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Posted by: swarapriya Jul 27 2010, 09:28 AM

Kaifiyat

(I humbly dedicate this thread to the memory of Erum Hashmi who was instrumental in seeding this idea in my mind to start this thread on this extraordinary poet.)

(Note: These are excerpts from an article that appeared in the “Anmoal Fankaar” web site. The full text can be found at the following location …

http://www.anmolfankaar.com/specials/ek-fankaar/92-kaifi-azmi-the-poet-extraordinaire

My many thanks to Aparna for her several suggestions to make the full essay cohesive and readable.)

Kaifi Azmi was an eminent poet with many progressive ideas. Throughout his life he championed causes that affect the under privileged, oppressed, and down-trodden. He crusaded tirelessly for secular values. He was the eloquent voice of the progressive movement. He was a poet at heart but a socialist in practice. Azmi left an indelible mark through his writings. He expressed through them views that were very intrepid in nature. He breathed fire into his literature campaigning and fighting vigorously for social justice. Azmi was a trendsetter who voiced the stark realities of life through the poems he authored. The intensity of emotions used in his words, the spirit of compassion for the down-trodden, stark but rich in imagery sprinkled throughout his writings, became hallmarks of his style. He once stated that his writings were born out of his engrained convictions. His daughter, actress Shabana Azmi, says about him that, “ … indomitable will and an extraordinary skill to organize people kept him dynamic throughout his life. ..”

Kaifi Azmi was born as Akhtar Hussain Rizvi in 1918 in a small village in Uttar Pradesh. His father was a landlord, but was an educated person and preferred to work for the government. He was very inclined to send his son to school so that his son could get a modern education, but because of the stiff opposition he faced from his relatives he had to call that idea off. Instead, Azmi was sent to school to study theology in Lucknow to keep his elders happy. Young Azmi was a nonconformist at an early age. He saw that students enjoyed few privileges at the school and organized a student union. When the union’s demands for fair treatment failed, he organized the students to go on a strike that lasted a very long time. The seminary got tired of him and finally expelled him from the school.

Azmi Saab studied from home and acquired a good knowledge of Arabic, Persian, and Urdu. He passed several examinations at Lucknow University and Allahabad University in these languages.

Azmi’s stint at the seminary in Lucknow didn’t go unnoticed by leading progressive writers homed in that town. They befriended with him and encouraged him to start writing poetry. This encouragement and his command of several languages made it possible for him to quickly establish himself as a budding and acclaimed poet admired by his peers.

Kaifi Saab wrote his first ghazal when he was only 11 years old. He was invited to participate in a Mushaira where he recited his small verse. That same ghazal became very popular and the great ghazal singer Begum Akhtar made it even more famous by singing it.

The year 1942 saw India mounting pressure on the English rulers by organizing protests , marches, slogans, and other forms of resistance. These agitations rose like hot fever and eventually culminated in the Quit India movement. Azmi Saab abandoned his studies and became part of the movement. He joined the Communist Party in 1943.

He moved to Kanpur and started working for a textile mill. Seeing how the mill was ill-treating its workers, Azmi once again started organizing unions, protests and agitation. By seeing the results Kaifi Saab was getting in Kanpur, the leaders of the Communist Party asked him to shift to Bombay to accomplish similar goals there.

While in Bombay he became a trade union worker and continued the work he started in Kanpur. He also worked closely with two of the Party’s Urdu newspapers, “Quami Jung” and “Mazdoor Mohalla”. He became associated with the Progressive Writers Association (PWA) and Indian Peoples’ Theatre Association (IPTA). For the latter organization, he participated in some of their plays.

With so many activities he was involved in, Azmi Saab still found time to often write and also attended mushairas whenever he could. In 1947, one of his visits brought him to Hyderabad. In the mushaira he met Shaukat Ali, a film and stage actress, who was also equally free spirited as he was. He fell in love with her and later they married. Actress Shabana Azmi is their daughter. The noted cameraman Baba Azmi is their son.

While tirelessly working for the Party and being associated with their related activities, Azmi Saab needed some financial relief to provide for his family. This led him to meet Shaheed Latif of the Bombay film world, who was about to direct a film called “Buzdil (1951)”. Latif Saab offered Azmi an opportunity to write the lyrics for the movie, and thus Azmi’s stint with the Bombay cinema began.

During his distinguished career, Kaifi Azmi was showered with many worthy honors. Some of these include Padma Shree, Sahitya Academy Award, Sahitya Academy Fellowship Award, and a host of others.

He also won Filmfare Awards for Best Story, Best Screenplay, and Best Dialogue for his work in “Garam Hawa (1973)”. He received the National Film Award for Best lyrics for his songs in K.A. Abaas’ “Saat Hindustani (1970)” which introduced Amitabh Bachchan as an actor.

He received several governmental honors. The government of Uttar Pradesh naming the road leading to the town he was born in as “Kaifi Azmi Road” and the highway as “Kaifi Azmi Highway”. The train from Delhi to Azamgarh, near his village, was named by the government of India as “Kaifiyat”.

In addition, the Purvanchal University now has a “Kaifi Azmi Media Centre” in Janpur. There is a Kaifi Azmi
Academy in Lucknow, In Juhu, Mumbai, a park was named as “Kaifi Azmi Park”. There is another park by the same name in Phoolpur. In Hyderabad, where Kaifi Azmi met his wife Shaukat, there are plans to build his statue.

Kaifi Azmi was awarded many honorary doctorates by various universities including Vishwa Bharati University, Puruvanchal University, and Agra University.

Kaifi passed away on May 10, 2002.

"I was born in ghulam Hindustan, am living in an Azad Hindustan and will die in a socialist Hindustan." These were the words Kaifi Azmi spoke in an interview.

Kaifi Azmi. A great poet and leader. An even a better human being.

Kaifi Azmi's filmography follows ...


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Posted by: swarapriya Jul 27 2010, 09:33 AM

Kaifi Azmi Filmography

Following is the part 1 and part 2 of the filmography of Kaifi Azmi Saab ...


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Posted by: swarapriya Jul 27 2010, 09:46 AM

Buzdil (1951)

Kaif Azmi Saab's film stint started with this beautiful musical album by Burmanda. He split the duties of writing lyrics for this film with Shailendra. With Burmanda at work, and with lyrics from written by two great poets, the net result is some beautiful songs. I am uploading these songs in back-to-back two posts. The first post contains songs from the film. The second post contains a couple of extended versions.

Now for a description of the songs from the Burmanda's fine album and the songs themselves ...



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Posted by: swarapriya Jul 27 2010, 09:51 AM

Concluding Songs from "Buzdil (1951)" ...

Here are a couple of extended version songs from this album ...



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Posted by: Faraaj73 Jul 27 2010, 06:19 PM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Jul 27 2010, 02:16 PM)

Posted by: Aditya Pant Jul 27 2010, 07:19 PM

A few corrections in the filmography. The 3 credits for Asst. Director are definitely wrong. A septugenarian Kaifi Azmi working as an assistant to the likes of T. Rama Rao and Rakesh Roshan is impossible!

Aditya

Posted by: swarapriya Jul 27 2010, 07:37 PM

QUOTE(Faraaj73 @ Jul 27 2010, 05:49 AM)

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Jul 27 2010, 02:16 PM)

Buzdil (1951)

Kaif Azmi Saab's film stint started with this beautiful musical album by Burmanda. He split the duties of writing lyrics for this film with Shailendra. With Burmanda at work, and with lyrics from written by two great poets, the net result is some beautiful songs. I am uploading these songs in back-to-back two posts. The first post contains songs from the film. The second post contains a couple of extended versions.

Now for a description of the songs from the Burmanda's fine album and the songs themselves ...

Swarapriya

Nice write-up on Kaifi Azmi's life and another interesting topic that you've started. Where do you get the energy to put so much care into each new thread you start? Don't want you to stop, just asking!!!

Sorry for nitpicking, but the maths of him being born in 1918 and being 18 in 1942 doesn't add up.

Now that you've brought up the topic of the wonderful album Buzdil, I'd like to share two much earlier renditions of Jhan Jhan Jhan....

Bengali - SD Burman - Jhan Jhan Manjira Baaje 3m 08s 160kbps mp3[attachmentid=334997]
Vintage Music - Indian Classical Faiyaz Khan - Bihaag - Jhan Jhan Jhan Payal Baje 3m 00s 188kbps mp3[attachmentid=335000]

Posted by: swarapriya Jul 27 2010, 07:40 PM

QUOTE(Aditya Pant @ Jul 27 2010, 06:49 AM)

Posted by: Exon Jul 27 2010, 07:56 PM

SP,

I very much echo Faraaj's feelings. Your posts are always very informative. You put in lot of effort to bring us some well organized threads.

Here are a few additions to Kaifi's filmography.

Bahu Beti (1952)
Gulbahar (1954)
Sultan Daaku (1956)
Yahudi ki Beti (1956)
Zindagi (1956)
Sone Ki Chidiya (1958)
Forty Days (1959)
Gyarah Hazar Ladkiyan (1962)
Naqli Nawab (1962)
Main Suhaagan Hoon (1964)
Ek Bulbula Pani (1970 ur)
Hamara Adhikar (1970)
Maa ka Aanchal (1970)
Do Boond Pani (1971)
Saaz aur Sanam (1971)
Mangethar (1972)
Rivaaj (1972)
Shair-e-Kashmir Mahjoor (1972)
Sultan Daaku (1972)
Sankalp (1974)
Sahib Bahadur (1977)
Shaitaan Mujrim (1980)
Kanoon aur Muzrim (1981)
Lakshmi (1982)
Bhavna (1984)
Chand Grahan (1997)

I am surprised not see a Kaifi Azmi section under lyricists.
May I propose a dedicated section on this well known lyricists?

Exon

Posted by: Viraj Padhye Jul 27 2010, 08:26 PM

Hi,

Adding couple of them.

Naata - 1955
Dagabaaz - 1970

Pakeeza is from 1971 (not 1972).

Viraj

Posted by: Aditya Pant Jul 27 2010, 10:26 PM

QUOTE(Viraj Padhye @ Jul 27 2010, 08:26 PM)

Posted by: Sangeet Jul 28 2010, 03:00 AM

Few more

Kahan Tak Aasman hai
Shart 1985
Ek Pal
Jaana Na Dil Se Door 2001

Posted by: swarapriya Jul 28 2010, 04:38 AM

Aditya, Exon, Sangeet & Viraj,

I have updated the filmography tables with the changes you've suggested. Thank you all kindly for your inputs.

Cheers,
Swarapriya

Posted by: Exon Jul 28 2010, 06:38 AM

SP,

Here is one more movie with Kaifi as lyricist.

Chandu (1958)


Exon

Posted by: r&d Jul 28 2010, 07:32 AM

Baap Bahu Aur Beta (1969)
Id Ka Chand (1964)
Laadla (1954)

Posted by: swarapriya Jul 28 2010, 11:04 AM

Thank you very much Exon and R&D for the information. The filmography tables were updated to reflect your suggestions. Thank you again.

Cheers,
Swarapriya

Posted by: Exon Jul 28 2010, 05:14 PM

QUOTE(r&d @ Jul 28 2010, 07:32 AM)

Posted by: r&d Jul 28 2010, 07:33 PM

QUOTE(Exon @ Jul 28 2010, 04:44 AM)

QUOTE(r&d @ Jul 28 2010, 07:32 AM)

Baap Bahu Aur Beta (1969)
Id Ka Chand (1964)
Laadla (1954)

Laadla 1954 lyricists: RMAK, Kaif Irfani and Balkrishna Mauj
http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=73096&view=findpost&p=580118

One Rafi song overlaps between Baap Bahu aur Beta (1969) and Hamara Adhikar (1970); I don't have complete song listing. Could they be one and same movie?

Exon

Posted by: swarapriya Aug 1 2010, 12:33 AM

Bahu Beti (1952)

Here is a fine album by Batish Saab. Here Geetaji dominates with seven out of eight songs, six solos and a duet. Geetaji's singing prowess is in full display in these songs. She just glides through these different types of songs with the same falir she is impeccably capable of. These songs are another testimonial of her singing genius.

I am able to upload five of them here, all by the courtesy of the Forum members. The missing ones are shown in red italics in the table below. Requesting members to share these if they can. Thank you ...

The quality of these songs is uneven and varies from fair to average. With that caution, here are the songs I have ...



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Posted by: taiyab53 Aug 1 2010, 01:11 AM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Aug 1 2010, 01:33 AM)

Posted by: swarapriya Aug 1 2010, 05:19 AM

QUOTE(taiyab53 @ Jul 31 2010, 12:41 PM)

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Aug 1 2010, 01:33 AM)

Bahu Beti (1952)

Here is a fine album by Batish Saab. Here Geetaji dominates with seven out of eight songs, six solos and a duet. Geetaji's singing prowess is in full display in these songs. She just glides through these different types of songs with the same falir she is impeccably capable of. These songs are another testimonial of her singing genius.

I am able to upload five of them here, all by the courtesy of the Forum members. The missing ones are shown in red italics in the table below. Requesting members to share these if they can. Thank you ...

The quality of these songs is uneven and varies from fair to average. With that caution, here are the songs I have ...

here is one song from this film

dil jala yaadain jali-52-bahu beti-sd batish-geetadutt-kaifi azmi-2.12 mins-160 br

taiyab

Posted by: swarapriya Aug 4 2010, 09:44 PM

Naata (1955)

Here is yet another beauty by Mohinderji with several lovely songs. This movie was produced by Madhubala and also starred her younger sister Chanchal. Azmi Saab wrote only one song in this movie but it is just a masterpiece of writing combined with beautiful music and some great singing by Lata. I came across this write up many moons back by Hrishi Dixit. Dixitji writes, " ... Mohinder has cast this proclamation of unbridled joy in a vivacious, ebullient tune strongly redolent of folk tunes from his native Punjab - the brisk gait, the heavy dholak, the infectious vein of cheerful abandon that seems to wrap all of nature in it, as underlined by the words...

meri zulfon ko jhuk kar choomte hain jhoomte baadal
kabhi rangeeniyaan badhkar pakadti hain mera aanchal
dhanak angadaai lekar apni baahon men bulaati hai
qadam phoolon pe padta hai nazar taaron pe jaati hai...

