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

[swarapriya]

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Kalpana (1960)

I am skipping my usual chronological uploading of albums to share songs from this film to accommodate a request...

Here is a film that seems like a non-stop dance and song extravaganza. It started with the song “O Ji” as titles rolled and ended with the same song as the movie ended. In between it is sprinkled with many songs; most of them accompanied by dances by the sisters Padmini and Ragini. OP rose to the occasion and provided one hit song after another. There are 13 songs in the film that occupy nearly 45% of the movie time. Rest of the time there is a story that seem to interfere these music festivities.

Asha sang every song (either a solo or a duet) except for one. That one song, “Tu Hai”, is the song of the album. It is the classical rendering done superbly by Mannada and Rafi Saab. Who says that OP cannot do justice to classical compositions? Have them listen to this song and their doubts will be cleared forever.

Incidentally, Bimalda was the editor of the movie. There are only five films for which Bimalda worked as an editor. By this time he was entrenched as an esteemed director. Yet he took time to edit this film. He may have been doing this as a favor to his producer friend and the leading man of the film Ashok Kumar.

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

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Concluding Songs from "Kalpana (1960)"...

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

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(Javed Akhtar) Dillagi (1999)

This movie was the maiden directorial venture of the actor Sunny Deol. He also was the producer of the film. It also starred his brother Bobby. The movie dealt with the story of two brothers loving the same woman and that woman in turn loving both men, albeit at different times. Even though Sunny showed flashes of shooting scenes with good camera angles at choice locations, the handling of the film with too many songs that were non-uniform, some very noisy, sprinkled throughout the film spoiled the fun.

The non-uniformity of the songs stems from the fact that the film had five different music directors. Four of them composed songs and the fifth one scored the background music. A couple of songs had too many singers. For example, the title song, “Dillagi” had ten singers and noisily composed.

If you think Sunny screams at the top of his voice as part of his acting method, you will be surprised how bad Bobby was. He did one better than his brother in screaming and as the movie progressed he became progressively worse. In some scenes he was so bad that he gets onto your nerves. Urmila, the object of both brothers’ love interest, was shown throughout the movie with her mouth open whether she was talking or not, or smiling or not. If you don’t believe me look at the pictures in the postings below.

Yet there are a couple of songs that hold some interest. These are Abhijeet’s “Haan Haan” and Rathod’s “Yeh Zameen”. I am uploading these and other 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 "Dillagi (1999)"...

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

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(Majrooh) Nai Rahen (1959)

Ravi, who worked as an assistant to Hemantda, composed music for this film and had him sing a couple of songs, both duets with Lata. These are the standout songs from the album. There are also other nice songs in the film. The song “Kis Ki Manzil” has some noise in the first 20 seconds. Otherwise it is of good quality. I am uploading it here at a lower bit rate.

Here are these and other songs from this film…

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(Rajinder Krishan) Bandi (1957)

This movie tells a story of two brothers, one educated but unemployed and the other illiterate but devoted to his older brother. Kishoreda who had the major role in the film played the younger brother. His role had shades of comedy mixed with tragedy. It was simply amazing that how Kishoreda switched between comic situations to stirring pathos and vice versa so easily. It is too bad that he did not play many more serious roles.

Hemantda’s music has several good songs in the film. Lata’s “Mere Haal Par” and Kishoreda’s “Chup Ho Jaa” are the standouts of the album. Especially the later song is simply superb. I am also including here a special version of this song with Ameen Sayani’s introduction.

I am uploading these and other 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 "Bandi (1957)"...

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

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jan 26 2015, 05:14 AM

[taiyab53]

Concluding Songs from "Bandi (1957)"...

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

Dear Swarapriya
the song Kahe Sharmaye gori sung by Asha ji is penned by RAVI also the song Ye mast nazar sung by Geetaji & hemant Kumar ji is penned by Prem dhawanji as per HFGK.
thanks
tayab53

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Bandi (1957)"...

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

Dear Swarapriya
the song Kahe Sharmaye gori sung by Asha ji is penned by RAVI also the song Ye mast nazar sung by Geetaji & hemant Kumar ji is penned by Prem dhawanji as per HFGK.
thanks
tayab53

Thank you Dear Taiyab. I made changes to my posting per your suggested recommendations. Thanks again.

Cheers,
S

[soumik]

Dear Swarapriyabhai,

There is a little error....The song Aankhon Ko Mil is the same song Aa Meri Jaan Deepak Bina Patanga; actually it is the part of the main song, not a separate one.

Plz verify it...The movie Jaalsaaz is having 7 songs of KK.

Regards,

Soumik

(Majrooh) Jaal Saz (1959)

Posing as the long lost missing son of rich parents is nothing new to the Hindi films. That is the central theme of this film with Kishoreda playing the role of the son. For most of the movie his clownish antics get on your nerves. Then there are moments in the film where Kishoreda shows serious side of his acting skills. There are only few of these but he was simply marvelous in those scenes. The movie has plenty of duets. It is a feast for Asha and Kishore song fans and there are six of their duets in the film. I am uploading these and other songs from this film in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs…

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(Majrooh) Jaal Saz (1959)

Dear Swarapriya,

There is a little error....The song Aankhon Ko Mil is the same song Aa Meri Jaan Deepak Bina Patanga; actually it is the part of the main song, not a separate one.

Plz verify it...The movie Jaalsaaz is having 7 songs of KK.

Regards,

Soumik

You are right Soumik. That is an error. I made changes to my posting to rectify the error. Thank you very much for pointing this out.

Cheers,
S

[swarapriya]

(Shailendra) Heera Moti (1959)

This all too familiar rural drama was based on the classic story “Do Bailon Ka Katha” by Munshi Premchandji. It has very limited scope for songs. Of the six songs the standout is “Kaun Rang”. Here is this and other songs from this film…

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(Shakeel) Noor Jehan (1967)

Sheikh Mukhtar (see his picture below), one of the tallest and heaviest men in the Hindi film industry during its early years, produced this movie on a grand scale. He spent all his fortune and then some (taking several loans) to make the film happen. Finally when the movie was released it was a disaster. That left Mukhtar Saab a broken man with many debts he incurred to see “Noor Jehan” to completion. To avoid financial difficulties, he migrated to Pakistan taking along with him prints of “Noor Jehan”. He decided to release the film there. The very same day it was released he suffered a massive heart attack and passed away. The movie going public in Pakistan took the movie to their heart and made it a huge hit. Tragically Sheikh Ji did not live long enough to see the success of his dream child.

The movie may not have worked here in India but it has several superb songs composed by Roshan Saab. Beautiful lyrics of the songs were penned by Badayuni Saab. Most of the songs became popular. My favorite of the album is the solo by Lata, “Raat Ki Mehfil”. I am uploading this and rest of the songs below…

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(Anand Bakshi) Farz (1967)

This film was based on the 1966 hit Telugu film “Goodhachari 116” that made actor Krishna a star. The Telugu film itself was almost a direct copy of the 1965 English film “OSS117” which was dubbed from French.

Hindi film was also a hit. Jeetendra looked a little chubby in some scenes but carried the movie on his shoulders as the secret agent. Babita as the leading lady was more of a decoration than anything else. I am enclosing all songs and some music clips of the film in two back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post…

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Some Music Clips from "Farz (1967)"...

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