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

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(Majrooh) Mere Sanam (1965)

Here is a movie that instead of the huge miscast of Biswajeet as a hero and a terrible turn of Asha Parekh became a huge box-office hut. The story began by borrowing from the 1961 English comedy hit “Come September” but slipped into a hodgepodge of usual family and crime drama with many twists in between. The major reason the movie was a blockbuster was because of the phenomenal musical score by OP. Another reason was that in a brief role Mumtaz ignites the screen with her enticing presence.

Biswajeet in the lead desperately tried to ape Shammi. However hard he tried, he did not even come close to what Shammi could have done in the role. He was simply miserable to watch. Usually reliable Asha Parekh as the leading lady of the film did a sloppy job with her performance. Especially she butchered the beautiful song “Jaaiye” with very forgettable performance by twirling and twisting her body too many times. But it was a different story with Mumtaz. She appeared in the middle of the film but gave an endearing performance as a voluptuous vixen. Her unforgettable performance for the song “Yeh Hai Reshmi” was deliciously sweet and seductively sexy that stays with you for a long time.

It was OP’s inspired music that lifted the film from mediocrity to modestly watchable. Song after song, the movie delivered some unforgettable hits. This album was undoubtedly one of his best ones. He was ably assisted by G.S. Kohli and Sebastian.

I am uploading all the songs, specials, version songs, and some instrumentals in five back-to-back posts. The first two posts contain all of the songs from the film. The third post contains some specials and a few version songs. The fourth and the fifth posts contain several instrumentals of some of the songs from the film.

Here is the first set of songs starting in the next post…

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Mere Sanam (1965) - Post 1 (Songs)

Here are the songs in the first post...

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Mere Sanam (1965) - Post 2 (Songs)

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

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Mere Sanam (1965) - Post 3 (Concerts & Version Songs)

Here are some specials and version songs...

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Mere Sanam (1965) - Post 4 (Instrumentals)

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

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Mere Sanam (1965) - Post 5 (More Instrumentals)

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

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(Rajinder Krishan) Gateway of India (1957)

This comedy-cum-crime drama with many actors in it never took off properly even from the gate and falls flat as a comedy as well as a crime caper. Madhubala was in almost every frame of the movie and the rest of the crew come in and go around her at various times. The only redeeming feature of the film was some of its songs composed by Madan Mohanji. Song of the album is “Sapnon Mein”. Also, the songs “Na Hanso” and “Do Ghadi” are equally appealing.

Here are these and other songs from this film…

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(Rajinder Krishan) Gateway of India (1957)

This comedy-cum-crime drama with many actors in it never took off properly even from the gate and falls flat as a comedy as well as a crime caper. Madhubala was in almost every frame of the movie and the rest of the crew come in and go around her at various times. The only redeeming feature of the film was some of its songs composed by Madan Mohanji. Song of the album is “Sapnon Mein”. Also, the songs “Na Hanso” and “Do Ghadi” are equally appealing.

Here are these and other songs from this film…

Thanks for this.

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(Rajinder Krishan) Gateway of India (1957)

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You are very welcome Nandi. Cheers.

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(Shailendra) Kal Hamara Hai (1959)

The songs from this film were uploaded recently in thread under the section "Majrooh". They are available at the following location...

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...658&st=1099

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(Shakeel) Aadmi (1968)

This movie was based on the 1962 Tamil hit, “Aalayamani”. Tamil actor Veerappa who produced this movie went nearly broke trying to make this movie. After it became a huge hit in Tamil, it was remade in Telugu as “Gudi Gantalu” in 1964 and barely scraped its investment. This should have given a clue to Veerappa. Nevertheless, he decided to make it in Hindi and signed Dilipji to play the main lead. Dilipji was one of those actors who demanded a huge salary to act. Convinced that this movie will work in Hindi, Veerappa decided to sign Dilipji by agreeing to all of his demands.

After several years in production, mainly because of the financial difficulties of the producer, it was finally released in 1968 and proved to be a dud at the box office and was a financial disaster for its producer.

Ever so dependable Dilip Saab was not into his character. It was a feeble effort on his part. This must be one of his indifferent and weak performances. Manoj had a major role in the film. In real life he idolized Dilip Kumar while growing up. He even changed his name to Manoj after Dilip’s character in “Shabnam” made in 1949. It was one of his lifelong ambitions to work with Dilip Saab. This film offered him that opportunity. In a supporting role, Manoj’s performance was passable.

For many years I was under the impression that Naushadji’s music was perhaps a tad better compared to his last outing with "Ram Aur Shyam" but still feeble. In the last few years I changed my mind about it. I think Naushadji had composed beautiful songs. All songs are very appealing. Of course song of the album is “Aaj Puraana” by Rafi Saab. But both Lataji’s solos are beautifully composed and sung only the way she can. Interestingly Naushadji originally composed the song “Kaisi Haseen” with Rafi Saab and Talatji. But under pressure from Manoj, Naushadji yielded and recomposed the same song with Mahendra Kapoor and Rafi Saab. Until his death, for this “transgression”, apparently Talatji never forgave Naushad Saab.

I am uploading all songs and several instrumentals in three back-to-back posts. The first two posts contain the songs from the film. The third post contains several instrumentals of the song “Aaj Puraana”. Here is the first set of songs...

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Concluding Songs from "Aadmi (1968)"...

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

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Aadmi (1968) - Few Instrumentals

Here are some instrumentals of the song "Aaj Puraani" from this film...

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(Anand Bakshi) Barood (1976)

This was one of the earlier films of Rishi Kapoor who was riding high in popularity during those days. Parmod Chakravorty, who directed the film, originally considered Dharmendra for the role. He decided against it for a younger hero. Incidentally Dharmendra along with Hema Malini appear as guests in the film.

This film introduced a new leading lady in Shoma Anand. Even though the movie was a modest success, Anand made only few notable films, but today is still active in television.

The film has several veteran film actors headed by Ashok Kumar. When Dadamoni’s character is introduced we see him fighting, shooting, fencing, and other physically acrobatics activities one has never seen him do before.

The movie was shot extensively in many locations outside India. Some of these include New York, Zurich, Madrid, and Paris. It is an action oriented film that included all kinds of chases borrowed many from various Bond films. Because of this the background music played a big role in the film. I am including some of these music clips in the second post.

There are only a few songs in the film. In the first post I am including all these. Mukesh makes a rare appearance for Burmanda. But the standout song of the movie is Kishoreda’s unforgettable “Matlab Jo Samjhe”. A beautifully sung utterly engrossing song filled with emotion and pathos.

Here is this and other songs from the film…

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Few Music Clips from "Barood (1976)"...

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