Other songs that are equally enjoyable include several beautiful duets of Lata with Sudha Malhotra.

I am posting these songs in back-to-back two posts. Here is the first set ...



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Posted by: swarapriya Aug 4 2010, 09:50 PM

Concluding Songs from "Naata (1955)" ...

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



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Posted by: swarapriya Aug 12 2010, 11:25 AM

Sakhi Hatim (1955)

Per EarthMusic there are three separate music directors for this movie. It did not give a breakdown of who composed what. Of the eight songs listed there I only have two of them. Both were written by Kaifi Saab and there were indications from the magazines I read that both of these were composed by the great Allah Rakha. The missing songs are shown in red talics in the table below. I am requesting members to share these songs if they can. Thank you.

Now for the two songs I have ...



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Posted by: Viraj Padhye Aug 12 2010, 10:06 PM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Aug 12 2010, 11:25 AM)

Posted by: r&d Aug 12 2010, 10:33 PM

QUOTE(Viraj Padhye @ Aug 12 2010, 09:36 AM)

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Aug 12 2010, 11:25 AM)

Sakhi Hatim (1955)

Per EarthMusic there are three separate music directors for this movie. It did not give a breakdown of who composed what. Of the eight songs listed there I only have two of them. Both were written by Kaifi Saab and there were indications from the magazines I read that both of these were composed by the great Allah Rakha. The missing songs are shown in red talics in the table below. I am requesting members to share these songs if they can. Thank you.

Now for the two songs I have ...

Hi,

Jaate ho - Asha
Yeh aankhen - Shamshad

These two songs were uploaded recently on HF. I don't know under which topic and if they are still active. Let's wait till somebody identifies, else I will upload them.

Viraj

Posted by: swarapriya Aug 13 2010, 12:15 AM

Thank you all for the pointer as well as to Taiyab, the original uploader of these two songs. Cheers. -S

Posted by: swarapriya Aug 20 2010, 11:33 PM

Hatimtai ki Beti (1956)

I have only four songs from this album, all thanks to the courtesy of the Forum members, that I am uploading here. I am missing songs shown in red italics in the table below. Requesting members to share these if they can. Thank you.

Here are the four songs I have ...



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Posted by: taiyab53 Aug 21 2010, 12:25 AM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Aug 21 2010, 12:33 AM)

Posted by: taiyab53 Aug 21 2010, 12:32 AM

QUOTE(taiyab53 @ Aug 21 2010, 01:25 AM)

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Aug 21 2010, 12:33 AM)

Hatimtai ki Beti (1956)

I have only four songs from this album, all thanks to the courtesy of the Forum members, that I am uploading here. I am missing songs shown in red italics in the table below. Requesting members to share these if they can. Thank you.

Here are the four songs I have ...

here are the remaining songs other details as above

taiyab

1) hatim tai ki beti-55-aasman se mujhpe bhi barsa de aaj-4.52 mins-160 br

2)hatim tai ki beti-55-dil uski mohobbat---rab sabka hai rakhwala-5.28 mins-160 br

3)hatim tai ki beti-55-hamba hamba--ye aah aur ye naale-3.45 mins-160 br

4)hatim tai ki beti-55-main to lut gayi re duniya ke mele main-3.42 mins-160 br

5)sakhi hatim tai ki beti-55-hatim ki kahir sakhi daata ki khair-1.05 mins-160 br

Posted by: swarapriya Aug 21 2010, 01:31 AM

Thank you very very much Taiyab for coming through again. Appreciate it very much. Cheers. -S

Posted by: taiyab53 Aug 21 2010, 02:55 AM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Aug 21 2010, 02:31 AM)

Posted by: swarapriya Aug 21 2010, 04:09 AM

QUOTE(taiyab53 @ Aug 20 2010, 02:25 PM)

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Aug 21 2010, 02:31 AM)

Thank you very very much Taiyab for coming through again. Appreciate it very much. Cheers. -S

you are welcome

the remaining song of this film

taiyab



hatim tai ki beti-55-asha-aasman se mujhpe bhi barsa de aaj-4.52 mins-160 br

Posted by: swarapriya Aug 26 2010, 11:05 PM

Heer (1956)

Kaifi Azmi didn't write any songs but was responsible for the story and dialogues of the movie. I am uploading Anilda's beautiful songs in two back-to-back posts. Most of the songs are by the courtesy of the Forum members. Thank you.

Now for a description of the songs in the first post and the songs themselves ...



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Posted by: swarapriya Aug 26 2010, 11:14 PM

Concluding Songs from "Heer (1956)" ...

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



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Posted by: r&d Aug 29 2010, 11:21 AM

One more film.

Balma Bada Nadaan (1964 - Bhojpuri)
MD: Hemant Kumar
Lyr: Kaifi Azmi

aajkal ke chhokre - Asha Bhosle, Hemant Kumar & Manna Dey
jaa re jaa balma - Lata Mangeshkar
kawni rahiya - Hemant Kumar & Suman Hemadi Kalyanpur
kori kori garam badniya - Asha Bhosle
laaga-laaga re - Geeta Dutt & Sulochana Kadam
o gori tori mori - Manna Dey

Posted by: swarapriya Aug 29 2010, 11:48 AM

QUOTE(r&d @ Aug 28 2010, 10:51 PM)

Posted by: Debopriyo Aug 29 2010, 01:16 PM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Aug 29 2010, 11:48 AM)

QUOTE(r&d @ Aug 28 2010, 10:51 PM)

One more film.

Balma Bada Nadaan (1964 - Bhojpuri)
MD: Hemant Kumar
Lyr: Kaifi Azmi

aajkal ke chhokre - Asha Bhosle, Hemant Kumar & Manna Dey
jaa re jaa balma - Lata Mangeshkar
kawni rahiya - Hemant Kumar & Suman Hemadi Kalyanpur
kori kori garam badniya - Asha Bhosle
laaga-laaga re - Geeta Dutt & Sulochana Kadam
o gori tori mori - Manna Dey

Thanks for the info, R&D. Cheers. -S

Posted by: swarapriya Sep 1 2010, 11:33 PM

Sultana Daku (1956)

Kaifi Saab was involved with both of "Sultana Daku" movies. This is the first of them. The other one was from 1972 and had the music by Madan Mohan Saab. Undortunately I have only one song from this album that I am uploading here. The missing songs are shown in red italics in the table below. My humble request to the members to share these missing songs if they can. Thank you.

Here is the only song I have ...


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Posted by: swarapriya Sep 8 2010, 02:08 AM

Yahudi ki Beti (1956)

Here is another Kaifi Azmi album of which I do not have a single song to share. The following table gives a list of the songs from this album. I am requesting members to come forward and share these songs. Thank you ...




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Posted by: yogihit Sep 8 2010, 03:21 PM

courtesy by HF members


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Posted by: Faraaj73 Sep 8 2010, 04:29 PM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Sep 8 2010, 06:38 AM)

Posted by: RajanCS Sep 8 2010, 08:20 PM

Swarapriya and Yogi,

Thanks for bringing up Rafi's Pyar Beqarar Hai.

Bageshri is one of my favourite raag. There are several lovely compositions in this raag e.g. Radha Na bole, Mohabbat Hi Na Jo Samjhe.... .

And then how can we forget tamil song Mayakkum Malai from Gul-e-Bakawali by AMRaja-Jikk

Superb.

-- Rajan

Posted by: swarapriya Sep 9 2010, 03:39 AM

QUOTE(yogihit @ Sep 8 2010, 02:51 AM)

Posted by: swarapriya Sep 9 2010, 03:40 AM

QUOTE(Faraaj73 @ Sep 8 2010, 03:59 AM)

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Sep 8 2010, 06:38 AM)

Yahudi ki Beti (1956)

Here is another Kaifi Azmi album of which I do not have a single song to share. The following table gives a list of the songs from this album. I am requesting members to come forward and share these songs. Thank you ...

Here is one more that Yogi didn't upload...

Old Filmi - 1956 Yahudi Ki Beti - Lata - Chori Chori Dil Mein Ye Kaun-kamal mitra 3m 14s 128kbps mp3

Also, note the similarity between Rafi's Pyar Beqarar Hai and Anarkali's Jaag Dard e Ishq Jaag!

Posted by: HarshBhatt Sep 9 2010, 07:01 AM

Another good one, as always Thanks

By any chance you have 'Kaifiyat' album in your collection?

This album is a collection of poems by Kaifi Azmi in his own voice. I lost my only copy few years back.

Posted by: Faraaj73 Sep 9 2010, 06:00 PM

QUOTE(RajanCS @ Sep 9 2010, 12:50 AM)

Posted by: swarapriya Sep 9 2010, 10:12 PM

QUOTE(HarshBhatt @ Sep 8 2010, 06:31 PM)

Posted by: HarshBhatt Sep 10 2010, 07:47 AM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Sep 9 2010, 12:42 PM)

QUOTE(HarshBhatt @ Sep 8 2010, 06:31 PM)

Another good one, as always Thanks

By any chance you have 'Kaifiyat' album in your collection?

This album is a collection of poems by Kaifi Azmi in his own voice. I lost my only copy few years back.

Yes, I do, Harsh ji. I have to find mine too. Incidentally, I found the quality of the recording of the album I had was not that crisp. However I will share it as soon I find it.

Cheers,
Swarapriya

Posted by: RajanCS Sep 11 2010, 10:25 PM

QUOTE(Faraaj73 @ Sep 9 2010, 06:00 PM)

QUOTE(RajanCS @ Sep 9 2010, 12:50 AM)

And then how can we forget tamil song Mayakkum Malai from Gul-e-Bakawali by AMRaja-Jikk

-- Rajan

Rajan Bhai

Can you pls upload this Tamil song...

Posted by: swarapriya Sep 15 2010, 07:23 AM

Zindagi (1956)

I have only three songs from this album, all thanks to the courtesy of the Forum members. A list of the missing songs is shown in red italics in the table below. I am requesting members to please kindly share these missings with rest of us. Thank you.

Here are the three songs I have ...



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Posted by: swarapriya Sep 26 2010, 09:48 AM

Kaifiyat - A Recital by Kaifi Azmi

At the insistence of his famous daughter and son-in-law, Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar, Kaifi Azmi Saab recorded in his own voice some of the poems he wrote. This was released with the name of "Kaifiyat" as a cassette tape and CD. It is approximately 56 minutes long with two parts each divided into nearly equal minutes. The music for this album was provided by the famous rabab player Chintoo Singh. The rectial begins with an overture followed by Nida Fazli's introduction on Side A. The Side B also starts with an introduction of several passages from some famous poets followed by the recital.

I will upload these recitals in two back to back posts. Because of the length of these recitals, I have to split them into three parts each. To access each side completely, you have to download all three parts for each side.

Here is Azmi Saab's recital from Side A ...


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Posted by: swarapriya Sep 26 2010, 09:59 AM

Concluding "Kaifiyat - A Recital by Kaifi Azmi" ...

This is the second and final part of the recital by Kaifi Azmi Saab. Because of the long duration of the recital, I have to split into three parts. To access the recital in its entirety, you have to downoad all three parts. Now for the recital ...


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Posted by: HarshBhatt Sep 27 2010, 03:17 AM

Thanks for uploading Kaifiyat, I owe you one

Posted by: swarapriya Sep 27 2010, 03:53 AM

QUOTE(HarshBhatt @ Sep 26 2010, 02:47 PM)

Thanks for uploading Kaifiyat, I owe you one

Posted by: Abdur Rehman Sep 27 2010, 10:04 AM

Thanks SP for Kaifiyat.

Posted by: swarapriya Sep 27 2010, 11:36 AM

QUOTE(Abdur Rehman @ Sep 26 2010, 09:34 PM)

Posted by: surhall Sep 27 2010, 11:52 AM

Hi
very good u/l all songs
old is gold
dhall

Posted by: surhall Sep 27 2010, 12:08 PM

hi brother
very good old is gold
dhall

Posted by: swarapriya Sep 27 2010, 09:09 PM

QUOTE(surhall @ Sep 26 2010, 11:22 PM)

Posted by: swarapriya Oct 3 2010, 11:47 PM

Jannat (1957)

I don't have a songle song from this film for which all songs were written by Kaifi. I am giving in the table below a list of the songs. It may be incomplete. I am requesting members to share these songs if they can. Thank you very much.



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Posted by: swarapriya Oct 3 2010, 11:50 PM

Parvin (1957)

Here is another early album of Kaifi for which I don't have any songs. Kaifi was apparently involved with story and screenplay of the movie. The list of the songs from this album is shown below. Please kindly share these songs if you can. Thank you very much.



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Posted by: swarapriya Oct 3 2010, 11:52 PM

Punjab Mail (1958)

Kaifi was involved in some capacity with this film. I have no songs from this film and no details. Please kindly share any songs you may have. Thanks.

Posted by: swarapriya Oct 3 2010, 11:56 PM

Chandu (1958)

I am giving a partial list of the songs from this album below. Kaifi wrote at least one song. I do have a song from this album that was written by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan. Please share the missing songs shown here and also not shown, if you can. Thank you.

Here is the one song I have ...


