Shair Aur Sargam

Few Instrumentals of "Khilona (1970)"...

Here are a few instrumentals of the songs from this film...

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Ek Dil Sau Afsane (1963)

This comedy drama is not that bad. And in spite of its fine music by S&J, the movie did not work. One reason may be that Raj Kapoor and Waheeda seemed to be a mismatch. Raj looked old and weighty whereas Waheeda looked young and fresh. Another reason is that the movie was in production for some time. It started in 1959 with Raj and Madhubala as his leading lady. After several months of shooting Madhubala fell ill. The production halted for Madhubala’s return. Madhubala could never return as she passed away due to an incurable heart ailment. The movie was in further hiatus until the producers decided to revive it. They approached Waheeda to replace Madhubala which she did. They have to reshoot again every scene with Waheeda. This delayed the production further. The songs were released earlier and became popular. But by the time the movie was released the songs were no more novelty.

S&J had only Sebastian as an assistant them this around (no Dattaram). His Goan background influence is apparent in many songs like “Door Ke”, “Mast Nazar”, “O Jaadugar”, and “Tum Hi”. Interestingly Rafi Saab lent his voice for Raj for the song “Tum Hi”. The story goes that Mukesh was not available when S&J were ready to record this song. They had Rafi Saab sing it. When Raj heard the final song he approved it. Later Mukesh also commented that he could not have done any better job.

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

Concluding Songs from "Ek Dil Sau Afsane (1963)"...

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

(Majrooh) Teen Devian (1965)

This entertaining musical had Dev in real fix as three ladies from different backgrounds vie for his romantic affections. The women were played by Nanda, Kalpana, and Simi. But in this movie Kalpana stole the show. She gave an effervescent and bubbly performance with her unbound affection for Dev spilling eloquently all over through her eyes.

Burmanda’s music was the real highlight of the movie. All songs, beautifully penned by Majrooh Saab, were chartbusters. But song of the album is the solo by Kishoreda, “Khwaab Ho Tum”. In the following I am uploading this and rest of the songs and a few instrumentals in three back-to-back posts.

Here is the first set of the songs..

Concluding Songs from "Teen Devian (1965)"...

Here are the rest of the songs and music pieces from this beautiful musical...

Few Instrumentals of the Songs from "Teen Devian (1965)"...

Here are a few instrumentals of the songs from the film...

(Rajinder Krishan) Senapati (1961)

Prithviraj Kapoor plays the title role in this routine period drama. Madan Mohanji tries hard to provide good music for such a predictable and lame fare and he barely succeeds. Here are the songs in this film…

(Shailendra) Benarasi (1962)

The movie starts beautifully but bogs down most of the time. Yet it has some fine moments. Ruma Guha Thakurta shines in the title role and sings a couple of unforgettable songs to her credit. Ustad Ali Akbar Khan provided beautiful music for her songs. The movie even though was released as a Bengali film, had great deal of dialogues and songs in Hindi. Most songs have a lot of background talk going on and their crispness is gone because of this. For example, the song “Shabnam” by Rumaji has background crowd noise between 3:05 to 3:25. Yet it managed to be a beautiful song. But song of the album is “Lillaah Yeh Keh Do”.

A note about Rumaji. She is an actress, singer, and composer. She came from a distinguished family (her mother was the famous singer Sati Devi). She started as an actress in the 1944 Hindi film “Jwar Bhata”. When she was 17 she was married to the famous singer and comedian actor Kishore Kumar. Together they had a son, Amit Kumar. Seven years later they were divorced. However her career as an actress and singer flourished. Her last Bengali movie was the 1996 “Himghar”. She also appeared in the 2006 English film “The Namesake”. Altogether she acted in 55 films, mostly Bengali.

Here are the songs from the film…

Thanks for these wonderful uploads. The mass quantity of the uploads you have provided to these forums is invaluable.

I noticed you uploaded a version song from the album Like Father Like Son by Vinod Rathod & Poornima.

Incidentally, I have a friend who's been searching for that particular album for a long time. Do you have more songs from that album?

If so, is it possible to upload them somewhere externally? (As I know uploading them in this particular section of these forums is not appropriate).

Any further information on this would be highly appreciated.

Thanks,
Neel

Neel,

Thank you very much for your kind words.

Yes. I do have the first volume of this set. It is a 1996 album. I can post it here because others may like some of the songs in it. Please let me know if you want me to upload the album here.

Cheers,
S

(Anand Bakshi) Maa Aur Mamta (1970)

This was Nutan’s movie. She was in almost every significant frame of the picture. Other actors had very little to do in this tearjerker drama of an unfortunate woman who sacrificed everything she dreamed about her life only to raise a child of unknown parents. L&P song compositions seemed like as if they were going through motions with most of them retreads of their previous hits.

I am uploading all songs and a couple of music clips in two back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post…

Concluding Songs from "Maa Aur Mamta (1970)"...

Here are rest of the songs and a few music clips from the film...

Yes, please upload it when it's convenient.

Thanks,
Neel

sangeet ka safar
very good thanks your service on hf
dhall

Thank you very much Dhallji. Welcome back. Cheers.