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

[swarapriya]

(Majrooh) Ek Hi Rasta (1956)

After moving to Delhi from Lahore during partition, a well-educated B.R. Chopra (Bal Raj Chopra) directed his first movie “Karwat” in 1949. However it was his second film “Afsana” released in 1951 that brought him fame and fortune. It had Ashok Kumar playing a dual role. It was later remade by Chopra as “Dastan” in 1974 with Dilip Kumar but it failed to click.

In 1956 he founded his own production company, BR Films. His maiden production was this film, “Ek Hi Raasta”. The movie tackled social problems a young widow faces in this society. It also dealt with the subject of widow remarriage. The movie was a huge hit.

Besides finely made and beautifully acted by its principles, the film had the soul stirring music composed by Hemantda. Mostly composed in classical vein, all songs were huge hits. Ravi Shankar Sharma (popularly known as Ravi) was its assistant music director. Earlier in 1954 Ravi collaborated with Hemantda by playing the “been” music for Hemantda’s another super hit “Nagin”.

Younger brother of BR, Yash Raj (popularly known as Yash Chopra) was one of the assistant directors of this film. I am uploading all songs and some music clips in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs…

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Some Musical Clips from "Ek Hi Rasta (1956)"...

Here are some musical clips and an instrumental...

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(Rajinder Krishan) Anarkali (1953)

Songs from this popular album were uploaded recently in this very thread. They are no longer available for download. However I can upload them again if there is a specific request.

Thanks & Cheers.

[swarapriya]

(Shailendra) Pooja (1954)

This is another Shankar & Jaikishan early album that has some beautiful numbers. The highlight of the album is the classical song in Madhuvanthi raag, “Room Jhoom”. This was sung beautifully by Krishna Rao Shankar Pandit and Rafi Saab. I found a live recording of this song that I am including here. It is a great rendition even though I am not clear who the singers are. Here is this and other songs from this fine album…

[swarapriya]

(Shakeel) Rail Ka Dibba (1953)

Here are the songs from this album...

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(Anand Bakshi) Jabse Tumhen Dekha Hai (1963)

Here are the songs from this film...

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(Hasrat Jaipuri) Shikast (1953)

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

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...mp;#entry721715

[usrafian]

(Anand Bakshi) Jabse Tumhen Dekha Hai (1963)

Here are the songs from this film...

DSP,
Thanks for one more gem!

In the movie, all the songs are by Shailendra Mahan except this only qawwalli by Anand Bakshi Sahab, & it had made him the show stealer lyricist ….. ‘Tumhe Hushn Deke Khuda Ne..’.

I also loved his another qawwalli from Kala Samander ‘Meri Tasveer Lekar Kay Karoge’.

During ‘golden era’, ‘qawwalli’ was a trend in every movie. Gone are the days now

During the sixties era, Rafi & Lata had partitioned hence IMO the female singers in this qawwalli are Asha & Suman (not Lata). Pl comment.

BTW, uploading sweet humming by Geeta Bali ‘Ye Din, Din Hain Khushi Ke’, coutesy of HFM..


USR

[swarapriya]

(Anand Bakshi) Jabse Tumhen Dekha Hai (1963)

Here are the songs from this film...

DSP,
Thanks for one more gem!

In the movie, all the songs are by Shailendra Mahan except this only qawwalli by Anand Bakshi Sahab, & it had made him the show stealer lyricist ….. ‘Tumhe Hushn Deke Khuda Ne..’.

I also loved his another qawwalli from Kala Samander ‘Meri Tasveer Lekar Kay Karoge’.

During ‘golden era’, ‘qawwalli’ was a trend in every movie. Gone are the days now

During the sixties era, Rafi & Lata had partitioned hence IMO the female singers in this qawwalli are Asha & Suman (not Lata). Pl comment.

BTW, uploading sweet humming by Geeta Bali ‘Ye Din, Din Hain Khushi Ke’, coutesy of HFM..


USR

Thanks for the snippet USR. About the qawwali singers. You could be right. I am hoping someone with the KOSH can come forward and clarify this.

Thanks again.

