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[swarapriya]

Hum Rahe Na Hum (1984)

This film was produced by Vijay Anand who also was in the film. It was directed by his nephew, Ketan Anand, son of his older brother Chetan Anand. Bappida gave the music, once again working with Kaifi Saab.

Here are the songs from this film...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Feb 27 2012, 01:27 AM

[swarapriya]

Kahaan Tak Aasmaan Hai (1984)

Here is a beautiful album by Raghunath Sethji with several excellent songs in it. Azmi Saab is in top form here with great lyrics. This time Bhupinder and Asha were singing most of the songs. There are several haunting songs especially all three in which Bhupinder sings. Here is all the goodness...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Mar 5 2012, 12:55 AM

[Sangeet]

Kahaan Tak Aasmaan Hai (1984)

Music Director is Raghunath Seth not Laxmikant Pyarelal



This post has been edited by Sangeet: Mar 4 2012, 11:58 PM

[swarapriya]

Kahaan Tak Aasmaan Hai (1984)

Music Director is Raghunath Seth not Laxmikant Pyarelal

Thank you very much Sangeetji. My apologies to everyone for the unintended error. I made changes to the posting to reflect Sangeetji's recommendation. -S

[swarapriya]

Ek Pal (1986)

Songs from this fine album were uploaded recently in the "Yeh Gul(zar)istan Hamara" thread in this directory. These are available starting at the following location...

https://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...6134&st=178

[swarapriya]

Shart (1986)

Here are the songs from this album. Please note that the title music I am posting here is part of Yesudas's song "Zindagi-1".

Now for the songs...

[HarshBhatt]

Thanks Swarapriya

[swarapriya]

Thanks Swarapriya

You are very welcome Harshji. Cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

Main Azaad Hoon (1989)

The following write up appeared in one of my earlier postings...

Unfortunately this is one of the lesser known works of Amitabh. It came at a time when his fortunes were down and audience paid little attention to it. In spite of a brilliant performance by Amitabh who was ably supported by Shabana, the movie was a box-office failure.

Tinnu Anand, who earlier made "Kaalia (1981)" and "Shahenshah (1988)" with Amitabh, directed this film. It so happens that this movie, even though it was a very good one, was not an original. It was almost a direct lift from Frank Capra's unforgettable classic, the 1941 Hollywood film, "Meet John Doe". That starred Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck whose roles were respectively reprised by Amitabh and Shabana in Hindi. I think performances of the principal actors were far better in Hindi than their English counterparts.

There is only one song in this movie, parts of which appear throughout the movie. It was written by Kaifi Azmi Saab and was sung by Amitabh himself. I am uploading this song, all five parts of it, and several music clips ripped from a DVD. Here are these...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Mar 25 2012, 11:44 PM

[swarapriya]

Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro (1989)

The story revolves around a poor petty thief named Salim growing up in the streets of Mumbai with the fear of communal conflicts providing the background arising from the Hindutva mobilization of 1980's. The low life the movie depicts is simply appalling and you have all your sympathies hoping things will turn for better for the central figure Salim in the film. The film was shot completely in the streets of Dongri, Do Tanki, Nagpada, and Bachoo-Ki-Wadi in Mumbai giving it a gloomy picture of the lives of the people there and eventuality that awaits for most. In 100 minutes the movie at times gripping and often thought provoking leaves in the end one unsatisfied as it evokes more questions than the answers it provides. I guess there are no easy answers for these problems. Probably no answers...

Azmi Saab seems to be specialized in writing a song or two for these kinds of films. He wrote two songs for the film. One of them seems to be incomplete. I am uploading these and a couple of music clips from a DVD. Here are these...

[swarapriya]

Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayee (1993)

Here is one outstandingly beautiful album from the music director Anu Malik. Every song is simply wonderful. They grab your heart and linger for a long time because of their rich lyrics and lilting music. I just love this album and am never tired of listening to these songs over and over again.

Mahesh Bhatt directed this movie apparently based on his own love affair with the late actress Parveen Babi. He made a film about their affair in 1982, "Arth", which was simply outstanding. But that boasted fine performances from two of our most consummate actresses, Shabana Azmi and Smita Patil. In this film he has his own daughter Pooja Bhatt playing the lead and there is also Pooja Bedi.

With so many good songs in this rich album, I have to single out two of them. These are the songs "Dil Mein Sanam" and "Shaairaana Si Hai". Both are just unforgettable and simply outstanding.

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

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayee (1993)"...

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

[HarshBhatt]

Thanks for Shart songs

[swarapriya]

Thanks for Shart songs

You're very welcome Harshji. Cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

Chand Grahan (1997)

This movie started in 1973 by Ramesh Khosla who then ran into several problems. Jaidevji scored four songs for it featuring two by Lataji and two by Mukeshji. All these songs were penned by Kaifi Azmi Saab. But the movie got delayed and was eventually shelved as one by one people who were associated with this production passed away. These included Khosla, Jaidev, Mukesh and Azmi.

Twenty-four years later, in 1997, Khosla’s son Robin decided to revive the project. He had another song recorded by Ashaji. Lyrics for the song were penned by Rajesh Johri and the music was composed by Santosh Nair. But Robin Khosla also ran into difficulties of raising finances to finish the project and finally decided to abandon it. I am not 100% sure of this but later apparently songs were used for some television project.

So the film was never released. Like its title it was doomed from the beginning and suffered occultation. But thank God for those who decided to release this music as a CD album. It is simply a marvelous piece of work by everyone involved.

Here are the songs from this beauty…

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Apr 16 2012, 10:07 PM