Shair Aur Sargam

here is the remaining song
shole-53-ghadi ghadi bhar aaye jiya beqaraar-192 br-2.40 mins
taiyab

Thank you very much for the song Taiyab. Cheers. -S

(Rajinder Krishan) Albela (1951)

Most of the following write up appeared in one of my earlier posting about this film...

Albela was one of those rags to riches story that is at once sweet and endearing. Comedian Bhagwan, besides acting in the movie in the title role, wrote the story, screenplay, and directed the movie. Music was by C. Ramchandra. Bhagwan was the first one to recognize the musical talent of C. Ramchandra and offered him to provide music for his film "Sukhi Jeevan (1942)." C. Ramchandra at this point in his life was heavily influenced by the Western Jazz music. His favorite Jazz musician was Benny Goodman. Some songs in "Albela," such as "Deewaana Parwaana" and "Shola Jo Bhadke" had a mixture of many western musical instruments such as trumpets, clarinets, saxophones, drums (bong), and others. These songs, and most of the songs of "Albela" overflow with gaiety and exuberance. It is like an unending one continuous celebration. Even after 62 years, they sound fresh, proving that beautiful music stays young forever. Songs were penned by Ramchandra's favorite, Rajinder Krishan.

This movie became a huge hit and the actor Bhagwan became a very rich man. But alas. He followed this with series of movies most of which were complete misses. After squandering away his wealth, he found himself penniless. His was the story of rags to riches to rags again.

I will upload these songs from this album in three back-to-back posts. The first two posts contain songs from an original soundtrack album. The third post contains several extended version songs.

Here is a description of the songs in the first post and the songs themselves ...

Continuing Songs from "Albela (1951)"...

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

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Apr 14 2013, 01:13 PM

Concluding Songs from "Albela (1951)"...

Here are some of the extended version songs from this popular album...

(Shailendra) Anarkali (1953)

Originally Basant Prakash was signed as a music director for this film. After recording just one song with Geeta Dutt, he died. Filmistan considered several alternatives but finally decided on C. Ramchandra as the composer. With the thundering success he enjoyed with Lataji as the principal singer for his 1951 hit “Albela”, Ramchandra wanted Lataji to sing all the songs. He requested producers to scrap Geetaji’s song from the film altogether. They agreed on both counts. However when the film was released, the producers reneged on the promise they made to Ramchandra and left Geetaji’s song intact in the film.

The film was one of the biggest hits of the year as well as the decade. Its music smashed all records. It was rumoured that Filmistan sold so many LPs of the film in its release year that it recuperated all of movie’s costs from these sales. They continued to reap benefits of the outstanding music of this film as the album kept selling like hot cakes even into late 50’s.

The music of this spell is simply magic. It casts spell over you. Its rich lyrics, the singing of Geetaji, Lataji, and Hemantda that has such deep feelings, and the liltingly melodious soft compositions lull you into another world of an unforgettable charming love.

I am uploading these lovely songs and some specials and several instrumentals in three back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post…

Continuing Songs from "Anarkali (1953)"...

Here are the rest of the songs from this fine album including a couple of specials...

Concluding Songs from "Anarkali (1953)"...

Here are some of the instrumentals of the songs from this great album...

(Shakeel) Jadoo (1951)

This is another fine album from Naushad Saab. I am uploading songs from this album including several extended ones in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs...

Concluding Songs from "Jadoo (1951)"...

Here are some of the extended version songs from this film...

(Anand Bakshi) Return of Mr. Superman (1960)

The year 1960 saw two movies dealing with the theme of “Superman”. This one and another named simply as “Superman”. Originally both had the same name but when producers of this movie I am uploading songs of realized it, they changed it to the current title. Incidentally in both films actor Jairaj played the Superman’s role.

The special effects of this movie were anything but special. The unfolding of the story was bad and the treatment of the subject was unimaginative. The only redeeming feature of the film was its music. Anilda composed music for the songs and he does not disappoint. I am uploading songs and several music clips of this film in back-to-back two posts. Here is the first set of songs…

Some Music Clips from "Return of Mr. Superman (1960)"...

Here are some of the music clips from this film...

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Shrimatiji (1952)

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

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...4658&st=263

(Javed Akhtar) Kranti (1981)

Dilip Kumar, one of the most brilliant actors of our times, was going through a patch of rough period starting in 70's with a string of flops. Manoj Kumar, who held Dilipji in high esteem and as his hero from his childhood, took him to play his father in this movie that he co-wrote, produced, and directed. The movie with a patriotic theme and number of stars became a huge hit. This revived Dilip Saab's career that saw him appear in several successful films following this one.

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

Concluding Songs from "Kranti (1981)"...

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