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

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(Anand Bakshi) Mere Humsafar (1970)

This movie started nicely in a small village in a beautiful mountainous setting. But when the leading pair moved to Mumbai it descends to a traditional and run-of-the-mill and forgettable yarn. The saving grace of the film was its fine music by Kalyanji & Anandji. Bakshi Saab came up with fine lyrics. My favorite of the album is the duet by Lataji and Mukeshji. Great song, beautifully done.

Here is this song and the rest…

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(Hasrat) Tere Ghar Ke Samne (1963)

This hit musical comedy was directed by Dev’s younger brother Vijay Anand (Goldie). Goldie also wrote its story and screenplay. He also had a cameo in the film. This probably was one of his underrated films.

This movie starred for the last time together the handsome pair of Nutan and Dev. Dev was dashing and with his debonair looks simply steals your heart.

But the real deal of this movie is its ever so youthful and exuberant music composed by Burmanda. Every song became a huge hit and they have not lost their appeal or luster even after nearly 54 years. RD was his assistant.

My favorite song of the album is “Dil Ka Bhanwra”. Rafi Saab was at his romantic best matching the ease of Dev’s charm for this song. It was beautifully picturized while climbing down from the top of Qutub Minar.

Incidentally, part of the music from the song "Ye Tanhaai" appears in Burmanda's hit musical film "Ziddi (1964)” in the song "Raat Ka Sama". Also, the song “Dil Ka Bhanwra” has shades of Burmanda’s earlier hit “Deewaana Mastaana” from 1960 “Bombai ka Babu”.

This was the first of the two films Jaipuri Saab worked with Burmanda. His second film was “Ziddi”. It is a pity that they were not able to work together in more films.

I am uploading songs from this film, a few specials, and a few instrumentals in three back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs...

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Concluding Songs from "Tere Ghar Ke Samne (1963)"...

Here are the rest of the songs from this beautiful musical and a few version songs...

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A Few Instrumentals of Songs From "Tere Ghar Ke Samne (1963)"...

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

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(Majrooh) Chalti ka Naam Gaadi (1958)

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

I do not understand how the tax related economics work but apparently Kishoreda to avoid huge amounts he owed in income taxes made a couple of movies, one in Bengali and the other in Hindi, hoping that they will flop. The Bengali version, “Lookochuri”, starring Kishoreda opposite Mala Sinha with Hemantda’s music made in 1958, instead clicked in a big way and became a hit. He also made in the same year, 1958, the Hindi film, “Chalti ka Naam Gaadi”. As luck would have it, the Hindi film also was a huge hit.

A disgusted Kishoreda ceded all his rights to the movie, “Gaadi”, by gifting them to his secretary friend, Anoop Sharma. Kishoreda and his problem with income tax officers persisted till his death.

Aloke Dasgupta was the cameraman of the “Gaadi”. He was only 23 years old when he was put in charge by Kishoreda to photograph the movie. Dasgupta also played another important role. As Kishoreda’s romance with Madhubala started progressing, he became the couple’s confidante.

Kishoreda originally signed Kamal Mazumdar to direct both “Lookochuri” and “Gaadi”. But Mazumdar became nervous on the first day of the shoot of the “Gaadi” movie. Directing three brothers he felt was a daunting task and decided not to proceed. Satyen Bose was a friend of Kishoreda who directed him and Ashok in their previous movie together, “Bandi (1957)”. At Kishore’s request, Bose came in to direct the first scene even before knowing what he was getting into.

Satyen Bose was not happy with the choice of the cameraman because of Aloke’s lack of experience. The picturization of “Ek Ladki” was a test case for Aloke. After the shooting of the song was completed, Bose was happy with the results, and Aloke stayed as the cameraman.

When the movie was released it became a huge hit. Its songs became a rage. The duet, “Haal Kaisa Hai”, went on to adorn Binaca Geetmala’s weekly top of the charts for more than a year. My own favorite is Kishoreda’s solo “Ek Ladki”. Apparently the song was inspired by Tennessee Ernie’s English song from his album “16 Tons”. Both Jaidev and RD were assistants to SD.

I am uploading songs from this album in three back-to-back posts. The first post contains all of the songs from the film. The second post contains some specials. The third post contains some of the instrumentals of some of the popular songs from the film. These start beginning in the next post…

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A Few Specials of the Songs from "Chalti ka Naam Gaadi (1958)"...

