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

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(Majrooh) Bombai Ka Babu (1960)

Here is another beautiful album from the great Burmanda. Every song, even after this many years, sound as fresh and beautiful just as its lovely leading lady Suchitra Sen. She was gorgeous in several scenes. The movie, directed by Raj Khosla, had a bold theme. A small time crook comes to hide in a village after mistakenly thinking that he committed a big time crime. Impersonating as the missing long lost son of an older simple folks, he was ready to accept them as his parents but not their daughter as his sister. This hint of incest in the story-line was a big downer for the movie with film-goers. The movie was well made and deserved better.

I am uploading songs, for which RD was the assistant music director to his father, in three back-to-back posts. The first post contains all the songs from the film from an original soundtrack album. My favorite of the album is the intoxicating duet “Deewaana Mastaana”. Incidentally, the tune for the song "Dekhne Mein Bhola Hai" was based on the hit Telugu song "Eruvaaka Saagaaro" from the film "Rojulu Maaraayi". That film was made in 1955 and introduced Waheeda Rehman as a dancer (an item girl in those days?) singing that song. The second post contains several music clips from the DVD. The third post contains version songs and instrumentals from various CDs and a video.

Here are the songs in the first post...

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Music Clips from "Bombai Ka Babu (1960)"

Following are some of the music clips from this movie...

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Version Songs & Instrumentals of "Bombai Ka Babu (1960)"

Here are a couple of version songs and instrumentals of some of the popular songs from the film...

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(Rajinder Krishan) Miss Mary (1957)

This was one great comedy with lots and lots of songs, but all just beautiful to listen to. L.V. Prasad, who later on became a big time producer and director of many hit Hindi films, directed this movie for AVM Studios. It was originally made in Telugu as "Missamma (1955)" and the same year they also made it in Tamil as “Missiamma”. Both these were made by Vijaya Productions and were huge hits. The story of the film was adapted from a Bengali novel by Yotish Banerjee called "Manmoyee Girls School".

Guru Dutt originally wanted to make this film in Hindi. Abrar Alvi, a friend of Guru, tells that he and Guru traveled to Hyderabad to see the Telugu version of the movie. But circumstances led them to meet instead Waheeda Rehman. Guru invited her to come to Bombay and work with him. Even though she initially said “no” to the offer later accepted and joined him for his film “C.I.D.” made in 1956. Alvi Saab says that they did manage to see "Missamma". However Guru was not impressed and decided not to make it in Hindi.

L.V. Prasad was common to all three versions of the film as the director. Actress Jamuna also appeared in all three versions. Jamuna, a popular actress in South, appeared in few Hindi films. She bagged the Supporting Actress award from Filmfare for her role in Prasad’s 1967 hit “Milan”.

Gemini Ganeshan, whose name appeared in the titles as Ganesh, this was huge a debut in Hindi. But he did not pursue his career in Hindi films.

Hemant Kumar who gave music to the film was so impressed with songs in the film versions in Telugu and Tamil that he decided to borrow one tune. "Brindaaban Ka Krishan Kanhaiya" is identical to the tune from the Telugu film.

I am uploading songs of "Miss Mary" from an original soundtrack album and the DVD in the first two posts. The third post contains instrumentals of a couple of hit songs.

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

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Songs from "Miss Mary (1957)"

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

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Concluding Songs from "Miss Mary (1957)"...

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

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Instrumentals of Some Songs from "Miss Mary (1957)"

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

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(Shailendra) Love Marriage (1959)

Subodh Mukerji, who earlier made two blockbusters with Dev in “Munimji (1955)” and “Paying Guest (1957)”, produced and directed this film from his own story and the screenplay. This movie did only average business. Even that was thanks to the racy music composed by Shankar & Jaikishan. Most of the songs became very popular. The music director duo’s favorite was Lataji and invariably in their movies she was the dominant singer. This movie was no exception. They utilized talents of Geetaji in only eight films in which she sang a total of 11 songs. Two of them are from this movie.

I am uploading these Geetaji’s songs and others in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs…

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Concluding Songs from "Love Marriage (1959)"...

