Shair Aur Sargam

(Majrooh) Jaal Saz (1959)

Posing as the long lost missing son of rich parents is nothing new to the Hindi films. That is the central theme of this film with Kishoreda playing the role of the son. For most of the movie his clownish antics get on your nerves. Then there are moments in the film where Kishoreda shows serious side of his acting skills. There are only few of these but he was simply marvelous in those scenes. The movie has plenty of duets. It is a feast for Asha and Kishore song fans and there are sfive of their duets in the film. I am uploading these and other songs from this film in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs…

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jan 26 2015, 09:06 PM

Concluding Songs from "Jaal Saz (1959)"...

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

(Rajinder Krishan) Taj (1956)

“Nagin (1954)” movie enjoyed such unprecedented success that it was inevitable that the team that made that film got together to make another musical similar to it. The result is this film “Taj (1956)”. Both films had Vyjayanti Mala and Pradeep Kumar in the lead. They were supported by Jeevan in both of the films. Both were directed by Nandlal Jaswantlal. Both had music by Hemantda. For both films assistant music director was Ravi. Rajinder Krishan was the lyricist for both the films. Both films had tons of songs, majority of them sung by Lata. If “been” was the instrument of music in “Nagin” it was “baansuri” in “Taj”.

While the music for “Nagin” became sensationally popular, “Taj” enjoyed limited success. Most of the songs of “Taj” were popular but not to the extent enjoyed by “Nagin”. Nevertheless “Taj” boasts so many good songs. My favorite of the album is Rafi Saab’s “Mori Vinati Suno”. The song almost sounds like that it could have been easily from “Baiju Bawra (1952)”.

I am uploading all songs and music clips from the film in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set…

Concluding Songs from "Taj (1956)"...

A note about the song in this post, “Mori Vinati Suno Bhagwaan (H)”. Here Hemantda’s voice is heard for only a few seconds. Part of it is obliterated by Vyjayanti Mala’s dialogue. I could not remove her voice without losing Hemantda’s brief version of the song so I have decided to let it stay. Rest of the song is simply music. I am uploading it here for completeness sake. Here is this song, the rest of them, and some music clips...

(Shailendra) Chand (1959)

A childless woman (played by Pandaribai of “Bhabhi (1957)” fame) forces her rich husband (Balraj Sahni) to marry another woman so that he can become a father. He yields to her pressure but declares to his new wife that she can never have the place his first wife enjoys. This gives rise to various complications. Meena Kumari plays an uneducated second wife who fights for her rightful place in her new home. Meenaji gets to play various shades of a woman that gave her a chance to demonstrate her acting skills. First as a cheerful and a happy girl, then as a wife fighting for her place in her new home, then as a mother to keep her child under her vigilance, and then when she loses her baby in the custody battle as a woman gone insane. In the end she is returned to her child and her husband.

Hemantda was at the helm of the music. Couple of songs by Lataji, “Aye Baadalo” and “Khoyi Khoyi” stand out, especially the latter. There is a takeoff on the famous qawwali from “Al-Hilaal (1958)”, “Humein Toh Loot Liya”. The qawwali from this film is “Ghalat Hai Loot Liya”. The movie lists Shailendra as the only lyricist. But various sources indicate that this was written by Akhtar Lucknowi. Also the singer’s name is wrongly attributed to Ranganath Jadhav. But the correct singer is Raghunath Jadhav. I read a blog that states that this indeed is the case as confirmed by Harminderji of Hindi Film Geet Kosh. Incidentally there are two female singers accompanying Jadhavji. I am not 100% certain but I think they may be Shamshad Begum and Sudha Malhotra. I am requesting members to please verify this. Thank you. I also came across a version song of this qawwali by Arzoo Bano that I am including in the second post.

I am uploading above songs and others including some music clips in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs…

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Feb 6 2015, 08:55 AM

Concluding Songs from "Chand (1959)"...

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

(Shakeel) Do Badan (1966)

Raj Khosla directed this tragic tale of ill-fated lovers. There is an interesting story about how this hit musical came about. Manoj Kumar and Raj Khosla worked earlier in the 1964 film “Woh Kaun Thi?”. At Manoj’s suggestion Khosla incorporated several changes into that film that became a huge hit. Their friendship grew out of this. Manoj’s idol when he was growing up was Dilip Kumar Saab. A rerun of Dilip Saab’s 1951 film “Deedar” was showing in the theaters. Manoj invited Khosla to accompany him to see the film. After seeing the film Manoj suggested they make a film together for which he had a story idea. In “Deedar” the central character was blind. The story Manoj thought also had the male lead as a blind person. From this idea the movie was born.

The movie was immensely helped by its music. Ravi and Shakeel Saab joined hands together to create what proved to be all chartbuster songs. Both of them including Lata for “Lo Aa Gayi” song were nominated for Filmfare Awards even though they did not win. Simi won an award as the Best Supporting Actress.

I am uploading songs from this film and some version songs in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs…

Concluding Songs from "Do Badan (1966)"...

Here are some music clips from the film and several version songs...

Dear Swarapriya
the son SAAZ E DIL PE KOI-- is part of ZINDAGI TU JHOOM LE ZARA song
taiyab

Thank you very much Taiyab for the info. Sometimes I am into these songs so much that I easily miss details like this.

Cheers,
S

(Anand Bakshi) Aamne Saamne (1967)

This film with all the hit songs starts off well but ends up as a routine crime drama. Shashi, who is the hero of the film, does a great job impersonating his own older brother, Shammi Kapoor. For about 40 plus minutes the movie was entertaining with several great songs by the inimitable Rafi Saab. Then the movie goes down the hill. I am uploading all the songs and some music clips from this film in two back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post...

Concluding Songs from "Aamne Saamne (1967)"...

Here are some music clips from this film...

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Piya Milan (1958)

This movie was dubbed from a Tamil film. I am uploading six songs here. There are at least three more that I am missing. These are listed in red italics in the table below. I am requesting members to share these and any other missing ones if they can. Many thanks.

The music director for this film was Ramesh Naidu. One of our members, Mahesh (member name smahesh), had a brief thread on him in this directory few years back. You can find out more about him at the following location…

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...hl=Ramesh+Naidu

A note about the singer of the song “Kya Kya Kahoon”, Susheela. (Please see her photo attached below.) She is a giant of a singer who dominated South Indian film industry for a number of years. She made her debut in early 50’s and was a number one singer through late 80’s. Born into a Telugu family, she sang in all South Indian languages as well as Badaga, Bengali, Hindi, Oriya, Sanskrit, Sinhalese, and Tulu. Padma Bhushan recipient Susheelaji was the first one to receive the National Award for a Best Singer for a Tamil film in 1969. She repeated that again in 1971 (Tamil), 1978 (Telugu), 1982 (Telugu), and 1983 (Telugu). Besides that she also received thrice the Tamilnadu State Award, twice the Kerala State Award, and six times the Andhra Pradesh State Award. She is a recipient of many other awards including Filmfare’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Susheelaji is currently active in helping needy musicians through a Trust Fund she started in 2008. She organizes a concert once a year with the help of some senior artistes with the proceedings going to the Trust.

Here is Susheelaji’s melodious song “Kya Kya Kahoon” and five other songs from this film…

Thanks SP for this and all the uploads. I have one song from missing ones.

Viraj

Thank you very much Viraj for the song. Cheers.

S