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Posted by: taiyab53 Oct 4 2010, 01:16 AM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Oct 4 2010, 12:50 AM)

Posted by: Debopriyo Oct 4 2010, 07:55 AM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Oct 3 2010, 11:56 PM)

Posted by: swarapriya Oct 5 2010, 08:15 AM

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QUOTE(swarapriya @ Oct 4 2010, 12:50 AM)

Parvin (1957)

Here is another early album of Kaifi for which I don't have any songs. Kaifi was apparently involved with story and screenplay of the movie. The list of the songs from this album is shown below. Please kindly share these songs if you can. Thank you very much.

here are three songs from my collection
taiyab
1)parveen-57-ar qureshi-asha-RMAK-nashe main humain koi yaad aa raha hai-3.37 mins-192 br
2)parveen-57-ar qureshi-mubarak begum-mashoor hai riwayat-shaukat jaffery-6.51 mins-192 br
3)parveen-57-ar qureshi-mubarak begum-RMAK-ahmed pak jinka naam unpe darud o salaam-3.07 mins-192 br

Posted by: swarapriya Oct 11 2010, 03:00 AM

Lala Rukh (1958)

Here is a beautiful album from Khayyam Saab with some great lyrics by Kaifi Azmi. The album boasts several great songs. Some of these include Rafi Saab's riveting "Hai Kali Kali Ke Lab Par" and both solo and duet versions of the song "Pyaas Kuchh Aur Bhi". I am posting these and other songs from this album in two back-to-back posts.

Here is a description of the songs in the first post and the songs themselves ...


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Posted by: swarapriya Oct 11 2010, 03:06 AM

Concluding Songs from "Lala Rukh (1958)" ...

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



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Posted by: HarshBhatt Oct 11 2010, 08:53 AM

Thanks Swarapriya for all the nice albums

Posted by: swarapriya Oct 11 2010, 11:12 PM

QUOTE(HarshBhatt @ Oct 10 2010, 08:23 PM)

Posted by: swarapriya Oct 25 2010, 12:12 PM

Sone ki Chidiya (1958)

Songs from this film, Azmi Saab contributed only a small poem that was recited by himself, were recently uploaded in the "Sahir & Shairi" thread in this directory. They are available at the following location ...

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?showtopic=87018&st=123

Posted by: swarapriya Nov 2 2010, 03:05 AM

40 Days (1959)

This fine album is embellished with great poetry from Kaifi Azmi Saab. Asha dominates the proceedings with seven out of eight songs, four solos and three duets. I am uploading these songs in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set ...



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Posted by: swarapriya Nov 2 2010, 03:13 AM

Concluding Songs from "40 Days (1959)" ...

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



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Posted by: swarapriya Nov 9 2010, 10:53 AM

Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959)

When it was released in 1959 “Kaagaz Ke Phool” was rejected by both critics and audience alike. With the success Guru Dutt enjoyed with his earlier classic “Pyaasa (1957)”, there were so many high expectations about this movie. It even had a grand premiere in New Delhi that was attended by then Vice-President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radha Krishnan. But many now think of this movie otherwise. It has reached a cult status and enjoys full houses today whenever it is rereleased. There are several compellingly good reasons for this. Let us explore some of them here …

The movie was released commercially in France in early 80’s. It received unexpected and unprecedented praise from the French movie critics. French audience flocked to see the movie. France, the home of new wave cinema and the domicile of many experimental movie makers, when their discerning film critics took notice of this movie, everyone else started paying attention to what this was all about. In 2002, in Sight & Sound magazine’s critics and director’s poll “Kaagaz Ke Phool” was selected as 160th best film ever made in the world. This is a British monthly film magazine published by the British Film Institute. The critics’ poll is taken every 10 years with the next one due in 2012. Of course, each time the poll is conducted, the list changes.

This movie made history because it was the first movie shot in cinemascope. V.K. Murty, who photographed most of Guru Dutt’s movies, was sent abroad to study advanced techniques in photography and learn how to use cinemascope (simply stated, two lenses in stead of one for broader coverage) lenses. But it was not the technology that was used, it was how the lights and shades were used to picturize most scenes in the movie that became talk of the town. Murty got a Filmfare award for his work. The most famous example in the movie is the lighting used for the song “Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Haseen Sitam”. This scene itself, the photography, the music, the song in Geeta ji’s rich voice, the richness of lyrics, all are subjects of study by serious-minded filmmakers. One of the criticisms of the movie was that the photography took the front seat to the rest of the movie. However, Guru was a master in using cinematography as one of the major narrative threads. There was an ample evidence of this in his earlier classic “Pyaasa”. The molding of lights and shadows the way Guru uses evokes as much emotion as dialogues or lack of them, as music or silence.

Even though Guru considered Khayyam initially to compose the music for this film, eventually he went along with SD. Guru and Burman worked before in few films together (“Baazi (1951)”, “Jaal (1952)”, and “Pyaasa (1957)”) and their combined work is fondly remembered even today. Their films always had unforgettable music. RD was the Assistant Music Director for this movie.

Apart from the classic “Waqt Ne Kiya”, the movie also had several other great songs. Rafi Saab’s song “Dekhi Zamaane Ki Yaari” is there throughout the movie. A beautiful piece that depicts not only the story of the movie accurately, but it parallels that of Guru’s real life. Apart from the classic “Waqt Ne Kiya”, Geetaji also has another winner in “Ek Do Teen”. “San San San Woh Chali Hawa” is also a breezy and cool song.

Originally, Guru Dutt wanted Sahir to write lyrics for the movie. But Sahir and SD never worked together again after their pinnacle achievement that resulted in the unprecedented success of “Pyaasa (1957)”. Guru next approached Kaifi Azmi to write the lyrics. Azmi was underground because of his work with Communist Party in late 40’s as the party was banned for some time. He was still looking for the recognition that eluded him and jumped at the opportunity offered by Guru Dutt. Even though he wrote exceptionally beautiful songs for the movie and most of them became highly popular, because of the commercial failure of “Phool” Azmi still could find only occasional work. His struggles were not over not until Chetan Anand’s “Haqeeqt (1964)” came along that changed everything for Azmi Saab for better.

The song “Waqt Ne Kiya” had interesting beginnings. Burman created a tune that Guru liked very much. He was looking to create a situation to use the music and approached Kaifi Azmi to write a song. Azmiji penned “Waqt Ne Kiya” in response to the request. Guru liked the song so much that later he created a sequence specifically to use the song in the movie. As it happens the song became an instant classic. Since then so much has been written about the song and the way it was filmed. The song itself became dear to many music lovers all over the world and the scene that was picturized on the song became a topic of study by the students of cinema.

By all accounts, reading from many books written about his life and his art, Guru Dutt’s mental state was not stable during the filming of “Kaagaz Ke Phool”. His home life was anything but peaceful. That affected a great deal his working style. He changed the script of the movie many many times while it was in full progress. “Kaagaz Ke Phool” almost was prophetic in the sense that it showed that death was a sort of release from all the suffering. The main character in the movie suffers that fate. It was a solitary end of a broken and abandoned man. This drama played out in Guru’s real life as well.

Heartbroken with the failure of the movie, Guru vowed never to direct another one again … What a pity …

I am uploading these songs in two back-to-back posts. The first post consists of all the songs from an original soundtrack album. The second post consists of several specials.

First post …



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Posted by: swarapriya Nov 9 2010, 11:03 AM

Concluding Songs from "Kaagaz ke Phool (1959)" ...

In this post I am including several specials. All specials deal with the same song, “Waqt Ne Kiya”. One of the songs has an introduction by RD. RD talks here fondly about how his dad used to work – sometimes in reverse order, like the way Bengali is spoken. This is per RD’s own words. The song is taken from the album “Legends: S.D. Burman (CD2)”. I am also including a version of the song sung by the great ghazal singer Jagjit Singh. This is taken from his album “Close to My Heart”. The third special has an introduction by Lata. This one is taken from her album “Lata’s Shraddhanjali-2”. Here Lataji talks about her friendship with Geetaji. Finally, the last special has an introduction by Pankaj Udhas where he talks about the greatness of Geetaji and the tyranny of time on her life. This one is taken from the album “Legends: Geeta Dutt – The Voice of Passion (CD4)”.

Here are these four specials …



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Posted by: swarapriya Nov 16 2010, 09:26 AM

Apna Haath Jagannath (1960)

Burmanda churned out one beautiful song after another almost his entire career. This album is case in point. The only difference here is that he was working with Kaifi Azmi saab who wrote its lyrics. After the unprecedented success they enjoyed together in collaborating with Guru Dutt's "Kaagaz ke Phool (1959)" it was inevitable they were to come together once again. In this album, they work their charm together to give us some beautiful songs. I am uploading these in two back-to-back posts.

Here is a description of the songs in the first set and the songs themselves ...


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Posted by: swarapriya Nov 16 2010, 09:34 AM

Concluding Songs from "Apna Haath Jagannath (1960)"...

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



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Posted by: abhijoy Nov 16 2010, 10:16 AM

excellent upload swarapriya......many many thanks.....

Posted by: swarapriya Nov 16 2010, 11:43 PM

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Posted by: swarapriya Nov 22 2010, 02:26 PM

Ek Ke Baad Ek (1960)

This movie was based on the family planning theme. It won the Maharashtra State Government Award for promoting the Plan. In spite the seriousness of the theme and a good musical score by ever so dependable Burmanda, movie was not a success.

Geetaji had a couple of beautiful duets in this movie. Her duet with Rafi Saab, a real beauty, reminds me of the great song from"Pyaasa (1957)", "Hum Aap Ki Aankhon Mein". But that was penned by Sahir Saab.

I am uploading all of the songs from this album in back-to-back two posts. The first post has all the songs from the film. The second post contains a few of the extended versions.

Here is the first set...



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Posted by: swarapriya Nov 22 2010, 02:31 PM

Concluding Songs from "Ek Ke Baad Ek (1960)"...

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


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Posted by: Viraj Padhye Nov 26 2010, 12:04 PM

Hi SP,

As per HFGK, lyrics of all the songs are by Kaifi Aazmi.

"Nazar milayi to" is not listed at all in either HFGK or Swarasha. Can we know source this song?

Viraj

Posted by: swarapriya Nov 28 2010, 04:02 AM

QUOTE(Viraj Padhye @ Nov 25 2010, 10:34 PM)

Posted by: surhall Nov 28 2010, 06:32 AM

sangeet ka sfar

what is Swarasha
Swarasha
This book by Vishwas Nerurkar and Prasad Sinkar is a must for every Asha Bhonsle
dhall


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Posted by: Viraj Padhye Nov 28 2010, 08:44 AM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Nov 28 2010, 04:02 AM)

QUOTE(Viraj Padhye @ Nov 25 2010, 10:34 PM)

Hi SP,

As per HFGK, lyrics of all the songs are by Kaifi Aazmi.

"Nazar milayi to" is not listed at all in either HFGK or Swarasha. Can we know source this song?

Viraj

Hello Viraj,

I have updated the tables to reflect your suggestion. Now for the source of the song you're referring to I couldn't tell. Sorry about that. These songs were collected way back when. Some came from CDs. The others came from the sites which sell MP3 songs. Lately I am not buying anything unless I find something I really want badly. Does the HFGK has cross-indexing that can tell where this song comes from? Probably asking too much here. By the way, what is Swarasha? I am not familiar with it. May be you can throw some light on it.

Thanks & Cheers,
S

Posted by: r&d Nov 28 2010, 09:49 AM

QUOTE(Viraj Padhye @ Nov 27 2010, 07:14 PM)

Posted by: swarapriya Nov 29 2010, 01:27 AM

QUOTE(surhall @ Nov 27 2010, 05:02 PM)

Posted by: swarapriya Nov 29 2010, 01:31 AM

QUOTE(r&d @ Nov 27 2010, 08:19 PM)

QUOTE(Viraj Padhye @ Nov 27 2010, 07:14 PM)

Hi SP,

Sadly, as mentioned above all the references that I have for this movie, no book even lists this song. Let's wait for some other experts of HF to comment on this. Just curious to know if this is from same movie or not. Once confirmed we can update our respective databases, if required. Dhallji has already explained what Swarasha is.

Viraj

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orio7VCwUK0

So basically it is the second part of "Aao Yaaron Aao Pyaro"
@ 2:16 you get the words "Din Pyar Ke .. Nazar Milayi Toh Duniya Se Darna Kya"

This just proves that most people here don't actually listen to the songs
they download.

Posted by: swarapriya Dec 7 2010, 12:45 PM

Razia Sultana (1961)

There are some nice songs in this album. Here they are...



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Posted by: aryanraj Dec 8 2010, 01:09 PM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Aug 20 2010, 11:33 PM)

Posted by: swarapriya Dec 9 2010, 05:29 AM

QUOTE(aryanraj @ Dec 7 2010, 11:39 PM)

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Aug 20 2010, 11:33 PM)

Hatimtai ki Beti (1956)

I have only four songs from this album, all thanks to the courtesy of the Forum members, that I am uploading here. I am missing songs shown in red italics in the table below. Requesting members to share these if they can. Thank you.

Here are the four songs I have ...

SP ji, I am really confused about numbers of songs, Music Director in Hatim Tai Ki Beti

have a look here

http://www.earthmusic.net/hindi-film-songs.php?movie=Hatim+Tai+Ki+Beti

Posted by: Exon Dec 9 2010, 06:43 AM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Dec 9 2010, 05:29 AM)

Posted by: swarapriya Dec 9 2010, 01:42 PM

QUOTE(Exon @ Dec 8 2010, 05:13 PM)

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Dec 9 2010, 05:29 AM)

Dear Aryan,

Thank you very much for the note.

The reference cited gives names of two music directors responsible for all the songs. However it omits information on many other songs. My information is from the songs originally uploaded in the Forum. Maybe someone with the Geet Kosh can amplify on this. Thanks.

Cheers,
Swarapriya

There were two Hatim Tai Ki Beti movies; 1940 and 1955.

Name of the film: Hatimtai Ki Beti Direction: N.B. Vakil (1940)
Production: Mohan Pics Music: Madhavlal & Bhagatram
Artiste 1: Indurani Artiste 2: Anil Kumar Artiste 3: Bibi Category : Action
Language: Hindi

Name of the film: Hatimtai Ki Beti Direction: N. Vakil (1955)
Production: Vakil Productions Music: A.R. Qureshi
Artiste 1: Chitra Artiste 2: Mahipal Artiste 3: Daljit Category : Fantasy
Language: Hindi

Hatim Tai Ki Beti (1955) song listing is available at the following link:
http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=76776&view=findpost&p=618308

Exon

Posted by: swarapriya Dec 16 2010, 07:07 AM

Shama (1961)

Here is another beautiful album from Ghulam Mohammad Saab whose last contribution to the film music world was the triumphant "Pakeezah" in 1972. This album has several beautiful numbers with the lovely voices of Suraiya and Suman Kalyanpur taking the center stage. I will upload these songs in three back-to-back posts.

