Shair Aur Sargam

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Shikast (1953)

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

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...mp;#entry721715

DSP,
Thanks for one more gem!

In the movie, all the songs are by Shailendra Mahan except this only qawwalli by Anand Bakshi Sahab, & it had made him the show stealer lyricist ….. ‘Tumhe Hushn Deke Khuda Ne..’.

I also loved his another qawwalli from Kala Samander ‘Meri Tasveer Lekar Kay Karoge’.

During ‘golden era’, ‘qawwalli’ was a trend in every movie. Gone are the days now

During the sixties era, Rafi & Lata had partitioned hence IMO the female singers in this qawwalli are Asha & Suman (not Lata). Pl comment.

BTW, uploading sweet humming by Geeta Bali ‘Ye Din, Din Hain Khushi Ke’, coutesy of HFM..


USR

Thanks for the snippet USR. About the qawwali singers. You could be right. I am hoping someone with the KOSH can come forward and clarify this.

Thanks again.

Cheers,
S

(Javed Akhtar) Tezaab (1988)

This movie was a huge hit and established Madhuri Dixit as a star to reckon with. Anil Kapoor followed his previous year hit "Mr. India" with this another great hit. The song "Ek Do Teen" written by Akhtar Saab became so popular that Madhuri was nicknamed "Ek Do Teen " girl. I am uploading this and other popular songs from this album in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs...

Concluding Songs from "Tezaab (1988)"...

Here are some music clips and an instrumental of a song from this album...

(Majrooh) Ek Shola (1958)

The music of this movie is very atypical of Madan Mohanji. One obvious difference is that there is no song by Lataji, a favorite of Mohan Saab. With Asha singing most of the songs, it appears that Mohanji abandoned his brand of music and tried his hand composing the songs in OP Nayyar style (especially with “Chhoodi Khanke”and “Hum Kaala”). In one of my earlier postings of these songs, one of our members mentioned that it was done this way because of the pressure brought by the producers. How far this claim is true is open to debate. But there is no debate if one says that Madanji pulls this off quite creditably. This is no more evident than in the catchy tune “Choodi Khanke”. Here is this and rest of the songs from this fine album…

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Sep 22 2013, 08:36 PM

dear swarapriya
Film EK SHOLA is from 1958(not 1956) according to HFGK.
Jhoom ke mann matawala-- is sung only by asha ji(no Mahendra kapoor voice)
taiyab

Thanks for pointing out the discrepancies. I made changes to the table but left the song as is. The table gives the information correctly.

Thanks again Dear Taiyab & cheers.
S

(Rajinder Krishan) Chacha Chowdhary (1953)

The story of this film revolves around a mentally deranged man who is committed to a lunatic asylum. He escapes the asylum and finds a place in a house with a disarrayed family who mistook him for their rich uncle. In due course, the man who is supposed to be crazy solves everyone’s problems in the household who are driving each other and themselves crazy. A very interesting premise for a story but Raja Paranjape, the actor who played Chacha and directed the film, distracts the main storyline with too many trifle things. In the end, what should have been a gripping drama based on a powerful story, even though has its moments, ends up as just another ordinary and forgettable film.

This is another Madan Mohanji’s album without Lataji’s songs. However Asha does beautifully well in all of her songs. My favorite song of the album is “Jaa Dekhi”.

I have no clue who the singer of the classical raga song “Bahaar Aaye”. I am requesting members to fill in the blanks if they have any information. Here is this and other fine songs from this film…

Concluding Songs from "Chacha Chowdhary (1953)"...

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

(Shailendra) Amanat (1955)

This movie came from Bimal Roy’s production house. Roy was its producer but not the director. One of the hallmarks of Bimalda’s movies was their simplicity. From this he created people in all their colours, good and evil, selflessness and greed, and other shades. This movie is not much different from this premise.

Chand Usmani was the leading lady of the film. She looked lean and charming and had a happy role for most of the movie. She appeared in only few movies as a leading lady but was in supporting roles in several others. She never had many chances to prove her mettle. It was I am sure very difficult to follow the footsteps of her famous sister, Meena Kumari.

Interestingly, Mahmood made a brief appearance in the beginning of this film. He was one in the crowd and had couple of dialogues. This was much before he became famous as a comedian.

Salilda composed some fine numbers for the film. The song of the album is the duet by Geetaji and Hemantda, “O Jab Se Mili”. When this pair sang together, they always produced some memorable songs. This song is no exception. Here is this and other songs from this film…

(Shakeel) Amar (1954)

This was an unusual film from the brilliant Mehboob Khan Saab. This movie with the leading man having to live with an ugly secret was definitely ahead of its time. Madhubala was not only beautiful but very radiant throughout the movie. But the movie belonged to Dilip Saab. The love he has for one woman and the transgression he committed with another in a moment of weakness, the anguish, the suffering, and the pain the role calls for, Dilipji pulled off all these shades brilliantly. I don't believe Dilip Saab ever played such a complex character anytime in his entire career and he does this ever so effortlessly, the magnificent actor he is.

Naushadji's songs are things of beauty. Every song has his trademark simple instrumental touch that is liltingly melodious. But the song that is the soul of the movie is "Insaaf Ka Mandir Hai". Rafi Saab elevates this song to magnificence with his mesmerizing voice. Portions of the song are played throughout the film, five times altogether. The movie starts with this song and ends with it. In between these two, it appears three more times.

I am uploading these songs in three back-to-back posts. The first two posts contain songs from the film. The third post contains some music clips and instrumentals.

Here is the first set...

Continuing Songs from "Amar (1954)"...

Here are the next set of songs from this fine album...

Concluding Songs from "Amar (1954)"...

Here are some music clips from the film...

(Anand Bakshi) Phool Bane Angarey (1963)

I am uploading songs and some music clips from this album in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set...