Very very beautiful movie indeed...

Thank YOU SWARAPRIYA Ji

You're very very welcome Devje. -S

Hi
Thanks for all your uploads.I do marvel at your collection of all these movie albums.Also is there any possibility you could upload more of Shanker Jaikishan movie songs from the 1950's ? Harjinder

Swarapriya Ji,

Many sincere thanks for this very rare album. Of course, the only somewhat better-known song is "Chali Hai Fauz Hamari Re Chal Chalam Chal Challam Chal" by Rafi Saab.

And, as you said above, this "Yeh Jhijakne Yeh Thithakne Yeh Lubhaane" solo by Rafi Saab is very nice, though very rare.

But, I cannot say the same of the Rafi-Asha duet, "Aao Yaaron, Aao Pyaron"! It is one of the many songs that I always strongly felt Rafi Saab should never have sung! I mean some of those songs that mis-guided MDs had made him sing for comedians, for alms-seekers in the background, etc. with a highly twisted/mutilated voice that he was forced to put up.

Another very nice and of course extremely rare song from this film, a Rafi-Geeta duet, "Batao Kya Karoongi Main" was uploaded by Erum Ji in her thread.
Venkat

Harbinderji,

If you can be little more specific about some of the titles, I probably can upload those songs for you. Few at a time though as it is time consuming to uplod an album.

Cheers.
Swarapriya

Hi
I was thinking of three movie albums Begunah,Parbat & Badshah.I have at least two or three songs from each movie and would be like to have all the rest from these movies in good audio quality.Off hand I can think of three songs that I do have from Begunaah.1. Ai pyase dil bezubaan2.Aaja raat beeti jaaye 3.Aaj na jaaane.
I remember three songs from Badshah that I do have 1.Aa neel gagan talle pya ham karen 2.Gul muskura utha 3.Rula kar chal diye.
I have two songs from Parbat1.Meethi meethi baaton se 2.Haaye mera dil.
If possible please upload all the other songs that you have from these three movies. Also that crazy song from Begunah 'aaja raat beeti jaaye' has been available on some internet websites but its quality is so so.If possible I would like to have that one too in decent quality audio.Thanks.Harjinder

Thanks swarapriya, keep sharing

Yeh Gulistan Hamara (1972)

What a beautiful title for a movie. I haven't seen it. I heard it wasn't that good. But that doesn't matter. Dada Burman is there to deliver again. Without fail. You can count on it. This time he seems to be on the home ground with a touch of East Indian music. For example, listen to the song by Lataji and Kishore da, "Gori Gori." An absolute beauty. It exudes so much sweetness with very few instruments Burman da seem to use here. Also, Lataji's solo "O Tushima." Another delight. For people who love Burmanda sing, that includes myslef, there are two songs here. One of them is a duet with Lataji. For the other one, both Lataji and RD join him. This may be the first time RD is singing for his dad. Burman da sang for his son RD in "Amar Prem." Kishore da's solo is one of his typical numbers. Even Danny gets to sing a duet with Lataji. Danny is an accomplished singer even though this song doesn't prove it. Many years ago, before Danny became an actor, I heard his songs on a tape all sung by him. He apparently is a shair too. Quite a talented individual. Of course Bombay filmworld never fully utilized his talents.

All the lyrics were written by Anad Bakshi Saab, one of the regulars with both Burmans since "Aradhana" days.

The movie was directed by Dev's close friend, Amar Jeet who also made "Teen Deviyan" with Dev earlier. Now for the songs of "Yeh Gulistan Hamara" ...

Swarapriya Ji
Can u Plzz upload Lata Numbers ( with Extended Versions ) From These Movies.. ??

Sazaa (1951)
Jaal ( 1952 )
Taxi Driver (1954)

ThanX in Advance ...

Armaan (1953)

Here is an early movie in which beautiful Madhubala was paired with Dev. Two of them should be inspiration enough and Burmanda comes through with some beautiful music. Talatji has a nice solo and a duet with Ashaji. Geetaji's solo "Jaaadubhari yeh fazayen" exudes youthful exuberance filled with frolic and fun. Sahir Ludhuianvi Saab penned all the lyrics.

There are nine songs in this movie. I was able to collect only five of them. The missing ones are marked in red italics below. If anyone of the members have these, please kindly share them with rest of us. A word of caution. Because these songs were collected from various sources, their quality may not be uniform.

