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

[swarapriya]

(Majrooh) Andaz (1949)

Most of the following write up appeared in one of my earlier postings of this film...

Here is a classic that never gets dated. Probably that is why it is a classic. This was definitely one of the great movies of Mehboob Khan. If his other great classic “Mother India” dealt with rustic India, this movie dealt with urban India and the influence of western culture on it. Both movies starred one of our greatest actresses, Nargis. She probably owes to Mehboob more than anyone else for bringing out the best in her.

Nargis was hardly 19 years old when “Andaz” was made. She was already an established actress. As a matter of fact she had the top billing in this movie with Dilp Kumar and Raj Kapoor names to appear after hers when the titles of the movie rolled. This was the first movie in which her acting abilities were really challenged. The role had many shades of complexity and demanded consummate histrionics. She rose to the occasion magnificently. She brings out the carefree tomboyish nature of a growing woman with much glee and élan. She puts forth forcibly the role of a responsible business woman with ever so ease. She exemplifies as an adoring wife with romantic abandon. She gives intensity to her performance to show moral conflict of a person caught between the loves of two men which shows bleeding wounds of suffering. This is the movie Nargis announced to the world that she has arrived.

After casting Nargis, Mehboob Khan asked her whom does she want to play her husband in the movie, Dilip or Raj. She chose Raj. Each of the male leads did a great job in such contrasting roles. It was restraint in acting of Dilip versus the deliberate overplay of Raj. It was fun to watch these two great performers for the first and the last time together in the same movie.

The movie has some great music by Naushad ji. Like in most of his early movies, Naushadji was just brilliant. Every song was a super hit. Interestingly all songs by Mukesh were picturized on Dilip and Rafi for Raj. Incidentally, the previous year, in “Mela (1948)”, Naushad used the voice of Mukesh for Dilip. Those songs were also huge hits.

This was a banner year for Lata. Every song in this movie was a huge hit. But this didn’t come easy. While recording of these songs Naushadji felt that Lata lacked proper Urdu diction. Lataji’s mother tongue being Marathi, this was not unusual. Naushadji spent many hours coaching Lata how to speak Urdu and how to sing some of these songs. This becomes very evident when Lata sings the song “Uthaaye Jaa Unke Sitam” in this movie. Lata also had another magnificent movie this same year in Raj Kapoor’s memorable musical “Barsaat”. That solidified her position in the industry as a singer par excellence and in the coming years a promise of force to reckon with.

Because of the number of songs I will upload these in three back-to-back posts. I am also including some of the unreleased songs that became available few years back. The first btwo posts contain songs from the film and the third post contains some instrumentals.

Now for the first set of songs …

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jan 19 2013, 01:45 PM

[swarapriya]

Continuing Songs from "Andaz (1949)"...

Here is the next set of songs from this beautiful album...

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Andaz (1949)"...

Here are some specials and some instrumentals...

[swarapriya]

(Rajinder Krishan) Hamari Manzil (1949)

Here are the songs from this album...

[Abdur Rehman]

One Missing song from Lachak-1951

Na jaane kiski nazar padi

Thank you very much Seshadri for the song. Cheers. -S

You are welcome SP

[swarapriya]

(Shailendra) Nagina (1951)

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

[swarapriya]

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

Here are some instrumentals of this film...

[taiyab53]

(Majrooh) Anjuman (1948)

Here are the songs from this album...

dear swarapriya according to HFGK all songs from ANJUMAN are penned by MAJROOH SULTANPURI
just correction
thanks

[taiyab53]

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Lachak (1951)

I have only four songs from this album. Missing songs are listed in red italics in the table below. I am requesting members to share these missing songs if they can. Thank you.

