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[swarapriya]

(Sunil) Watan Ke Rakhwale (1987)

Here are the songs from this album...

[swarapriya]

(Amitabh) My Dear Kuttichathan (1984) - A Malayalam Film

This was a Malayalam movie. It was the first film made in 3D in India. Amitabh was one of the stars in the film that became a super hit. It was released in Hindi as "Chhota Chetan" in 1997 with new scenes added with Urmila Matondkar. In 2010 it was released in Tamil with some more new scenes added as "Chutti Chathan".

Amitabh appeared only in the Malayalam version. I don't have any songs to share from that film. I am including it in this thread for completeness sake.

[swarapriya]

(Dharmendra) Saazish (1975)

Here are the songs from this album...

[swarapriya]

(Jeetendra) Dhuan (1981)

Jeetendra appeared uncredited in this Mithun-starrer. Here are the songs from this film...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Oct 24 2011, 10:41 PM

[Neelesh]

I think the song "Tum mile toh hum khile" is from the film Rusvai. The music was composed by R.D.Burman.

[swarapriya]

I think the song "Tum mile toh hum khile" is from the film Rusvai. The music was composed by R.D.Burman.

Thank you very much Neelesh for pointing the error. It was a tagging error on my part. I made changes to the write up to reflect your recommendation.

My apologies for those who have downloaded this song.

Cheers,
S

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Oct 24 2011, 10:45 PM

[swarapriya]

1947 - Earth (1998)

This film is a gripping drama set during the partition days. Deepa Mehta produced and directed this film from a novel by Bapsi Sidhwa called “Cracking India”. The movie covered only one-third of the novel and most of the violence and the bloodshed spilt all over the book was softened by Mehta. It nevertheless makes a striking point and leaves one agitated and disturbed for some time.

The movie “Earth” was the second of the trilogy Mehta made. The first was “Fire” made in 1996. The third one came in 2005, called “Water”. Incidentally all three films had music by A.R. Rahman.

“Earth” won the critical acclaim all over the world. It won the Best Film Award at the Asian Film Festival and was an official entry by India for Oscars in the Best Foreign Film category.

Deepa Mehta (see her picture attached below) was born in India but settled in Canada. She worked on many films including George Lucas’ television series “The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles”.

This is the last film of Rajendra Kumar we will be doing in this thread. We started his thread on December 24, 2009. In 22 months since then we covered over 90 plus of his films. Rajendra was one of those fortunate actors where his presence almost always spelled success. Most of his movies in 60’s and 70’s were jubilee hits.

There are several beautiful songs in this film. The solos by Sadhna Sargam, Hariharan, and Sukhwinder Singh stand out. My personal favorites are “Dheemi Dheemi” by Hariharan and “Rut Aa Gayi Re” by Sukhwinder Singh.

I will upload these songs taken from an original soundtrack album in two back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post…

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "1947 - Earth (1998)"...

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

[swarapriya]

(Sunil) Dharam Yudh (1988)

Here is a nice album from Rajesh Roshan. My favorite is Sadhna Sargam's solo, "Saari Duniya". She did a great job in singing this song with lot of verve and veracity...

[swarapriya]

(Amitabh) Naya Bakra (1979)

Amitabh made a guest appearance in this film with a host of others. The music composer was Babuji who also was the director of the film. Here are the songs from this album...

[swarapriya]

(Dharmendra) Sholay (1975)

This movie became a phenomenon through out India as it went on to establish a record after record at the box office. It ran successfully for over five years. It grossed an astounding figure of nearly 800 crores of Rupees. It celebrated the golden jubilee in over 60 theatres. It ran over 25 weeks in more than 100 theatres. BBC declared it as the “Film of the Millennium”. Even though “Sholay” snubbed originally by the influential Filmfare magazine, it gave recently the award for it as the Best Film in 50 Years.

The movie was based on a simple idea. It was a story of revenge molded after several successful westerns. Yet it is surprising why this movie became such an unprecedented rage among filmgoers. The biggest answer lies in the character Gabbar Singh as played by the great Amjad Khan. This person was molded after a real life dacoit of the same name. Khan Saab (son of the great actor, Jayant) debuted as a child artiste in Raj Kapoor’s “Ab Dilli Door Nahin” in 1957. His first adult role as an actor was in “Hindustan ki Kasam” released in 1973. But “Sholay” was the movie that brought him instant fame and recognition. A villain in an Indian film never looked meaner and his deeds scarier than Khan’s were from this movie. He gave an unforgettable performance that would be envious of any veteran actor. Simplay put, his performance was phenomenal. Apparently he prepared for the role by reading Taroon Bhaduri’s book “Abhishapth Chambal” which chronicled the doings of dacoits of Chambal valley. Taroonji was the father of Jaya Bhaduri, who also starred in this film. Interestingly Khan Saab was not the original choice of the producers. They wanted Danny Denzongpa for the role. But Danny was away in Afghanistan shooting for Feroz Khan’s “Dharmatma (1975)” and was not immediately available.

I think the song “Mehbooba O Mehbooba” by RD was another chief contributor to the success this movie enjoyed. RD did such a splendid job with his vocals and the music he composed for the film fuses Indian sounds with elements of Afro-Cuban, Arabic, and Latin reflecting his musical genius. Especially the background score where Gabbar Singh is located in a desolate rocky terrain gives such an eerie feeling.

Both the romantic pairs got hitched while preparations to make this movie were going on. Few months before the movie was to be launched, Jaya and Amitabh were married. Soon after that Jaya got pregnant delaying the shooting of the movie. Also, besides being already married and with children, garam Dharam was after Hema’s affections. Originally Dharam wanted to play the role of Thakur (eventually played by Sanjeev Kumar). He was informed that then Sanjeev will get the role of Veeru. When he learned that Veeru will get the girl in the movie, as Sanjeev proposed to Hema only a few months back, Dharam changed his mind quickly and took Veeru’s role. Dharam used to bribe the light boys while shooting so that he can have several retakes with Hema. Incidentally, Hema does not appear with Sanjeev in any scenes in the movie. This was done at her request because she did not want to be near him.

Shatrughan Sinha was considered for the role of Jai, but Dharmendra persuaded the director to have Amitabh play the role. Amitabh also went to the director to convince him that he would be the right choice to play Jai.

The movie was shot near Bangalore. The rocky terrain, called Ramanagaram, where the movie was shot is now a tourist attraction. Parts of Ramanagaram were renamed as “Sippy Nagar”. The village that was built for the movie was left intact by the producers.

“Sholay” was the first Hindi movie to be shot in stereophonic sound. It was also presented in the 70mm widescreen format. The song “Chaand Sa Koi” is not in the movie. After the song was recorded, director Ramesh Sippy decided to not include it in the movie. So the song was never picturized. Anand Bakshi Saab, the lyricist, was one of the co-singers of the song.

I am uploading songs from this film in back-to-back two posts. The first post contains all the songs from the film. The second post contains several extended version songs and some specials.

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

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Sholay (1975)"...

I am uploading in this post few extended versions of the songs and a couple of specials. The details are supplied in the table below.

Here are these songs...

[swarapriya]

(Jeetendra) Ek Hi Bhool (1981)

Here are the songs from this album...

[pawan1234]

(Jeetendra) Ek Hi Bhool (1981)

Here are the songs from this album...

great share nice release

[swarapriya]

(Jeetendra) Ek Hi Bhool (1981)

Here are the songs from this album...

great share nice release

Thank you Pawanji. Cheers. -S