Now for the details of the songs and songs themselves ...

Here are 3 missing songs. The song audios originated from HF members.

chaahe kitna mujhe tum bulaao ji, nahin boloongi - Asha (128; 3:05)
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krodh kapat ke andhiyaare mein jeevan jo jagaaye jaa - Manna Dey, chorus (128; 2:36)
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main pankh lagaa ke ud jaaoon, aur phir na palat ke aaoon - Asha (128; 3:07)
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Exon

Exon, I have not heard the songs but I feel the first in your list (Chaahe jitna--- and the second in the list of Swarpriya (Bol na bol) are the same songs. Your words come later by Ashaji while the songs starts with Talatji's words"Bol na bol O jane wale". Nonetheless, the song is a masterpiece. Going to listen to both the numbers!

Exon, I have not heard the songs but I feel the first in your list (Chaahe jitna--- and the second in the list of Swarpriya (Bol na bol) are the same songs. Your words come later by Ashaji while the songs starts with Talatji's words"Bol na bol O jane wale". Nonetheless, the song is a masterpiece. Going to listen to both the numbers!

I just reversed the order. Sorry!

Exonji,

Thank you very much for coming through so quickly.

Cheers,
Swarapriya

Swarapriya and Exon,

Thanks for the full album of Armaan.

vasudev

Swarapriya, thanks for posting the album of Armaan (1953). Nice to see the good old fifties album after a series of albums from the seventies.



Film Armaan has been so far made 3 times (based on my knowledge), first one starring Dev sahab and the Venus of Hindi cinema Madhubala ji. The second one came with "Ramba ho.." in eighties, not sure about the starcast. The last one came a few years back starring Amitabh, Anil Kapoor, Priety Zinta.

Talking of songs from Armaan (1953)..Looks like this is a unique movie starring Dev sahab where no song is sung by Rafi sahab, Kishore da or Hemantda. Another singer (who was a SDB regular in 1953) missing is Lata ji. Talat was rarely called for Dev sahab (even in the early fifties) still "Bharam teri wafaon ka" is a beautiful gem composed by Burmanda. Asha ji gives great company to Talat sahab in "Bol na bol aye jaanewale". Of course my pick of this album is "Jaadu bhari yeh fizaayein kehti hain aa jaa" sung so beautifully by Geeta ji. GD-OPN combo has one appeal but GD-SDB has a different and unique appeal !

Best Regards
Parag

Thanks Parag for sharing this informattion.

Swarapriya

Afsar (1950)

This was the first film made by the Navketan banner. Dev Anand in partnership with his elder brother Chetan Anand decided to make movies and launched the banner. Later, Chetan Anand started his own banner and moved away from Dev's. S.D. Burmanda composed music for this very first movie made by Dev. This is how a long and fruitful partnership began that churned out one musical hit after another.

Dev was paired with Suraiya in this movie. In a 4-year span, Dev and Suraiya starred in seven movies together. Most of them apparently made money. These movies are Vidya (1948), Jeet (1949), Shair (1949), Afsar (1950), Nili (1950), Do Sitare (1951), and Sanam (1951). During this time their romance also flourished. It was not until Suariya's kinfolks cut down their friendship there was talk that Suraiya and Dev were getting married.

In one movie Suraiya was starring in, in a scene they were shooting for, Suraiya's boat capsized. Dev immediately jumped and rescued her from drowning. That was the beginning if their romance. Also, Suraiya's favorite Hollywood actor was Gregory Peck. Dev had some striking resemblances and even mannerisms of Peck. Published stories tell that it was another reason. Suraiya met Gregory Peck in Bombay in 1955 when shooting for a film. In the attached picture you can see this.

Songs of Afsar are difficult to get hold of. I am uploading only four songs out of seven. The missing ones are shown in red italics. IOf anyone of you have, please kindly share them with us.

Songs of Afsar (1950) Contd.

Here is a description of the songs and songs themselves ...

Was eagerly waiting for the album, thank you so much!!

If anyone has balance songs from this film, please upload!

Swarapriya,

Thanks for the Afsar songs.

Exon

Swarapriya, thanks for the album of Afsar (1950). IMHO, this particular thread is one of the best threads posted so far on Burman sahab's forum. Thanking you from the bottom of the heart for your special efforts in sharing such wonderful gems one after another !