Cheers,
S

[swarapriya]

(Javed Akhtar) Tezaab (1988)

This movie was a huge hit and established Madhuri Dixit as a star to reckon with. Anil Kapoor followed his previous year hit "Mr. India" with this another great hit. The song "Ek Do Teen" written by Akhtar Saab became so popular that Madhuri was nicknamed "Ek Do Teen " girl. I am uploading this and other popular songs from this album in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs...

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Tezaab (1988)"...

Here are some music clips and an instrumental of a song from this album...

[swarapriya]

(Majrooh) Ek Shola (1958)

The music of this movie is very atypical of Madan Mohanji. One obvious difference is that there is no song by Lataji, a favorite of Mohan Saab. With Asha singing most of the songs, it appears that Mohanji abandoned his brand of music and tried his hand composing the songs in OP Nayyar style (especially with “Chhoodi Khanke”and “Hum Kaala”). In one of my earlier postings of these songs, one of our members mentioned that it was done this way because of the pressure brought by the producers. How far this claim is true is open to debate. But there is no debate if one says that Madanji pulls this off quite creditably. This is no more evident than in the catchy tune “Choodi Khanke”. Here is this and rest of the songs from this fine album…

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Sep 22 2013, 08:36 PM

[taiyab53]

(Majrooh) Ek Shola (1956)

The music of this movie is very atypical of Madan Mohanji. One obvious difference is that there is no song by Lataji, a favorite of Mohan Saab. With Asha singing most of the songs, it appears that Mohanji abandoned his brand of music and tried his hand composing the songs in OP Nayyar style (especially with “Chhoodi Khanke”and “Hum Kaala”). In one of my earlier postings of these songs, one of our members mentioned that it was done this way because of the pressure brought by the producers. How far this claim is true is open to debate. But there is no debate if one says that Madanji pulls this off quite creditably. This is no more evident than in the catchy tune “Choodi Khanke”. Here is this and rest of the songs from this fine album…

dear swarapriya
Film EK SHOLA is from 1958(not 1956) according to HFGK.
Jhoom ke mann matawala-- is sung only by asha ji(no Mahendra kapoor voice)
taiyab

[swarapriya]

(Majrooh) Ek Shola (1956)

The music of this movie is very atypical of Madan Mohanji. One obvious difference is that there is no song by Lataji, a favorite of Mohan Saab. With Asha singing most of the songs, it appears that Mohanji abandoned his brand of music and tried his hand composing the songs in OP Nayyar style (especially with “Chhoodi Khanke”and “Hum Kaala”). In one of my earlier postings of these songs, one of our members mentioned that it was done this way because of the pressure brought by the producers. How far this claim is true is open to debate. But there is no debate if one says that Madanji pulls this off quite creditably. This is no more evident than in the catchy tune “Choodi Khanke”. Here is this and rest of the songs from this fine album…

dear swarapriya
Film EK SHOLA is from 1958(not 1956) according to HFGK.
Jhoom ke mann matawala-- is sung only by asha ji(no Mahendra kapoor voice)
taiyab

Thanks for pointing out the discrepancies. I made changes to the table but left the song as is. The table gives the information correctly.

Thanks again Dear Taiyab & cheers.
S

[swarapriya]

(Rajinder Krishan) Chacha Chowdhary (1953)

The story of this film revolves around a mentally deranged man who is committed to a lunatic asylum. He escapes the asylum and finds a place in a house with a disarrayed family who mistook him for their rich uncle. In due course, the man who is supposed to be crazy solves everyone’s problems in the household who are driving each other and themselves crazy. A very interesting premise for a story but Raja Paranjape, the actor who played Chacha and directed the film, distracts the main storyline with too many trifle things. In the end, what should have been a gripping drama based on a powerful story, even though has its moments, ends up as just another ordinary and forgettable film.

This is another Madan Mohanji’s album without Lataji’s songs. However Asha does beautifully well in all of her songs. My favorite song of the album is “Jaa Dekhi”.

I have no clue who the singer of the classical raga song “Bahaar Aaye”. I am requesting members to fill in the blanks if they have any information. Here is this and other fine songs from this film…