honthon Mein" just keeps ringing in your ears long after you heard it. "Rula Ke Gaya" is another lovely song beautifully performed by Lata. Then that sensational solo by Asha, "Raat Akeli". It was sensually picturized and Tanuja does it so beautifully. Lovely and bubbly. An absolute delight.

I am uploading these songs, a few version songs, and several instrumentals in five back-to-back posts. The first two posts cover songs from the film. The third post contains a few version songs taken from various CD collections. The fourth post contains instrumentals from various CD collections. Finally, the fifth post consists of some more instrumentals downloaded from videos.

Here are the songs in the first post...

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Jewel Thief (1967)"...

Here are a few musical clips and the last song from the film...

[swarapriya]

Few Version Songs from "Jewel Thief (1967)"...

Here is a special of "Raat Akeli" with intros by Asha & SD and a few version songs...

[swarapriya]

Few Instrumentals of the Songs from "Jewel Thief (1967)"...

Here are a few instrumentals, all from various CD collections, of the songs from the film...

[swarapriya]

More Instrumentals of the Songs from "Jewel Thief (1967)"...

Here are a few more instrumentals (from various videos) of the songs from the film...

[swarapriya]

(Rajinder Krishan) Bluff Master (1963)

Shammi and Saira are back together again in this film after their thundering success of 1961 “Junglee”. Manmohan Desai, the future director of several box-office hits, wrote its screenplay and directed the film. It tells the story of a con man who cheats everyone he encounters without foreseeing what is in store for him in the future. This simple story is told with not too much to remember by except for few fine songs.

Kalyanji & Anandji were at the helm of its music. Amazingly, Laxmikant & Pyarelal, the award winning music director duo by this time, still continue to assist K&A. Even though Rafi Saab was established as Shammi’s playback voce, interestingly K&A utilize talents of different singers for Shammi in this film. These include Hemantda, Mukeshji, Rafi Saab, and Shamshad Begum! Yes, Shamshadji. She lent her voice when Shammi dons a woman’s attire to participate in a qawwali. It was not funny to watch Shammi as a female.

My favorite songs in this film include Hemantda’s “Aye Dil” and Rafi Saab’s “Govinda Aala”. Here are these and other songs from the film…

[swarapriya]

(Shailendra) Shiv Parvati (1962)

This film was written and produced by the actor Trilok Kapoor who played Shiva. He was the younger brother of Prithviraj. Even though he acted in nearly 130 movies, he is not as well-known as his famous brother. Trilokji came into the films with “Char Darvesh” in 1933. He made his niche acting mainly in mythological movies. The 1950 “Har Har Mahadev” got him recognition as Lord Shiva. He played Shiva and was paired in 18 films with Nirupa Roy playing Parvati. Kapoor also worked as an assistant director and sang in a couple of films.

1962 must have been a banner year for the music director S.N. Tripathiji. This film, like this year’s Tripathiji’s other classic contribution “Sangeet Samrat Tansen”, will be remembered for its beautiful songs. Tripathiji also directed the film and had a prominent role as “Daksha” in it. Coming back to the songs of this film, I just can’t say enough. Of the 13 songs in the film Asha renders her voice to eight of them. Six beautiful solos, and two lovely duets, one with Geetaji and the other with her younger sis Usha. I heard these songs over and over again. Just don’t seem to get enough of them.

Incidentally the quality of almost all songs is very good. There is an occasional static here and there but overall they are all in good shape. I almost debated whether to generate them using lower bit rates but decided against it. Many of these songs came from part of a VCD I found online. It was of 63 minutes duration, starting from the titles. Even though video quality of the film was only fair, the audio was surprisingly good. The other songs came from various video clips and some from the members of the Forum (thank you). I believe I have all the songs except for one.

I am uploading these songs in two back-to-back posts. I am missing Ranu Mukerjee’s song “Sabhi Ki Prabhu” (details are given in the second post). I think this is available but I could not get a copy of it. I am requesting our Forum members to share it with rest of us if they can. My many thanks in anticipation.

Here are all six solos of Asha, in captivatingly mesmerizing beautiful vocals, in the first post…

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Shiv Parvati (1962)"...

Here are the rest of the songs from this beautiful album. Please note that I am missing one song, "Sabhi ki Prabhu". I am requesting our members to share this song if they can. Thank you very much.

Here are the songs...