A special thing about the song "Preet ka naata jodne waale" sung by Suraiya ji and Geeta ji. Based on my information, this is the only duet these 2 beautiful ladies ever sang together.

Burman da was famous for such lovely female duets and gave many such melodies !

Best Regards
Parag

Thank you Parag, you've always been a great support and encouragement all along. This thread is near its end. We need to come up with something different and engaging.

Swarapriya

Hey Swarapriya ji,


I just had to mail to congratulate u from the bottom of my heart because u are doing an amazing job & i

sincerely appreciate ur hard work & dedication.


Along with Bobby bhai & Xice Bhai u are giving us complete collections with id tags too wat else can anyone

ask for?


I must admit ur so kind & caring it shows so much it really does - Long may it continue.


A very grateful...

Bash.

Appreciate your comments Bashji. Very many thanks.

Cheers,
Swarapriya

Chhupa Rustam (1973) - End of an Era

All good things must come to an end. Tha partnership of Sachin Da and Dev Anandji that started with Vidya in 1948 finally ended with this movie Chhupa Rustam in 1973. The partnership that gelled for 25 years. The partnership that was responsible for 28 movies in the span of those 25 years. It produced an everlasting legacy of youthful and magnificently melodious sweet music as its lasting rich repertoire of treausre of songs. The partnership that never endured a lean period in such a fickle film world.

Not too much time after this movie, Burmanda passed away. He was in ill health mostly during his last years. Yet his creativity did not slow down. He was still belting one hit after abother. Such a consummate artist he was. Such a great traditionalist he was. Had such a great ear for melody. Had such magnificently different voice. His presence has an aura that commanded respect. You knew he was something special. You knew he was someone different. You listen to his creations in admiration.

Burmanda was a simple man, always clad in white kurta and dhoti. You know he is in a creative mood when he closes his eyes with a paan in his mouth. You know he is in action when he is tuning his harmonium. You know he appreciates what you have done, when he goes out of his way to give you a hug. Distant. Yet near to so many masses. Simple. Yet so many beautifully intricate melodies.

Burmanda, we miss you in our presence physically but not spiritually. You are always there in our cherished memories because of the legacy of music you left behind for us to enjoy. May long live your memories for many many generations to come!

Chhupa Rustam (1973) Contd ...

This series "Sachin Dev Anand" ends with this installment. It was great pleasure doing this. I will continue to share whatever music I have through the channels provided by this great Forum of ours.

This is the last movie for which Burmanda provided music for a Dev Anand starrer. By coincidence it also happens to be that of Nav Ketan's. Vijay Anand, Dev's younger brother, bore much of the burden for this movie. He assumed seven different roles in making this movie. He was the producer, director, actor, story writer, screenplay writer, editor, and lyricist. Vijay was an accomplished and consummate professional. Dev greatly benefitted with his guidance and leadership.

Burmanda provided music for another 12 movies after this, his last movie being "Saaz" that was never released. He was assisted in muic for this movie by Meera Dev Burman, Maruti Rao Keer, Anil Mohile, and Arun Paudwal.

Now for the details of the songs and songs themselves ...

Swarapriya, what a great conclusion to this magnum-opus thread dedicated to music magic of Dev sahab's films and Burmanda's evergreen music ! Thank you once again for this special treat of close to 300 odd songs in CDQ. I believe that this thread of yours brought back life in this sub-forum. Its so great to see more and more members taking interest in the sweet old music of the golden era of HFM.

In today's world its fashion to talk about and praise the junior Burman (the great R D Burman, or Pancham as he was fondly called) which he undoubtedly deserves. IMHO it was the senior Burman who gave consistently "young and cheerful" music during his career spanning over 30 years. Its likely that the today's generation is not that much aware about the greatest melodies composed by Sachinda. This forum and particularly this thread is a good starting point for all to savour the sweet music of the legend called S D Burman.