Here are the four songs I have...

one more missing song from LACHAK 1951
lachak-51-thanda thanda paani nadiya main-shamshad begum--motiram-balkrihan bohra-3.13 mins-192 br
by the way no song was sung by meena kapoor as per HFGK.

taiyab

[swarapriya]

(Majrooh) Anjuman (1948)

Here are the songs from this album...

dear swarapriya according to HFGK all songs from ANJUMAN are penned by MAJROOH SULTANPURI
just correction
thanks

Thanks for the info. Cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Lachak (1951)

I have only four songs from this album. Missing songs are listed in red italics in the table below. I am requesting members to share these missing songs if they can. Thank you.

Here are the four songs I have...

one more missing song from LACHAK 1951
lachak-51-thanda thanda paani nadiya main-shamshad begum--motiram-balkrihan bohra-3.13 mins-192 br
by the way no song was sung by meena kapoor as per HFGK.

taiyab

Thanks for the song Taiyab. Cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

(Shakeel) Chandni Raat (1949)

Here are the songs from this album...

[taiyab53]

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Hulchul (1951)

This movie was directed by K. Asif (who later produced and directed the magnum-opus “Mughal-E-Azam” in 1960). While the shooting was going on, Balraj Sahni, who had a pivotal role in the film, was arrested by the Government of India for his activities associated with IPTA (Indian Peoples’ Theatre Association). Sahniji was one of the founding members of the Association. Some of the other members of the Association included names like K.A. Abbas, Kaifi Azmi, Salil Chowdhury, Utpal Dutt, Ritwik Ghatak, Prithviraj Kapoor, Sahir Ludhianvi, Majrooh Sultanpuri, and others.

Asif Saab has to take special permission from the Government to have Sahniji released to continue the shooting of the film. Police used to escort him to the studio and stay on the set while he discharged his duties as an actor. They would later take him back to the jail each day. However, Balrajji was soon released from jail as the Government decided not to prosecute any of the members of the IPTA.

The song writer Hasrat Jaipuri Saab did not write any songs for the film. However, he wrote its screenplay. Songs for the film were composed by two music directors, Sajjad Hussain and Mohd. Shafi. I am uploading songs from this film in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set…

dear swarapriya
SAJJAD HUSSAIN have given music to the ff songs according to HFGK
1) koi kis tarha--rajkumari
2) bahar aay---luta dil mera--lata
3) aaj mere naseeb ne---lata
just correction
taiyab

[swarapriya]

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Hulchul (1951)

This movie was directed by K. Asif (who later produced and directed the magnum-opus “Mughal-E-Azam” in 1960). While the shooting was going on, Balraj Sahni, who had a pivotal role in the film, was arrested by the Government of India for his activities associated with IPTA (Indian Peoples’ Theatre Association). Sahniji was one of the founding members of the Association. Some of the other members of the Association included names like K.A. Abbas, Kaifi Azmi, Salil Chowdhury, Utpal Dutt, Ritwik Ghatak, Prithviraj Kapoor, Sahir Ludhianvi, Majrooh Sultanpuri, and others.

Asif Saab has to take special permission from the Government to have Sahniji released to continue the shooting of the film. Police used to escort him to the studio and stay on the set while he discharged his duties as an actor. They would later take him back to the jail each day. However, Balrajji was soon released from jail as the Government decided not to prosecute any of the members of the IPTA.

The song writer Hasrat Jaipuri Saab did not write any songs for the film. However, he wrote its screenplay. Songs for the film were composed by two music directors, Sajjad Hussain and Mohd. Shafi. I am uploading songs from this film in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set…

dear swarapriya
SAJJAD HUSSAIN have given music to the ff songs according to HFGK
1) koi kis tarha--rajkumari
2) bahar aay---luta dil mera--lata
3) aaj mere naseeb ne---lata
just correction
taiyab

Thank you Taiyab for the suggested changes. Because this involves rearrangement of both parts of the tables and songs, I will leave them alone without making any changes. Again thanks.

Cheers,
S

[swarapriya]

(Anand Bakshi) Sun To Le Hasina (1958)

I have four songs from this album. I am missing at least three if not more. The three are shown in red italics in the table below. If you can, please kindly share these missing songs. Thanks.

Here are the four songs I have...