The first post consists of five songs, all from different CD collections. The second post has seven songs, all contributed by the Forum members. The third post has some of the extended version songs from the album.

Here is a description of the songs from the first post and the songs themselves...



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Posted by: swarapriya Dec 16 2010, 07:17 AM

Songs of "Shama (1961)" Continued...

Here are the rest of the songs from this album, all courtesy of the Forum members. Thank you. Except for the part 2 of "Yaas Ke", all songs are of pretty good quality.

Here are the songs...



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Posted by: swarapriya Dec 16 2010, 07:24 AM

Concluding Songs from "Shama (1961)"...

In this post I am uploading three extended version songs. I am also uploading a fuller version of "Yaas Ke". This song contains two parts in it. The first part is the same as "Yaas Ke-1". The second part is identical to "Kitni Veeran". These two were uploaded in the previous post.

Here are these songs...



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Posted by: Viraj Padhye Dec 20 2010, 07:50 PM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Dec 16 2010, 07:24 AM)

Posted by: Pagal Manva Dec 21 2010, 10:23 AM

QUOTE(Viraj Padhye @ Dec 20 2010, 09:20 AM)

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Dec 16 2010, 07:24 AM)

Concluding Songs from "Shama (1961)"...

In this post I am uploading three extended version songs. I am also uploading a fuller version of "Yaas Ke". This song contains two parts in it. The first part is the same as "Yaas Ke-1". The second part is identical to "Kitni Veeran". These two were uploaded in the previous post.

Here are these songs...

Thanks SP.

There is one more song by Geeta in this movie "SHAGUFTAGI KA LATAFAT KA". Can anybody upload this?

Viraj

Posted by: swarapriya Dec 22 2010, 11:27 AM

QUOTE(Pagal Manva @ Dec 20 2010, 08:53 PM)

Posted by: swarapriya Dec 29 2010, 01:32 AM

Shola Aur Shabnam (1961)

Here is a beautiful album from Khayyam Saab. It has a couple of unforgettably lovely songs penned by Azmi Saab, "Jaane Kya" and "Pyaar ka Bandhan". While both are outstanding, I like especially Rafi Saab's solo. It is endearingly engrossing. Some magic in the divine voice of Rafi Saab that is to be cherished forever; touches deeply your heart.

I am posting these songs in back-to-back two posts. All songs are courtesy of the Forum members. Thank you. Here are the songs in the first post...



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Posted by: swarapriya Dec 29 2010, 01:39 AM

Concluding Songs from "Shola Aur Shabnam (1961)"...

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



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Posted by: HarshBhatt Dec 30 2010, 08:56 AM

Thanks for Shama songs Swarapriya

Posted by: swarapriya Dec 30 2010, 02:40 PM

QUOTE(HarshBhatt @ Dec 29 2010, 07:26 PM)

Posted by: swarapriya Jan 7 2011, 06:43 AM

Gyara Hazar Ladkiyan (1962)

This socially conscious movie which portrays the plight of working women was made by the renowned writer and director K.A. Abbas. I am uploading these songs in two back-to-back posts. The first post contains all songs from the album. The second post contains several extended version songs.

There are several beautiful songs in this album with Rafi Saab's solo and duet version of the songs "Dil Ki Tamanna" taking the top honors. Both of these songs are just absolutely beautiful to listen to. Rafi Saab's voice is so mesmerizingly sweet in both of these songs. You just get hopelessly drowned in the loveliness of this rich listening experience.

Now for the details of the songs in the first post and the songs themselves ...



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Posted by: swarapriya Jan 7 2011, 06:47 AM

Concluding Songs from "Gyara Hazar Ladkiyan (1962)"...

The following are some of the extended vesions of the songs from this fine album. A word of caution. The audibility of these songs is adequate but the tonal quality is nothing to write home about. With that caution, here are the songs ...



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Posted by: swarapriya Jan 18 2011, 07:07 AM

Nakli Nawab (1962)

Here is a fine album with several nice lyrics by Azmi Saab. I am uploading these songs in two back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post...



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Posted by: swarapriya Jan 18 2011, 07:13 AM

Concluding Songs from "Nakli Nawab (1962)"...

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



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Posted by: swarapriya Jan 26 2011, 05:46 AM

Haqeeqat (1964)

Many people believe that this was one of the great war movies ever made in India. Well, there were not that many war movies made in our country. Such a claim therefore will be a moot point. Chetan Anand, who made this movie based on the Indo-Sinese War of 1962, shows flashes of brilliance. But like with most of his movies he doesn't sustain the consistency that are hallmarks of great directors like Bimal Roy, Mehboob Khan, Raj Kapoor, Guru Dutt, and others.

The movie was laudable for its depiction of patriotism. But to me one of the great achievements was its music. Madan Mohanji was simply brilliant. Spearheaded by his staple singers like venerable Lata and Rafi Saab, and some of the greatest lyrics ever written for a film by Kaifi Azmi, the songs from this film are just riveting, reverberating with packed emotions and pangs of pathos the war brought on its soldiers and their families. Every song is a standout. We all know the combination of Lata and Mohan resulted in many gems. But in this movie, apart from their contributions, it is Rafi Saab who grabs your heart and doesn't let you go. When he sings "Ab Tumhaare" one is overwhelmed with love for ones country. Next when he sings "Main Yeh Soch Kar" one can feel the pangs of pain and suffering of leaving loved ones when someone is not sure of their returning back alive and when they ever hope to see them again.

I am posting these songs in two back-to-back posts. In the first post, I am uploading all the songs from the original sound track album. In the second post I am posting some specials.

Now for that promised rare treat served with the combination of various singers including Lata and Rafi Saab, Kaifi Azmi Saab and Madan Mohanji...



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Posted by: swarapriya Jan 26 2011, 05:54 AM

Concluding Songs from "Haqeeqat (1964)"...

I am including in this post three specials. The song "Hoke Majboor" with Manna Dey's introduction was taken from the album "The Legends: Talat Mahmood - The Silken Voice (CD5)". The other two songs are version songs sung by Anuradha Paudwal. These are from her 2-set CD "A Tribute to Madan Mohan".

Here are these songs...



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Posted by: swarapriya Jan 31 2011, 02:38 PM

Idd Ka Chand (1964)

I have only one song from this album I am uploading here. Requesting members to share the missing songs if they can. Thank you.

Here is the only song I have...



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Posted by: Debopriyo Jan 31 2011, 04:16 PM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Jan 31 2011, 02:38 PM)

Posted by: swarapriya Feb 8 2011, 01:50 AM

Kohraa (1964)

This is one of my favorite albums of Hemantda. In this every song is hummably delightful. On the top of this, lyrics by Azmi Saab enrich these songs. Soul stirring songs include the lovely "Jhoom Jhoom" by Lata, "O Beqaraar Dil", also by Lata, Hemantda's "Raah Bani", and the dual song "Yeh Nayan". This album is a feast for the music lovers.

I am uploading these songs in two back-to-back posts. In the first post I am including a full version of "Jhoom Jhoom". This songs combines the two separate parts. You don't need to download the full version if you download the two separate parts and vice versa. In the second post I am including a version song of "Yeh Nayan" by the ghazal maestro, Jagjit Singh.

Here are the songs from the first post...



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Posted by: swarapriya Feb 8 2011, 01:59 AM

Concluding Songs from "Kohraa (1964)"...

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



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Posted by: swarapriya Feb 18 2011, 12:32 PM

Main Suhagan Hoon (1964)

Here are songs from this album uploaded in two back-to-back posts. The first post contains all the songs from the album. The second post contains a couple of extended versions.

Songs in the first post...



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Posted by: swarapriya Feb 18 2011, 12:35 PM

Songs from "Main Suhagan Hoon (1964)" Continued...

Here are a couple of extended version songs from this album...





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Posted by: taiyab53 Feb 18 2011, 01:10 PM

[quote name='swarapriya' date='Feb 18 2011, 01:35 PM' post='687157'] Songs from "Main Suhagan Hoon (1964)" Continued...

Here are a couple of extended version songs from this album...


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Swarapriya

According to HFGK

there is one more song from MAIN SUHAGAN HOON sung by ashaji & sudha malhotra ji

HUM BHI ANJAAN SE TUM BHI THE ANJAAN SE-LYRICIST----AZIZ KASMIRI

aye dil machal machal ke yun--lata--lyricist----BUTA RAM SHARMA
here is the song

1964-main suhagan hoon-asha & sudha malhotra-lacchiram-hum bhi the anjaan se tum bhi-butaram sharma-3.02 mins-128 br
thanks

taiyab

Posted by: swarapriya Feb 18 2011, 01:23 PM

[quote name='taiyab53' date='Feb 17 2011, 11:40 PM' post='687163']
[quote name='swarapriya' date='Feb 18 2011, 01:35 PM' post='687157'] Songs from "Main Suhagan Hoon (1964)" Continued...

Here are a couple of extended version songs from this album...


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Swarapriya

According to HFGK

there is one more song from MAIN SUHAGAN HOON sung by ashaji & sudha malhotra ji

HUM BHI ANJAAN SE TUM BHI THE ANJAAN SE-LYRICIST----AZIZ KASMIRI

aye dil machal machal ke yun--lata--lyricist----BUTA RAM SHARMA
here is the song

1964-main suhagan hoon-asha & sudha malhotra-lacchiram-hum bhi the anjaan se tum bhi-butaram sharma-3.02 mins-128 br
thanks

taiyab
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Thank you very much for the song Taiyab. Cheers. -S

Posted by: swarapriya Feb 26 2011, 03:18 AM

Do Dil (1965)

Here are all the songs from this beautiful album...



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Posted by: swarapriya Feb 26 2011, 04:03 PM

Faraar (1965)

Here are the songs from this album...



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Posted by: swarapriya Mar 6 2011, 02:34 PM

Aakhri Khat (1966)

Songs from this album were uploaded in the "Rajesh Khanna" thread in this directory. These are still available at the following location...

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?showtopic=68328&st=443

Posted by: swarapriya Mar 15 2011, 10:54 AM

Anupama (1966)

This beautiful movie was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. He was a master of taking simple subjects and turning them into superb movies. There are several examples of this, like “Anari (1959)”, “Anand (1970)”, “Mili (1975)”, and host of others. This film, “Anupama”, is definitely belongs to such a group.

I will count this as one of Hrishida’s top movies. It is one of my favorites. The only way to describe this movie is to borrow its own title.

Sharmila Tagore, very sweet looking and stunningly beautiful, gave a smashing performance. From a father-fearing innocent woman to romance awakened lover to a rebellious spirited person, the whole gamut of spectrum of transformation was superbly performed by Sharmila.

Dharmendra gave one of his rare subdued performances. Not since Bimal Roy's "Bandini (1963)" that he displayed such a restrained performance. Too bad he did not act in more movies like this one. Instead he ended up as another he-man turned action hero with so many utterly forgettable movies.

Then there is Hemantda's superb music. There are only five songs in this movie. But each one of them sparkles like a gem. He is joined here with great lyrics penned by Kaifi Azmi. I have several favorites in this album, including Asha's lovely "Bheegi Bheegi Faza", Lata's sweet "Kuchh Dil Ne Kaha", and Hemantda's touching solo "Ya Dil Ki Suno".

Here are the details of the songs and the songs themselves...



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Posted by: swarapriya Mar 22 2011, 12:09 AM

Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi (1966)

Songs from this beautiful album where Kaifi Saab wrote the title song were uploaded in the "Muse & Music" thread recently and are available starting at the following location...

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?showtopic=77140&st=1688

Posted by: swarapriya Mar 28 2011, 01:52 AM

Dak Ghar (1966)

Unfortunately I don't have any songs from this film. I am requesting members to come forward and share any songs they may have. Many thanks.

Posted by: swarapriya Apr 4 2011, 02:16 AM

Uski Kahani (1966)

I have only one song from this film that I am uploading here. Requesting members to please share the missing songs. Thank you very much.

Here is the song, a beauty by Geetaji...



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Posted by: Exon Apr 4 2011, 03:56 AM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Apr 4 2011, 02:16 AM)

Posted by: swarapriya Apr 4 2011, 04:46 AM

QUOTE(Exon @ Apr 3 2011, 03:26 PM)

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Apr 4 2011, 02:16 AM)

Uski Kahani (1966)

I have only one song from this film that I am uploading here. Requesting members to please share the missing songs. Thank you very much.

Here is the song, a beauty by Geetaji...

SP,

Here is one more song.

Hemant Kumar:
tera hai jahaan saara apna magar tu nahin hai (6:02 \ 128)
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Exon

Posted by: smahesh Apr 4 2011, 08:53 AM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Mar 28 2011, 01:52 AM)

Posted by: swarapriya Apr 4 2011, 12:56 PM

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QUOTE(swarapriya @ Mar 28 2011, 01:52 AM)

Dak Ghar (1966)

Unfortunately I don't have any songs from this film. I am requesting members to come forward and share any songs they may have. Many thanks.

hi swarpriya,
daakghar songs are available on madanmohan's official website.here is the link-


http://www.madanmohan.in/html/tribute/events/daakghar.html


regards,
mahesh

Posted by: swarapriya Apr 11 2011, 03:20 AM

Ghar Ka Chiraag (1967)

Songs from this album were recently uploaded in the "Saat Saath" thread in this directory. They are available starting at the following location...

