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

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(Anand Bakshi) Pyar ki Kahani (1971)

This film was a remake of the Tamil hit “Kai Koduttha Dheivam”. The Tamil film was also remade in every South Indian language. For Hindi film originally producers wanted Jeetendra to star. But during the time it was made, the film industry had self-imposed limit restricting actors not to star in more than six films at one time. Thus the lead went to Amitabh, who was just turning his career around and looking to leapfrog to fame and fortune and become a legend in the Hindi film industry.

This film in Hindi also was made by producers from south. The family drama was only a moderate success but was not that bad. The major highlight of the film was Tanuja’s brilliant performance as an innocent and childlike woman.

Music by RD was okay. Both solos by Rafi Saab and one by Kishoreda standout.

Here are the songs from the film…

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Sep 24 2018, 06:14 PM

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(Hasrat Jaipuri) Love in Tokyo (1966)

Here is a movie with only pretext of entertaining audience. That it did in spite of Mahmood’s repetitive antics that we have seen in many other previous films. It also proved once again that how an actor like Joy Mukherjee with so little talent to offer can get away because of other embellishments in the movie. Movie overcame all these shortcomings splendidly because it was eye-catchingly photographed. And as the leading pair romp through the streets of Tokyo several catchy tunes roll by thanks to the genius of S&J and lyricists Jaipuri Saab and Shailendraji.

The movie boasted one after another hit song. The hit parade commenced as soon as the hero landed in Tokyo and continued non-stop through until the end of the movie. There is a song beautifully performed by Rafi Saab that is as intoxicating as its choice words, “Aa Jaa Re Aa”. There is another romantic ghazal sung both by Lataji and Rafi Saab, separately, “O Mere Shaah-E-Khubaan”. Here is a note about Lataji’s version. Almost all CDs published it as a solo. However in the movie it started with Rafi Saab singing a few words then Lataji taking over. I am uploading both the CD as well as the movie versions here. Also, one of Lataji’s beautiful song, “Mujhe Tum”, is from this film. It has marvelous lyrics by Jaipuri Saab and Lataji performed it magnificently. This everlasting beauty is one of my favorites.

Dattaram and Sebastian were assistant music directors.

I am uploading all songs from the film, a couple of version songs by Sonu Nigam, and a few instrumentals in three back-to-back posts.

Here are the songs in the first post…

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Concluding Songs from "Love in Tokyo (1966)"...

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

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Few Instrumentals of the Songs from "Love in Tokyo (1966)"...

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

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(Majrooh) Abhinetri (1970)

This movie justifies why Hema Malini was called a “Dream Girl” when she came into the Hindi film field. Throughout the film she was stunningly photographed. Apart from being an eye candy, Malini had an opportunity to display her dancing skills. In some dance sequences she was simply dazzling.

If not for Hema this would have been an easily forgettable movie. There are several lengthy songs in the film. The duet “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa” became very popular. My personal favorite is Lataji’s solo, “O Ghata Saanwari”.

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

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

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

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Few Instrumentals of the Songs from "Abhinetri (1970)"...

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

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(Rajinder Krishan) Sagaai (1966)

S.D. Narang who had surprising success with his 1964 film “Shehnai” put together some of the members from that film for “Sagaai”. Narang wrote, produced, and directed this film. Again lead pair was Rajshree and Biswajeet. Rajinder Krishan who wrote the lyrics for “Shehnai” also wrote songs for this film. Ravi, who gave hit music for “Shehnai”, was also the composer once again for “Sagaai” songs.

This time around the film completely belonged to Rajshree. Other characters come and go as bulk of the work revolves around Rajshree. Her character has to endure many heart breaking difficulties throughout life. The man she was engaged to loses his legs in an automobile accident before getting married. When her rich parents refuse to have her marry him, she walks away from her house to nourish her man back to health. She gets married to him in his helpless state. Then her younger brother suffers a car accident coming to see her so that she can tie a Rakhi on his hand. Her father-in-law’s complete forest estate including his house burns down to ashes in a fire. The list just goes on and on.

Amidst all this there was Rajendranath trying to dominate screen time with utterly nonsensical buffoonery. That left very little time for fine actors like Rehman to show their skills.