There are other composers and many of them had particular likings to certain artists. SJ mostly worked with Shailendra and Hasrat. OP never worked with Lata ji and Naushad worked mostly with Shakeel. Burmanda is one composer who has worked with many if not all the major lyricists. All the major singers of the fifties and sixties sang for him. He gave hit music in Bahar and Shabnam with Shamshad Beghum as the lead singer. For Baazi, Do Bhai and Pyasa he had Geeta Dutt. Lata sang "Pighala hain sona door gagan par" and spelt magic on everyone. For Suman he had "Yeh kisne geet chheda" and for Talat he had that extra special "Jalate hain jiske liye". Hemant kumar held us spellbound with "Jaane woh kaise log" and Rafi created a milestone with "Jinhe naaz hain Hind par woh kahan hain" and "Yeh duniya agar mil bhi jaaye toh kya hain". Suraiyya sang "Man mor hua matawala" and Manna Dey was at his best in "Upar gagan vishal". Asha was naughty in "Raat akeli hain" and Mukesh was philosophical in "Oh jaanewale ho sake toh laut ke aana". His favorite Kishor sang "Oh nigahen mastana" and every one hummed. Manhar sang "Loote koi man ka nagar" with Lata and Surendra sang "Meri kashti ko muhabbat ka sahara mil gaya" with Geeta.

Sahir, Majrooh, Kaifi Azmi, Neeraj, Rajendar Krishan, Shailendra and Gopal Singh Nepali penned lyrics for him. He was comfortable with all. His work with relative newcomer (in those days) Anand Bakshi also worked wonders. The only thing he probably never did was work with K L Saighal and Noor Jehan.

There will never be another S D Burman, no one will be able to create "Waqt ne kiya kya haseen sitam" ! As Mubarak Beghum sang his tune "Woh na aayenge palatkar unhe laakh hum boolaye"!


Thank you once again Swarapriya !

Cheers
Parag

Swarapriya, here is a suggestion for something on Burman sahab if you like my idea.

"One composer : Many voices"

A collection of songs composed by Burmanda sung by various singers. I feel we will get help from HF members to build this list to about 75 to 100 songs.

Let me know how you feel about it.

Cheers
Parag

Parag,

Your tribute is more magnificent than my last words here. I was so overwhelmed during penning those words that I couldn't express my feelings as vividly as I should have or as you did. Great, Parag. Love it.

Swarapriya

This seems like a great idea Parag. I am all for it. That shouldn't be such a task. I am action oriented. I want things moving forward. So, let us get on with it.

Swarapriya

Here is first draft of the possible list of singers who would have sang for Burmanda

Mohd Rafi
Mukesh
Lata Mangeshkar
Asha Bhonsle
Geeta Dutt
Kishore Kumar
Shamshad Beghum
Hemant Kumar
Talat Mehmood
Suman Kalyanpur
Mahendra Kapoor

01 Aarati Mukherjee
02 Ashok Kumar
03 Avinash Vyas
04 Bhola Sreshtha
05 Bhupen Hazarika
06 Bulo C Rani
07 C H Atma
08 Dwijen Mukherjee
09 Khan Mastana
10 Jagjit Kaur
11 K S Ragi
12 Kanan Devi
13 Krishna Kalle
14 Madhubala Zaveri
15 Meena Kapoor
16 Meena Mangeshkar
17 Meenal Wagh
18 Mohantara Talapade
19 Mubarak Beghum
20 Paro
21 Pramodini
22 Premlata
23 Pushpa Hans
24 Pushpa Pagdhare
25 Rano Mukherjee
26 S D Burman
27 Sandhya Mukherjee
28 Shanti Madhok
29 Sharda
30 Sulochana Kadam
31 Suraiyya
32 Trilok Kapoor
33 Usha Khanna

Please feel free to add/modify this list !

Cheers
Parag

Parag,

Here are few more additions to your list:

34 Chitalkar
35 Amirbai Karnataki
36 Laita Deolkar
37 Mangala
38 Beenapani Mukherjee
39 S.L. Puri
40 Manhar Udhas
41 Shivangi Kolhapure
42 Surinder Kaur
43 Anoop Kumar
44 Sudha Malhotra
45 Usha Mangeshkar
46 Raj Kapoor
47 Shyam Sundar
48 G.M. Durrani
49 K.S. Ragi
50 Bhupinder
51 Sushma Shreshtha
52 Lalita Rao
53 S.D. Batish
54 Surendra
55 Motilal
56 Arun Kumar
57 Thakur
58 Mahmood
59 Shobha Gurtu
60 Guru Dutt
61 Pankaj Mitra
62 Dilip Kumar
63 Jagmohan Bakshi
64 Danny
65 R.D. Burman

I am sorry I couldn't arrange the list in alphabetical order as you did. I would like other members of the forum to contribute to this list.

