Shammi Kapoor, His Movies & His Songs Options

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Shammi Kapoor - His Movies & His Songs

Shammi Kappor has been in the movie industry for a very very long time. He first appeared in 1953 in "Thokar" when he was 22. Since then he acted in over 130 movies. Though he struggled initially as an actor, after marrying another actress (Geetabali), his life changed forever under her able guidance. From a commercial also ran to he became a sought after atcor.

I am starting this new series on Shammi. I have many of his movies in CDs. I am missing some of them from his early years, and may be one or two from the later years. I would like to share these songs with you in coming months and invite the members to share any missing songs to complete the albums.

To start with here is the part 1 of his filmography ...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Aug 1 2008, 07:47 PM

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Hum Sab Chor Hain (1956)

Finally, Shammi broke through the drought of string of commercial failures with this moderately successful "Hum Sab Chor Hain" film. This was made by Filmistan. Most of their movies were out and out entertainers with some beautiful songs. This movie was no exception. They tapped OP to provide the music. The had young I.S. Johar to direct the movie. Joharji was hot on the heels of the success of his another Filmistan movie "Nagin" for which he wrote the story, screenplay, acted, and directed it. Same with this movie. He wrote the story, wrote its screenplay, acted in the movie, and directed it. Before coming into the movies, Joharji, a psotgraduate, established himself as a writer with several stories to his credit.

Another winner in this movie was its heroine, Nalini Jayawant. This petite lady, gives one impression that she is a bundle of energy. She has a child like face, and brings best when acts as an innocent person. Her most famous movie with Dev Anand, "Kala Pani" was few years away, but here she finds in a groove and fits perfectly for Johar's comic talents. Naliniji started as a child actress. Originally she was signed for her singing abilities but soon found herself acting. She got her major breakthrough in Mehboob Khan's "Bahen", a very thought provoking film (incest theme) even by today's standards. In a poll conducted by Filmfare, during mid 50-s, movie cameramen voted Nalini Jayawant to be the most photogenic actress.

There are eight songs in this album. Two of the songs, "Humko Hanste" are almost identical. Therefore, I am uploading only seven of them here. Now for details of the songs and the songs themselves ...