Kaifiyat, Kaifi Azmi - The Poet Extraordinaire Options

[swarapriya]

Sahib Bahadur (1977)

The man who symbolized undying enthusiasm for life is no more among us. Dev Anand, synonymous with bundle of energy, finally succumbed to the unavoidable death. But his work he left behind us will stay forever with us. May his soul rest in peace...

This movie was made by Dev's older brother Chetanji. More and more I think about some of the movies he made, I can't help but reassess his abilities as a great director. Take this movie for example. He assembled a whole bunch of fine character actors. Then he cast his own wife, who is expressionless most of the time and can hardly act, in the lead opposite his brother Dev. Then he made a picture that was neither serious in approach to the subject nor funny in the situations he created instead of the buffoonery of several actors. Its absurdity was simply pathetic to watch. The only saving grace of the movie was its beautiful music by Madan Mohanji. As usual he delivered it again here.

Chetan Saab made this movie in 1950 as "Afsar" with Dev and his heartthrob during those years, Suraiya. The real life romance of the two generated enough chemistry that spelled the movie to be a modest success. Of course it boasted several beautiful songs by Suraiya and others composed by the great Burmanda. But this lame remake was a downer in a big way.

I am uploading the songs and some musical clips from the picture in two back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post...

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Sahib Bahadur (1977)"...

I am including in this post several music clips from the film. Also, I am including the humming of the tune for the song "Mushkil Hai" by Madan Mohanji himself. Particulars of these are given in the table below.

Here are these clips...

[abhijoy]

swarapriya,

"rahi tha main awara" song have one small part in movie....can u pls upload that part...its a slow version....

[swarapriya]

swarapriya,

"rahi tha main awara" song have one small part in movie....can u pls upload that part...its a slow version....

Here is the song Gargi. I had it but decided against uploading because I didn't think it was any slower than the complete version. Anyway, here it is...

[abhijoy]

swarapriya,

"rahi tha main awara" song have one small part in movie....can u pls upload that part...its a slow version....

Here is the song Gargi. I had it but decided against uploading because I didn't think it was any slower than the complete version. Anyway, here it is...

thanks for uploading this one swarapriya.....

[swarapriya]

Shankar Hussain (1977)

Here is another great album from Khayyam Saab. There are several beautiful songs in this film. Lataji's both solos are just outstanding. But the standout song from the album is Rafi Saab's probably the most melodious romantic songs ever, written beautifully by Kamal Amrohi Saab, "Kahin Ek Masoom Nazuk Si Ladki". This is one great rendition. You feel like kissing the supremely sweet voice of Rafi Saab. Just love it...

I am uploading these songs in two back-to-back posts. The first post contains all the songs from an original soundtrack album. The second post contains rest of the songs and several extended version songs. These were contributed by the members of this Forum. Thank you. But please be warned that the quality of some of these songs is very poor. I am including them here for completeness sake.

Here are the songs in the first post...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Dec 13 2011, 02:57 PM

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Shankar Hussain (1977)"...

Here are the rest of the songs from this album. These are all thanks to the courtesy of the Forum members. Please be warned that the quality of some of these songs is very poor, especially "Chalke" and "Ran". Other songs, including extended versions, fare much better. The longer version of "Kahin Ek" is the same as the two parts of this song combined.

Here are these songs...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Dec 12 2011, 05:16 AM

[swarapriya]

Toote Khilone (1978)

This movie was directed by Chetan Anand's son Ketan Anand. It starred among others Shekar Kapur in the lead. Kapur is related to Anands and is a noted director himself. I haven't seen this movie but its music by Bappi Lahiri is outstanding. Most of the songs are good but three are real standouts. These are the solos by Lataji, Yesudas, and Kishoreda. Here are these and other songs from this album...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Dec 26 2011, 05:05 AM

[swarapriya]

Inspector Eagle (1979)

Here are the songs from this album, all thanks to the courtesy of the Forum members...

[swarapriya]

Shaitan Mujrim (1980)

Here are the songs from this album...

[swarapriya]

Kanoon Aur Mujrim (1981)

Azmi Saab wrote only one song for this film but what a song it is. Beautiful lyrics. Superbly sung by Usha Mangeshkar and Suresh Wadkar. Here is this song "Shaam Rangeen Hui" and others from this album...

[swarapriya]

Arth (1982)

Mahesh Bhatt made several good movies before he decided to quit directing films. This movie, "Arth", came early in his career and it is one of the great ones. Bhatt wrote the story, co-wrote the screenplay, produced the film and directed it as well. Apparently it was based partly on his own life when he was involved with the late actress Parveen Babi. Smita Patil played Babi’s role in the film. But the movie belonged to Shabana Azmi all the way. She portrayed the wife of the director husband played by Kharbanda. One day she finds herself facing the truth that her husband loves someone else and she has no one else to look after her wellbeing except dig deep into herself to establish her own identity. Shabana was simply brilliant as the suffering wife who was willing to face her new life on her own terms.

The movie won several awards and rightfully so. Shabana won the Filmfare Award as the Best Actress. She also won the National Award as the Best Actress for her brilliant portrayal. Rohini Hattangadi, a BAFTA winner for her role in Attenborough's "Gandhi (1982)", won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. Mahesh Bhatt won the Filmfare Award for the Best Screenplay.

The songs of this movie, composed by Chitra Singh and the late Jagjit Singh, are simply superb. The original soundtrack album has five songs but in the actual film, there were only three songs, all written by Kaifi Azmi Saab and all sung by Jagjitji. I am uploading all the songs in two back-to-back posts. The first post contains songs from the original soundtrack album plus the title music from a DVD. The second post contains some specials.

Here are the songs in the first post...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jan 31 2012, 11:04 AM

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Arth (1982)"...

In this post I am including two separate but full versions of the song "Tere Khushboo". Both of these are from live concerts. One has introductions by Jagjit Singhji about rest of the members of his orchestra. I am also including an instrumental version of "Tum Itna". This one is by Brian Silas who played this tune on a piano.

Here are these songs...

[swarapriya]

Lakshmi (1982)

Kaifi Azmi Saab wrote one song for this film. All of the songs from this album were recently uploaded in the "Sahir & Shairi" thread in this directory. These are available starting at the following location...

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...mp;#entry699545

[swarapriya]

Razia Sultan (1982)

Songs from this album were recently uploaded in the "Muse & Music" thread in this directory. They are available starting at the following location...

https://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...140&st=2370