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

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(Majrooh) Gomti ke Kinare (1972)

This was the last film in which great Meena Kumari acted in. She was ailing and the producers were not sure whether they will be able to finish the film. In spite of bad health she committed herself to finish the movie which she did. No sooner the film was completed she passed away. The movie was released posthumously. It starts with a picture of her with words dedicating the film to her memory.

The movie was the directorial debut of the lyricist Saawan Kumar Tak. He also was the producer of the film. He did not write the lyrics for the film. Interestingly, Shakti Samanta’s hit film “Amar Prem,” that also came the same year as “Gomti” also has shades of similar storyline. Both films had music by R.D. Burman.

RD was flying high during this period, but the songs for this film are not up to his par. Except for one. The song by Lataji, “Aaj Toh Meri” is a real beauty. Lataji’s voice reflects the sounds of echoes of suffering and the pathos finely penned by Majrooh Saab. Here is this and other songs from this film…

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(Rajinder Krishan) Intaquam (1969)

Sadhana came back from illness which sidelined her for some time to star in this film. It was directed by her husband R.K. Nayyar who also wrote its story. He lifted the story from the 1930 Hollywood film “Paid” that starred Joan Crawford. Sadhana in some scenes still looked indisposed but managed to pull it through. The movie was a hit thanks to its songs almost all of which became very popular.

It seems like the song “Aa Jaan-E-Jaan” was the first cabaret song Lata ever sang. This was a chartbuster. But the most popular song of the film was “Kaise Rahun Chhup.” This song was on “Binaca Geetmala” forever it seemed like. In this song, Lataji again was singing against her usual type. These type of songs were usually reserved for Ashaji but here in this film she sang them anyway. My favorite from the film is Rafi Saab’s soul stirring heartbreaker “Jo Unn Ki.”

Here are these and other songs from the film…

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Concluding Songs from "Intaquam (1969)"...

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

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(Shailendra) Suraj (1966)

All songs and some instrumentals of the songs from this film were uploaded in this very thread. These are available at the following location...

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...mp;#entry752932

[Nandu]

Swarapriya Ji are you fine?