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

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(Javed Akhtar) Immaan Dharam (1977)

Here are the songs from this album...

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(Majrooh) Baghi (1953)

Here are the songs from this film from the incredibly great combination of the incomparable Madan Mohan Saab and Lataji...

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(Rajinder Krishan) Pyaar (1950)

Here are the songs from this album where way back in 1950 SD had Kishoreda singing for Raj Kapoor...

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(Shailendra) Poonam (1952)

Here are the songs from this early SJ album...

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(Shakeel) Babul (1950)

This is a beautiful album from Naushadji. I am uploading songs from this album in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Mar 12 2013, 12:39 PM

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Concluding Songs from "Babul (1950)"...

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

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(Anand Bakshi) Maine Jeena Seekh Liya (1959)

Here are the songs from this album...

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(Hasrat Jaipuri) Neelam Pari (1952)

Here are the songs from this album...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Mar 14 2013, 10:28 PM

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(Hasrat Jaipuri) Neelam Pari (1952)

Here are the songs from this album...

here is the remaining song
taiyab
1952-neelam pari-pyaar ke toote taron par main-asha-khursheed anwar-hasrat jaipuri-3.50 mins-192 br

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(Hasrat Jaipuri) Neelam Pari (1952)

Here are the songs from this album...

here is the remaining song
taiyab
1952-neelam pari-pyaar ke toote taron par main-asha-khursheed anwar-hasrat jaipuri-3.50 mins-192 br

Thank you again for your yet another contribution Taiyab. Cheers. -S

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(Javed Akhtar) Don (1978)

Most of the following write up appeared in one of my previous postings of this film...

The producer of the movie was the ace photographer Norman Irani. Earlier he made a movie called “Zindagi Zindagi (1972)” that was a financial disaster. Irani was in extreme financial strain and couldn’t meet his loan payments. While he was working with Manoj Kumar on his “Roti Kapda Aur Makaan (1984)”, some of the cast members of that movie including Amitabh, Pran, and Zeenat and the assistant director Chandra Barot decided to help out Irani. They procured the script of “Don” from the writing team of Salim & Javed. The writing team shelved this project because they couldn’t find any takers for the storyline. Thus the team to make “Don” was formed.

Before the movie was finished, Irani died in an accident. Everyone involved decided to finish the movie by taking salary cuts. Zeenat Aman did not take any salary. At Manoj’s suggestion, the song “Khaike Paan Banaras Waala” was added as an after thought. The film was released without the usual ballyhoo. After a week the film was completely going unnoticed and was virtually written off. Then it suddenly took off as the song “Khaike” became a sensational rage and the movie also became a huge hit. With profits from the movie, Irani’s widow was able to settle all her debts.

Sometime back I was in a concert show; I believe it was Amit Kumar’s. During the show he recited the story of how the song “Khaike” came about. The music director duo was ready to record the song and Kishoreda arrived to sing. He tried a few times to sing the song and wasn’t too happy the way it was going, so he refused to go ahead with the recording. Anandji had an idea. He sent someone out to bring some of the best Benaras paans available. When the paans arrived, Kishoreda sprang to his feet, took a couple and started eating them. While still eating the paans, he told KA that he was ready to sing. The song was recorded without any further hitch. I guess behind every classic song there is a story to tell…

The movie won several Filmfare awards including the Best Actor for Amitabh, the Best Female Playback Singer for Asha for the song “Yeh Mera Dil”, and the Best Male Playback Singer for Kishoreda for “Khaike Paan Banaras Waala”.

In 2005, the singing group “Black Eyed Peas” used a sample of the song from this movie, “Yeh Mera Dil”, for one of their hit songs. That song fetched them a Grammy. Broadcast Music Incorporate (BMI) of USA rewarded KA with their award for being the source for the Grammy winner.

“Don” was made into several languages including many times in Hindi. The first Telugu version was called “Yugandhar”.

I am uploading these songs in two back-to-back posts. The first post contains all songs from the film. The second post contains some specials and a few instrumentals of the songs from this album.

Now for the songs in the first post...

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Some Specials & Instrumentals of the Songs from "Don (1978)"...

In this post I am uploading a couple of specials. The song "Khaike Paan" has a real brief introduction by Kishoreda himself. This was taken from the album "Legends: Kishore Kumar - The Versatile Genius (CD 5)". Another special song I am uploading is that of "Yeh Mera Dil". This has a real nice introduction by Kalyanji who talks fondly about Asha's singing abilities. This one is taken from the album "Legends: Asha Bhosle - The Enchantress (CD 5)".

I am also uploading some of the instrumentals of the songs from this popular album.

Here are the specials and the instrumentals...

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(Majrooh) Baaz (1953)

Guru Dutt wrote the story, screenplay, and directed this film about pirates and high sea adventure. He also was in the movie, his first appearance as an actor. Even though he was the hero of the film, it was all Geeta Bali. She in the title role had more heroics than anyone else in the film and was simply magnificent.

This was a third directorial venture for Guru. He made his debut as a director with his friend Dev Anand’s smashing “Baazi” in 1951. It was followed by another Dev starrer in 1952, “Jaal”. The other commonalities of these two films, besides Dev and Guru, they also had Geeta Bali in both of them. SD Burman was their music director. Sahir Ludhianvi wrote lyrics for both the films.

With the success he enjoyed with his first two films, Guru was trying to come up with a “different” film. Geeta Bali’s sister was in the marketplace to produce a movie. When Guru became available he was contracted to make the film. The movie finally ended up with three co-producers; Geeta Bali’s sister, her husband, and Guru himself. For its music, Guru decided to sign O.P. Nayyar as the music director. Majrooh wrote the lyrics. Guru had three assistant directors; Raj Khosla, Atma Ram, and Niranjan.

All said and done when the movie was finished and released it proved to be a financial disaster. Geeta Bali’s sister lost a fortune. So did Guru. The friendship between Bali and Dutt strained. The only outstanding thing that emerged from the film was its ever so fresh and lilting music. OP was simply magnificent.

The financial debacle of the film had some ramifications in Guru’s life. Looking for some stability before he can stand back on his own legs, he pressed on the playback singer Geeta Roy, who was more successful and financially secure than him, with whom he was in love with to marry him. In late May of 1953 Geetaji and Guru were married.

In this album, Geetaji dominates with six beautiful solos. One of the solos has three different parts to it. Here are these songs and others from this lovely album…

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(Rajinder Krishan) Pyar Ki Manzil (1950)

Here are the songs from this album with some of them thanks to the courtesy of the Forum members...

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(Rajinder Krishan) Pyar Ki Manzil (1950)

Here are the songs from this album with some of them thanks to the courtesy of the Forum members...

dear swarapriya
the song
AYE CHAND ZARA SUNLE is penned by SHEWAN RIZVI SAHAB not RAJAINDRA KRISHAN according to HFGK,just a correction
taiyab