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

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Concluding Songs from "Mamta (1966)"...

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

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More Songs Related to "Mamta (1966)"...

Here are a couple of specials (see the great Noor Jehanji's intro of Lataji) and a few instrumentals related to the songs from this film...

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Few Instrumentals of the Songs from "Mamta (1966)"...

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

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(Rajinder Krishan) Man-Mauji (1962)

This film was a remake of the 1955 Telugu super hit “Donga Ramudu”. Whereas the Telugu film had mixture of comedy, pathos and good songs, for some reason when remade into Hindi most of this was gone with only music worth mentioning. The movie hardly had any comic relief even though Kishoreda was the principal actor. Even the pathos and poignancy of the classic Telugu film were solely missing from the Hindi version. As mentioned only Madan Mohanji was on the mark with his music.

The storyline of the movie borrowed some ideas from the 1943 classic monster hit, Ashok Kumar’s “Kismet”. But the main inspiration came from an English short story, “Loving Brothers”, from a book on anthology of American short stories. That story tells the love between two brothers. In this film it was changed to the relationship between the older brother and his younger sister.

Incidentally, Jaya Lalitha, the future star of Tamil and Telugu films, and who ruled the state of Chennai with iron fist as its Chief Minister, had a cameo appearance in this film as Krishna in the dance drama “Radha Krishan”.

There are several good tracks in the film. Kishoreda’s “Zaroorat Hai” was a chartbuster. Also at the top of the list is Lataji’s solo “Main Toh Tum Sang”. This is closely followed by another Lataji’s solo “Chanda Jaa”. Kishoreda’s other solo “Bura Lagta Hai” was for some reason not included in the film.

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

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Instrumentals from "Man-Mauji (1962)"...

Here is a version song of "Main Toh" and a few instrumentals of the same song...

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(Shailendra) Naughty Boy (1962)

Shakti Samanta, later of “Aradhana (1969)” and other movies fame, produced and directed this slapstick comedy. The only thing worth remembering about this film is its music. As always, the great Burmanda is on the mark. Almost every song is fun to listen to. RD was his assistant. The film credits only Asha and Kishoreda as the playback singers. But there is a duet in the film, “Ho Gayi Shaam”, that was sung by Asha and Mannada. Interestingly, Manna was singing here for Kishoreda. It wasn’t any typical Mannada song and Kishoreda could have handled it without any sweat. Yet for some curious reason Burmanda had Manna sing that song.

The movie’s heroine was Kalpana (Mohan) who made her debut with Shammi Kapoor in the hit comedy “Professor” which also came the same year as “Naughty Boy”. She acted only in five or six films. One of the notable of these was with Dev Anand in “Teen Deviyan (1965)”. Her last film appearance was in the film “Nawab Sirajuddaula”. That came in 1967 the year she got married. Soon after her marriage she quit acting. Her marriage however was short lived. She divorced her husband and lived alone with her daughter. She passed away earlier in 2012 at the age of 65 with complication arising from cancer.

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

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Naughty Boy (1962)"...

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

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(Anand Bakshi) Suhana Safar (1970)

This movie finds a rich heiress run away from her family to find a poet whose book she is fond of. She meets someone who is not a poet and commences the journey with his help. Most of the journey takes place in a bus full of passengers played by various comedians and character actors. With a bus load of people all talking at the same time the move loses its momentum and in the end becomes a forgettable journey.

There are two outstanding songs in this film. They are duals. One is sung by Rafi Saab, and the other by Sumanji. The song is “Ahaa Ahaa”. This is the eighteenth film Bakshi Saab wrote lyrics for in 1970. That is simply incredible. 18 films in 12 months!

I am uploading the above mentioned songs and others in two back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post…

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Concluding Songs from "Suhana Safar (1970)"...

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

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(Hasrat Jaipuri) Baghi (1964)

Rafi Saab’s solo “Aap Maujood Yahaan” stands out in this just about an average album. Here is this and the rest of the songs from this film…

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(Majrooh) Mere Lal (1966)

Here are the songs from this lesser known film...

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(Rajinder Krishan) Prem Patra (1962)

Great Bimalda produced and directed this film based on the 1956 Bengali film “Sagarika”. I am a great admirer of Bimalda but I must confess that I was disappointed with this film. The screenplay was written by Salilda who also composed its music.

Of all the people you don’t expect Bimalda to divert from the central theme to delve into senseless and predictable comedy. There is a tiger hunting scene that consumes seems like nearly 25 minutes of time. And it was totally unnecessary as it does not serve any purpose to the main theme. There is also a Spanish Dance in the middle of nowhere. I can only guess that it was there because of the venerable assistant music director of Goan origin, Sebastian D’Souza.

Sadhana’s performance and the music try to lift the film. There are only five songs in the film. Of these all three duets are very good. I am uploading these and other songs below…

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(Rajinder Krishan) Prem Patra (1962)

Great Bimalda produced and directed this film based on the 1956 Bengali film “Sagarika”. I am a great admirer of Bimalda but I must confess that I was disappointed with this film. The screenplay was written by Salilda who also composed its music.

Of all the people you don’t expect Bimalda to divert from the central theme to delve into senseless and predictable comedy. There is a tiger hunting scene that consumes seems like nearly 25 minutes of time. And it was totally unnecessary as it does not serve any purpose to the main theme. There is also a Spanish Dance in the middle of nowhere. I can only guess that it was there because of the venerable assistant music director of Goan origin, Sebastian D’Souza.

Sadhana’s performance and the music try to lift the film. There are only five songs in the film. Of these all three duets are very good. I am uploading these and other songs below…

Thank you for uploading all the songs from this Film. It is a pity that you forgot to share the beautiful Title music.

[surhall]

sangeet ka safar

Thank you for uploading all the songs
dhall

[swarapriya]

(Rajinder Krishan) Prem Patra (1962)

Great Bimalda produced and directed this film based on the 1956 Bengali film “Sagarika”. I am a great admirer of Bimalda but I must confess that I was disappointed with this film. The screenplay was written by Salilda who also composed its music.

Of all the people you don’t expect Bimalda to divert from the central theme to delve into senseless and predictable comedy. There is a tiger hunting scene that consumes seems like nearly 25 minutes of time. And it was totally unnecessary as it does not serve any purpose to the main theme. There is also a Spanish Dance in the middle of nowhere. I can only guess that it was there because of the venerable assistant music director of Goan origin, Sebastian D’Souza.

Sadhana’s performance and the music try to lift the film. There are only five songs in the film. Of these all three duets are very good. I am uploading these and other songs below…

Thank you for uploading all the songs from this Film. It is a pity that you forgot to share the beautiful Title music.

Rishiji, the title music is there. Take a closer look. It is the fourth one in the list. You will find it.

Cheers,
S