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

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(Majrooh) Caravan (1971)

This 1971 musical hit from Nasir Hussain was loosely based on the 1953 Hollywood film “Girl on the Run”. As most Hussain’s films are, this one also had emphasis on entertaining the audience with catchy music. RD easily was up to the task and composed all chartbusters.

I am uploading all songs from the film, few music clips, some specials and version songs, and several instrumentals in five back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post…

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Concluding Songs from "Caravan (1971)"...

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

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A Few Specials of Songs from "Caravan (1971)"...

Here are a few specials related to the songs from the film...

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Few Instrumentals of the Songs from "Caravan (1971)"...

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

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Instrumentals of the Song "Piya Tu" from "Caravan (1971)"...

Here are a few instrumentals of the song "Piya Tu" from the film...

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(Rajinder Krishan) Man Ka Meet (1968)

This utterly lackluster film was produced by Sunil Dutt. He introduced four new actors in this film. Som Dutt, his own younger brother was the hero. Leena Chandavarkar was introduced as heroine opposite Som. Vinod Khanna, who went onto become a big star, was introduced as a villain. The fourth person was Sandhya Rani, who earlier appeared in a few Telugu films.

The downfall was that the story was weak or retread and thus had not much going for it. On the top of it the direction was haphazard. Ravi composed the music with Asha and Mahendra sharing all the songs. Few songs are appealing, especially Mahendra’s “Maikhaane” and Asha’s “Tere Jaise”. The latter song had shades of Hemantda’s 1962 hit song “Saaqiya” from “Sahib Bibi aur Ghulam”.

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

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Concluding Songs from "Man Ka Meet (1968)"...

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

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(Shailendra) Amrapali (1966)

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;#entry752766

[soumik]

(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…

Dear Swarapriya,

Thanks for this album....

Just a information to you:
Archana the actress in this film is the daughter of director Late Hemen Gupta.

Soumik

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(Majrooh) Buddha Mil Gaya (1971)

Dear Swarapriya,

Thanks for this album....

Just a information to you:
Archana the actress in this film is the daughter of director Late Hemen Gupta.

Soumik

Thanks for the info Soumik. Cheers.

[swarapriya]

(Anand Bakshi) Haar Jeet (1972)

I am not sure what to make out about this movie. It was based on Balachander’s story. Balachander was a famous writer and later a film director from south. One of his famous movies was the 1981 Hindi hit “Ek Duuje Ke Liye”. This movie had screenplay and dialogues written by Gulzar Saab. It has the National Award winning Rehana Sultan as the central character. In spite of all this talent, in the end the movie was a total disappointment. Even the music by LP was less than inspiring. Same goes with Bakshi Saab’s lyrics.

The movie had a scene with Mahmood and Dhumal that was kind of imitation of a scene between Om Prakash and Mahmood in the 1966 hit film “Pyar Kiye Jaa”. But Dhumal is no Om Prakash. Also, Mahmood who made strange noises in this scene was moving from one subject to another. I have distilled only Mahmood’s voices and I am uploading it here with various other songs.

One final thought. Near movie’s ending there is a suicide attempt scene that lasted an agonizing 15 minutes or may be even more. I was hoping it will end soon but it simply dragged on and on…

Here are all the songs from the film…

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(Hasrat Jaipuri) Chhaila Babu (1967)

This B-grade movie started out on a cheap budget in early 60’s. After making some progress it was stalled for lack of money. Finally it was finished and released in 1967. With delays or not there was not much this movie had to offer and was a resounding flop. I can give it grade F except… Well. Read on.

This movie has carved itself a bit of history. When the movie was launched they signed then an unknown music director duo, Laxmikant & Pyarelal, to provide its music. The duo’s first song recorded was sung by Mohd. Rafi Saab. The song was “Tere Pyaar Ne”. LP later acknowledged that they offered Rafi Saab paltry sum of money for his services. Rafi Saab politely returned the money saying that they may need for other singers. A great voice with such a great heart. The song is now considered a classic, a milestone in Rafi Saab’s overwhelming credentials. In an interview Rafi Saab acknowledged that it is one of his favorite songs. Because the movie was delayed, the song was not known until 1967 when the film was released. In the meantime, LP’s blockbuster hit, 1963 “Parasmani” was released. LP became instant celebrities. Incidentally Rafi Saab’s solo in it, “Salaamat Raho” had few shades of “Tere Pyaar”.

The song “Tere Pyaar” was penned by Asad Bhopali Saab. The song came to life with Rafi Saab’s passionate singing where lyrics phenomenally scaled similar heights. Before settling upon Anand Bakshi as their choice lyricist, LP utilized talents of Asadji in several of their early films.

Besides “Tere Pyaar”, there are few other good songs in this film. The title song by Mukeshji and the other two duets are also worth noting. There is an interesting qawaali in the film, “Aapas Mein”. It is another nice song but I do not have details of who the singer was or who wrote its lyrics. I am requesting Forum members to share the information with rest of us if anyone has it. Thanks.

One final note about the leading pair of the film, Naaz and Subhi Raj. Naaz started out as a child artiste and appeared in over 90 films. She dubbed for Sridevi in her early Hindi films. Subhi Raj, has some resemblance to Raj Kapoor. That is not surprising as he was Prithviraj’s nephew. He appeared in over 100 films yet not much is known about him. Incidentally Naaz and Raj later tied knot and had two children.

Here are all the songs from the film…

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(Majrooh) Jal Bin Machhli Nritya Bin Bijli (1971)

Shantaram made many thought provoking and relevant movies with his early social dramas on one side and spectacular films glorifying Indian culture at the center of their theme on the other side. Sandhya, wife of Shantaram, who was electrifying on her feet in his earlier feast of colors “Navrang (1959)”, was back in this film as an aspiring dancer. But this time the gap of 11 years between the two movies is clearly evident throughout the film. Yet, the film has a couple of spectacular long dance sequences accompanied to great music by LP and enriching lyrics by Majrooh Saab. The movie is worth watching for these.

The snake dance, which lasted nearly 11 minutes, is incredibly picturized on Sandhya and other dancers. The song “Kajra Laga Ke” that accompanied it simply embellished it. Lataji’s title song is another beauty. Also, the duet by Lata and Mukeshji, “Baat Hai”, is heartwarming.

I am uploading above mentioned songs and the rest, plus a few instrumentals in three back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post…

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Concluding Songs from "Jal Bin Machhli Nritya Bin Bijli (1971)"...

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

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Few Instrumentals of Songs from "Jal Bin Machhli Nritya Bin Bijli (1971)"...

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