There are a few good songs in this film. Mahendra Kpoor’s both solos seem to have the same tunes used by Ravi in other films with Kapoor lending his voice. Yet they are fine to listen to.

Here are these and other songs from this film…

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(Shailendra) Zindagi (1964)

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;#entry752480

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(Anand Bakshi) Anokhee Pehchan (1972)

I have no clue about this movie. Neither I could locate a DVD nor a songs CD. The songs I am uploading here are all from various videos. Even though the audio quality of them is quite adequate, I have decided to upload all songs at a lower bit rate.

Here are the songs…

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(Hasrat Jaipuri) Pyar Mohabbat (1966)

This film was the only pairing of Saira & Dev. It was produced and directed by Dev’s good friend Shankar Mukherjee. The movie has two distinct halves. The first half is extensively shot abroad in places like, Copenhagen, Egypt, Rome, and others. Most of the story happens aboard a cruise ship. The second half is shot in India with predictable twists and turns in the story. In between it is sprinkled with 10 songs composed by Shankar & Jaikishan.

Like the movie itself, the music is very inconsistent. There are some good songs and there are some bad songs. Dattaram was the assistant music director.

Saira who already has a shrilled voice keeps screaming and shouting and has many scenes with temper tantrums. Dev looked good and exhibits controlled acting.

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

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Concluding Songs from "Pyar Mohabbat (1966)"...

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

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(Majrooh) Dastak (1970)

This was noted Urdu writer Rajinder Singh Bedi’s maiden directorial venture. He also produced the film based on his own story, originally published in early 40s. Even though Bedi Saab directed only a handful of films, his recognized best work was as a multiple-award winning dialogue writer of several films of Bimal Roy and Hrishikesh Mukherjee.

The film also introduced Rehana Sultan in the lead. She was a graduate of the Film Institute and was the first one from the Institute to land a major role in Bombay Filmworld. She garnered the National Award for Best Actress for her brilliant performance. She also had another important film that very same year. 1970’s “Chetna” dealt with lives of prostitutes. This back-to-back art films projected a certain image of Rehana and she could never capture the imagination of filmmakers to offer her roles in the mainstream commercial films.

Sanjeev Kumar, who was the hero of the film, also won the honors of landing on the Nation Award for Best Actor. Kamal Bose, who was the cinematographer, won the National Award for the Best Black & White Photography. Hrishida, who was the editor of the film, won the Filmfare Award as the Best Editor.

Besides fine acting, and rich lyrics penned by Majrooh Saab, the film is best known for its unforgettable compositions. Every song from the film is a piece of gem. The treasure is in the listening pleasure of mastery of instruments used in these songs, especially a blend of various instruments such as veena, sitar, and gentle rhythm of tabla beats that create a lasting mesmerizing experience. The movie also won yet another National Award, a first for its music composer Madan Mohanji that he richly deserved.

There are only a few songs in the film. The song “Maai Ri” has a version by Mohanji himself. When he was ready to sit down and compose this song with Lataji lending her voice, he got a message stating that Lataji is ill and will not be able to attend her recording session. Then Madanji went ahead and sang the song himself to guide Lataji how he perceived it. Later on after Mohanji passed away some of CD collections honoring him included this song. I am uploading it in its entirety here.

A note about the ghazal from the film “Hum Hain Maata-E-Koocha”. This song was not written for the film. It came from one of Majrooh Saab’s published book of his ghazals. In some gathering Madanji heard Majrooh Saab recite this ghazal and decided to include it in the film. The original ghazal apparently is much longer than what we hear in the film. Out of 7 stanzas Madanji selected only three; 1, 3, and 7. There is a brief audio clip with Madanji singing beginning of this ghazal. It is available on his web site. Because of its poor quality, I am not uploading it here.

Here are all the songs and a few music clips from the film, in two back-to-back posts, starting with the next post, with Majroohji and Madanji collaborating and completely captivating your time…

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Songs from "Dastak (1970)"

Here is the first set of songs from this beautiful album...

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Concluding Songs from "Dastak (1970)"

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