Kaifiyat, Kaifi Azmi - The Poet Extraordinaire Options

[swarapriya]

Hanste Zakhm (1973)

Here is another price of brilliant work by Madan Mohan Saab and Kaifi Azmiji. I am uploading these songs in two back-to-back posts. The first post contains all of the songs from the film. The second post contains several specials.

Here are the songs in the first post...

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Hanste Zakhm (1973)"...

I am including in this post some specials. Details are given in the table below. Here are these songs...

[swarapriya]

Hindustan Ki Kasam (1973)

Here is another winner from the combination of Kaifi Azmi Saab and Madan Mohanji...

[swarapriya]

Naina (1973)

Azmi Saab wrote lyrics for only one song, "Hone Lagi Hai Raat", for this film. I am uploading this and other songs from this album in two back-to-back posts. The first post contains all the songs from an original soundtrack album. The second post contains songs from a DVD that are missing on the CD.

Here are the songs in the first post...

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Naina (1973)"...

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

[swarapriya]

Asliyat (1974)

I don't have any songs from this album. If you can, please kindly share. Thanks.

[Exon]

Asliyat (1974)

I don't have any songs from this album. If you can, please kindly share. Thanks.

SP,

Here are two songs; audios originated from HF member.

Asha Bhosle, chorus:
armaan se khelte hain, toofan se khelte hain,
hum diwaane, hum parwaane, nikhle hain leke jalti jawaaniyan (4:11 \ 128)

Krishna Kalle, Mahendra Kapoor, chorus:
jhoome baali dhaan ki, jeet huyi hai kisaan ki (5:38 \ 128)


Exon

[swarapriya]

Asliyat (1974)

I don't have any songs from this album. If you can, please kindly share. Thanks.

SP,

Here are two songs; audios originated from HF member.

Asha Bhosle, chorus:
armaan se khelte hain, toofan se khelte hain,
hum diwaane, hum parwaane, nikhle hain leke jalti jawaaniyan (4:11 \ 128)

Krishna Kalle, Mahendra Kapoor, chorus:
jhoome baali dhaan ki, jeet huyi hai kisaan ki (5:38 \ 128)


Exon

Thank you very much Exon for sharing the songs. Cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

Faslah (1974)

Here is an instance where Dad Azmi Saab wrote lyrics for the daughter Shabana. These songs composed by Jaidevji are absolutely beautiful. Here they are...

[swarapriya]

Sankalp (1974)

I have only three songs from this album that I am uploading here. If there are more, please kindly share. Thank you.

Listen to the song "Tu Hi Saagar". An absolute beauty. Sulakshana Pandit, who sang this song, won a Filmfare Award as the Best Female Singer for this song. Here is this and the other two songs I have...

[swarapriya]

Manthan (1976)

“Manthan”, co-written by its director Shyam Benegal, had the unique distinction of financed by 500,000 dairy farmers of Gujarat. They each contributed two Rupees to make sure that the movie was made. It deals with the politics of change in a small rural area in the state of Gujarat where all the fortunes of the village are controlled by the landlord of the village or the sarpanch of the village. The movie won just about every major award there was nationally. It won the National Award for the Best Feature Film in Hindi. Vijay Tendulkar won the National Award for the Best Screenplay. Preeti Sagar won the Best Female Singer Award from Filmfare. It was also an official entry for Oscars in the category of the Best Foreign Language film.

Kaifi Azmi Saab wrote dialogues for the film. It was photographed by Govinda Nihalani, another brilliant director himself (of “Aakrosh (1980)” and “Ardh Satya (1983)” fame). There is only one song in the film. It was sung by Preeti Sagar. It was written by her sister Neeti Sagar. The song appeared in pieces throughout the movie, five times. It appeared during the titles and during the ending and in between three times. Preeti Sagar, who sang the song, was just sensational. The song has a heavy bent on Gujarati folk tunes and gives you that wonderful feeling listening to it. It is a pity that Ms Sagar never got her proper due. She (see the attached picture below) shot to fame in “Julie (1977)” with the English song “My Heart is Beating”. After that quick success, unfortunately she had only limited opportunities to sing in the films. She was one of Benegal’s favorites. She sang for at least five of his films (“Nishant (1975)”, “Manthan (1976)”, “Bhoomika (1977)”, “Kalyug (1981)”, and “Mandi (1983)”). She is currently focused on children’s education and entertainment.

By the way, the song “Mhaaro Gaaon” became a commercial theme song for the “Amul” Corporation as an advertisement for their butter. They even championed the film to make sure that “Manthan” got enough exposure among public.

Most of the songs I am uploading here are from a DVD. The audio quality of the songs was iffy but still passable. I am uploading a more “complete” version of the song “Mhaaro Gaaon” from a CD. I am also uploading a private rendering of the same song. Descriptions of these are given in the table below. These uploads also include several musical clips.

Here are the songs…

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Nov 14 2011, 02:50 AM

[swarapriya]

Dhoop Chhaon (1977)

I am uploading songs from this album below. It appears like I may be missing the song shown in red italics in the table below. If indeed this is the case, please kindly share if you can. Thanks.

Here are the songs I have...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Nov 14 2011, 02:53 AM

[swarapriya]

Dil Aur Patthar (1977)

I have only one song from this film that I am uploading here. The missing songs are shown in red italics in the table below. If you can, please kindly share them. Thank you.

Here is the song I have...

[swarapriya]

Kanneshwar Rama (1977)

This unusual sounding title of a film has a couple of, well, very unusual but heart warming songs with singers I haven't heard from before. Here are these from the film that starred Shabana with the lyrics written by her esteemed father, Kaifi Saab...

[kishor]

Swarapriya,

Balappa hukkeri was a great folk singer of North Karnataka. Known for the songs which covers the life and styles of Farmers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuG12u1MuuQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtmMcTAfixE


Two of his all time best songs.. These songs were very common on AIR Karnataka when we were kids..

Kishor

This post has been edited by kishor: Nov 22 2011, 10:05 PM