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

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(Anand Bakshi) Jawani Diwani (1972)

This hit movie had an unusual pairing of Jaya Bhaduri and Randhir Kapoor. Bhaduri was trying to shed her “Guddi” image and selected this movie to prove that she can be a romantic lady. Unfortunately she proved to be a miscast. Also, the only thing Kapoor had going for him was that he is the son of a famous father. In this film he tosses his head many times from left to right to left… I do not believe that can be called acting. Then how is that this movie became a hit? There is one and only reason. It was RD’s magic with music and songs. All songs became chartbusters, some more popular than others. But they were all popular.

The movie boasts a scene borrowed from the 1969 hit “Aradhana”. That scene where Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore getting away from rain and find a small place to take shelter. They had burning fire going with Kishoreda’s song “Roop Tera Mastaana” seductively playing in the background. It was magnificently picturized by Shakti Samanta. Well. This movie had a similar situation with the leading pair taking refuge from rain in a small place with fire burning. Except both erupt into a duet “Nahin Nahin Abhi Nahin.” The song was great but the scene was very forgettable.

I am uploading all songs, few specials, and some instrumentals of the songs in four back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post…

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Specials & Instrumentals of "Jawani Diwani (1972)"...

Here are some version songs and a few instrumentals of the song "Saamne"...

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Few Instrumentals of the Songs from "Jawani Diwani (1972)"...

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

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Instrumentals of the Song "Jaan-E-Jaan" from "Jawani Diwani (1972)"...

Here are a few instrumentals of the song "Jaan-E-Jaan" from this film...

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(Hasrat Jaipuri) Chhoti Si Mulaqat (1967)

Bengal’s superhero, Uttam Kumar, produced and acted in this Hindi film. For a host of reasons the movie flopped. Kumar suffered heavy financial losses. On the top of it, the one who is used to admiration from his Bengali fans, he could not take the rejection from Hindi fans. That also led him to go through the loss of physical health.

However, there are a couple of redeeming features in the film. Vyjayanthi Mala was superb as a dancer and then as a person who goes through the ordeal of great deal of suffering due to rigid Hindu customs.

The other uplifting feature of the film was its music. Shankar & Jaikishan gave several beautiful songs including catchy background music. The latter was expected because they had Dattaram & Sebastian D’Souza as their assistants. One can catch Sebastian’s sax in several of these scores. Both solos by Lataji are beautiful to listen to. There is a catchy duet by Suman Kalyanpur & Rafi Saab. This one is my favorite of the film.

I am uploading all songs and several music clips in two back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post…

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jan 30 2019, 09:45 PM

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Concluding Songs from "Chhoti Si Mulaqat (1967)",,,

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

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(Majrooh) Mela (1971)

No new ground was broken with this movie. It is the same old and familiar story. Utterly predictable nonsense. Even the ever so reliable combination of Majrooh Saab and RD both let you down except for Mannada’s rendering of the song “Dekho Re.”

A note about the songs “Dekho Re” and “Ek Baar”. In the movie “Dekho” appears three separate times, all different. The CD version has all three parts combined as one song. Similarly “Ek Baar” appears two separate times in the film, both different. Again, CD has it as one song. I am uploading these songs as they appear in the movie.

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

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

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

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(Rajinder Krishan) Sadhu aur Shaitaan (1968)

This movie belonged to Mahmood and Om Prakash. Kishoreda had hardly anything to do. He is seen always humming but had no songs. In the last 30 minutes the movie becomes very zany with Mahmood overacting. One interesting feature of the film was the appearance of many popular Hindi film actors.

Here are the songs from the film…

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(Shailendra) Gaban (1966)

Songs from this film were recently uploaded in this very thread. These are available starting at the following location...

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...mp;#entry752859

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(Anand Bakshi) Jeet (1972)

This film was based on the 1967 Telugu hit “Poola Rangadu”. It was adapted from the 1953 English novel by A.J. Cronin. It was also made into a movie in 1959 by the same name in Hollywood. This story was so popular with Indian filmmakers that it was made into a movie in almost all major Indian languages with varying results. Unfortunately this Hindi remake was simply bad with poor acting and too many holes in the story. Songs were also very forgettable. The only song that was a bit appealing was the duet “Ke Munde”.

I am uploading all songs from this film below…

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(Hasrat Jaipuri) Diwana (1967)

In this movie Saira Banu plays a 17-year old girl (!) running away from home to escape an unwanted marriage. She meets an innocent and uneducated Raj. In one of the scenes from the film she asks him about his age. He evades the question. In between all this there are many bad guys trying to find her because she is the heiress to a fortune. The drama goes deeper when Raj is framed for a murder. The movie with all this jumbo mumbo does not get any place. Only saving grace once again proves to be the music and songs of Shankar & Jaikishan.

There are six solos by Mukeshji spread over full three hours of the movie. Sharda was supposed to have three solos but none were included in the film. I am not sure what the reason was for this. Interestingly Sharda was nominated for Filmfare Best Singer Award for the song “Tumhaari Bhi Jai Jai.” She did not win the award. Saira Banu for most part of the movie either was shrieking or was throwing some tantrum. She was nominated for Filmfare Best Actress Award for these histrionics. She did not win the award either.

I am uploading all songs, few music clips, and a few instrumentals in four back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post…

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More Songs from "Diwana (1967)"...

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

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Few Music Clips from "Diwana (1967)"...

Here are a few music clips from the film...

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Few Instrumentals of the Songs from "Diwana (1967)"...

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