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(Javed Akhtar) Laawaris (1999)

This will be the last film of Javed Akhtar Saab I am uploading here. This thread started 26 months back. In this time span we covered nearly 80 films penned by Akhtar Saab. Javedji started as a story writer but after his split with Salimji started writing lyrics for film songs. He won the National Award five times and Filmfare Award 14 times. He continues to be very active in this millennium as well.

This movie again has the hit combination of Akhtar Saab and Rajesh Roshan working together again. Their previous films include “Dastak (1996)”, “Jaane Jigar (1998)”, “Khel (1992)”, “Kin g Uncle (1993)”, and “Papa Kahte Hain (1996)”. Unfortunately this film does not live up to its expectations. Both Roshan and Akhtar Saab disappoint. One of the problem with the music was that it used mostly keyboards to generate tunes that did not go well with the songs.

A note about the song “Mere Dosto”. This song almost sounds like the one sung by Udit, “Ghar Se Nikalte Hi”, from “Papa Kahte Hain”. I am uploading this and other songs from this film in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs…

Concluding Songs from "Laawaris (1999)"...

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

I understand Soumik. Yes. Akhtar Saab probably has done another 50 or so movies in the last 14 years. But I am bound by a rule of The Forum. It restricts members to upload albums published only through 1999 and not beyond, in almost all cases, even though an occasional exception was granted. That is the only reason why this Akhtar Saab's thread is stopping at this point.

Cheers,
S

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Anari (1959)

Songs from this album were uploaded under Shailendra's topic in this very thread. They are no longer available but if anyone would like them I will be happy to re-upload them.

(Majrooh) Sujata (1959)

Here are some of the beautiful compositions form the incomparable Burmanda. All songs except for one were huge hits. These songs are liltingly soothing to listen to. Burmanda was ably assisted by Jaidevji.

This film with the backdrop of a Brahmin family raising an untouchable girl was to say the least was daring. It was treated with rare sensitivity by its producer and director Bimalda. The movie won several Filmfare awards; the Best Film, the Best Actress for Nutan, the Best Director for Bimal Roy, and the Best Story for Subodh Ghosh. It also won a special award from the Maharashtra Government for its theme dealing with the untouchability. It was an official entry from India for the 1960 Cannes Film Festival.

I am uploading songs from this album and some specials in three back-to-back posts. The first post contains all the songs from the film. The second post contains few music clips. The third post contains some instrumentals of the songs from the films.

A note about the song “Suno Mere”. The movie version has Burmanda’s song immediately followed by Asha’s humming. I am uploading this song including humming in the first post. In the second post, the title song music has brief humming of Geetaji, a prelude to the song “Hawa Dheere”. The song itself comes a few minutes later in the movie.

Here are the sweet servings of honeyed songs starting in the first post...

Few Music Clips from "Sujata (1959)"...

Here are some music clips from the film...

Few Instrumentals of Songs from "Sujata (1959)"...

Here are some of the instrumentals of the songs from this film...

(Rajinder Krishan) Dekh Kabira Roya (1957)

Amiya Chakrabarty produced and directed this film. He also was readying the release of “Kathputli” the same year. But before that movie was released he passed away. Chakrabarty, who had a string of hits in succession, did not live long enough to see the success of these two movies.

“Dekh Kabira Roya” was an all-out comedy where the story revolves around three heroines and three heroes. Madan Mohan provided outstanding music for the film. Chakrabarty utilized talents of Shankar & Jaikishan for four of his previous movies until this one.

Many songs from the film became popular. The song of the album is Mannada’s “Kaun Aaya”. This song appeared twice in the film. But lyrics are the same on each occasion. Also, the song “Hum Panchhi” also appeared twice in the film. Both songs again are identical. Interestingly the song was picturized both times on Anita Guha and Shubha Khote in the film. But the CD version of the song, including various references, mention a third singer, Seeta Agarwal. I could detect voices of Geetaji and Lataji only. May be someone can explain the discrepancy.

In another situation, the songs “Ashqon Se”, “Mere Veena”, and “Tu Pyaar” appeared as one long song, about 10 minutes long in the film. These are listed in the CD as three separate songs. I am also uploading them as three separate songs.

I am uploading the above songs and others in two back-to-back posts. The first post contains all songs from the film. The second post contains some specials and several instrumentals of the song “Kaun Aaya”.

Here are the songs in the first post…

Some Specials & Instrumentals of "Dekh Kabira Roya (1957)"...

Here are some specials and a few instrumentals of the song "Kaun Aaya"...

(Shailendra) Jawani ki Hawa (1959)

This was a below average effort from the usually reliable music director Ravi Saab. Yet there is one good song in the film. The title song “Chali Kaisi” sung by Asha is very racy and quite hummable. Here is this and other songs from this album…

(Shakeel) Wahan Ke Log (1967)

N.A. Ansari besides acting in this film also produced and directed it. This was one of many “B-grade” films he made. Ramchandra, who was on the decline of his career, provided music for this film. There are only few songs in the film but some are good. These include “Aawaaz”, “Hum Tujh Se”, and “Tum Kitni”. Especially Mukesh’s song “Hum Tujh Se”, which had the similar beginning of his 1951 hit song from Raj Kapoor’s “Awara”, is a fine one. The song “Aawaaz” appears five times, with the first line repeated most of the times. I am uploading two parts of it here even though the second part is included in the first. The difference is that the second part I am uploading here is preceded by additional music.

Here are these and the rest of the songs from this film…

(Anand Bakshi) Milan Ki Raat (1967)

Here are the songs from this film...

(Hasrat Jaipuri) C.I.D. Girl (1959)

Songs from this film were uploaded earlier in this very thread under the topic of "Anand Bakshi". They are no longer available but I will be happy to upload them again if anyone is interested. Thanks...