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(Shakeel) Laila Majnu (1953)

1953 was the year the late Shammi Kapoor made his debut as a leading man. He was in not one, or two, but five movies that year. These included “Jeevan Jyoti”, “Khoj”, “Laila Majnu”, “Rail Ka Dibba”, and “Thokar”. Of these “Thokar” was the first movie released. For this reason this is generally considered as his debut film.

The story of “Laila Majnu” has been told on the Indian celluloid screens umpteen number of times. It was made in many languages too. Interestingly, Shammi’s nephew, Rishi Kapoor, later appeared in a hit musical version of this same story. Rishi’s “Laila Majnu” was released in 1976, 23 years after Shammi’s.

This movie boasts a whole bunch of songs. It has two music directors in Ghuma Mohammad and Sardar Malik. The result is that some of the songs are very nice. I am uploading these and some music clips in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs…

Concluding Songs from "Laila Majnu (1953)"...

Here are the rest of the songs and some music clips from this film...

dear Swarapriya
according to HFGK for 3 songs Sardar Malik gave the music , & for the rest Music director was Ghulam MOhd.
1) BAHARON KI DUNIYA PUKAARE-ASHA & TALAT
2) DEKH LI AYE ISHQ TERI MEHERBANI---ASHA & TALAT
3) TERE DAR PE AAYA HOON FARIYAAD LE KAR--TALT-------------This song was also used in CHOR BAZAAR
just correction
taiyab

Thanks for the breakdown Taiyab. Cheers. -S

(Anand Bakshi) Holiday in Bombay (1963)

I am uploading songs from this album in two back-to-back posts. I may be missing a song shown in red italics in the table below. If indeed this is the case, please share this if you can. Thank you.

Here are the songs in the first post...

Musical Clips from "Holiday in Bombay (1963)"...

Here are some musical clips from this album...

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Patita (1953)

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=383

(Javed Akhtar) Mr. India (1987)

Originally Salim & Javed wrote the story of this film with Amitabh in mind. But Amitabh decided to not act in the movie version of the story as he felt it did not offer too much acting scope where the hero has to disappear in many scenes. For nearly two years no one wanted to make the movie. Then the writing duo decided to make a major change to the story. They introduced the character “Mogambo” played by Amrish Puri. With this change, this time Boney Kapoor decided to make the film.

The movie became very successful thanks mainly due to some fine songs and the performances by the three principal actors; Sridevi, Anil Kapoor, and Amrish Puri. The movie also established Anil Kapoor as a dependable hero.

Almost all songs with Akhtar Saab’s fine lyrics became huge hits. The songs like “Hawa Hawaii”, “Zindgai” and others were chart busters. My favourite song from this album is the duet by Alisha and Kishoreda, “Kaate Nahin”. I am uploading these and other songs from this film and some instrumentals in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs…

Concluding Songs from "Mr. India (1987"...

Here are the rest of the songs and some instrumentals of the songs from this album...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Sep 13 2013, 12:46 PM

(Majrooh) Ek Hi Rasta (1956)

After moving to Delhi from Lahore during partition, a well-educated B.R. Chopra (Bal Raj Chopra) directed his first movie “Karwat” in 1949. However it was his second film “Afsana” released in 1951 that brought him fame and fortune. It had Ashok Kumar playing a dual role. It was later remade by Chopra as “Dastan” in 1974 with Dilip Kumar but it failed to click.

In 1956 he founded his own production company, BR Films. His maiden production was this film, “Ek Hi Raasta”. The movie tackled social problems a young widow faces in this society. It also dealt with the subject of widow remarriage. The movie was a huge hit.

Besides finely made and beautifully acted by its principles, the film had the soul stirring music composed by Hemantda. Mostly composed in classical vein, all songs were huge hits. Ravi Shankar Sharma (popularly known as Ravi) was its assistant music director. Earlier in 1954 Ravi collaborated with Hemantda by playing the “been” music for Hemantda’s another super hit “Nagin”.

Younger brother of BR, Yash Raj (popularly known as Yash Chopra) was one of the assistant directors of this film. I am uploading all songs and some music clips in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs…

Some Musical Clips from "Ek Hi Rasta (1956)"...

Here are some musical clips and an instrumental...

(Rajinder Krishan) Anarkali (1953)

Songs from this popular album were uploaded recently in this very thread. They are no longer available for download. However I can upload them again if there is a specific request.

Thanks & Cheers.

(Shailendra) Pooja (1954)

This is another Shankar & Jaikishan early album that has some beautiful numbers. The highlight of the album is the classical song in Madhuvanthi raag, “Room Jhoom”. This was sung beautifully by Krishna Rao Shankar Pandit and Rafi Saab. I found a live recording of this song that I am including here. It is a great rendition even though I am not clear who the singers are. Here is this and other songs from this fine album…

(Shakeel) Rail Ka Dibba (1953)

Here are the songs from this album...

(Anand Bakshi) Jabse Tumhen Dekha Hai (1963)

Here are the songs from this film...