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?showtopic=84617&st=646

Posted by: meena Apr 12 2011, 09:44 PM

Kitni Veeraan Hai Sunsaan Hai Duniya Meri


Film : Shamma
Singer : Mohd.Rafi & Suman Kalyanpur
Music : Ghulam Mohammad
Lyrics : Kaifi Aazmi
Bit Rate : 128 Kbps
Duration : 3.20 mins

Posted by: swarapriya Apr 12 2011, 10:41 PM

QUOTE(meena @ Apr 12 2011, 09:14 AM)

Posted by: swarapriya Apr 18 2011, 01:07 AM

Naunihal (1967)

Here is another beautiful album from the combination of Madan Mohanji and Kaifi Azmi Saab...



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Posted by: swarapriya Apr 25 2011, 06:03 AM

Anokhi Raat (1968)

Here is an extremely beautiful album from Roshan Saab where every song is an utter delight. Azmi saab wrote only one song for this album. Rest of them were written by Indeewarji. I am also including with this post a version song of Rafi Saab's solo "Mile Na Phool Toh". This one is sung by Sonu Nigam. It is taken from his album "Never Forget Me - Mohd. Rafi".

Here are these lovely songs...



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Posted by: swarapriya May 1 2011, 11:34 PM

Saat Hindustani (1969)

This was the movie in which Amitabh made his acting debut. It was made by the great K.A. Abbas. Amitabh won the National Award as the Best Newcomer for his portrayal in the movie.

Unfortunately, I have only one song from this movie. I am hoping that other members can come forward to help share the missing songs shown in red italics in the table below.

Here is the one song I have ...



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Posted by: swarapriya May 9 2011, 07:10 AM

Baap Bahu Aur Beta (1969)

I don't have a single song from this album. I am requesting members to share songs from this album if they can. Thank you very much.

Posted by: swarapriya May 15 2011, 03:46 AM

Satyakam (1969)

Here are the songs from this album...



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Posted by: swarapriya May 21 2011, 01:00 PM

Dagabaaz (1970)

Azmi Saab penned lyrics for only one song in this album. Rest of them were written by B.D. Mishra. I am uploading these songs, all thanks to the courtesy of the Forum members...



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Posted by: swarapriya May 29 2011, 12:35 PM

Hamara Adhikar (1970)

Here are the songs from this film, all contributed by our members Deepakji and G. Nabeeji. My many thanks to both of them...



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Posted by: swarapriya Jun 4 2011, 03:58 AM

Heer Ranjha (1970)

This romantic tragedy was based on the work of Waris Shah written in 1766. It was a book of verses that was drenched with such a passion and has the insatiable romantic fervor as its main appeal. The story apparently was based on a true account of 16th century lovers and also part of Shah’s own love for a woman. The tragedy has been told many times over and again by several different authors (Ahmed Gujjar, D.D. Arora, and Mukbaz to name a few) but Shah’s work remains as an unsurpassed landmark of lyrical work and poetic intensity that is a testimonial of his literary achievement. Despite the critics categorizing it as a romantic tragedy or a mythical allegory or as an exercise in conventional morality it stood tall the test of time as a work of affectingly deep pathos of high romance.

This fabled story of the star crossed lovers has been a fascinating subject with film makers and cinegoers. It was made into a movie in 1929, 1931, and 1948, all before the partition. Later versions include those made in 1970 and 1992. It was also made in Punjabi in 2009. It was made at least once in Pakistan, in 1970. Some of these films worked and while others only fared average. But this 1970 version of Chetan Anand’s “Heer Ranjha” is unique in the sense that the entire film is done as a verse reflecting the original work of Shah. The film had no dialogues. All the verses and the songs in the film were written by the incomparable Kaifi Azmi. Azmi Saab’s verses replace the contrast between the tones, modulations, rhythms, and gestures of spoken words. Like Shah’s immortal work, this work by Azmi Saab and the experiment by Anandji have distinguished themselves as magnificent professional achievements.

I am uploading songs from this film in back-to-back two posts from an original soundtrack album. The second post also contains several specials. Now for a description of the songs in the first post and the songs themselves …



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Posted by: swarapriya Jun 4 2011, 04:11 AM

Concluding Songs from "Heer Ranjha (1970)"...

I am uploading in this post rest of the songs from this beautiful album and several specials. These include an audio clip from the album "Legends: Madan Mohan - The Instinctive Genius (CD 4)" with an introduction by Madan Mahanji. The other one is another audio clip with Maana Dey's introduction. It is from the album "Legends: Mohd. Rafi - The Virtuoso (CD5)". Finally, the third special is a version song by Anuradha Paudwal, "Do Dil Toote". This one is taken from the album "A Tribute to Madan Mohan".

Here are these specials and rest of the songs...



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Posted by: swarapriya Jun 12 2011, 12:52 PM

Maa Ka Aanchal (1970)

Here is another film with the combination of Azmi Saab and Mohanji. Their combination culminated in some great albums. This one is another beauty from them.

It appears like I may be missing the song shown in red italics in the table below. If indeed this is the case, and if you have the song, please kindly share it with rest of us. Thank you.

Now the songs form this another Lata-less album from Madan Mohanji...



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Posted by: swarapriya Jun 20 2011, 12:07 PM

Maharaja (1970)

Here are the songs from this album with the title music by the courtesy of the Forum member, Debopriyo. Thanks Debo...


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Posted by: swarapriya Jun 25 2011, 11:17 PM

Saat Phere (1970)

I have only two songs from this album that I am uploading here. Both of these are by the courtesy of the Forum members. Unfortunately quality of these songs in not that great. But they are worth the gold because Rafi Saab sang both of them. I am requesting members to share these and the rest of the missing songs, shown in red italics in the table below, if they can. Thank you.

Here are the two songs I have...



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Posted by: Debopriyo Jun 26 2011, 11:32 AM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Jun 25 2011, 11:17 PM)

Posted by: swarapriya Jun 26 2011, 11:55 AM

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QUOTE(swarapriya @ Jun 25 2011, 11:17 PM)

Saat Phere (1970)

I have only two songs from this album that I am uploading here. Both of these are by the courtesy of the Forum members. Unfortunately quality of these songs in not that great. But they are worth the gold because Rafi Saab sang both of them. I am requesting members to share these and the rest of the missing songs, shown in red italics in the table below, if they can. Thank you.

Here are the two songs I have...

album uploaded here ........
http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?showtopic=93685&hl=Saath+Phere

Posted by: Viraj Padhye Jun 26 2011, 04:24 PM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Jun 12 2011, 12:52 PM)

Posted by: swarapriya Jun 26 2011, 11:31 PM

QUOTE(Viraj Padhye @ Jun 26 2011, 03:54 AM)

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Jun 12 2011, 12:52 PM)

Maa Ka Aanchal (1970)

Here is another film with the combination of Azmi Saab and Mohanji. Their combination culminated in some great albums. This one is another beauty from them.

It appears like I may be missing the song shown in red italics in the table below. If indeed this is the case, and if you have the song, please kindly share it with rest of us. Thank you.

Now the songs form this another Lata-less album from Madan Mohanji...

Waqt meherbaan hain - Asha 128kbps.

Viraj

Posted by: swarapriya Jul 3 2011, 11:57 PM

Do Boond Pani (1971)

Jaidevji composed music for only a few films. But he left an indelible mark on everything he did. His music carried the torch lit by the great Burmanda for whom he was an assistant for a long time. This film, directed by the great K.A. Abbas, shows why Jaidevji was one of our great composers. Look who were some of his singers. Apart from Asha and Mukesh the other singers include Noor Jehan (not Madam, the Great Lady), Ambar Kumar, Shrikant Moghe, Lakshmi Shankar, Minoo Purshottam, and Parveen Sultana. The net result is great songs that sound refreshingly fresh in these unfamiliar voices.

Here is the caressingly lilting freshness for you...



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Posted by: swarapriya Jul 9 2011, 11:33 AM

Parwana (1971)

Amitabh for the first time in his professional career played a negative role as an obsessed lover who will go to any lengths, even to kill, in this film. Later he played a role of a villain in “Gehri Chaal” in 1973 and followed it with a few others. Azmi Saab wrote several good songs for this film tuned by Madan Mohanji. Even though most songs are very good, my favorite is Kishoreda’s stirring solo, “Simti Si”. Simply beautiful.

I am uploading these songs from an original soundtrack album in two back-to-back posts below. Here are the songs in the first post...




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Posted by: swarapriya Jul 9 2011, 11:39 AM

Concluding Songs from "Parwana (1971)"...

Here are the rest of the songs from this album including the beautiful "Simti Si"...



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Posted by: swarapriya Jul 19 2011, 01:40 AM

Saaz Aur Sanam (1971)

I am uploading songs from this film, most of them thanks to the courtesy pf our Forum members...



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Posted by: swarapriya Jul 25 2011, 11:08 AM

Bawarchi (1972)

This was a real nice film from Hrishida with an endearing performance by Rajesh in the title role. My favorite from these nice songs is the song "Tum Bin Jeevan". It was beautifully picturized. Mannada puts all his soul in singing an emotionally drenching song. An unforgettable lovely.

I am uploading these songs from an original soundtrack album below...


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Posted by: Pratul Jul 25 2011, 11:17 PM

Tum bin jeevan is really a masterpiece by Manna da. One other song I was reminded of was 'Poochho na kaise maine rain beetayi' from Meri Surat Teri Aankhen. There are numerous such renditions Manna da has blessed us with.

Posted by: swarapriya Jul 26 2011, 06:02 AM

QUOTE(Pratul @ Jul 25 2011, 10:47 AM)

Posted by: abhayp Jul 28 2011, 11:07 AM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Jul 25 2011, 11:08 AM)

Posted by: swarapriya Jul 28 2011, 09:44 PM

QUOTE(abhayp @ Jul 27 2011, 10:37 PM)

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Jul 25 2011, 11:08 AM)

Bawarchi (1972)

You might want to add one piece of information: the English part of the song "bhor aayii gayaa a.Ndhiyaaraa" is written by Harindranath Chattopadhyay.

Warm regards,
Abhay

Posted by: swarapriya Jul 31 2011, 11:19 PM

Mangetar (1972)

Here are the songs from this film from a rarely heard music director of Hindi films, Sudhir Sen...



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Posted by: HarshBhatt Aug 6 2011, 07:38 AM

Thanks for all your efforts

Posted by: swarapriya Aug 6 2011, 12:40 PM

QUOTE(HarshBhatt @ Aug 5 2011, 07:08 PM)

Posted by: swarapriya Aug 8 2011, 01:11 AM

Pakeezah (1972)

This movie was conceived around 1960 by Kamal Amrohi. He wanted to make a movie that ages will remember Meena Kumari, his actress-wife, as one of the greatest actresses ever. Amrohi Saab was a perfectionist, much like Asif of “Mughal-E-Azam” fame. He was behind everything in making of the movie; music, photography, sets, costumes, art, acting, editing, story, dialogues, lyrics, screenplay, and other areas.

As the color pictures started becoming vogue, Amrohi Saab scrapped the movie he was shooting because it was being done in black and white. After a few months of shooting, he scrapped the partly shot color film again. He felt that ordinary lenses could not do justice to the elaborate sets designed for his movie. He restarted shooting the film in cinemascope, which is a special lense.

Also, because Amrohi was into each and every detail in making the movie, the schedules slipped badly. Meena Kumari got busy and was not easily available. Then the relationship between Amrohi and Kumari soured and they were first separated and then eventually divorced. After the divorce, Meena Kumari refused to act in the movie. By 1968, Kamal Amrohi’s financial situation deteriorated. He was hoping to complete “Pakeezah”. Meena Kumari’s roles as an actress were also few by this time. She decided to resume shooting for the movie.

In between years, Ghulam Mohammad Saab, the music director of the film, passed away after composing several songs. Also, the original cameraman passed away. The movie was to resume with Dharmendra in the lead but Amrohi scrapped the idea as it was rumored that he was romantically involved with Kumari. Raaj Kumar was brought in. Naushadji was brought in to finish the musical score.

In the final version of the movie, only six songs of Ghulam Mohammad Saab were used. Naushadji composed three new songs as well as the title music. He also scored the background music which itself is considered to be a classical masterpiece. The songs composed by Ghulam Mohammad Saab that didn’t make into the film were released as a separate album years later as “Pakeezah Rang Barang”. It has nine separate tracks.

Apparently there were three songs which Naushadji composed that didn’t make the final cut. These were “Ban Ban Bole Koyaliya” by Parveen Sultana, “Mori Baali Umariya Mein” by Rajkumari, and “Ab Ke Na Jaa Bides”, also by Rajkumari. I don’t know whether these songs are available or not. If they are available, I am inviting members to share them if they can.

As a musical experience, this probably was the best one by Ghulam Mohammad Saab. He enjoyed only a limited success as a composer and as an occasional actor. He also worked as an assistant to Naushadji. Unfortunately, he didn’t live long enough to see the musical masterpiece he has created.

The movie, which is a milestone in the Hindi film industry, wasn’t honored with any noteworthy awards. It was nominated in few categories for Filmfare awards, but scraped up only one. It was nominated as the Best Picture and lost to the lousy film “Be-Imaan”. Kamal Amrohi lost to Sohanlal Kanwar as the Best Director. Kanwar directed “Be-Imaan”. Meena Kumari lost to Hema Malini as the Best Actress. Hema won for “Seeta Aur Geeta”. Ghulam Mohammad Saab was nominated for the Best Music Director Award but lost to Shankar & Jaikishan for “Be-Imaan”. Not something to be proud of by S&J, I am sure. The only Filmfare Award it won was the Filmfare Critics’ Award for N.B. Kulkarni in the Best Art Direction category. When Pran’s name was called as the Best Supporting Actor for “Be-Imaan”, he refused to accept his award saying that the snub by the Award Committee to Ghulam Mohammad Saab was too much to take.

There are more stories of recognitions bestowed on the undeserved like that happened in the year 1972. Unfortunately, it happens so routinely year after year, but this one takes the cake. I think the 1972 Filmfare Awards put many people to shame, including most of the winners.

I am uploading songs in five separate back-to-back posts. The first two posts are the ten songs from the film and a couple of specials. The third post contains some of the musical pieces from the film. The last two posts contain the songs from “Pakeezah Rang Barang”.

