Shair Aur Sargam

You are right Soumik. That is an error. I made changes to my posting to rectify the error. Thank you very much for pointing this out.

Cheers,
S

(Shailendra) Heera Moti (1959)

This all too familiar rural drama was based on the classic story “Do Bailon Ka Katha” by Munshi Premchandji. It has very limited scope for songs. Of the six songs the standout is “Kaun Rang”. Here is this and other songs from this film…

(Shakeel) Noor Jehan (1967)

Sheikh Mukhtar (see his picture below), one of the tallest and heaviest men in the Hindi film industry during its early years, produced this movie on a grand scale. He spent all his fortune and then some (taking several loans) to make the film happen. Finally when the movie was released it was a disaster. That left Mukhtar Saab a broken man with many debts he incurred to see “Noor Jehan” to completion. To avoid financial difficulties, he migrated to Pakistan taking along with him prints of “Noor Jehan”. He decided to release the film there. The very same day it was released he suffered a massive heart attack and passed away. The movie going public in Pakistan took the movie to their heart and made it a huge hit. Tragically Sheikh Ji did not live long enough to see the success of his dream child.

The movie may not have worked here in India but it has several superb songs composed by Roshan Saab. Beautiful lyrics of the songs were penned by Badayuni Saab. Most of the songs became popular. My favorite of the album is the solo by Lata, “Raat Ki Mehfil”. I am uploading this and rest of the songs below…

(Anand Bakshi) Farz (1967)

This film was based on the 1966 hit Telugu film “Goodhachari 116” that made actor Krishna a star. The Telugu film itself was almost a direct copy of the 1965 English film “OSS117” which was dubbed from French.

Hindi film was also a hit. Jeetendra looked a little chubby in some scenes but carried the movie on his shoulders as the secret agent. Babita as the leading lady was more of a decoration than anything else. I am enclosing all songs and some music clips of the film in two back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post…

Some Music Clips from "Farz (1967)"...

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

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Samrat Chandragupt (1958)

Kalyanji of Kalyanji & Anandji team started as an independent music director and worked on only a handful of films. Later he had his brother Anandji join him and formed the Kalyanji & Anandji team. For this film Kalyanji was the solo music director. However he had Anandji, Laxmikant (later of Laxmikant & Pyarelal team) and Parte (don’t know who it is) has as assistant music directors. Manmohan Desai, who later went onto make several box-office films as a director, was the movie’s assistant director.

Several songs from the film became very popular especially duets “Bhar Bhar”, “Chaahe Door”, and “Yeh Sama”. I am uploading both shorter and longer versions of “Rangeele”. The longer version is of excellent quality except there is a second skip at 4:37 that many may not even notice. Yet I am uploading it here at a lower bit rate. Incidentally, actress Nirupa Roy wrote lyrics for one song in the film, “Mujhe Dekh”.

Here are these and other songs from this popular album…

Thank you for these lovely songs Swarapriya.

You are very welcome Bhai Saab. Cheers.

(Javed Akhtar) Ek Tha Dil Ek Thi Dhadkan (1999)

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

Concluding Songs from "Ek Tha Dil Ek Thi Dhadkan (1999)"...

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

(Majrooh) Bewaqoof (1960)

It is a tragedy that we make comedies like this film. I.S. Johar besides having a major role in the film also was its story writer, producer, and director. Major problem with the movie was that the director could not decide whether it should be a comedy or a serious drama. An attempt to do this usually fails. That was the problem here. Besides, in the last third of the movie with Kishoreda in prison Johar provided all the limelight on himself coming up with heroics to prove innocence of his pal.

Both Kishore and Johar go through various disguises in the film. In one scene both leading ladies were disguised as men whereas both the men were disguised as women. In another scene we see Johar as an older woman trying to woo two older men. These antics simply go on and on with absurd lectures on moralities by various characters. The only bright spot among this goings on was Pran. A routine for him may be, but nevertheless it was a good performance. There was even a song picturized on him.

I read an article about how there was an advertisement gimmick played out for this film. Fans were asked to submit comments about the movie with prizes for the two top winners. The second prize winner said he was a “bewaqoof” because he did not see the movie “Bewaqoof”. The top prize went to a person who sent the comment that he was a “bewaqoof” because he watched the movie “Bewaqoof”!

Usually reliable SD, here he was assisted by RD, came up with an average score. There is a song by Rafi Saab in the film, “Hum Toh Hain”, but Rafi Saab was not listed in the credits. I am not sure why the omission.

I am uploading songs from this film in two back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post…

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Feb 8 2015, 10:56 PM

Concluding Songs from "Bewaqoof (1960)"...

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

Soumik,

The "Humming" song you have requested from "Bewaqoof" is the beginning of the duet "Tumhi Piya". This song is given in the above post. However, I am uploading that portion of the song below to fulfill your request...

Cheers,
S

You are very welcome Soumik. Cheers.