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

[swarapriya]

Griha Pravesh (1979)

After the success enjoyed by their previous collaboration, "Anubhav (1971)", in which Gulzar wrote 2 of the 4 songs for Kanu Roy, they are here together again. "Anubhav" was a glorious swan song for Geetaji. There is no Geetaji here for this album. Yet with a group of unlikely artistes like Chandrani Mukherjee, Sulakshana Pandit, Bhupinder, Pankaj Mitra, and Yesudas the songs turn out to be fine. Here are these songs...

[swarapriya]

Meera (1979)

Songs from this album were recently uploaded in the "Shammi Kapoor" thread in this directory. They are still available at the following location...

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...9103&st=672

[swarapriya]

Ratnadeep (1979)

Songs from this album follow...

[abhijoy]

excellent swarapriya...........

[swarapriya]

excellent swarapriya...........

Great Gargi. Looks like you show up only for Gulzarji's songs. Nevertheless my thanks.

Cheers,
S

[debjyoti]

excellent swarapriya...........

Great Gargi. Looks like you show up only for Gulzarji's songs. Nevertheless my thanks.

Cheers,
S

Actually Gargidi shows up maximum in gurudev Kishore Kumar's forums.

[swarapriya]

Khubsoorat (1980)

This is a story of a young woman growing to be a responsible adult handled deftly by the great director Hrishida. I am uploading all songs of this film from an original soundtrack album. Here are these...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Nov 25 2011, 01:23 AM

[sangeetbhakt]

Ratnadeep (1979)

Songs from this album follow...

"Ratnadeep" was one of those albums of RD's that did not see as much airtime and fame
as some of his other albums, possibly because this was a low-budget small film. But it has
a couple of compositions that I absolutely love. The Asha/Kishore duet is a gem of a song
so wonderfully sung by both of them. I have seen the film a couple of times over the years
and I am very fond of the picturization of this song as well.
The Asha solo "Aisa ho to kaisa hoga" is another lesser heard beauty. When Asha sang for
Pancham, especially in the 70s, there was an additional miThaas that she threw in just for
him and it enhanced the innate beauty of the compositions.

An enjoyably watchable film made even better by the music.

[swarapriya]

Ratnadeep (1979)

Songs from this album follow...

"Ratnadeep" was one of those albums of RD's that did not see as much airtime and fame
as some of his other albums, possibly because this was a low-budget small film. But it has
a couple of compositions that I absolutely love. The Asha/Kishore duet is a gem of a song
so wonderfully sung by both of them. I have seen the film a couple of times over the years
and I am very fond of the picturization of this song as well.
The Asha solo "Aisa ho to kaisa hoga" is another lesser heard beauty. When Asha sang for
Pancham, especially in the 70s, there was an additional miThaas that she threw in just for
him and it enhanced the innate beauty of the compositions.

An enjoyably watchable film made even better by the music.

Hello SB,

I haven't heard from you in a while. Hope things are going well.

Those are beautiful thoughts you shared with us. I am in total agreement about the songs. They are engrossingly joyful. As for the movie, I haven't seen it. May be one of these days I will get to see it.

Cheers,
S

[swarapriya]

Sitara (1980)

This album is a real beauty from the combination of RD and Gulzar Saab. They weave their magic so beautifully with able assist from their singers Asha, Lata & Bhupinder that the spell is hard to come out of. These songs are all from an original soundtrack album. I am including a second version of the song "Thodi Si" which has a dialogue at the end of the song. Also, I am including an audio clip of "Yeh Saaye Hain" with an introduction by Asha. This is taken from the album "Legends: R.D. Burman - The Versatile Composer (CD 4)".

Here is a sprinkle of endless enchantment for your listening pleasure...

[swarapriya]

Swayamvar (1980)

This movie was based on the hit Telugu film "Gundamma Katha (1962)". In spite of some good songs in the Hindi version, like its Tamil counterpart, the film didn't go that well with the audience. I am uploading Hindi film songs below with songs from the Telugu version to immediately follow.

Here are the songs...

[swarapriya]

Gundamma Katha (1962) - A Telugu Film

Hindi film "Swayamvar (1980)" was based on this hit Telugu film. The film, now considered a classic, boasts an all-star cast and some great performances from its principals. Savithri never looked so radiantly beautiful as a simple suffering woman and Rama Rao in the lead was great. Suryakantham, a veteran Telugu actress, in the title role was just brilliant.

The film has several songs with some fine lyrics penned by Pingali. All songs were and still are immensely popular. My favorite is the song "Sannaga Veeche" by Susheela. The lyrics and and the melodious voice of Susheela make this an unforgettable listening experience.

To learn more about the incomparable Savithri, please visit the web site "www.savithri.info".

Here are the songs...

[swarapriya]

Gehrayee (1980)

Here is a little known "horror" film with a 12-year old Padmini Kolhapure having a major role. The DVD had only one song in it that I am uploading below plus a couple of musical instrumentals...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jan 18 2011, 01:13 PM

[swarapriya]

Kashish (1980)

I don't have any songs from this album. Please kindly share if you have any. Thank you very much.

[swarapriya]

Sahira (1980)

I don't have any songs from this album. Please share if you have any. Thank you very much.