Reasonably Rare Lata Songs - Not Available Easily, solos and duets from the 50s and 60s Options

[sri]

Starting a new topic for reasonably rare Lata songs ( like I did for Rafi songs earlier ). I will be discussing songs here which I like and which I feel are not easily available. Other members - pl feel free to add ... but please ensure that the songs are good and the sound quality is also good, as far as possible.

Today's choice falls on a song composed by one of my favourite music directors _ Roshan - from a movie which has several great and well known songs ( Baar baar tohe kya samjhaen / ab kya misaal doon / kabhi to milegi kahin to milegi / aapne yaad dilaya to mujhe yaad aaya ) - the movie is AARTI, released in 1962

This particular song is not as well known as the others in the movie ... but is a very emotional, soulful tune - very well sung by Lata Mangeshkar .....and after so many years, continues to haunt my mind, whenever I think of it.

Here's "Bane ho ek khaak se, ameer kya gareeb kya". Top class music composition ... great words by Majrooh Sultanpuri.

Enjoy !

Sri

[kcp]

One more lovely song !!!!!

[sri]

One more lovely song !!!!!

KCP

thanks so much for the uploads ... looking forward to listening to the songs !!

Sri

[Mohsin26]

Really Really appreciated

[sri]

Here's one song which I have really liked. This is from the film BENAZIR 1964 with music by S D Burman and Lyrics of Shakeel Badayuni ( rare combo )

The song will really grow on you as you listen to it - some lovely tabla playing too. Lata has sung it extremely well, as usual. Picturised on Meena Kumari. The scene cuts to this mehfil - from an adjoining scene of a marriage - which explains the shehnai music in the beginning of the track.

Listen and enjoy !

Sri

[sri]

additional information on the song 'Baharon ki mehfil' from the film BENAZIR 1964

Assistant music director for this film was R D BURMAN

[sri]

A nice song from the film Black Cat 1959 -
Sitare raah takte hain, chale aao, chale aao
Hazaron dil dhadakte hain chale aao, chale aao

Music : N Dutta
Lyrics : Jan Nissar Akhtar

Enjoy !

Sri

[sri]

Next song will be one more Lata number from the film BENAZIR 1964
( music director: SDBurman ; asst music director : RDBurman )

It was around this time that SDBurman was very ill and had to be hospitalised .. and as a result had difficulty in completing his films. It is said that he had to stop taking films at this time. Dev Anand, meanwhile, had already commenced his most ambitious movie GUIDE and had signed SD for it. SD suggested to Dev Anand that he could possibly use RDBurman instead .. since he was unsure of his own health. However, Dev Anand was unmoved and said that he would wait. SD is reported to have asked him - what if something happens to me? To which Dev Anand said that he would then release the film with just the one song that had already been recorded - such faith in SDBurman! (this incident narrated by Manek Premchand in his book)

Of course his faith was not misplaced - because SDBurman delivered one of the best scores of his life for the film Guide (1965)

Why am i saying all this ? Because i think it has something to do with the next song I am going to discuss on this thread.

keep watching !

Sri

[sri]

Husn ki baharen liye aaye the sanam, kaisi badnaseebi hui mil sake na hum

This is a Lata song from the film BENAZIR (1964) - picturised on Meena Kumari. When I first heard the song ( some years ago ) I strongly felt it must be an RDBurman composition. When I checked the credits of the film - I found that RDB was the asst music director for the film. However, that by itself, was not too surprising since he assisted SDB in many films during that period. But this song seemed to have a strong stamp of RDB's style ( as seen in his classical music based songs - like 'raina beeti jaaye', 'beeti na bitayi raina' etc. ). A little more enquiry into this subject .... and I found that exactly around the same time that this music was composed, SDBurman was hospitalised with a heart problem and advised several months of rest ... creating a problem with the completion of his contracted movies. My surmise is that Benazir was an affected candidate and while most of the songs may have been done by then - this one was still pending - and was completed by RDBurman himself - quite substantially (if not fully).

That's my theory. Anyway, it gives you all some masala to think about while you listen to this song. In my mind, I think RDB everytime i listen to this number.

As an aside, RDB actually got his chance to go independent of SDB in 1961 with Mehmood's Chhote Nawab ... but, thereafter, no contracts were forthcoming .. and till 1966 he had only 3 other offers (of which 2 were from Mehmood, once again, and one was from a small, unknown producer ). So during this period, he continued to assist his father .... until Teesri Manzil released (with a dhamaka) in 1966.

Enough of my stories ... now here's the song !

Enjoy !

Sri

P.S. For those who want to be bored further .. pl read the earlier post (since it is related to this post)