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

[swarapriya]

(Anand Bakshi) Mehndi Lagi Mere Haath (1962)

Laxmikant & Pyarelal, who were about to make history the following year with their record breaking debut album "Parasmani", were assistant music directors to Kalyanji & Anandji for this film. I am uploading songs from this album in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs...

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Concluding Songs from "Mehndi Lagi Mere Haath (1962)"...

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

[swarapriya]

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Aurat (1953)

This film as it claimed was based on a Biblical story. But it was freely adopted from Cecil B. DeMill’s enduring classic, the 1949 box-office hit “Samson and Delilah”. Bina Rai reprised the role played by the beauty with brains, Hedy Lamarr. Prem Nath played Victor Mature’s role. Purnima played Angela Lansbury’s role.

The Hindi film was only a moderate success. Bina Rai and Prem Nath, the two principles in the movie, fell in love while shooting for this film and soon after its completion got married.

Here are the songs from this film…

[swarapriya]

(Javed Akhtar) Arjun (1985)

Songs from this album are uploaded in two back-to-back posts. The first post contains songs from the film. The second post contains several music clips.

Here is the first set of songs...

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Some Music Clips from "Arjun (1985)"...

Here are some music clips from this film...

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(Majrooh) Mr. & Mrs. '55 (1955)

This is another classic musical combination from OP, Majrooh, Geetaji, Shamshadji, Rafi Saab, Johnny Walker & Guru Dutt. This same team gave the previous year a hit in "Aar Paar". This time Madhubala joins in the fun. Thanks to her and the catchy songs, the movie became a hit.

Except for one song (two versions) all songs were written by Majrooh Saab. The song "Preetam Aan Milo", which appears in two versions, was written by Saroj Mohini Nayyar. She was the wife of the music director OP. This was during their happy married times. Later they got separated and lived separately.

I am uploading songs from this film in two back-to-back posts. The first post contains all songs from an original sound track album. The second post contains the two versions of "Preetam", some music clips, and a couple of instrumentals. Unfortunately the quality of "Preetam" is so so.

It is interesting to note that in Music Clip-4, about 41 seconds into the music, OP uses the music that became later the tune he used in 1958 for "Howrah Bridge" for the chart buster "Merra Naam Chhin Chhin Chhin".

Here are the songs from this album starting with the first post...

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Mr. & Mrs. '55 (1955)"...

Here are the rest of the songs and some music clips from this film and a couple of instrumentals of the songs from this film...

[swarapriya]

(Rajinder Krishan) Ashiana (1952)

Baby Sadhana, the future heroine of many successful films, starred in this film playing the role of Nargis when she was a child. Here are the songs from this album...

[HarshBhatt]

Thanks for the wonderful collection

[swarapriya]

Thanks for the wonderful collection

Thank you kindly Harshji. You've always been supportive of my efforts. I appreciate it a great deal.

Cheers,
S

[swarapriya]

(Shailendra) Baadshah (1954)

Aparesh Lahiri, who sang the solo in this album “Jaage Mera Dil Soye Zamaana”, was a famous Bengali playback singer. He (see the attached picture) is the father of the famous music director and singer Bappi Lahiri. I am not aware of much of his work in Hindi but the solo in this album is outstanding. The way he sang the song it had that melancholic ring of the immortal Saigal Saab that also is Hemantda’s trademark singing.

Speaking of Hemantda, he has a duet and solo that is a dual song in this album. As expected, Hemantda is simply superb. Here are these and other songs from this album…

[swarapriya]

(Shakeel) Diwana (1952)

Here are the songs from this album...

[usrafian]

I will start from ‘Patita’, ‘Yaad Kiya Dil Ne Kahan Ho tum’ by Jagjit sahib & Chorus. In the song, Jagjit sahab’s voice is full of emotions with feathery softness, & succeed to touch the soul .

Baiju Bawaraa – Too excellent to say a word.

Kala Samandar –Never heard ‘Mohabbat Karo’ , thanks to Taiyab sahib for this gem, still my all-time favorite of this film is ‘Meri Tasveer Lekar Kya Karoge’ . (Here Anand Bakshi sahib is ahead of Sahir-the Great .. ha ha ha).

