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[swarapriya]

(Rajendra) Ek Jhalak (1957)

Here is a beautiful album from Hemantda. Geetaji has two beautiful solos and a duet with Hemantda. Also Hemantda has a solo and three duets with Asha. Every song in this album sparkles like a gem. I am also uploading the full version of "Aaja Zara" which is a union of Geetaji's solo and her duet with Hemantda. If you download the full version, you don't need to download the other two versions. It appears that I am missing a solo by Asha. Details are shown in the following table in red italics. If you happen to have the song, please kindly share. Thank you.

Now for these great songs ...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jan 23 2010, 02:30 AM

[Faraaj73]

(Rajendra) Ek Jhalak (1957)

I am also uploading the full version of "Aaja Zara" which is a union of Geetaji's solo and her duet with Hemantda. If you download the full version, you don't need to download the other two versions. It appears that I am missing a solo by Asha. Details are shown in the following table in red italics. If you happen to have the song, please kindly share. Thank you.

Now for these great songs ...

The Aaja Zara tune is lifted from the superhit Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White by Perez Prado (1955) which is in turn inspired from the French tune. Cherry Pink is probably the best and certainly the most successful version of the tune. I'm sure an original composer like Hemant would only have used the tune at the insistence of the film producers...

[swarapriya]

The Aaja Zara tune is lifted from the superhit Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White by Perez Prado (1955) which is in turn inspired from the French tune. Cherry Pink is probably the best and certainly the most successful version of the tune. I'm sure an original composer like Hemant would only have used the tune at the insistence of the film producers...

Thanks for the info, Faraaj.

[swarapriya]

(Sunil) Rajdhani (1956)

Most of these songs are by the courtesy of the Forum members. Thank you. Now for the songs of this album ...


This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jan 23 2010, 02:26 AM

[Aditya Pant]

(Sunil) Rajdhani (1956)

Most of these songs are by the courtesy of the Forum members. Thank you. It appears that I am still missing one song shown in red italics in the table below. Requesting members to share it if they can. Thank you.

Now for the songs of this album ...

SP, Your list is complete. Tarse Jiya Barse Piya is actually from Veer Rajputani (1955. Bulo C. Rani)

Aditya

[Aditya Pant]

(Rajendra) Ek Jhalak (1957)

Here is a beautiful album from Hemantda. Geetaji has three beautiful solos and a duet with Hemantda. Also Hemantda has a solo and three duets with Asha. Every song in this album sparkles like a gem. I am also uploading the full version of "Aaja Zara" which is a union of Geetaji's solo and her duet with Hemantda. If you download the full version, you don't need to download the other two versions. It appears that I am missing a solo by Asha. Details are shown in the following table in red italics. If you happen to have the song, please kindly share. Thank you.

Now for these great songs ...

One correction - Ye Hawa Ye Fiza is sung by Lata Mangeshkar.

[rpnawani]

Swarapriya, thanks for sharing these rare gems from Kaanch Ki Gudiya, Ek Jhalak and Rajdhani. I had not heard many of these songs before.

rpnawani

[swarapriya]

(Sunil) Rajdhani (1956)

Most of these songs are by the courtesy of the Forum members. Thank you. It appears that I am still missing one song shown in red italics in the table below. Requesting members to share it if they can. Thank you.

Now for the songs of this album ...

SP, Your list is complete. Tarse Jiya Barse Piya is actually from Veer Rajputani (1955. Bulo C. Rani)

Aditya

Thanks Aditya. I made changes to reflect your suggestion. Cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

(Rajendra) Ek Jhalak (1957)

Here is a beautiful album from Hemantda. Geetaji has three beautiful solos and a duet with Hemantda. Also Hemantda has a solo and three duets with Asha. Every song in this album sparkles like a gem. I am also uploading the full version of "Aaja Zara" which is a union of Geetaji's solo and her duet with Hemantda. If you download the full version, you don't need to download the other two versions. It appears that I am missing a solo by Asha. Details are shown in the following table in red italics. If you happen to have the song, please kindly share. Thank you.

Now for these great songs ...

One correction - Ye Hawa Ye Fiza is sung by Lata Mangeshkar.