Here are details of the songs in the first post and the songs themselves. I am including a couple of specials in this post. One of them is the song "Chalte Chalte" with Lata's introduction. This is taken from her album "Lata in Her Own Voice-1". The other one is the song "Inhi Logo Ne". This one is a live recorded version. This is from the album "Lata Live in 1981-1".

Here are the songs in the first post…



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Posted by: swarapriya Aug 8 2011, 01:20 AM

Continuing Songs from "Pakeezah (1972)"...

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


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Posted by: swarapriya Aug 8 2011, 01:33 AM

Concluding Songs from "Pakeezah (1972)"...

If songs from the film "Pakeezah" were magnificent, so was its background music. It was scored by the great Naushad Ali Saab. I am presenting in this post some of the music clips from the film. I am also including here a male version of the song "Inhi Logon". I am not sure whose voice is this one. If someone can help identify it, I would appreciate it.

Here are the music clips and the song, all from a DVD...



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Posted by: swarapriya Aug 8 2011, 01:42 AM

Songs from "Pakeezah Rang Barang (1979)"

There were nine other songs that were composed by Ghulam Mohammad Saab that were not in the released version of "Pakeezah (1972)". In 1979, an album of these songs was released. It consists of nine songs. I will post these in this and the next post.

Here are the songs from this post...


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Posted by: swarapriya Aug 8 2011, 01:56 AM

Concluding Songs from "Pakeezah Rang Barang"...

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


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Posted by: swarapriya Aug 14 2011, 01:59 PM

Rivaaj (1971)

Here are the songs from this album...


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Posted by: ShankarJaikishanFan Aug 14 2011, 03:25 PM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Aug 14 2011, 01:59 PM)

Posted by: swarapriya Aug 14 2011, 10:20 PM

QUOTE(ShankarJaikishanFan @ Aug 14 2011, 02:55 AM)

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Aug 14 2011, 01:59 PM)

Rivaaj (1971)

Here are the songs from this album...

Thanks! Even though this wasn't a hit album there's some really great songs here!

Posted by: swarapriya Aug 22 2011, 04:18 AM

Shaayar-E-Kashmir Mahjoor (1972)

This movie was about Peerzada Ghulam Ahmad, better known as Mahjoor, a great poet from Kashmir. I am uploading most of the songs from this film, all thanks to a great friend and member of this Forum, Erum Rashmi, who is no longer with us. May God bless your soul, Erum. I am still missing a couple of songs sown in the table below in red italics. If you can, please kindly share. Thanks.

Here are the songs from this album...


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Posted by: capricornn Aug 27 2011, 05:30 AM

please share the following songs again:

bahu beti=dil tod bhi diya
sakhi hatim=ye aankhen
kagaz ke phool=hum tum jise kehta hai shadi
apna hath jagannath=ghanshyam ghamshyam (part2)
apna hath jagannath=dhole too aaj apne dil ke
ek ke baad ek=nazar milaaayi to duniya se
saat phere=sata ke mujhko

Posted by: swarapriya Aug 27 2011, 01:47 PM

QUOTE(capricornn @ Aug 26 2011, 05:00 PM)

Posted by: swarapriya Aug 28 2011, 01:14 PM

Sultana Daku (1972)

In 1956, Azmi Saab wrote lyrics for a song for a film of the same name, "Sultana Daku". Here he is, after 16 years, writing all the lyrics for a movie with the same title. I am uploading these songs, all thanks to the courtesy of the Forum members...


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Posted by: capricornn Aug 28 2011, 10:09 PM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Aug 27 2011, 01:47 PM)

QUOTE(capricornn @ Aug 26 2011, 05:00 PM)

please share the following songs again:

bahu beti=dil tod bhi diya
sakhi hatim=ye aankhen
kagaz ke phool=hum tum jise kehta hai shadi
apna hath jagannath=ghanshyam ghamshyam (part2)
apna hath jagannath=dhole too aaj apne dil ke
ek ke baad ek=nazar milaaayi to duniya se
saat phere=sata ke mujhko

Here you go (some of them are due to the courtesy of the Forum members)...

Posted by: capricornn Aug 28 2011, 10:15 PM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Aug 27 2011, 01:47 PM)

QUOTE(capricornn @ Aug 26 2011, 05:00 PM)

please share the following songs again:

bahu beti=dil tod bhi diya
sakhi hatim=ye aankhen
kagaz ke phool=hum tum jise kehta hai shadi
apna hath jagannath=ghanshyam ghamshyam (part2)
apna hath jagannath=dhole too aaj apne dil ke
ek ke baad ek=nazar milaaayi to duniya se
saat phere=sata ke mujhko

Here you go (some of them are due to the courtesy of the Forum members)...

Posted by: swarapriya Sep 5 2011, 12:28 AM

Alam Ara (1973)

"Alam Ara" of 1931 was the first ever Indian Talkie released. It became a sensational hit mainly because it was the first Indian film with sound. Nanubhai Vakil remade it in 1956 and later in 1973. The 1973 version had all the songs written by Kaifi Azmi Saab and they are absolutely great. Rafi Saab and Suman Kalyanpur lent their voices to the superb songs composed by Iqbal Qureshi Saab.

Here are these beautiful songs...


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Posted by: Sangeet Sep 5 2011, 01:00 AM

Posted by: capricornn Sep 6 2011, 01:03 PM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Sep 5 2011, 12:28 AM)

Posted by: swarapriya Sep 7 2011, 09:58 AM

QUOTE(capricornn @ Sep 6 2011, 12:33 AM)

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Sep 5 2011, 12:28 AM)

Alam Ara (1973)

"Alam Ara" of 1931 was the first ever Indian Talkie released. It became a sensational hit mainly because it was the first Indian film with sound. Nanubhai Vakil remade it in 1956 and later in 1973. The 1973 version had all the songs written by Kaifi Azmi Saab and they are absolutely great. Rafi Saab and Suman Kalyanpur lent their voices to the superb songs composed by Iqbal Qureshi Saab.

Here are these beautiful songs...

Thanks for sharing these songs, Swarapriyaji.
Bigdi Hui Bana De is from old Aalam Aara and not Kaifi..

Posted by: capricornn Sep 8 2011, 12:23 PM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Sep 7 2011, 09:58 AM)

QUOTE(capricornn @ Sep 6 2011, 12:33 AM)

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Sep 5 2011, 12:28 AM)

Alam Ara (1973)

"Alam Ara" of 1931 was the first ever Indian Talkie released. It became a sensational hit mainly because it was the first Indian film with sound. Nanubhai Vakil remade it in 1956 and later in 1973. The 1973 version had all the songs written by Kaifi Azmi Saab and they are absolutely great. Rafi Saab and Suman Kalyanpur lent their voices to the superb songs composed by Iqbal Qureshi Saab.

Here are these beautiful songs...

Thanks for sharing these songs, Swarapriyaji.
Bigdi Hui Bana De is from old Aalam Aara and not Kaifi..

Thank you very much Capricornn for pointing out the error. I modified the table indicating that this is the case and left the song intact because of the interest. By the way, do you have any other songs from this album that are not shared here? If so, please kindly do so. Thank you very much.

Cheers,
S

Posted by: swarapriya Sep 8 2011, 10:15 PM

QUOTE(capricornn @ Sep 7 2011, 11:53 PM)

Posted by: swarapriya Sep 12 2011, 01:57 AM

Garm Hava (1973)

The movie starts with a thought provoking verse “Takseen Hua Mulk Toh Dil Ho Gaye Tukde, Har Seene Mein Toofaan Wahaan Bhi Tha Yahaan Bhi” thus setting the stage for the independent India soon after partition. The movie ends with an equally poignant verse “Woh Door Se Toofaan Karte Hain Nazaara, Unn Ke Liye Toofaan Wahaan Bhi Hai Yahaan Bhi Hai”. In between these two scenes with verses, in 125 minutes, the film depicts the travails, self-doubts, divided loyalties, ambitions and aspirations of a Muslim family whose story is at once gripping and at the same time deeply touching.

M.S. Sathyu (Mysore Shrinivas Sathyu) (see the attached picture) who directed the movie is from Karnataka. He is a stage designer, an art director, and a movie director. His film repertoire is short but he is active in television and theatre. His work for Chetan Anand’s “Haqeeqat (1964)” won him a Filmfare Award as the Best Art Director.

Many believe that “Garm Hava” along with Shyam Benegal’s “Ankur”, also from 1973, started the so called art “parallel” cinema in Hindi. There is no denying that “Garm Hava” is a deeply touching and very affecting movie. It won the National Film Award and three Filmfare Awards. It was an official Oscar entry and was nominated for the Golden Palm Award at the Cannes Film Festival. The movie also won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature film on National Integration.

The movie was one of the finest works of Kaifi Azmi Saab. He co-wrote the story and screenplay for the movie. The co-writer Shama Zaidi is wife of Sathyu, the director of the film. Azmi Saab also wrote the dialogues and provided lyrics. For his outstanding effort, Kaifi Azmiji won three Filmfare Awards. One was for the Best Dialogues. The other was for the Best Screenplay. He shared this with Shama Zaidi. And the third one was for the Best Story. He shared this with the original writer, Ismat Chughtai, on whose short story this film was actually based.

The movie had initial problems getting a clearance because of the sensitivity of the subject it dealt with. Many members on the Censor Board felt that it even might incite riots. But Sathyu took the movie to have private screenings for many influential officials in Delhi and this finally did the trick. Interestingly the film was not only an artistic triumph but also did well at the box office.

Basically there was only one song, a qawwali, in the film. It appears in two parts in the movie. I am including this and various music clips from the film below. The source for this was a DVD.

Here are the songs and music clips from this film...



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Posted by: HarshBhatt Sep 13 2011, 11:38 AM

"Taqseem Hua Mulk To Dil Ho Gaye Tukde,
Har Seene Mein Toofan Wahan Bhi Tha, Yahan Bhi,

Har Ghar Mein Chita Jalti Thi, Lehra Te Thhey Sholay,
Har Shehar Mein Shamshaan Wahan Bhi Tha, Yahan Bhi,

Geeta Ki Koi Sunta, Na Quran Ki Sunta,
Hairaan Tha Imaan, Wahan Bhi Tha, Yahan Bhi"

Narrated by Kaifi Azmi


Thanks Swarapriya, where did you get the DVD?

Posted by: swarapriya Sep 13 2011, 12:11 PM

QUOTE(HarshBhatt @ Sep 12 2011, 11:08 PM)

Posted by: capricornn Sep 14 2011, 12:42 AM

thanks for sharing garam hawa, swarapriyaji.

Posted by: swarapriya Sep 14 2011, 03:28 AM

QUOTE(capricornn @ Sep 13 2011, 12:12 PM)

Posted by: swarapriya Sep 19 2011, 12:33 AM

Hanste Zakhm (1973)

Here is another price of brilliant work by Madan Mohan Saab and Kaifi Azmiji. I am uploading these songs in two back-to-back posts. The first post contains all of the songs from the film. The second post contains several specials.

Here are the songs in the first post...



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Posted by: swarapriya Sep 19 2011, 12:41 AM

Concluding Songs from "Hanste Zakhm (1973)"...

I am including in this post some specials. Details are given in the table below. Here are these songs...



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Posted by: swarapriya Sep 26 2011, 04:34 AM

Hindustan Ki Kasam (1973)

Here is another winner from the combination of Kaifi Azmi Saab and Madan Mohanji...



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Posted by: swarapriya Oct 3 2011, 12:09 AM

Naina (1973)

Azmi Saab wrote lyrics for only one song, "Hone Lagi Hai Raat", for this film. I am uploading this and other songs from this album in two back-to-back posts. The first post contains all the songs from an original soundtrack album. The second post contains songs from a DVD that are missing on the CD.

Here are the songs in the first post...



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Posted by: swarapriya Oct 3 2011, 12:17 AM

Concluding Songs from "Naina (1973)"...

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



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Posted by: swarapriya Oct 9 2011, 11:20 PM

Asliyat (1974)

I don't have any songs from this album. If you can, please kindly share. Thanks.

Posted by: Exon Oct 10 2011, 02:45 AM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Oct 9 2011, 11:20 PM)

Posted by: swarapriya Oct 10 2011, 06:51 AM

QUOTE(Exon @ Oct 9 2011, 02:15 PM)

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Oct 9 2011, 11:20 PM)

Asliyat (1974)

I don't have any songs from this album. If you can, please kindly share. Thanks.

SP,

Here are two songs; audios originated from HF member.

Asha Bhosle, chorus:
armaan se khelte hain, toofan se khelte hain,
hum diwaane, hum parwaane, nikhle hain leke jalti jawaaniyan (4:11 \ 128)
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Krishna Kalle, Mahendra Kapoor, chorus:
jhoome baali dhaan ki, jeet huyi hai kisaan ki (5:38 \ 128)
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Exon

Posted by: swarapriya Oct 17 2011, 05:12 AM

Faslah (1974)

Here is an instance where Dad Azmi Saab wrote lyrics for the daughter Shabana. These songs composed by Jaidevji are absolutely beautiful. Here they are...



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Posted by: swarapriya Oct 24 2011, 12:35 AM

Sankalp (1974)

I have only three songs from this album that I am uploading here. If there are more, please kindly share. Thank you.

Listen to the song "Tu Hi Saagar". An absolute beauty. Sulakshana Pandit, who sang this song, won a Filmfare Award as the Best Female Singer for this song. Here is this and the other two songs I have...



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Posted by: swarapriya Oct 31 2011, 12:49 AM

Manthan (1976)

“Manthan”, co-written by its director Shyam Benegal, had the unique distinction of financed by 500,000 dairy farmers of Gujarat. They each contributed two Rupees to make sure that the movie was made. It deals with the politics of change in a small rural area in the state of Gujarat where all the fortunes of the village are controlled by the landlord of the village or the sarpanch of the village. The movie won just about every major award there was nationally. It won the National Award for the Best Feature Film in Hindi. Vijay Tendulkar won the National Award for the Best Screenplay. Preeti Sagar won the Best Female Singer Award from Filmfare. It was also an official entry for Oscars in the category of the Best Foreign Language film.

