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

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(Hasrat Jaipuri) Rishte Naate (1965)

If it is 1960’s and if it is a Hindi film made in South it must have a proven familiar familial story. This film is no different. There is nothing novel about it. You have seen a similar story before. You have encountered similar situations umpteen times in the films before.

Only thing that is desperately trying to redeem from this dismal outing is its music by Madan Mohan Saab. No matter how mediocre the subject is, he still delivered a beautiful score. There are only a few songs here but all are good.

The song “O Aa Ri” appeared three times in the film. All three have similar patterns and may not be too much different. I have decided to upload all three versions here. Also, the song “Sakhi Re” appeared twice in the film. Once gain they may not be different. I have decided to upload both versions for completeness sake.

My favorite of the album is the song “Mujhe Yaad”. This was a chart buster and a highly popular song. Here is this and rest of the songs from this film…

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(Majrooh Sultanpuri) Prarthana (1969)

This movie has only three songs. I am uploading here two of them, both by Asha. One or both of these may have been contributed by the members of the Forum. Thank you anyway. The song “O Baawri” is simply a knockout. An absolute beauty.

I am missing one song, sung by Lataji. This is shown in red italics in the table below. Please kindly share if you have it. Thank you.

The missing song is a traditional devotional that is attributed to Meerabai. Many singers had their own interpretations of this song in their unique style. I am uploading three of them here; one by Jagjitji, another by Lakshmi Shankarji, and the third one by the legendary M.S. Subbulakshmi.

Here are these songs for you…

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(Rajinder Krishan) Sikandar-E-Azam (1965)

In 1941, great Sohrab Modi who was famous for making historical dramas at an epic scale, produced and directed “Sikandar”. In that film young Prithviraj Kapoor played the title role and Modi the Indian King Puru. The movie was a rousing success and with its patriotic songs it further fueled the cause of civil disobedience against the British Rule. The movie was banned from further exhibition by Britishers but that only heightened the patriotic fervor.

In this 1965 version the title role is played by Dara Singh whereas Prithviraj Kapoor played Puru. Dara Singh looked mighty but his wooden expressions did not help the film to succeed. There are a few patriotic songs in this film and they and others comprise good set of music by Hansraj Behl.

I am uploading all songs and a few music clips from the film in two back-to-back posts. Here are songs in the first post…

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Concluding Songs from "Sikandar-E-Azam (1965)"...

Here are the rest of the songs and a few music clips from this film...

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(Shailendra) Ayee Milan Ki Bela (1964)

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

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...mp;#entry752094

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(Anand Bakshi) Sweetheart (1971)

There is almost no information available about this movie. It apparently was never released. That may be part of the reason why the information is hard to come by. However, four of the songs are widely available online. Also, Mukeshji’s song appears in some of his CD collections. I am uploading these songs here.

Pictures of Asha Parekh that are shown in the table below are from various other films.

Here are the four songs I have…

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(Hasrat Jaipuri) Sherdil (1965)

Glory that was C. Ramchandra. It is hard to imagine that this very same music director who gave us unforgettable hits in “Albela (1951)”, “Anarkali (1953)”, “Navrang (1958)”, and host of other films composed music for this B-Grade film. It is not the grade of the film I have problem with. It is the composition of songs. Jaipuri Saab’s lyrics do not help either. Even Ashaji stumbles here with some of the words unintelligible and hard to understand. Only thing worth mentioning is the qawwali “Sambhla ke Aana”.

I am uploading this and other songs from this film below…

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(Majrooh) Pyar ka Mausam (1969)

Ever since Nasir Husain made his smashing debut as a director with Filmistan’s “Tumsa Nahin Dekha”, his next several movies were only slight variation of the successful outing he had. Later he became a producer and made a series of hit films. Again several movies made under his banner all used pretty much the same formula and stuck to his original successful template. This film is no different.

Unfortunately somewhere along the merry ride of songfest the story became muddled. Rajendra Nath had too much of screen time playing an idiotic buffoon. The movie could have been much better off by eliminating his character altogether. Here director Nasir Husain Saab decided to cast Shashi Kapoor in the lead. In many situations Shashi instead of being himself, was trying to be his older brother Shammi which was not necessary. Shashi was a talented actor on his own. Husain Saab’s favorite heroine Asha Parekh spends most of the film making faces at the hero, comedian, club dancers, and just about everything. Only near the end of the film she returns to her normal winsome pattern.

What is going for this movie is Majrooh Saab’s lyrics and beautiful songs composed by RD. The flagship song of the film is “Tum Bin”. The song was sung by Kishoreda as well as Rafi Saab. Kishoreda’s song appears twice and Rafi Saab’s three times. In Rafi Saab’s version, the second time only the first line is repeated but there is plenty of music attached to it. I am uploading it here. Also the song “O Ni Sultaana Re” appears twice in the film; once near the beginning and then near the end of the film. The second time only the first line is repeated but it is preceded by music. I am uploading it here.

I am also uploading five version songs of “Tum Bin” in the third post and various instrumentals of it in the final two posts.

Here are the songs from the film beginning with the next post…

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Songs from "Pyar ka Mausam (1969)"...

Here is the first set of sons from this hit musical...

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Concluding Songs from "Pyar ka Mausam (1969)"...

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

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Version Songs - Pyar ka Mausam (1969)

Here are a few version songs of the song "Tum Bin" from the film...

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Instrumentals-1 - Pyar ka Mausam (1969)

Here are a few instrumentals of the songs "O Ni Sultaana Re" and "Tum Bin" from the film...

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Instrumentals-2 - Pyar ka Mausam (1969)

In this last post I am uploading few more instrumentals of the hit song "Tum Bin" from the film...

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(Rajinder Krishan) Laadla (1966)

Here is another Hindi film made in South. It again uses the familiar trusted formula of family related values. It was based on a 1962 Tamil hit “Annai”.

In this film the main character was played by Nirupa Roy. She was so dominant in the film, not only she had the majority of screen time, but also had a thespian like Balraj Sahni stay in the background.

Rajinder Krishanji, who pretty much seemed like has a contract on all South Indian Hindi films was again in-charge this time for both dialogues as well as lyrics.

I am uploading all songs except for one here. The missing song is shown in red italics in the table below. If anyone from our members has this song, please kindly share. Thanks.

Here are the songs from the film…

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(Shailendra) Beti-Bete (1964)

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

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...mp;#entry752236