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[Pratul]

Thanks a lot Swarapriya for Gunahon ka Devta Songs.

Pratul

[swarapriya]

Thanks a lot Swarapriya for Gunahon ka Devta Songs.

Pratul

You're welcome, Pratul. Cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

(Amitabh) Silislia (DVD Version) (1981)

There was much buzz generated when this movie was under production. The buzz continued through even after its release. Many felt that the story revolved around Amitabh Bachchan’s personal life with all three real life principals, Jaya Bhaduri, Rekha, and Amitabh, playing the respective roles also in the film. The movie, beautifully photographed in lush locations, with rich lyrics by various writers, and refreshingly new type of music seemed to have everything going for it. Yet, it proved to be a flop at the box office.

Here are some of the highlights of this film…

1. The producer and director of the film, Yash Chopra, wanted to make a film on the subject of extra marital affairs. (Incidentally Yash’s older brother Bal Raj already made on the same subject a successful movie in 1963 called “Gumrah”.) Yash had Amitabh in mind for the central role, so he spoke to Amitabh first. When Amit agreed, Yash and one of his friends who was an Air Wing Commander stationed in Delhi, developed the story fully.

2. This was the first film composed by the music director pair Shiv (Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma) & Hari (Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia).

Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma (see the attached portrait), the co-music director of this film, is a world renowned santoor player. He is a recipient of many awards, among them Padma Bhushan from the Government of India. He published much of his work by releasing records and is recognized throughout the world as an eminent artiste in his field. In partnership with Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia, he gave music to about seven films.

Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia (see his picture below), the co-music director of this film, is a flutist par excellence. He reached out with his performances to both masses and classes alike. He is a recipient of many awards, among them Padma Vibhushan from the Government of India. He has released innumerable discs during a lifetime that has been enriched with many awards throughout the world. In partnership with Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma, he gave music to about seven films.

When Yash told them about “Silslia”, they wanted a month to compose the songs and show the results to Chopra. They came back with two or three tunes for each of the songs to show a pleased Chopra. It was Yash who finally selected the tunes.

3. This was the first film for which Javed Akhtar wrote lyrics. He wrote for five songs for this debut film. In the years to come he will prove himself to be one of the great lyricists among the contemporary writers.

4. Amitabh’s father also wrote a song for this film, the Holi song, “Rang Barse”. It was also a first film for Harivansh Rai Bachchan. In the movie not only it was picturized on Amitabh, but he also sang the song as well. The tune for this song also was composed by Amitabh himself.

5. Amitabh also composed another song for the film, “Neela Aasmaan So Gaya”. This was independently sung by Lata and Amitabh.

6. “Silsila” was the first and the last film in which Jaya and Amitabh appeared on screen together, after their marriage.

7. Originally Padmini and Parveen Babi were considered for the roles Jaya and Rekha played in the movie. Later Smita Patil also was considered for Jaya’s role. Eventually, Jaya was cast as Amitabh’s wife. Finally when Rekha was suggested to be the other woman, Amitabh wanted Yash to talk to Jaya about this first. With Jaya’s nod the role went to Rekha.

8. Shashi Kapoor & Sanjeev Kumar had cameos in the film even though Sanjeev had a bigger role.

9. “Dekha Ek Khawaab” was the first song picturized on a foreign location for a Yash Chopra film. It was the first Hindi film to be shot in Amsterdam. Raj Kapoor followed Yash to shoot “Prem Rog (1982)” for the song “Bhanvre Ne Khilaayaa Phool” in the same Tulip field.

10. Rekha, who told Yash that she wanted to look her best for this film, designed her own wardrobe and used her own personal jewelry. Rekha definitely looked stunning in many scenes.

11. Yash thinks the film flopped because he is of the opinion that his film was made at least ten years ahead of its time. It appears like he forgot the movie his brother made, “Gumrah” in 1963.