Kaifi Azmi Saab wrote dialogues for the film. It was photographed by Govinda Nihalani, another brilliant director himself (of “Aakrosh (1980)” and “Ardh Satya (1983)” fame). There is only one song in the film. It was sung by Preeti Sagar. It was written by her sister Neeti Sagar. The song appeared in pieces throughout the movie, five times. It appeared during the titles and during the ending and in between three times. Preeti Sagar, who sang the song, was just sensational. The song has a heavy bent on Gujarati folk tunes and gives you that wonderful feeling listening to it. It is a pity that Ms Sagar never got her proper due. She (see the attached picture below) shot to fame in “Julie (1977)” with the English song “My Heart is Beating”. After that quick success, unfortunately she had only limited opportunities to sing in the films. She was one of Benegal’s favorites. She sang for at least five of his films (“Nishant (1975)”, “Manthan (1976)”, “Bhoomika (1977)”, “Kalyug (1981)”, and “Mandi (1983)”). She is currently focused on children’s education and entertainment.

By the way, the song “Mhaaro Gaaon” became a commercial theme song for the “Amul” Corporation as an advertisement for their butter. They even championed the film to make sure that “Manthan” got enough exposure among public.

Most of the songs I am uploading here are from a DVD. The audio quality of the songs was iffy but still passable. I am uploading a more “complete” version of the song “Mhaaro Gaaon” from a CD. I am also uploading a private rendering of the same song. Descriptions of these are given in the table below. These uploads also include several musical clips.

Here are the songs…


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Posted by: swarapriya Nov 7 2011, 02:11 AM

Dhoop Chhaon (1977)

I am uploading songs from this album below. It appears like I may be missing the song shown in red italics in the table below. If indeed this is the case, please kindly share if you can. Thanks.

Here are the songs I have...


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Posted by: swarapriya Nov 14 2011, 02:58 AM

Dil Aur Patthar (1977)

I have only one song from this film that I am uploading here. The missing songs are shown in red italics in the table below. If you can, please kindly share them. Thank you.

Here is the song I have...



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Posted by: swarapriya Nov 21 2011, 12:41 AM

Kanneshwar Rama (1977)

This unusual sounding title of a film has a couple of, well, very unusual but heart warming songs with singers I haven't heard from before. Here are these from the film that starred Shabana with the lyrics written by her esteemed father, Kaifi Saab...



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Posted by: kishor Nov 22 2011, 10:02 PM

Swarapriya,

Balappa hukkeri was a great folk singer of North Karnataka. Known for the songs which covers the life and styles of Farmers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuG12u1MuuQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtmMcTAfixE


Two of his all time best songs.. These songs were very common on AIR Karnataka when we were kids..

Kishor

Posted by: swarapriya Nov 23 2011, 05:32 AM

QUOTE(kishor @ Nov 22 2011, 08:32 AM)

Posted by: swarapriya Nov 28 2011, 01:49 PM

Ooparwala Jane (1977)

Here are the songs from this fine album...



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Posted by: swarapriya Dec 5 2011, 02:44 AM

Sahib Bahadur (1977)

The man who symbolized undying enthusiasm for life is no more among us. Dev Anand, synonymous with bundle of energy, finally succumbed to the unavoidable death. But his work he left behind us will stay forever with us. May his soul rest in peace...

This movie was made by Dev's older brother Chetanji. More and more I think about some of the movies he made, I can't help but reassess his abilities as a great director. Take this movie for example. He assembled a whole bunch of fine character actors. Then he cast his own wife, who is expressionless most of the time and can hardly act, in the lead opposite his brother Dev. Then he made a picture that was neither serious in approach to the subject nor funny in the situations he created instead of the buffoonery of several actors. Its absurdity was simply pathetic to watch. The only saving grace of the movie was its beautiful music by Madan Mohanji. As usual he delivered it again here.

Chetan Saab made this movie in 1950 as "Afsar" with Dev and his heartthrob during those years, Suraiya. The real life romance of the two generated enough chemistry that spelled the movie to be a modest success. Of course it boasted several beautiful songs by Suraiya and others composed by the great Burmanda. But this lame remake was a downer in a big way.

I am uploading the songs and some musical clips from the picture in two back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post...



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Posted by: swarapriya Dec 5 2011, 02:51 AM

Concluding Songs from "Sahib Bahadur (1977)"...

I am including in this post several music clips from the film. Also, I am including the humming of the tune for the song "Mushkil Hai" by Madan Mohanji himself. Particulars of these are given in the table below.

Here are these clips...



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Posted by: abhijoy Dec 6 2011, 08:49 AM

swarapriya,

"rahi tha main awara" song have one small part in movie....can u pls upload that part...its a slow version....

Posted by: swarapriya Dec 6 2011, 12:52 PM

QUOTE(abhijoy @ Dec 5 2011, 07:19 PM)

Posted by: abhijoy Dec 6 2011, 06:42 PM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Dec 6 2011, 12:52 PM)

QUOTE(abhijoy @ Dec 5 2011, 07:19 PM)

swarapriya,

"rahi tha main awara" song have one small part in movie....can u pls upload that part...its a slow version....

Here is the song Gargi. I had it but decided against uploading because I didn't think it was any slower than the complete version. Anyway, here it is...

Posted by: swarapriya Dec 12 2011, 05:05 AM

Shankar Hussain (1977)

Here is another great album from Khayyam Saab. There are several beautiful songs in this film. Lataji's both solos are just outstanding. But the standout song from the album is Rafi Saab's probably the most melodious romantic songs ever, written beautifully by Kamal Amrohi Saab, "Kahin Ek Masoom Nazuk Si Ladki". This is one great rendition. You feel like kissing the supremely sweet voice of Rafi Saab. Just love it...

I am uploading these songs in two back-to-back posts. The first post contains all the songs from an original soundtrack album. The second post contains rest of the songs and several extended version songs. These were contributed by the members of this Forum. Thank you. But please be warned that the quality of some of these songs is very poor. I am including them here for completeness sake.

Here are the songs in the first post...


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Posted by: swarapriya Dec 12 2011, 05:14 AM

Concluding Songs from "Shankar Hussain (1977)"...

Here are the rest of the songs from this album. These are all thanks to the courtesy of the Forum members. Please be warned that the quality of some of these songs is very poor, especially "Chalke" and "Ran". Other songs, including extended versions, fare much better. The longer version of "Kahin Ek" is the same as the two parts of this song combined.

Here are these songs...


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Posted by: swarapriya Dec 19 2011, 06:50 AM

Toote Khilone (1978)

This movie was directed by Chetan Anand's son Ketan Anand. It starred among others Shekar Kapur in the lead. Kapur is related to Anands and is a noted director himself. I haven't seen this movie but its music by Bappi Lahiri is outstanding. Most of the songs are good but three are real standouts. These are the solos by Lataji, Yesudas, and Kishoreda. Here are these and other songs from this album...


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Posted by: swarapriya Dec 26 2011, 05:04 AM

Inspector Eagle (1979)

Here are the songs from this album, all thanks to the courtesy of the Forum members...



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Posted by: swarapriya Jan 2 2012, 02:54 AM

Shaitan Mujrim (1980)

Here are the songs from this album...



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Posted by: swarapriya Jan 13 2012, 11:34 PM

Kanoon Aur Mujrim (1981)

Azmi Saab wrote only one song for this film but what a song it is. Beautiful lyrics. Superbly sung by Usha Mangeshkar and Suresh Wadkar. Here is this song "Shaam Rangeen Hui" and others from this album...



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Posted by: swarapriya Jan 19 2012, 02:51 AM

Arth (1982)

Mahesh Bhatt made several good movies before he decided to quit directing films. This movie, "Arth", came early in his career and it is one of the great ones. Bhatt wrote the story, co-wrote the screenplay, produced the film and directed it as well. Apparently it was based partly on his own life when he was involved with the late actress Parveen Babi. Smita Patil played Babi’s role in the film. But the movie belonged to Shabana Azmi all the way. She portrayed the wife of the director husband played by Kharbanda. One day she finds herself facing the truth that her husband loves someone else and she has no one else to look after her wellbeing except dig deep into herself to establish her own identity. Shabana was simply brilliant as the suffering wife who was willing to face her new life on her own terms.

The movie won several awards and rightfully so. Shabana won the Filmfare Award as the Best Actress. She also won the National Award as the Best Actress for her brilliant portrayal. Rohini Hattangadi, a BAFTA winner for her role in Attenborough's "Gandhi (1982)", won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. Mahesh Bhatt won the Filmfare Award for the Best Screenplay.

The songs of this movie, composed by Chitra Singh and the late Jagjit Singh, are simply superb. The original soundtrack album has five songs but in the actual film, there were only three songs, all written by Kaifi Azmi Saab and all sung by Jagjitji. I am uploading all the songs in two back-to-back posts. The first post contains songs from the original soundtrack album plus the title music from a DVD. The second post contains some specials.

Here are the songs in the first post...


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Posted by: swarapriya Jan 19 2012, 03:09 AM

Concluding Songs from "Arth (1982)"...

In this post I am including two separate but full versions of the song "Tere Khushboo". Both of these are from live concerts. One has introductions by Jagjit Singhji about rest of the members of his orchestra. I am also including an instrumental version of "Tum Itna". This one is by Brian Silas who played this tune on a piano.

Here are these songs...



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Posted by: swarapriya Jan 24 2012, 05:17 AM

Lakshmi (1982)

Kaifi Azmi Saab wrote one song for this film. All of the songs from this album were recently uploaded in the "Sahir & Shairi" thread in this directory. These are available starting at the following location...

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?showtopic=87018&st=260&gopid=699545&#entry699545

Posted by: swarapriya Jan 31 2012, 12:08 AM

Razia Sultan (1982)

Songs from this album were recently uploaded in the "Muse & Music" thread in this directory. They are available starting at the following location...

https://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?showtopic=77140&st=2370

Posted by: Sangeet Jan 31 2012, 06:37 AM

Posted by: swarapriya Jan 31 2012, 11:05 AM

QUOTE(Sangeet @ Jan 30 2012, 05:07 PM)

Posted by: swarapriya Feb 6 2012, 10:02 AM

Suraag (1982)

Songs from this album were recently uploaded in the "Muse & Music" thread in this directory. These are available starting at the following location...

https://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?showtopic=77140&st=2325

Posted by: swarapriya Feb 13 2012, 04:44 AM

Yeh Nazdeekiyan (1982)

Pandit Raghunath Seth did not give music to too many films. But he is a world renowned classical exponent of Hindustani music. His medium is the bamboo flute. In 1994, he received the coveted Sangeet Natak Academy Award. See his picture in the attached photograph below. He is to the right playing the bansuri. Music of this film by Sethji is simply superb.

Vinod Pande produced, acted, wrote lyrics for three songs, and directed this film. See his picture in the attached photograph below. He is to the left in the picture. Pande, a controversial genius, has been associated with several thought provoking movies like "Ek Baar Phir (1979)", "Ek Naya Rishta (1988)", "Sach (1989)", "Sins (2005) (in English)", and others. In professional capacity, he edited films, wrote stories, screenplays, and dialogues as well. Interestingly, this film almost is identical in its central theme to another movie released this same year, "Arth" which also had Shabana in the lead.

There are several good songs in this film. Especially songs by Aziz, Bhupinder, Anuradha ("Maine Ek Geet"), and Asha (the title song) are treats to listen to. The standout song of the album is the unforgettable solo by Talat Aziz, "Aawaaragi Hamaari" with rich lyrics by Pande Saab.

Here are the songs from this beautiful album...



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Posted by: swarapriya Feb 19 2012, 10:01 PM

Bhavna (1984)

This movie revolved around a woman who will go to the extent of killing her best friend’s abusive husband and even her own philandering husband to protect her only sole possession, love for her son. The woman’s role was magnificently portrayed by one of our great actresses, Shabana Azmi. She was stunning transforming from a simple soul looking for a happy life but who has to endure travesties by suffering at the mercy of the men she trusted. The movie deals mainly with three men, all despicable in their scornful attitude towards women. The woman played by Shabana eventually triumphs dealing with these men in her own way. My big complaint about this film is that, according to its proceedings, there are no good men in this world.

Shabana was in almost every frame of the movie. She won the Filmfare Award as the Best Actress for her performance. Apart from Shabana’s memorable performance, another noteworthy feature of the film was its music. Bappi Lahiri, who has been one of our most prolific composers, goes with the subject matter here giving some of the best music of his career. Here he was working with another great one, Kaifi Azmi, as the lyricist. All three solos and the duet by Chitra Singh and the late great Jagjit Singh are simply outstanding.

The movie was produced by the late Guru Dutt’s younger brother Devi Dutt who dedicated it to Guru and Geetaji. Here are the beautiful songs from this film…



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Posted by: swarapriya Feb 27 2012, 01:26 AM

Hum Rahe Na Hum (1984)

This film was produced by Vijay Anand who also was in the film. It was directed by his nephew, Ketan Anand, son of his older brother Chetan Anand. Bappida gave the music, once again working with Kaifi Saab.

Here are the songs from this film...


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Posted by: swarapriya Mar 4 2012, 10:15 PM

Kahaan Tak Aasmaan Hai (1984)

Here is a beautiful album by Raghunath Sethji with several excellent songs in it. Azmi Saab is in top form here with great lyrics. This time Bhupinder and Asha were singing most of the songs. There are several haunting songs especially all three in which Bhupinder sings. Here is all the goodness...


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Posted by: Sangeet Mar 4 2012, 11:52 PM

Posted by: swarapriya Mar 5 2012, 12:57 AM

QUOTE(Sangeet @ Mar 4 2012, 10:22 AM)

Posted by: swarapriya Mar 12 2012, 12:19 AM

Ek Pal (1986)

Songs from this fine album were uploaded recently in the "Yeh Gul(zar)istan Hamara" thread in this directory. These are available starting at the following location...

https://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?showtopic=86134&st=178

Posted by: swarapriya Mar 18 2012, 10:54 PM

Shart (1986)

Here are the songs from this album. Please note that the title music I am posting here is part of Yesudas's song "Zindagi-1".