Thanks for keeping things straight, Aditya. I made the changes to reflect your suggestion. Thanks. Cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

Swarapriya, thanks for sharing these rare gems from Kaanch Ki Gudiya, Ek Jhalak and Rajdhani. I had not heard many of these songs before.

rpnawani

You're very welcome, RP. Cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

(Raaj) Mother India (1957)

Mother India (1957) when released was a blockbuster. It broke all boxoffice records and remained a champion for the next three years until "Mughal-E-Azam" was released in 1960. This movie is one of the monumental achievements in Indian film history. Even though Mehboob was the architect of this masterpiece, the person who made it amazingly real with an unmatched and absolutely brilliant perfromance was the great actress Nargis. It is one of those gut wrenching performances that it will be remembered for ages to come. This was even more significant if one considers that Nargis hitherto portrayed mostly urban and sophisticated lady roles (Mehboob's "Andaz (1950)" is an example). It was a stroke of genius by Mehboob Saab that he saw what Nargisji can do. He should know. It was Mehboobji who introduced Nargis in his movie "Taqdeer" in 1943.

This movie was a remake of Mehboob's earlier movie "Aurat (1940)". That starred Sardar Akhtar in the mother's role. Surendra (Rajendra's role) and Yaqoob (Sunil Dutt's role) played sons. Arun (father of actor Govinda) played Raaj Kumar's role. Kanhaiyalal played the same role in both of the movies. It has some magnificent music by Anil Biswas. Many critics are of the opinion that this original version with its rustic backdrop was much more engrossing than Mehboob Khan's later version.

This movie made stars out of Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar, and Raaj Kumar. That is quite an impressive list. It won all kinds of laurels for Nargisji and awards too. She won the best actress award for her performance at the Karlovy Vary film festival. The movie fetched Filmfare awards for Best Picture (Mehboob Khan), Best Director (Mehboob Khan), Best Actress (Nargis), Best Cinematography (Fareddon Irani), and Best Sound (R. Kaushik). It also has the distinction of being selected as the first Indian movie for Oscars in the Best Foreign film category. It lost by one vote to that famous Italian film by Fredrico Fellini "Nights of Cabiria" on the third count. Not for another 31 years, another Indian film will be nominated for Oscars. That movie was "Salaam Bombay (1988)".

Mehboobji was described by many as Cecille B. DeMille (the maker of "The Ten Commandments") of India. In fact, after watching "Mother India" DeMille contacted Mehboobji to congratulate him for the magnificent job he did.

Nargis broke away with Raj Kapoor during the shooting of this movie. Sunil Dutt, who plays her son in the movie, rescued her from the burning fire when the climax was being shot. In the process Dutt himself suffered several burns but Nargis was safe. This bravura work was enough to tilt her heart towards Dutt. They got romantically involved after that incident and within a year got married. Incidentally, Mehboobji considered to offer the role Sunil Dutt played to the Hollywood actor Sabu. However it didn't pan out and the role eventually went to Dutt.

Also, interestingly, it is Nargis and Sunil Dutt's daughter who got married to Rajendra Kumar's son, actor Kumar Gaurav.

This movie was banned in Turkey because Mehboob's banner has hammer and sickle in it. Because this represents communist and social leanings, Turkey didn't allow the movie to be screened in that country. When this movie was sent for Oscar competition, Mehboobji made sure that his banner's symbol was cut out.

Naushadji's music didn't win any awards but it was a major part of the success enjoyed by the movie. Here Naushadji uses very few and simple instruments but very effectively. Almost all songs are catchy and stayed popular for a long time.

The movie was made in Telugu in 1971 as "Bangaru Talli" and in Tamil in 1978 as "Punya Bhoomi".

I will upload the songs in back-to-back two posts. Here is the first set of songs ...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jan 23 2010, 03:03 AM

[swarapriya]

Songs of "Mother India (1957)" Continued ...

Here are the rest of the songs from this great motion picture ...

[swarapriya]

(Amitabh) Pyar Ki Kahani (1971)

I am uploading songs from this album in back-to-back two posts. All these songs are by the courtesy of the Forum members. Thank you.

Now for the first set of songs ...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jan 24 2010, 01:11 AM

[swarapriya]

Songs of "Pyar Ki Kahani (1971)" Continued ...

Here are the extended version of some of the songs from this album ...

[swarapriya]

(Dharmendra) Soorat Aur Seerat (1962)

I have only one song from this album. There are at least three songs shown in red italics in the table below that are missing. May be more. Please kindly share the missing songs if you can. Here is the one songs I have ...