Yeh Gul(zar)istan Hamara, Films of Gulzar Options

[swarapriya]

Chupke Chupke (1975)

This movie came from the house of Hrishida. Many people felt that it probably is one of the best comedies ever made in Hindi. Even though it has its moments, to me the film was a disappointment. I felt the humor was very artificial and forced. I also felt that with all the all star cast, it was going to be one heck of a movie. Alas. It was not to be. Apart from Om Prakash, rest of the actors didn't have much to offer.

One thing that stood out in this movie was its music. Ever so dependable Burmanda did it again here. Of the four songs, three are really beautiful. All three have Lata in common, with two solos and a duet. Burmanda just knew how to get the best out of Lata as she came through in glistening shine where her both solos that are absolutely marvelous melodies.

Gulzarji wrote the dialogues and also co-wrote the screeplay for the movie. Here are the songs ...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Aug 12 2010, 12:45 AM

[swarapriya]

Faraar (1975)

The anchor piece of this album is the song "Main Pyaasa Tum Saawan" with its various versions. Here is the song in all its versions as well as other songs from an original soundtrack album ...

[ketaki shukla]

Title music of Aandhi.


Ketaki

[swarapriya]

Title music of Aandhi.


Ketaki

Thank you very much Ketaki. Cheers.

[swarapriya]

Khushboo (1975)

Here is an album with so many beautiful songs, they just smell like a freshly blossomed rose flower. I am uploading songs from this album in two back-to-back posts. The first post contains all of the songs from an original soundtrack album. The second post contains some specials.

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

[swarapriya]

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

Here is some more beautiful smelling fragrance. In this post I am including a couple of extended version songs and a version song by Abhijeet. Also a slower paced version of "Do Nainon" is attached.

Now for the subtle smell of sweetness ...

[swarapriya]

Mausam (1975)

Here is another beautiful album from Gulzarji. It was a great movie with Sharmila shining again. There are several good songs in this film with both versions of "Dil Dhoondta Hai" taking the top honors. I am uploading all the songs in back-to-back two posts. In the first post I am uploading songs from an original soundtrack album. The second post has a couple of specials.

Now for the details of the songs in the first post and the songs themselves ...

[swarapriya]

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

In this post I am including the song "Dil Dhoondta Hai" with a brief introduction by Asha Bhosle, R.D. Burman, and Gulzarji. This is taken from the album "Legends: Madan Mohan - The Instinctive Genius (CD 5)". I am also including an instrumental of "Ruke Ruke".

Here are these songs ...

[swarapriya]

Shaque (1976)

Songs from this film were recntly uploaded in the "Hamara Forums > Legends > Legendary Music Directors > Vasant Desai" directory. You can access these songs from the following location ...

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...59138&st=15

[swarapriya]

Gharonda (1977)

Here is a beautiful album from Jaidevji. There are only a few songs in this film and Runa Laila sings three of the four songs. She came from Bangla Desh, in the wake of its liberation, and had few assignments in Bombay but wasn't able to sustain her popularity.

I am also including an audio clip of the song "Ek Akela" with Gulzarji's prologue. This is taken from his album "Fursat ke Raat Din".

Now for a description of these songs from an original soundtrack album and the songs themselves ...

[ketaki shukla]

Mausam (1975)

Here is another beautiful album from Gulzarji. It was a great movie with Sharmila shining again. There are several good songs in this film with both versions of "Dil Dhoondta Hai" taking the top honors. I am uploading all the songs in back-to-back two posts. In the first post I am uploading songs from an original soundtrack album. The second post has a couple of specials.

Now for the details of the songs in the first post and the songs themselves ...

Thank you so much SP. for this beautiful album.


Ketaki

[ketaki shukla]

Gharonda (1977)

Here is a beautiful album from Jaidevji. There are only a few songs in this film and Runa Laila sings three of the four songs. She came from Bangla Desh, in the wake of its liberation, and had few assignments in Bombay but wasn't able to sustain her popularity.

I am also including an audio clip of the song "Ek Akela" with Gulzarji's prologue. This is taken from his album "Fursat ke Raat Din".

Now for a description of these songs from an original soundtrack album and the songs themselves ...

Wonderful uploads SP.All the songs are very lovely.

ketki

[swarapriya]

Mausam (1975)

Thank you so much SP. for this beautiful album.

Ketaki

Madan Mohanji was a master musician. This is just one small but an important instance of it. Cheers Ketaki. -S

[swarapriya]

Gharonda (1977)

Wonderful uploads SP.All the songs are very lovely.

ketki

Jaidevji was a true disciple of the great Burmanda. However, he carved himself a name by putting his own stamp on several movies for which he gave music. This is an excellent example of it.

Cheers,
S

[sangeetbhakt]

Gharonda (1977)

Wonderful uploads SP.All the songs are very lovely.

ketki

Jaidevji was a true disciple of the great Burmanda. However, he carved himself a name by putting his own stamp on several movies for which he gave music. This is an excellent example of it.

Cheers,
S

Jaidev had consistently given superior music for Hindi cinema for decades. However, he was not
as prolific a composer as a lot of others like Shankar-Jaikishen, O P Nayyar or even his guru SDB.
He was in the same ilk as composers like Khayyam.
This film had superb music. I am particularly fond of the sad version "Mujhe pyaar tumse nahi hai"
by Runa Laila. The version that I have has a couple of minutes of dialog by Amol Palekar and Zarina
Wahab which really adds to the drama of the song. And it also sets up the story of the film.