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

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(Rajinder Krishan) Ek Kali Muskayee (1968)

This movie was based on an unconvincing and uneven story about a loveless woman. But there are few worthwhile things one can take home. Most of the movie revolved around the hapless woman played by the newcomer Meara Joglekar. She is the daughter of the producer and director of the movie, Vasant Joglekar. Sumati Joglekar, a renowned Marathi film actress is her mother. For a debutante Meera did a great job. Curiously this was the only film she appeared in. Perhaps the failure of the movie may have something to do with it.

The other highlight of the movie was its outstanding music composed by Madan Mohanji. Here Mohanji was once again was joined by Rajinder Krishanji whose lyrics sparkle with their richness. Songs were all sung by either Lataji or Rafi Saab. All Lataji’s songs are simply gems. Rafi Saab’s songs, except for “Junglee Kabutar”, are also memorable. The title song appeared three times in the movie. Even though there is some overlap in these, they are different the way Rafi Saab sang them. I am uploading all three of them here. Incidentally, Lataji’s song “Pyaar Kya Hota Hai” was not included in the film. I have two favorites in this movie. One is Lataji’s beautiful rendition of the exhilarating lovely “Main Toh Pee Ki” and the other is Rafi Saab’s extravagant romantic song “Zulf Bikhraati”.

Mahmood’s role in the film did not fit the proceedings. His portion was totally unnecessary. For the umpteenth time he was playing a lover fooling his would be father-in-law attiring various disguises. The movie would have been better off without him. His tiresome antics stalled the continuity and progress of the film.

I am uploading a couple of snippets sang by Mohanji. Madan Saab apparently had the habit of rehearsing songs himself to ensure that they sounded right. These snippets were lifted directly from his official website. They have very poor audio. Therefore I am uploading them at a lower bit rate.

I am uploading all songs from this beautiful album and a few instrumentals in three back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post…

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Concluding Songs from "Ek Kali Muskayee (1968)"...

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

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Few Instrumentals of "Ek Kali Muskayee (1968)" Song...

Here are a few instrumentals of the song "Na Tum Bewafa Ho" from the film...

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(Shailendra) Janwar (1965)

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

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...mp;#entry752668

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(Anand Bakshi) Ek Bechara (1972)

There is not much to write about this movie. This was one of the early pictures of both Rekha and Vinod Khanna. Rekha looked plump and was playing a routine role as the leading lady. Khanna in a supporting role was villain. The movie’s music, lyrics, and songs were all a total disappointment. The only thing worth remembering is Pran’s fine performance. He once again proved why he was such a great actor and why he endured the fame and filmdom for so long.

The songs, all except for one, were taken from a VCD. Their quality is adequate but I have decided to upload all of them at a lower bit rate. Please note that the song “Ho Naina” has a skip at 6:57. Here are the songs…

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(Hasrat Jaipuri) An Evening in Paris (1967)

Shakti Samanta, who produced and directed this film, brought back the team of Sharmila & Shammi of his earlier hit “Kashmir Ki Kali (1961)” for this film. Sharmila was introduced to Hindi audience in “Kali”. In this movie she played twins. Sharmila looked stunningly lovely. She looked gorgeous in anything she wore, like sarees, skirts, and bikinis. Shammi looked a bit older and beginning to show signs of weight problem. Nevertheless he was his usual engaging self.

The movie treads the familiar path and offers nothing new. But it is a feast to watch all the exotic locations outside of India. Another great fun about the movie was its music and songs. There are plenty of them. Shankar & Jaikishan were at the helm of music department. One can see they were having a ball doing it. Even the background music is very rich and pleasing to ears.

If you love Rafi Saab, you are in for a treat here. He sang six solos and a beautiful duet with Asha. All songs were chartbusters when the movie was released. My favorite is that mellifluous magic rendered by Asha and Rafi Saab in the song “Raat Ke Humsafar”. Even with repeated listening one can never get enough of it.

Dattaram was the assistant music director.

I am uploading all songs from the film plus several music clips in the first two posts. The third post contains Sonu Nigam’s version songs of some of Rafi Saab’s solos from the film. With so many beautiful songs, the music of the film provided plenty of impetus for amateur musicians to play the tunes on their favorite instruments. The last three posts contain some of these instrumentals.

Here are the songs in the first post from this beautiful album...

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Concluding Songs from "An Evening in Paris (1967)"...

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

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Few Version Songs of "An Evening in Paris (1967)"...

Here are a few version songs of Rafi Saab's songs from the film by Sonu Nigam...

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Few Instrumentals of Songs from "An Evening in Paris (1967)"...

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

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Few More Instrumentals of Songs from "An Evening in Paris (1967)"...

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

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Additional Instrumentals of Songs from "An Evening in Paris (1967)"...

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

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(Majrooh) Buddha Mil Gaya (1971)

This movie, a comedy cum murder mystery, was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. With him at the helm I expected a lot. Unfortunately I was disappointed. The problem with the movie was that it was not sure if it wants to be a comedy or a mystery. It ended up as neither. Especially nearly last 30 minutes of the movie was simply mayhem which was unexpected with Hrishida handling it.

My disappointment was some what overcome by one of the most beautiful musical movie compositions by RD. It is simply amazing to appreciate his understanding of the range of versatility and the depth of the music he possessed. There are only five songs in the film. But four of them are simply superb. Lataji’s song “Jiya Naa Mora” is simply a classic. Talking about classic, Manna’s great rendition of “Aayo Kahaan Se” is a class in itself. He was joined by the actress Archana for a few seconds near the end of the song. Then the duet by Asha and Kishoreda is like top of the pop. But the song which stole the show, one of my all-time favorites of Kishoreda, is “Raat Kali”. Majrooh Saab once again delivered powerful lyrics for these songs.

The song “Raat Kali” appeared twice in the film. The first time only “Mukhda”. The second time the complete song appeared. I am uploading only the second one. A note about the song “Aayo Kahaan Se”. This song appeared piecemeal three times in the film, each different from others. I am uploading all three here. But in the DVD I saw the film, these three did not cover the entire song. However, many CD versions carry the full version. I am uploading the full version also here.

With so many popular songs, it gave a field day for amateur musicians practice them on their favorite instruments. I am uploading several of them here.

All in all there are five posts. First two posts contain all songs from the film. The second post also contains a few specials. The next three posts contain various instrumentals. Please note that instrumentals in Post 4 are all from various CD collections but others are from videos.

Here are these beautiful songs in the first post…

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Concluding Songs from "Buddha Mil Gaya (1971)"...

Here are the rest of the songs from this film and a few specials about these songs...

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Few Instrumentals from "Buddha Mil Gaya (1971)"...

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

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Few More Instrumentals from "Buddha Mil Gaya (1971)"...

Here are a few more instrumentals of the songs from the film, all from various CDs...