Here are the songs and a couple of specials related to this film...

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(Shakeel) Sunghursh (1968)

This movie was based on a Bengali short story “Layli Asmaner Ayna” that was authored by the award winning writer Mahasweta Devi. The movie had a huge star cast and was supported by a several veteran actors. Producer and director of the film H.S. Rawail was coming off fresh from a huge hit in “Mere Mehboob” released in 1963. He originally wanted Sadhana to play the female lead but Sadhana took leave from acting because of eye problems. He then signed Vyjayanti Mala to play opposite Dilip Saab. While the movie’s production was progressing, the lead players developed differences. When Raj Kapoor’s “Sangam” came in 1964, Dilipji felt that Malaji was drifting away to his camp. It was rumored that many scenes in which the lead players were supposed to be seen together were shot separately. There were also rumors of her leaving the film (as in 1967 “Ram Aur Shyam”). As most of the film was complete Vyjayanti Mala stuck with it to finish the film thus squelching rumors of her quitting the film. This was their seventh and last film together. Most of the movies they starred together were huge hits.

Naushadji’s music came under some criticism as many felt that it was below par for him. Nevertheless most songs became popular. The chart buster was the song by Rafi Saab, “Mere Pairon Mein”. This was the 15th and the last movie Naushadji was associated with Dilip Saab. Their collaboration started with 1948 “Mela” and continued for next 20 years coming to an end with “Sunghursh”. Their association, along with Shakeel Badayuni as the lyricist of most of those films, produced some unforgettable music for generations to enjoy. Naushadji lived for another 37 years but took only limited assignments during that period. He worked only on 10 films in that time. “Pakeezah” can be considered 11th but his contributions to it were limited but very significant. He took over for his long time friend and associate Ghulam Mohammed Saab when he passed away to complete that project. He scored its magnificent background music and composed a couple of songs. Naushadji’s last film was “Taj Mahal” released in 2005 few months before his death.

Gulzarji wrote dialogues for the film. The movie’s assistant director was Rakesh Roshan who later became a big time producer and director.

I am uploading all songs from the film in two back-to-back posts. There are three short songs in the film, that are not available on any CD, the voice I am not certain if it is Rafi Saab’s. They sound more like Mahendra Kapoor’s but even that I am not convinced of. The titles list only Rafi Saab as the male singer. I am requesting our members to share the names if they have the correct information.

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

This post has been edited by swarapriya: May 3 2015, 09:23 PM

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Songs from "Sunghursh (1968)"

Here is the first set of songs from this film...

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

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

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(Anand Bakshi) Taqdeer (1967)

I had great expectations of watching this movie because it was coming from Rajshri Productions. But this remake of this 1966 Konkani hit “Nirmonn” was a total disappointment. Hindi film starred Shalini Mardolkar who was also in “Nirmonn”. The problem with the film is that none of the characters were etched out properly. The woman who became a widow, her husband died in a shipwreck, with three young children is forced to marry her husband’s friend who always had an eye on her. The movie swiftly shifts in time when all the children are grown up and are adults now. Suddenly the dead person turns up throwing a wrench in his wife and her now not so new husband’s lives. Interestingly wife is ready to ditch her current husband and wants to go back to her old husband and so on… Simply a clumsy story and poor directorial effort.

There is one saving grace for the film. What lifts from its mediocrity is the beautiful music by LP to some fine lyrics by Bakshi Saab. The song of the album is “Jab Jab”. It appears three times in the movie, two solos by Lata and Rafi Saab, and the third one by a trio of singers. Also, the song “Kaise Koi” appears three times albeit piece-wise. I am uploading this as three parts but the verbiage of parts 2 and 3 are already in part 1 but singing pace by Rafi Saab seems different in the last two parts.

I am uploading these and the rest of the songs from this film in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set…

This post has been edited by swarapriya: May 3 2015, 09:25 PM

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Concluding Songs from "Taqdeer (1967)"...

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

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(Hasrat Jaipuri) Love Marriage (1959)

Songs from this popular musical were uploaded recently in this very thread. They are available starting at the following location...

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...658&st=1233