Now for the songs...



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Posted by: HarshBhatt Mar 21 2012, 08:46 AM

Thanks Swarapriya

Posted by: swarapriya Mar 21 2012, 11:48 AM

QUOTE(HarshBhatt @ Mar 20 2012, 08:16 PM)

Posted by: swarapriya Mar 25 2012, 11:43 PM

Main Azaad Hoon (1989)

The following write up appeared in one of my earlier postings...

Unfortunately this is one of the lesser known works of Amitabh. It came at a time when his fortunes were down and audience paid little attention to it. In spite of a brilliant performance by Amitabh who was ably supported by Shabana, the movie was a box-office failure.

Tinnu Anand, who earlier made "Kaalia (1981)" and "Shahenshah (1988)" with Amitabh, directed this film. It so happens that this movie, even though it was a very good one, was not an original. It was almost a direct lift from Frank Capra's unforgettable classic, the 1941 Hollywood film, "Meet John Doe". That starred Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck whose roles were respectively reprised by Amitabh and Shabana in Hindi. I think performances of the principal actors were far better in Hindi than their English counterparts.

There is only one song in this movie, parts of which appear throughout the movie. It was written by Kaifi Azmi Saab and was sung by Amitabh himself. I am uploading this song, all five parts of it, and several music clips ripped from a DVD. Here are these...


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Posted by: swarapriya Apr 1 2012, 11:50 PM

Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro (1989)

The story revolves around a poor petty thief named Salim growing up in the streets of Mumbai with the fear of communal conflicts providing the background arising from the Hindutva mobilization of 1980's. The low life the movie depicts is simply appalling and you have all your sympathies hoping things will turn for better for the central figure Salim in the film. The film was shot completely in the streets of Dongri, Do Tanki, Nagpada, and Bachoo-Ki-Wadi in Mumbai giving it a gloomy picture of the lives of the people there and eventuality that awaits for most. In 100 minutes the movie at times gripping and often thought provoking leaves in the end one unsatisfied as it evokes more questions than the answers it provides. I guess there are no easy answers for these problems. Probably no answers...

Azmi Saab seems to be specialized in writing a song or two for these kinds of films. He wrote two songs for the film. One of them seems to be incomplete. I am uploading these and a couple of music clips from a DVD. Here are these...



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Posted by: swarapriya Apr 8 2012, 11:00 PM

Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayee (1993)

Here is one outstandingly beautiful album from the music director Anu Malik. Every song is simply wonderful. They grab your heart and linger for a long time because of their rich lyrics and lilting music. I just love this album and am never tired of listening to these songs over and over again.

Mahesh Bhatt directed this movie apparently based on his own love affair with the late actress Parveen Babi. He made a film about their affair in 1982, "Arth", which was simply outstanding. But that boasted fine performances from two of our most consummate actresses, Shabana Azmi and Smita Patil. In this film he has his own daughter Pooja Bhatt playing the lead and there is also Pooja Bedi.

With so many good songs in this rich album, I have to single out two of them. These are the songs "Dil Mein Sanam" and "Shaairaana Si Hai". Both are just unforgettable and simply outstanding.

I am uploading songs from this album in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs...



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Posted by: swarapriya Apr 8 2012, 11:18 PM

Concluding Songs from "Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayee (1993)"...

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



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Posted by: HarshBhatt Apr 9 2012, 04:42 AM

Thanks for Shart songs

Posted by: swarapriya Apr 9 2012, 11:32 PM

QUOTE(HarshBhatt @ Apr 8 2012, 04:12 PM)

Posted by: swarapriya Apr 16 2012, 12:16 AM

Chand Grahan (1997)

This movie started in 1973 by Ramesh Khosla who then ran into several problems. Jaidevji scored four songs for it featuring two by Lataji and two by Mukeshji. All these songs were penned by Kaifi Azmi Saab. But the movie got delayed and was eventually shelved as one by one people who were associated with this production passed away. These included Khosla, Jaidev, Mukesh and Azmi.

Twenty-four years later, in 1997, Khosla’s son Robin decided to revive the project. He had another song recorded by Ashaji. Lyrics for the song were penned by Rajesh Johri and the music was composed by Santosh Nair. But Robin Khosla also ran into difficulties of raising finances to finish the project and finally decided to abandon it. I am not 100% sure of this but later apparently songs were used for some television project.

So the film was never released. Like its title it was doomed from the beginning and suffered occultation. But thank God for those who decided to release this music as a CD album. It is simply a marvelous piece of work by everyone involved.

Here are the songs from this beauty…


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Posted by: abhayp Apr 16 2012, 05:26 PM

Swarapriya, thank you for uploading the "Chand Grahan" songs. I had only a low-res version of "mai.n jaanuu.N naahii" and was looking for a better version - yet again, the need that was met by one of your uploads! I have lost track of the number of times this has happened - thank you again for each one of them!

A small nitpick: the female singer in "tumhii.n ne dil ko dil samajhaa nahii.n hai" comes in only for a few seconds of humming at the very end of the song; putting her name first in the singer credits doesn't reflect the fact that, for all practical purposes, it is a Mukesh solo. Also, putting her name up front might lead people to believe that the singer is our beloved malikaa-e-tarannum!

Warm regards,
Abhay

Posted by: swarapriya Apr 16 2012, 10:09 PM

QUOTE(abhayp @ Apr 16 2012, 04:56 AM)

Posted by: swarapriya Apr 22 2012, 10:58 PM

Naseem - The Morning Breeze (1995)

This award winning movie starred Kaifi Azmi. It was based on the communal tensions between the Hindus and Muslims during the period of December 1991 and December 1992. The story revolves around the bringing down of the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992 and its effect on a Muslim family. Azmi Saab played the role of the grandfather and the other main character is that of the granddaughter Naseem played by Mayuri Kango.

I have been looking around to get a DVD or VCD of this film. It just isn't available. Searching on the Internet, I found a video clip from the movie. It is about 3 minutes long.

I am not sure whether there are any songs in this movie. If so, I don't have any to upload. If there are any, please kindly share. Thank you.



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Posted by: swarapriya Apr 30 2012, 01:20 AM

Tamanna (1997)

This is another very fine album from Anu Malik. Mahesh Bhatt, who made several good films to his credit, always had good songs in his films. Even though he is no longer directing, the films he is making even today have this tradition going.

This film was produced by Bhatt's actress-daughter, Pooja. Even though the songs in this film are not in the same caliber as their previous effort "Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayee (1993)", still you will find that there several good songs in this album as well. I am uploading these songs from an original soundtrack album in two back-to-back posts.

Here is the first set of songs...


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Posted by: swarapriya Apr 30 2012, 01:36 AM

Concluding Songs from "Tamanna (1997)"...

Here are the rest of the songs from one of the finer efforts of Anu Malik...



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Posted by: swarapriya May 6 2012, 10:50 PM

Such a Long Journey (1998)...

This is the last film in this thread we will be dealing with. This thread started nearly 22 months back and yet it doesn’t seem like a long journey. It was the idea seeded in my mind by a friend whom I never met and one of our favorite members of this Hamara Forum Family, late Erum Hashmi, that prompted me to start this thread. I dedicated this thread in her memory at that time. My many heartfelt thanks to her for this.

In this nearly two year period we covered over 90 plus films of the poet extraordinaire, Azmi Saab. In reality, in this last film, it is in English; Azmi Saab didn’t provide any lyrics. In the movie apparently there was a mention of several films and lyricists. Azmi Saab was one of them.

The movie was based on a novel of the same name written by Rohinton Mistry. The book won several prestigious awards. It was translated into many languages. It was used for study of literature at Mumbai University. But Shiv Sena’s leader Bal Thackeray crusaded and finally was able to remove it from the syllabus as he felt that several passages in the book were derogatory to Maharashtrians.

Critics were divided about the end product. Some thought it was a great film experience and others thought it was a bit disappointing. A New York Times critic called that “…the film that might be devastating and unforgettable is merely touching…”. Another critic described it as “…a chunky mess that looks like an impressionist’s painting and smells like pee…”. On the other side, the noted film critic of Chicago Tribune Roger Ebert had high praise. He wrote that the “film so rich in atmosphere it makes Western films look pale and under populated. It combines politics, religion, illness and scheming in the story of one family in upheaval, and is very serious and always amusing.” In the end he satisfyingly concluded that “…it suggests a society that has more poverty than ours, but is not necessarily poorer, because it has a richer texture of daily life…”.


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Posted by: swarapriya Jul 6 2012, 03:13 AM

Dak Ghar (1966)

Children's Film Society produced this one hour drama based on Rabindranath Tagore's short story "Dak Ghar". It tells the story of a day in the life of an ailing boy from the time he wakes up to the time he goes back into deep sleep by the night time. The one-hour drama the way it was shot is like series of beautiful paintings. To complement this Madan Mohanji composed beautiful music, songs as well as the background. Kaifi Azmi Saab wrote dialogues and the lyrics for the songs.

I am posting these songs from a DVD I just stumbled in to, thanks a million to a friend of mine. The tracks are a bit noisy but still they are not that bad. I wasn't sure of some of the singers' names. If you can identify, please kindly share.

Here is the melodious music from this beautiful album...



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Posted by: surhall Jul 6 2012, 09:44 PM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Jul 6 2012, 03:13 AM)

Posted by: Viraj Padhye Jul 6 2012, 10:03 PM

Great upload SP:). Thanks.

Viraj

Posted by: swarapriya Jul 7 2012, 02:02 AM

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Posted by: swarapriya Jul 7 2012, 02:03 AM

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Posted by: Achyntu Jul 19 2012, 01:52 AM

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Posted by: swarapriya Jul 19 2012, 04:09 AM

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Ek Ke Baad Ek (1960)

This movie was based on the family planning theme. It won the Maharashtra State Government Award for promoting the Plan. In spite the seriousness of the theme and a good musical score by ever so dependable Burmanda, movie was not a success.

Geetaji had a couple of beautiful duets in this movie. Her duet with Rafi Saab, a real beauty, reminds me of the great song from"Pyaasa (1957)", "Hum Aap Ki Aankhon Mein". But that was penned by Sahir Saab.

I am uploading all of the songs from this album in back-to-back two posts. The first post has all the songs from the film. The second post contains a few of the extended versions.

Here is the first set...

Request to re-upload this wonderful album. Thank you!

Posted by: Achyntu Jul 19 2012, 07:20 PM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Jul 19 2012, 04:09 AM)

QUOTE(Achyntu @ Jul 18 2012, 01:22 PM)

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Nov 22 2010, 02:26 PM)

Ek Ke Baad Ek (1960)

This movie was based on the family planning theme. It won the Maharashtra State Government Award for promoting the Plan. In spite the seriousness of the theme and a good musical score by ever so dependable Burmanda, movie was not a success.

Geetaji had a couple of beautiful duets in this movie. Her duet with Rafi Saab, a real beauty, reminds me of the great song from"Pyaasa (1957)", "Hum Aap Ki Aankhon Mein". But that was penned by Sahir Saab.

I am uploading all of the songs from this album in back-to-back two posts. The first post has all the songs from the film. The second post contains a few of the extended versions.

Here is the first set...

Request to re-upload this wonderful album. Thank you!

I will upload these songs in the "Three of a Kind" thread in a couple of days. Cheers. -S

Posted by: krishankant92 May 12 2013, 08:55 PM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Dec 12 2011, 05:05 AM)

Posted by: swarapriya May 13 2013, 03:02 AM

QUOTE(krishankant92 @ May 12 2013, 08:25 AM)

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Dec 12 2011, 05:05 AM)

Shankar Hussain (1977)

Here is another great album from Khayyam Saab. There are several beautiful songs in this film. Lataji's both solos are just outstanding. But the standout song from the album is Rafi Saab's probably the most melodious romantic songs ever, written beautifully by Kamal Amrohi Saab, "Kahin Ek Masoom Nazuk Si Ladki". This is one great rendition. You feel like kissing the supremely sweet voice of Rafi Saab. Just love it...

I am uploading these songs in two back-to-back posts. The first post contains all the songs from an original soundtrack album. The second post contains rest of the songs and several extended version songs. These were contributed by the members of this Forum. Thank you. But please be warned that the quality of some of these songs is very poor. I am including them here for completeness sake.

Here are the songs in the first post...

swarapriya ji...please uplaod the song "kahin ek masoom nazuk si ladki"
thanks

Posted by: krishankant92 May 15 2013, 03:38 PM

QUOTE(swarapriya @ May 13 2013, 03:02 AM)

QUOTE(krishankant92 @ May 12 2013, 08:25 AM)

QUOTE(swarapriya @ Dec 12 2011, 05:05 AM)

Shankar Hussain (1977)

Here is another great album from Khayyam Saab. There are several beautiful songs in this film. Lataji's both solos are just outstanding. But the standout song from the album is Rafi Saab's probably the most melodious romantic songs ever, written beautifully by Kamal Amrohi Saab, "Kahin Ek Masoom Nazuk Si Ladki". This is one great rendition. You feel like kissing the supremely sweet voice of Rafi Saab. Just love it...

I am uploading these songs in two back-to-back posts. The first post contains all the songs from an original soundtrack album. The second post contains rest of the songs and several extended version songs. These were contributed by the members of this Forum. Thank you. But please be warned that the quality of some of these songs is very poor. I am including them here for completeness sake.

Here are the songs in the first post...

swarapriya ji...please uplaod the song "kahin ek masoom nazuk si ladki"
thanks

Krishankantji,

This is one of my all time favorites of Rafi Saab. I love this song for its richness of poetry, melody of composition, and above all the way Rafi Saab breathes life into it with his voice full of unending mellifluousness.

Here is the song you've requested (parts 1 &2 and longer version)...

Cheers,
S