Three Of A Kind, Dev, Dilip & Kishore Options

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(Kishore) Rungoli (1962)

The same team that gave us that endearing hit "New Delhi" in 1956 decided to revive similar magic and came up with this movie. This movie also had similar formula; unforgettable music by S&J, great performances by the principals, some dazzling dances by Vyjayanti, and slapstick comedy by Kishoreda. Yet the movie didn't have either the soul or the heart of the old movie that was warmly touching to the senses. In essence it lacked what "Delhi" had, the story of national integration that was behind all the comedy that clicked in that movie.

Like mentioned earlier, the music by S&J is the real treat of this movie. Their creative juices flowing still high, this incredible pair never slacked and gave us one memorable hit after another. These songs have stood the test of times. What more proof we need than that even after 50 years of their original release, these songs continue to give the same pleasurable goose bumps.

I am uploading these songs in two back-to-back posts. The first post contains all of the songs from an original soundtrack album. The second post contains several extended version songs.

Here is a description of the songs in the first post and the songs themselves...

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Concluding Songs from "Rungoli (1962)"...

Here are some of the extended version songs from this album...

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(Dev) Sarhad (1960)

This is the second film this year the very beautiful and talented Suchitra Sen was paired with Dev. The other one was "Bombai Ka Babu". C. Ramchandra was at the helm of the music of "Sarhad". Most of the tunes in this album, by Ramchandra's own acknowledgement, were inspired by some popular Western tunes.

Here are these songs...

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(Dilip) Vidhaata (1982)

This was the first of the three movies Subhash Ghai directed the great thespian Dilip Saab. The other two were "Karma (1986)" and "Saudagar (1991)". This film has a huge cast and the movie was a hit thanks to some great performances by the principals.

Here are the songs from this film from an original soundtrack album...

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(Kishore) Ek Raaz (1963)

This Shakti Samanta directed film had a simple tale that is infused with unforgettable songs. The movie was fun to watch mainly because it takes you back when things were so simple in our lives. Also for a change performance of Kishoreda was restrained without much of his usual slapstick comedy. However, as mentioned, the real highlight of the film is its music. Chitraguptji's music was simply superb. Almost all songs are excellent.

It is hard to pick a favorite from such a melodious album. But I have not one but two favorites, both solos by Kishoreda, the engrossing "Agar Sunn Le" and the endearing "Paayalwaali Dekhna".

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

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Apr 2 2012, 09:31 AM

[abhijoy]

gr8 post...

[swarapriya]

gr8 post...

Thanks Gargi. Cheers. -S

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(Dev) Hum Dono (1961)

Jaidevji gave beautiful music to many films. Yet he is remembered best for the outstanding music he composed for this film. Songs of "Hum Dono" are further enriched because of the great lyrics written by inimitable Sahir Saab.

This film with the screenplay and dialogues by Vijay Anand was directed by one of Dev's close friends Amarjeet. Amarjeet was a publicist for Dev who also made "Teen Deviyan" and "Gambler". This is one of the hallmarks of Dev's character, helping his friends when needed. He gave break to Guru Dutt. He helped Raj Khosla by requesting Guru to take him under his wings. He gave a chance to his younger brother Vijay who turned out to be one of our fine directors. Dev also introduced or helped careers of many other actors, Tina Munim, Zeenat Aman, and Jackie Shroff, to name a few.

I am uploading the songs from this film and several specials in three back-to-back posts. The first post contains songs from an original soundtrack album. The second post contains several specials including commentaries. The third post contains some instrumentals.

A colorized version of "Hum Dono" was released in 2011 as "Hum Dono Rangeen". But the movie went unnoticed.

Here are the songs in the first post from this outstanding album...

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Continuing Songs from "Hum Dono (1961)"...

In this post I am including some version songs and commentaries...

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Concluding Songs from "Hum Dono (1961)"...

I am including some instrumentals in this post...

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(Dilip) Mazdoor (1983)

Here are the songs from this album. Please note that in some albums the two parts of the song "Hum Mehannatkash" is combined to show as one song...

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(Kishore) Daal Mein Kaala (1964)

Character actor Bipin Gupta produced the film. Satyen Bose, who made films like “Jagriti (1954”), “Chalti ka Naam Gaadi (1958)”, “Dosti (1964)” and “Raat Aur Din (1967)” among others, wrote the screenplay and directed the film. My expectations of the film were high as I was hoping to see a good movie. But alas. It was a total disappointment. Except for its music, there is nothing in this film to write home about.

C. Ramchandraji was the music director of the film. He did a commendable job with a couple of nice tracks. My favorite of the album is Kishoreda’s number “Chaand Chupchaap Hai”.

All songs from this album were ripped from a DVD. The quality of most of the songs is fairly good. One or two songs have a bit of noise in them. This is especially pronounced in the song “In Aankhon Ko”. The audio of this song is also uneven as it progresses. The other song is “Duniya Ke Bazaar Mein”. This song is mostly vocal. This helps the noise to be not audible as much. But when vocals are absent, you can hear a bit of it. My cleaning efforts of these songs didn’t yield any good results.

Here are some observations about the songs. In a couple of them Kishoreda impersonates a female voice. One of the songs is “Do Aankhen Janaani”. At the very beginning of this song, he sings with a female voice. The second song is “Duniya ki Bazaar Mein”. In this song Ramchandraji had Kishore song a portion of “Gore Gore” from his own composition from the film “Albela (1951)” in a female voice.

It is interesting note that in the song “Mohabbat Karna Hai” Chitalkar sings for Kishoreda. This comes close to the end of the song.

Here are the songs from this album…

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Apr 23 2012, 12:22 PM

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(Dev) Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai (1961)

Nasir Hussain who was with Filmistan Studios for a long time was a successful writer of many hit films for them. He turned into a director with “Tumsa Nahin Dekha” in 1957. The movie was made by Filmistan and became a huge box-office hit that established Shammi Kapoor as a bonafied star. When S. Mukherjee left Filmistan to form his own company, Filmalaya, he had Nasir Hussain direct their first movie. This was “Dil Deke Dekho” in 1959. This movie became blockbuster and heralded a new heroine, Asha Parekh and a new music director, Usha Khanna. After these two successes, Nasir Hussain decided to form his own company and established his production house, Nasir Hussain Films. His first movie was released in 1961, “Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai”. This was also a runaway hit. Interestingly, besides directing, Hussain Saab wrote stories of all these thee movies. Except for small variations, they all have similar themes.

This was the only movie Dev was collaborated with Hussainji. Dev was offered to star in “Teesri Manzil” but Dev declined as he was still fresh from the success of his “Guide” and wanted some time off. Shankar & Jaikishan gave music to only this film he directed.

I am uploading songs from this film in three back-to-back posts. The first two posts contain all the songs and a couple of music clips from the film. The first post songs are all from an original soundtrack album. Songs in the second post are from a DVD. The third post contains several extended version songs from the film. These are all from a DVD as well. All these extended versions have either more music in the beginning or in the end or sometimes both.

Now for the songs in the first post…

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Continuing Songs from "Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai (1961)"...

Here are the rest of the songs and some musical clips from this film. I am also uploading an instrumental of the title song.

Here are these...

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Concluding Songs from "Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai (1961)"...

Here are some of the extended versions from this popular album...