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

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(Shailendra) Yahudi (1958)

The great Bimal Roy who made many socially conscious films directed this period drama set in the days of Roman Empire. I was apprehensive to watch this film at first lest my feelings for Bimlada may change. But Roy did not disappoint. He was a great director and here told a powerful love story between a Roman prince (Dilip Kumar) and a Jewish woman (Meena Kumari). This was the time when Jews were mercilessly persecuted by the Romans.

The movie was based on Agha Hashar Kashmiri’s play “Yahudi ki Ladki”. This play in turn was adapted from a classic Persian play.

Sohrab Modi appeared as the father of Meena Kumari in a very powerful role. The movie had some of the best dialogues seen in a Hindi film, especially those scenes in which Dilip Saab and Modiji appear together or separately. Vajahat Mirza penned these dialogues but did not win any awards. This very same year, 1958, Bimalda’s “Madhumati” was released and swept just about every Filmfare Award there was. Rajinder Singh Bedi won the Award for Best Dialogues for “Madhumati”. But I think Mirza Saab richly deserved it.

The movie, in spite of its ridiculous looking costumes and men’s make up had good performances by Dilip Saab and one of the best by Modiji. Sohrab Modi Saab was nominated for an Award in the Best Supporting category but lost to Johnny Walker in “Madhumati”. There is nothing to take away from Johnny but just go figure this one out.

Hrishikesh Mukherjee was the editor of the film.

Music by Shankar & Jaikishan has some good songs. Shailendra won the Award for the Best Lyrics for “Yeh Mera Deewaanaapan Hai”. Here are this and other songs from this film…

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(Shakeel) Bedaag (1965)

Songs from this film were uploaded few months back in this very thread. The songs are no longer available. I will be happy to re-upload them if anyone is interested. Thanks.

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(Anand Bakshi) Sau Saal Baad (1966)

Here is a film that has such beautiful songs that it is like discovering some hidden treasure. I must admit that I was not aware of any songs from this film. May be, perhaps, I heard Lataji’s “Yeh Raat” before. That one is a beautifully haunted song much like “Kahin Deep Jale” from “Bees Saal Baad (1962)”. Yet there are other songs in this film, couple of them in classic raagas that are equally good. I am uploading all songs from this film below. Except for the song “Ab Ke Baras” all songs are of excellent quality. Even this song has no distortion but the audio quality is a bit inferior. Therefore I am uploading it at a lower bit rate.

Here are these and other beautiful songs from this film...

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(Hasrat Jaipuri) Parvarish (1958)

Sebastian D’Souza and Dattaram Wadekar played a huge role in the unprecedented success enjoyed by the famous music director duo Shankar & Jaikishan. Sebastian and Dattaram,(Dattaram was the music director of this film), were assistant music directors to S&J. Each excelled in their own niche and together their team was a potent combination that helped S&J to retain top position in the industry year after year. Sebastian was a superb music arranger (composer). Dattaram (whose photo is attached below) was a master at creating rhythm. The soul of a song is its composition and the rhythm. Thus these two gave soul to so many hit songs.

Dattaram assisted S&J in over 60 films.

While shooting for “Shri 420”, Raj decided to make a film for children. At the suggestion of S&J he decided to give a break to Dattaram as an independent music director. The film was “Ab Dilli Door Nahin (1957)”. The movie and songs from that film became very popular. In 1958, he followed its success with another hit musical in “Parvarish”, the songs from which I am uploading here.

Even though Dattaramji proved to be successful with many hit songs from his films, his contributions as an independent music director of Hindi films was limited to only 12. Most of these came in 60’s. His last Hindi film was the 1971 “Ek Din Aadhi Raat”. He gave music to an occasional Bhojpuri film after that but from the mainstream Hindi cinema he disappeared totally.

I am uploading songs from this film and some specials along with few instrumentals in two back-to-back posts. These are available starting in the next post...

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Parvarish (1958) - Songs

Here are the songs from this film...

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Parvarish (1958) - Specials

Here are some specials and few instrumentals related to this film...

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(Javed Akhtar) Kabhi Na Kabhi (1998)

The story, screenplay, dialogues and lyrics for this film were written by Javed Akhtar Saab. There was not much novelty in the story and the movie proved to be a flop. The music for the film was composed by at that time the up and coming sensation A.R. Rahman. His use of musical instruments and orchestration was somewhat novel that contributed to the popularity of several songs. I am uploading these in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set…

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Concluding Songs from "Kabhi Na Kabhi (1998)"...

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

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(Majrooh) Do Gunde (1959)

This film’s music was composed by Ghulam Mohammad Saab whose last famous work was the classic “Pakeezah (1972)”. The style of his songs is more like that of Naushadji. This probably was because he worked for many years as an assistant to him. This film however has some songs that have a tinge of O.P. Nayyar style.

The song “Nadiya Kinaare” has an interesting history. It was originally recorded for “Raj Hath (1956)” but was not used in the film. However a 78 RPM record was issued. The song later was used in “Do Gunde” even though no record was issued under that film’s name. Part of the explanation is that both films, “Raj Hath” and “Do Gunde”, were produced by the same banner, Minerva Movietone. The recorded song had music by Shankar & Jaikishan and was written by Hasrat Jaipuri Saab. Even though this song was used in “Do Gunde”, this fact was not mentioned in the titles. I read an article about this and it stated that even Hindi Film Geet Kosh (HFGK) credited this song under the film “Raj Hath” and not mentioned “Do Gunde”. Irrespective of the origins of the song one fact remains the same. It is simply a beauty. Incidentally, the song was picturized on Jayshree Gadkar in the film with Ajit appearing near the end of the song. I have also seen “Raj Hath” and it was not in the DVD of that film.

The song “Kaise Bijli” appeared twice in the film. The movie started with this song and again it appeared near the end of the film. The second time around it was picturized on different characters. The wording of both is identical. As far as I can tell there is no change even in the pace of music. For completeness sake I am including it here.

Here are these and other songs from this film…

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(Rajinder Krishan) Shatranj (1956)

This is an old fashioned revenge drama that was very predictable and done unevenly. For these reasons it does not hold your interest that long. It was saved by an occasional good song. The song “Hawa Hai”, both versions, tops the list. The first half of these two songs is identical except for the music arrangement. The first one has beautiful whistle associated with most of the song. The second version has no whistle accompanying it. Here are both these versions of the song and the rest of the songs from this album…

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(Shailendra) Anari (1959) - Post 1 (Songs)

This Hrishikesh Mukherjee directed film was overdramatic in many instances yet at the same time undeniably it was engaging as well as entertaining. It had excellent acting by all the principals. Especially the emotional scenes between Lalita Pawar and Raj Kapoor just win you over. Both of them were recognized for their performances with Filmfare Awards. In spite of the heavy undermining theme the movie moves on easily forward because it was helped by a great score by Shankar & Jaikishan. All songs from the film became chartbusters. S&J, lyricist Shailendra for the song “Sab Kuchh”, and the playback singer Mukesh for the same song also won Filmfare Awards. The movie also won the President’s Silver Medal.

The veteran actor Motilal played as Nutan’s uncle in the film. Nutan’s mother Shobhana Samarth and Motilal lived together in real life.

I am uploading these and other songs from the film, some music clips, and instrumentals of some of the popular songs in four separate posts. Here is the first set of songs…

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Anari (1959) - Post 2 (Music Clips)

Here are some of the music clips from the film...

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Anari (1959) - Post 3 (CD Instrumentals)

Here are instrumentals of some of the popular songs from the film from various CD collections...

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Anari (1959) - Post 4 (Video Instrumentals)

These instrumentals of some of the popular songs from the film are from video collections...

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(Shakeel) Zindagi Aur Maut (1965)

Faryal, the leading lady of this film, was introduced in this film. Interestingly she made about 40 plus films but never made much of an impression on the moviegoers. One notable film she was in was ‘Jewel Thief (1967)”.

N.A. Ansari, besides acting as a baddie, also produced and directed the film. The music was by Ramchandra. One song, “Dil Laga Kar”, both female and male versions, topped the charts. Even now these two versions of the song are lovely to listen to. Here are these and others from this film…