Sazaa – Un-doughtily ‘Tum Na Jaane Kis Jahan Mein Kho Gaye’ by Lata, is an immortal song, hearing this song by Brian Silos on piano is definitely a heavenly journey . ‘Ye Baat Koii samjhaye Re’ is beautifully sung by Sandhya Mukharji & deserves for collection, it recalls me her excellent song ‘Maine Jo Li Angdayee’ from ‘Jagte Raho’.

‘Dil Diya Dard Liya’, all songs are gems, collected ‘Koii Sagar ‘ on saxophone by Manohari Singh.

‘Mr & Mrs 55’ – Unable to say anything about O P Naiyyar-The Great. Apart from songs, music clips too are worthy for collection. As per OPN Sahab, ‘Preetam aan Milo’ was written by himself (1946) but to save tax it was labeled on his wife’s name Saroj. This song is excellently sung by C H Atmaram Sahab.

‘Badshah’ to badshah hi hai. ‘Aa Nile Gagan’ song is far far ahead of expression ‘excellent’. Aparesh Lahiri Sahib, not much known in HFM, good to know about him.

It is a boon to hear Rafi Sahab vs. Habib Wali Sahab 'Tasveer Banata Hoon' from Diwana.

Dear SP, my heartfelt thanks for providing us all these Gems that too in excellent quality with doubly excellent descriptions.

WAITING FOR MANY MORE GEMS

USR

This post has been edited by usrafian: Aug 14 2013, 12:45 PM

[swarapriya]

(Anand Bakshi) Pardesi Dhola (1962) - A Punjabi Film...

Here are some of the songs from the Punjabi film "Pardesi Dhola" for which Bakshi Saab wrote some lyrics. My apologies for the poor quality of the songs...

[swarapriya]

I will start from ‘Patita’, ‘Yaad Kiya Dil Ne Kahan Ho tum’ by Jagjit sahib & Chorus. In the song, Jagjit sahab’s voice is full of emotions with feathery softness, & succeed to touch the soul .

Baiju Bawaraa – Too excellent to say a word.

Kala Samandar –Never heard ‘Mohabbat Karo’ , thanks to Taiyab sahib for this gem, still my all-time favorite of this film is ‘Meri Tasveer Lekar Kya Karoge’ . (Here Anand Bakshi sahib is ahead of Sahir-the Great .. ha ha ha).

Sazaa – Un-doughtily ‘Tum Na Jaane Kis Jahan Mein Kho Gaye’ by Lata, is an immortal song, hearing this song by Brian Silos on piano is definitely a heavenly journey . ‘Ye Baat Koii samjhaye Re’ is beautifully sung by Sandhya Mukharji & deserves for collection, it recalls me her excellent song ‘Maine Jo Li Angdayee’ from ‘Jagte Raho’.

‘Dil Diya Dard Liya’, all songs are gems, collected ‘Koii Sagar ‘ on saxophone by Manohari Singh.

‘Mr & Mrs 55’ – Unable to say anything about O P Naiyyar-The Great. Apart from songs, music clips too are worthy for collection. As per OPN Sahab, ‘Preetam aan Milo’ was written by himself (1946) but to save tax it was labeled on his wife’s name Saroj. This song is excellently sung by C H Atmaram Sahab.

‘Badshah’ to badshah hi hai. ‘Aa Nile Gagan’ song is far far ahead of expression ‘excellent’. Aparesh Lahiri Sahib, not much known in HFM, good to know about him.

It is a boon to hear Rafi Sahab vs. Habib Wali Sahab 'Tasveer Banata Hoon' from Diwana.

Dear SP, my heartfelt thanks for providing us all these Gems that too in excellent quality with doubly excellent descriptions.

WAITING FOR MANY MORE GEMS

USR

My Dear USR,

Thank you very much for taking time to share your thoughts on these songs. Since the problems associated with uploading files, that lasted nearly nine long weeks without a clue of what is happening, I have a feeling that the patronage of the Forum has noticeably dropped. May be this is simply my feeling. I hope I am wrong about this.

Again, many thanks for your comments. Any good word is always encouraging.

Cheers,
S