I am uploading the songs from this lyrically rich melodious album from a DVD in four back-to-back posts. Their quality is impeccably good, as good as from a CD. I do have the original soundtrack CD album. I compared durations of the songs from DVD to CD and found that most of the songs on the original soundtrack CD album are the same except DVD has few extra ones. Also the DVD version of “Yeh Kahaan Aa Gaye” is one minute and 45 seconds longer. The first three posts contain all the songs from the film plus some. The “plus some” is that the third post contains a few specials of both Panditjis. The fourth post contains an extensive interview given by Yash Chopra on the making of “Silsila”. The interviewer is the director Karan Johar of “My Name is Khan (2010)” and other movies fame.

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

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jul 19 2011, 12:19 AM

[swarapriya]

Continuing Songs from "Silsila (1981)"...

Here are some more songs from this lyrically rich and melodious album...

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Silsila (1981)"...

This post includes the title music (with Lata's aalaap) and the music clips from the film. As an example of the work of Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma (Shiv) and Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia (Hari), I am including here a musical clip of each one. Also, a small jugalbandi clip of these two is included. More details are given in the table below.

Here are these musical clips...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jul 19 2011, 12:18 AM

[swarapriya]

An Interview of Yash Chopra on Making of "Silsila (1981)" by Karan Johar...

In this post I am including a detailed interview of the director of the film "Silsila (1981)" by Karan Johar. Karan himself is one of the notable young directors of Hindi cinema. His most recent work, "My Name is Khan (2010)", was highly praised.

The interview lasts nearly 32 minutes. Because of the length restrictions imposed by the Forum, I have to split the interview into four parts. To get the full interview, you have to upload all of the parts.

Here is the interview...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jul 19 2011, 11:29 AM

[swarapriya]

(Sunil) Duniya Jhukti Hai (1960)

Here are the songs from this Hemantda's fine album...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jul 19 2011, 11:23 AM

[swarapriya]

(Jeetendra) Jawab (1970)

Here is a beauty from LP. All songs are by the courtesy of the Forum members. Thank you ...

Here are the extended versions that i have ripped from the dvd. not great as the original dvd sound wasn't great. But here they are anyway All are variable bitrate 160/192kbps mp3 format

Chali Kahan Hasti Gaati 4m 46s


Kis Karan Jogan Jog Liya 4m 07s


Zindagi Woh Kya 4m 10s

Thank you very much for these extended version songs, dear Sythlord1978 ji. Cheers. -S

[Pratul]

Swarapriya, Thanks a lot for Duniya Jhukti hai album.

Pratul

[Pratul]

Dear Swarapriya,

Could you please upload

Sujata (1959)
Dil Apna Aur Preet Parayi (1960)

Thanks
Pratul

[taiyab53]

(Sunil) Duniya Jhukti Hai (1960)

Here are the songs from this Hemantda's fine album...

swarapriya
song PHOLON SE DOSTI -is sung by RAFI SAHAB & ASHA JI (in the last)
taiyab

[swarapriya]

Swarapriya, Thanks a lot for Duniya Jhukti hai album.

Pratul

You're welcome Pratul. Cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

Dear Swarapriya,

Could you please upload

Sujata (1959)
Dil Apna Aur Preet Parayi (1960)

Thanks
Pratul

Will do. Cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

(Sunil) Duniya Jhukti Hai (1960)

Here are the songs from this Hemantda's fine album...

swarapriya
song PHOLON SE DOSTI -is sung by RAFI SAHAB & ASHA JI (in the last)
taiyab

Thank you very much Taiyab. Yes, Asha's portion lasted may be about 10 seconds, that too mixed with Rafi Saab's voice. I could hardly figure it out. I made the changes to the table per your suggestion. Also, my many thanks for keeping me honest with these postings. I really appreciate it.

Cheers,
S

[swarapriya]

(Dharmendra) Do Sher (1974) - A Punjabi Film

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

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...mp;#entry687912