Thanks,
Swarapriya

No issues. I will put together the list in alphabetical order. Can you please start a new thread for this topic ? Then we will continue it over there.

Here is the list of 75 possible singers in alphabetical order. Help needed from all members for any singer missed out in this first draft of the list :

Aarati Mukherjee
Amirbai Karnataki
Anoop Kumar
Arun Kumar
Asha Bhonsle
Ashok Kumar
Avinash Vyas
Beenapani Mukherjee
Bhola Sreshtha
Bhupen Hazarika
Bhupinder
Bulo C Rani
C H Atma
Chitalkar
Danny
Dilip Kumar
Dwijen Mukherjee
G.M. Durrani
Geeta Dutt
Guru Dutt
Hemant Kumar
Hemlata
Hridayanath Mangeshkar
Jagjit Kaur
Jagmohan Bakshi
K.S. Ragi
Kanan Devi
Khan Mastana
Kishore Kumar
Krishna Kalle
Laita Deolkar
Lalita Rao
Lata Mangeshkar
Madhubala Zaveri
Mahendra Kapoor
Mahmood
Mangala
Manhar Udhas
Manmohan Krishna
Meena Kapoor
Meena Mangeshkar
Meenal Wagh
Mohantara Talapade
Mohd Rafi
Motilal
Mubarak Beghum
Mukesh
Pankaj Mitra
Paro
Pramodini
Premlata
Pushpa Hans
Pushpa Pagdhare
R.D. Burman
Raj Kapoor
Rano Mukherjee
S D Burman
S.D. Batish
S.L. Puri
Sandhya Mukherjee
Shamshad Beghum
Shanti Madhok
Sharda
Shivangi Kolhapure
Shobha Gurtu
Shyam Sundar
Sudha Malhotra
Sulochana Kadam
Suman Kalyanpur
Suraiyya
Surendra
Surinder Kaur
Sushma Shreshtha
Talat Mehmood
Thakur
Trilok Kapoor
Usha Khanna
Usha Mangeshkar




Best Regards
Parag

Swarapriya and Parag,

Here are few unconfirmed singer names.

Hridayanath Mangeshkar (Babla 1953)
Manmohan Krishna (Afsar 1950)
S. K. Raagi (Do Bhai 1947)
Hemlata (Jyoti 1969)

In a recent post, there was some doubt on the Raj Kapoor version of a song.

Exon

Hi Exon, I have added the names of Hridayanath Mangeshkar, Manmohan Krishna and Hemlata to list of singers.

Thanks.

Is S. K. Ragi the correct name or K.S. Ragi ? The only information about him is that he sang a duet in Do Bhai (1947) with Geeta ji (Yaad rakhana yaad rakhana).

Best Regards
Parag

I am not able to open the files from the thread. Like I am not able to view the Chupa Rustam files; the HF says "sorry-----." Can any one help?

Parag,

You are correct. I have his full name as Kewal Singh Raagi.

Exon

Thanks Exon for the clarification. Has he sung any song(s) other than the song from Do Bhai (1947)?

Regards
Parag

Parag,

I read some where that he was a music composer and sung a few of his compositions in the 50s.

Exon

Heartfelt thanks to you from me and I'm sure everyone on HF who appreciates good music. Your attention to detail and your knowledge and collection of music is incomparable. Keep up the good work!

here is ''pardesi re jaate jaate'' by suraiya @128kbps/3.19.


enjoy,
mahesh

Thanks for your kind words.

Cheers,
Swarapriya

Thanks for sharing this with us Maheshji.

Cheers,
Swarapriya

I am reloading the following song from "Jaal" at request:

Song: "Yeh Raat Yeh Chandni Phir Kahan"
Singer: Hemant Kumar
Film Jaal (1952)
Music: S.D. Burman
Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi
Duration: 5 min 2 secs
Format: MP3
Bit Rate: 192 KBPS

Thanks a lot

sudhir

Good job Parag.

Thanks Harsh bhai. Swarapriya has done a magnificent effort in developing this thread so nicely. I am happy that I was able to do a small contribution from my side.

Cheers
Parag

Swarapriyaji,

Thanks for the excellent upload - Rajan