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

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(Shailendra) Kismet ka Khel (1956)

Kishore Sahu wrote the story, screenplay, produced and directed this film that tells a simple story of a group of cheats who are good at heart and a wrongly accused man on the run who joins them to escape police. S&J songs are not generally what one expects from them. They are a bit let down. Here are the songs from this album…

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(Shakeel) Kohinoor (1960) - Post 1 (Songs)

"Kohinoor" may not be a gem of a movie but it is one of those films that exploited Dilipji's talents to a maximum. One of our most gifted actors, here he exhibited his acting prowess by going from comedy to romantic hero to a tragedy king very effortlessly. For his portrayal he won the Best Actor Filmfare Award.

There is one "mirror" sequence in this movie between Dilip Saab and Jeevan that is very hilarious. This was a direct lift from the famous Marx Brothers' movie called "Duck Soup" made in 1933. Groucho was in that mirror sequence. Many years later, in 1955, Harpo Marx (brother of Groucho) reenacted the same mirror scene on the Lucille Ball TV show bringing down the house with laughter. By the way, in Amitabh's "Mard (1985)" a similar sequence was shot between Amitabh and Prem Chopra.

“Kohinoor” was a commercially successful movie. The music played a major part in that success. Naushadji displayed his versatility as a music composer with a classical song like “Madhuban Mein” on one hand and a beautiful romantic duet like “Do Sitaaron” on another hand and several other beautiful songs in between.

I am uploading songs and some specials in three back-to-back posts. First two posts contain all songs from the film. The third post contains a couple of version songs and some instrumentals. Here are the songs in the first post…

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Kohinoor (1960) - Post 2 (Songs)

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

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Kohinoor (1960) - Post 3 (Specials)

Here are a couple of version songs and some instrumentals of the popular songs from the film...

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(Anand Bakshi) Boxer (1965)

This is simply a bad movie. Producers trying to exploit the physique of Dara Singhji didn't have much of a story to begin with. Mumtaz is completely wasted in the film. LP's songs are about average with the exception of Lataji's solo "Do Nain". Here is this and other songs from this album...

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(Hasrat Jaipuri) Begunah (1956)

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...4658&st=652

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(Javed Akhtar) Yugandhar (1993)

This movie was an ambitious undertaking to say the least, but in the end it is another crime and revenge drama where there is only a thin line between good and bad. Almost every coming scene can be easily anticipated as it has been rehashed so many times in previous films. As a result, the final product from director N. Chandra (of "Tezab (1988)" fame) was a total disappointment.

There are only four songs in the film but some of them are of longer duration. LP does a passable job in the music department. Here are the songs...

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(Majrooh) Aakhri Dao (1958)

Here is another fine album from Madan Mohan Saab where every song is a delight. Asha has several beautiful numbers in this album. She and Rafi Saab dominate the proceedings. Rafi Saab has a heart rendering song in "Tujhe Kya Sunaaoon". Lata has only one duet in this Madan Mohanji's album and it is a beauty. The song is "Woh Chaand Muskaaya". Here is this and other songs from this fine album...

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(Rajinder Krishan) Nagin (1954)

“Nagin” was inspired by the great Shakespearean play “Romeo and Juliet”. The novel thing about the movie is that it has a background of two rival groups of snake catchers living in some forest. But that is only part of the charm. It has the superb music composed by the great Hemantda. He was assisted by young Kalyanji Virji Shah (of Kalyanji-Anandji team) and another young man named Ravi Shanker Sharma (also known as Ravi), who will eventually become great music directors in their own right. Been music was played by Ravi. Kalyanji made use of an electronic instrument called Clavioline to generate some of the sounds for the songs. The use of the synthesizer was a first for an Indian movie.

The songs were such a craze when the movie was released that there were all kinds of stories of the effect of been music. Some rural touring theaters reported that while been music was being played it attracted several cobras into the theater and the panic stricken fans ran out of the theaters. These probably were tall tales but there is no denying to the fact that snake charmers used to play the music from the film as part of their show. This all sounds very fishy (or snaky) because snakes are deaf and only react to movements and heat.

Another winning point about the movie was the performance of its heroine, Vyjayanti Mala. A trained dancer, she was barely 17 or 18 when she acted in this movie. Her dances rivaled those of snakes and charmed movie goers all over India and suddenly she became a force to reckon within the Hindi film field.

The movie was like one prolonged song and dance sequence. It is a celebration of young love and life; restless, exciting, hallucinating, intoxicating, and charmingly mesmerizing. Let us have some fun with these beautiful songs. I am uploading all songs and several instrumentals in five separate posts. The first two posts contain songs from the film. The other three posts contain instrumentals of some of the popular songs from the movie.

Here is the first set of songs starting in the next post…

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Nagin (1954) - Post 1 (Songs)

This and the next post contain songs from the film. Here is the first part...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Dec 30 2013, 02:18 AM

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Nagin (1954) - Post 2 (Songs)

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

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Nagin (1954) - Post 3 (Instrumentals)

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

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Nagin (1954) - Post 4 (Instrumentals)

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

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Nagin (1954) - Post 5 (Instrumentals)

This final post has some more instrumentals of some of the popular songs from the film...

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(Shailendra) New Delhi (1956)

Here is another beautiful album from Shankar & Jaikishan. Even though the movie is dated yet there is no denying to the fact that it has an endearing story. Rajinder Singh Bedi’s touching humane story revolves around the theme of integration. It highlights that we should live peacefully in spite of our differences between our habits, different spoken languages, North versus South, one caste compared to the other, and other topics. These serious topics were told in an entertaining style. The net result was that this movie proved to be a crowd pleaser when it was originally released.

The album boasts beautiful songs, all solos, six by Lata and three by Kishoreda. All songs were winners with Lata's "Tum Sang" a chartbuster and so were all three of Kishoreda's songs. My favorite from this album is Kishoreda's beauty, "Nakhrewaali". I don't think anyone else can sing such a song except for Kishoreda. Yodeling, inflections of sounds, modulation of the tone, such total control over the voice, Kishoreda was undoubtedly a master of it.

I am uploading all songs from an original soundtrack album in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs…