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

[swarapriya]

(Shailendra) Parakh (1960)

Bimalda got the Best Director Award for this enjoyable film with the backdrop of a small village. Salilda who gave magnificent music with several melodious songs also wrote its fine story. Kanu Ghosh and Sebastian were assistant music directors. Sadhana, who passed away recently, played the role of a simple girl displaying her versatility as an actress.

I am uploading all songs and several instrumentals in two back-to-back posts. The first post contains all the songs from the film and three harmonica instrumentals by Milon Gupta. The second post contains all instrumentals of the lovely song “O Sajana”. All these instrumentals are just beautiful, except for one. Brian Silas, the noted pianist, disappoints with his rendition of “O Sajana”. One can hardly tell if this is the song he was playing. I am including it here because of his popularity.

Here are the songs in the first post…

[swarapriya]

A Few Instrumentals of the Song "O Sajana" from "Parakh (1960)"...

Here are a few instrumentals of the beautiful song "O Sajana"...

[ketaki shukla]

A Few Instrumentals of the Song "O Sajana" from "Parakh (1960)"...

Here are a few instrumentals of the beautiful song "O Sajana"...

Thanks Swarapriya for this lovely album Parakh.

Ketaki

[swarapriya]

A Few Instrumentals of the Song "O Sajana" from "Parakh (1960)"...

Thanks Swarapriya for this lovely album Parakh.

Ketaki

Thanks Ketaki.

Cheers,
S

[swarapriya]

(Majrooh) Paying Guest (1957)

I am uploading these popular songs on request...

Here is a blithely Nutan paired opposite a buoyant Dev and when mingled with some breezy music by Burmanda for the songs written by magnificent Majrooh Saab the result is a playful ride called "Paying Guest". This movie has no pretensions to be anything else but to entertain. It does so superbly.

I have several favorite songs from this album. Among them are Lata's "Chaand Phir Nikla", Kishoreda's both solos, and both duets. My personal favorite is the duet "O Nigaahen Mastaana" where Asha is just humming along to the crooning of Kishore. It is an absolute charmer. This album is an out and out winner...

I am uploading these songs in two back-to-back posts. The first post contains all songs from the film. This includes the song “Gaye Ghabraake Mil” by Geetaji. This song was not included in the film. It is from an audio from You Tube that was uploaded by Parag Sankla. The song was contributed by Romesh Vora. Thanks Romesh and Parag for the song…

The second post contains several instrumentals of some of the popular songs from the film. It also contains a version song of “Chaand Phir Nikla”. I am also including here a shorter version of “Chhod Do Aanchal” with an introduction by Majrooh Saab.

Here is the first set of songs...

[swarapriya]

A Few Instrumentals of the Songs from "Paying Guest (1957)"...

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

[swarapriya]

(Anand Bakshi) Madhavi (1969)

This movie introduced a new heroine named Deepa in the title role. I am not sure if she ever appeared in any other Hindi movie. But this period drama, based on the 1958 Tamil film “Mahadevi”, was simply badly done. LP provided the music. Couple of solos sung by Lata are noteworthy. Here are these and other songs from this film in two back-to-back posts…

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Madhavi (1969)"...

Here are the rest of he songs and some music clips from this film...

[swarapriya]

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Aas ka Panchhi (1961)

This predictable drama is lifted by fine music by Shankar & Jaikishan. Almost all songs from the film became very popular. Assistant music director was Sebastian D’Souza. I am uploading all of the songs from the film and some music clips in two back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post…

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jan 25 2016, 11:11 PM

[swarapriya]

A Few Music Clips from "Aas ka Panchhi (1961)"...

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

[swarapriya]

(Majrooh) Dr. Vidya (1962)

This movie tells the story of an idealistic educated woman married to a man from a small village with not much education. He suffers from that inferiority complex and disowns his wife. The rest of the story tells how the woman wins her husband back. Very pretentious and preachy movie that was lifted by Burmanda’s fine music and Vyjayanti Mala’s performance.

There are several good songs in the film with Lataji’s songs “Khanke Kangna” and “Pawan Diwaane” topping the charts. Burmanda was assisted by his son RD. Interestingly title credits omit Rafi Saab’s name as one of the playback singers (he had two duets). Mukeshji’s name is listed. Mukeshji sang only one song in the film but that was not included in the final film. Rafi Saab’s songs are there in the film but he is not included in the credits. Go figure that out.

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

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Dr. Vidya (1962)"...

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

[swarapriya]

(Rajinder Krishan) Kangan (1959)

Before I watched the movie I thought it would be a family drama. But the movie begins with a murder and the suspense involves several family members and their relatives. Until last few minutes of the movie the identity of the real murderer is not known. The director was in quandary as whether he was not sure if he wanted us to watch a family in crisis or a suspense drama. The unsure nature of the handling between the two subjects makes the film weak. Chitragupt provides an average score. Here are the songs from this film…

[swarapriya]

(Shailendra) Singapore (1960)

Songs from this film were recently uploaded in this very thread. These are available at the following location...

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...658&st=1411

[swarapriya]

(Rajinder Krishan) Bandi (1957)

I am re-uploading these songs on request...

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…