Here are the title music and a few specials of the songs from the film...

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Few Instrumentals of "Chalti ka Naam Gaadi (1958)"...

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

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Thanks Swarapriya for this lovely album

Ketaki

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Thanks Swarapriya for this lovely album

Ketaki

Thanks Ketaki. Cheers.

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(Rajinder Krishan) Bombay Ka Chor (1962)

It seems like many of the movies made in late 50’ and early 60’s started with a lot of promise but ended up as a routine crime thriller. Take for example this film. It starts out as a comedy with too many antics by venerable Kishoreda sprinkled with some fine songs. Then midway through it degenerates into a mindless crime thriller.

Rafi and Rajinder Krishan do their best with the help of fine singing by Asha and Kishoreda. The result is that there are several catchy songs in the film. Kishoreda’s “Hasrat Hi Rahi” is the song to be remembered for ages. Beautifully sung to the fine composition by Ravi Saab to memorable and touching lyrics by Krishanji. Talking about touching lyrics, Rafi Saab had only one song in the film, “Hai Bahaar-E-Baagh-E-Duniya”, but it is a heart warming winner. Ashaji contributed several beautiful solos. “Halki Halki Sard Hawa” is a standout. It is followed by another winner “Kaun Aaya”.

The fim has nearly 14 minutes of ice skating. This was performed by the American troupe with their famous show called “Holiday On Ice”. Even today, that is a popular show in USA. Asha has two songs with no one particularly singing as a background to skating. These songs are “Kaun Aaya” and “Husn Ki Dekhiye”.

I am uploading all songs from this fine album in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs…

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Concluding Songs from "Bombay Ka Chor (1962)"...

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

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(Shailendra) Half Ticket (1962)

This zany comedy which paired the husband & wife team of Kishoreda and Madhubala was inspired by the Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin Hollywood English comedy hit "You're Never Too Young" that was released in 1955. That film itself was a remake of Billy Wilder’s first directorial film in Hollywood, “The Major and The Minor”, released in 1942. That film is now considered a classic comedy. Unfortunately “Half Ticket” does not live up to neither one of the English films. Kishoreda’s whole movie is a non-stop one antic after another and it finally gets on your nerves.

One of the highlights of the film is a song by Kishoreda changing his voice to female vocals. The song "Aa Ke Seedhi Lagi", per Salilda, was originally to be sung by Lataji. For some reason Lataji could not make it to the recording session. Kishoreda immediately volunteered to sing the female portion himself. Before Salilda could make up his mind, the incredibly talented Kishoreji started singing the female portion. A brief introduction of this is included in the special version of this song that I am also posting here.

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

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jan 26 2017, 12:04 AM

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Concluding Songs from "Half Ticket (1962)"...

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

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(Anand Bakshi) My Love (1970)

This movie again deals with the familiar love story that was told umpteen times before. The only difference this time is that the setting of the movie is changed from India to East Africa. Also, we have seldom used music director, Daan Singh (see his attached picture below) at the helm of music.

Singhji for most of his life worked in Jaipur for AIR. He tried his luck as a music director but was not able to make a career in Mumbai film world. This film “My Love” was his second film. He had few more films for which he composed music but they were not released. For example, the 1973 film “Bhool Na Jaana” (couple of songs sung by Mukeshji were “Pukaaro Mera Naam Le Kar” and “Gham-E-Dil Kis Se Kahoon”).

Mukeshji was his favorite singer. His two songs from “My Love”, “Woh Tere Pyaar Ka Gham” and “Zikr Hota Hai” were chartbusters. Especially the song “Woh Tere Pyaar”. Apparently this was one of Mukeshji’s favorite. Rafi Saab’s title song “Yeh Tumhaare Raaste” is another lovely song.

Singhji made use of the setting of the film to score beautiful background music. The East African music influence is not obvious in the songs he composed but most of them either were preceded or were trailed by that type of music. I am including several music clips to show how Daan Singh Saab was able to capture the African drum beats beautifully.

I am uploading all songs (in the first post) and several music clips (in the second post) in two back-to-back posts. A note about the audio quality of the songs. Most of the songs are in very good quality. But in a few of them the quality of the voices suffers as it becomes a tad feeble for few seconds but then corrects itself.

Here are the songs in the first post…

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Music Clips from "My Love (1970)"...

Here are a few music clips from this album with deep influence of East African music...