Shair Aur Sargam

(Shailendra) Ek Gaon Ki Kahani (1957)

This movie tells the story of simple folks of a small village and how their lives are intertwined with each other. Salilda composed several good songs for this film. Here are these...

(Shakeel) Son of India (1962)

This movie was the great Mahboob Khan’s last directorial effort. After reaching heights of fame and fortune with his majestic triumph “Mother India (1957)” Khan Saab set out to make this film on a grand scale. He shot the film in Technicolor and Cinema Scope. For many scenes in the film he had huge sets erected. In the title role he cast his own adopted son Sajid who made his debut as Birjoo in “Mother India”. But alas. When the movie was released only thing worth remembering about it was its beautiful music. Almost all songs became huge hits. The duet by Lataji and Rafi Saab, “Dil Todne Waale”, was at the top of the charts for a long time. Apart from this another favorite of mine is the solo by Lataji, “Diya Na Bujhe”.

Khan Saab lost most of his fortune after the debacle of the failure of “Son”. Apparently he never recovered financially. He produced a couple of insignificant movies that fizzled out in no time. Only few years later he succumbed to ill health.

Apart from its melodious music, there are a couple of other things that are worth mentioning about this film. Actress Simi Garewal was introduced in this film even though I am convinced she appeared as an extra in a dance sequence in one of earlier films. The movie also featured Geetaji’s sexy solo “Mujhe Huzoor”. This was only the second and the last time Geetaji sang for Naushadji. Earlier she sang a duet, “Tu Mera Chaand”, with Shyam Sunder for the 1949 film “Dillagi” under the baton of Naushadji.

I am uploading all songs from this film and a couple of instrumentals in two back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post…

Concluding Songs from "Son of India (1962)"...

Here are the rest of the songs from this beautiful album and a couple of instrumentals...

(Anand Bakshi) Namaste Ji (1965)

Kohli was an assistant music director to O.P. Nayyar for over 20 or so films. He was a scintillating dholak player and an excellent music arranger. He did manage to compose music for a handful of films, about seven or so. Some of his popular movies were “Faulad (1962), “Shikari (1963)”, and “Namaste Ji (1965)”. In spite of these successes he never got more assignments to direct music.

Here are the songs from this film with three sparkling solos by Rafi Saab. I am missing one song shown in red italics in the table below. If you can, please kindly share this with us. Thank you.

Now for the songs…

(Hasrat) Raj Hath (1956)

Songs from this album were uploaded recently in this very thread. They are available starting at the following thread...

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...4658&st=780

(Javed Akhtar) Sazaa-E-Kaalapani (1996)

This movie deals with the harsh injustices done to presumed Indian offenders by the British Rulers during the time of pre-independent India. The punishment included internment and inhumane treatment of the prisoners at the isolated Andaman island. It was initially made in Malayalam and won several National and State Level Awards. It also was a huge hit. It was later dubbed to Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu languages.

Here are the songs from the Hindi film...

(Majrooh) Mujrim (1958)

This movie came on the heels of the career changing success of “Tumsa Nahin Dekha” for Shammi. It teamed him up again with OP as the music director who composed several chart buster songs for this film as well. Geeta Bali, the actress wife of Shammi who was instrumental in architecting and charting a successful acting career path for Shammi, appeared as a guest in the dance number “Chanda Chaandni Mein”.

The film also augured a lasting partnership between Mujrim’s producer F.C. Mehra and Shammi. This was the first of several successful movies Mehra made with Shammi in the lead. Some of their other movies include “Ujala (1959)”, “Singapore (1960)”, “Professor (1962)”, “Prince (1969)”, “Manoranjan (1974)”, “Ek Jaan Hai Hum (1983)”, and “Sohni Mahiwal (1985)”.

I am uploading songs from this film in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set…

Concluding Songs from "Mujrim (1958)"...

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

(Rajinder Krishan) Lagan (1955)

The hit pair that gave us “Nagin (1954)”, Hemantda and Rajinder Krishan, are back together again in this film. Interesting aspect of this movie is that the music directors C. Ramchandra and Ravi both sing for Hemantda. I don’t have the song by Chitalkar. If you can, details are given in the table below in red italics, please kindly share it with us. Thank you.

I am uploading the song "Mujhe Nazar" at a lower bit rate because the first 30 seconds of the song is noisy. The rest of the songs are in great shape. The standout songs of the album are both the solos by Hemantda. Here are these and others…

(Shailendra) April Fool (1964)

I am foregoing the usual chronological order of uploading songs from films to celebrate this special day...

Shankar & Jaikishan made sure that this day, April 1, celebrated as an All Fool's Day around the world, will be remembered by the Indian music lovers forever by composing some of their beautiful and memorable music for this film. Subodh Mukherjee, who introduced Saira Banu in "Junglee" in 1960, is back here with another winner with her in this film, "April Fool".

The song “Aa Gale Lag Jaa” song I am uploading here has over 5 minutes of music preceding it. This is the “Pool Aquatics Show” in the movie. I am uploading this and other beautiful songs from this film in two back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Apr 1 2014, 12:52 PM

Concluding Songs from "April Fool (1964)"...

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

Lovely album,Swarapriya

Thanks

Thank you Ketaki. Cheers.

(Shakeel) Bin Badal Barsaat (1963)

The hit team of Hemantda and Badayuni Saab who gave us two robust and memorable hits in “Bees Saal Baad” and “Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam” only the previous year are back with a bang again in this film. “Bin Badal Barsaat” also boasts several memorable songs. Many of the songs became very popular. My personal favorites are all the songs by Hemantda, two solos and a duet. Especially both the solos are so mellifluously seductive that Hemantda’s voice simply sways one away. I am not sure whether these types of songs anyone else can do any better. Love you Hemantda. Of these two solos my personal favorite is the song “Jab Jaag Uthe”. It has great lyrics by Shakeelji and magnificently sung by Hemantda. Ohhh…

I am uploading this and other songs from this album below…

(Anand Bakshi) Shreeman Funtoosh (1965)

Even though Kishoreda made an occasionally brilliant movie during 60’s (for example, “Door Gagan ki Chhaon Mein (1964)” and “Padosan (1968)”), most of the movies he starred in were generally bad. This film is a prime example. Like “Mr. X in Bombay (1964)” and “Hum Sab Ustad Hain (1965)”, Laxmikant & Pyarelal were the music directors for this film as well. Interestingly, in all these three films, the only redeeming feature was their music.

I am uploading songs from this film in two back-to-back posts. The first post contains all songs from the film. The second post contains a version song of the hit “Yeh Dard Bhara” and some instrumentals of the same song.

Here are the songs from the film…