Shair Aur Sargam, Songs From Movies of 7 Great Lyricists Options

[swarapriya]

Madhumati (1958) - Post 2 (Songs)

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

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Madhumati (1958) - Post 3 (Specials)

Here are some specials of some songs from the film...

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Madhumati (1958) - Post 4 (Instrumentals)

Here are some instrumentals of the popular song "Aa Jaa Re Pardesi"...

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Madhumati (1958) - Post 5 (Instrumentals)

Here are instrumentals of the songs "Dil Tadap Tadap Ke" and "Suhaana Safar"...

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Madhumati (1958) - Post 6 (Instrumentals)

This final posting consists of more instrumentals of the popular songs from the film...

[soumik]

Dear Swarapriya Bhai,

The small snippet "Maala Teri" does not sounds like KK's voice....I have not seen this movie...Does this song picturised on KK in the movie????

Regards,

Soumik

(Rajinder Krishan) Mem Sahib (1956)

This movie was based on the story of culture clash between East (represented by saintly Kishoreda) and West (played roguishly by Shammi). By the time the movie was over as expected Eastern culture prevails.

Here is an early Madan Mohan Saab’s movie that has no songs by Lataji. Ashaji grabs the opportunity and smells like a million roses. I like her solos “Dil Dil Se” and “Ishq Ek”. The latter almost sounds like it was inspired by songs from “Anarkali (1953)”. The lyricist Rajinder Krishanji was a common factor for both the films. Incidentally if one pays close attention to the title music, Madan Saab borrows part of its music from Raj Kapoor’s “Awaara (1952)” song “Ab Raat Guzarne Waali Hai”.

Kishore’s version of “Dil Dil Se” was also a runaway popular hit. There are a couple of duets of Asha and Talat that are also pleasing. I am uploading these and others in two back-to-back posts. In the first post I am including all the songs from the film. In the second post I am uploading some music clips and instrumentals.

Here are the songs in the first post…

[swarapriya]

[size=3]Dear Swarapriya,

The small snippet "Maala Teri" does not sounds like KK's voice....I have not seen this movie...Does this song picturised on KK in the movie????

Regards,

Soumik

Yes. The song was picturized on Kishoreda when the character he was playing was offering prayers to the God. It is conceivable that someone else's voice was used for the snippet. But I think this is very unlikely.

Cheers,
S

[swarapriya]

(Anand Bakshi) Preet Na Jane Reet (1966)

This movie has a usual dose of Rafi Saab’s songs one can expect in a Shammi’s film. All of them were popular than the movie itself when the movie was released. Incidentally, even though they established for themselves credible track record as award winning independent music directors, Laxmikant & Pyarelal continue to be assistants to Kalyanji & Anandji. Here are the songs from this film…

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(Hasrat Jaipuri) Kabhi Andhera Kabhi Ujala (1958)

Songs from this album were uploaded few months back in this very thread. The information about these songs is available at the following location.

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...4658&st=789

The songs are no longer available at the location mentioned but I will be happy to reload them on request.

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(Javed Akhtar) Duplicate (1998)

This comedy and action movie was the first of many in which Shah Rukh appeared for Dharma Productions. Shah Rukh gave a great performance in a dual role, one as a simple guy and the other as a baddie. The movie boasts all good songs with some fine lyrics by Akhtar Saab and hit music by Anu Malik. On the surface it appears that this movie has all the ingredients to be a hit film. However it did not click with the audience.

Incidentally, Kajol makes a brief appearance in the film, another regular of many hit films made by Dharma Productions, where Shah Rukh’s character confronts her on the railway platform and asks her whether she will marry him. In the background the song from the 1995 hit film “Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge”, “Tujhe Dekha Toh” is played.

Among so many catchy songs from this film my favorite is “Mere Mehboob”. I am posting this and other songs from this film in two back-to-back posts.

Here are the songs in the first post…

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Concluding Songs from "Duplicate (1998)"...

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

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(Majrooh) Daaka (1959)

Here are the songs from this album...

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(Rajinder Krishan) Naya Aadmi (1956)

This movie was made originally in Tamil, “Velaikaari”, in 1949. It was based on the famous play by Annadurai, the founder of DMK Party. It was inspired by the famous Bhawal case about an imposter who claimed to be the prince of Bhawal who was presumed dead 10 years earlier. The story basically deals with class conflicts. Apart from the true story based on Bhawal case, it also borrowed heavily from Alexandre Dumas’ famous novel “The Count of Monte Cristo”. Tamil film was a huge hit.

Six years later, in 1955, the movie was made in Kannada as “Mallimadhuve” and “Santhosham” in Telugu. Both films were hits. In 1956 it was remade in Hindi as “Naya Aadmi” with a mixture of several Telugu and Hindi film actors. The Hindi film had two music directors, Madan Mohanji, and the duo Viswanathan & Ramamurthy (VR) who also composed music for the Telugu film. Mohanji composed music for three songs and the rest were composed by VR.

Here is an interesting sidelight. Annadurai, the author of the story of this film, eventually became the Chief Minister of then Madras State (now called Tamilnadu). And the hero of the Telugu and this film, N.T. Rama Rao, went onto become the Chief Minister of then Andhra Pradesh State (it is now divided into two states; one Andhra and the other Telangana).

Here are the songs from this film…

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(Shailendra) Savera (1958)

Filmgoers and music lovers hardly are familiar with the name of Sailesh Mukherjee who was the composer of music for this film. He was a multi-talented person. Besides composing music, he was a singer as well as an actor.

He directed music at least for a couple of other films. These were “Suhag Sindoor (1953)” and “Parichay (1954)”. He sang some songs in “Suhag Sindoor”. He also was a good tabla player. He acted in some films under the name of Srikant Gaurav. The films were “Miya Biwi Raazi (1960)” and “Pyar ki Pyas (1961)”.

The song “Aankh Micholi” was contributed by Viraj Padhye, a member of the Forum. Thank you very much Viraj. Incidentally, this song was not in the VCD. Here is this and other songs from this film…

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Thanks you so much Swarapriya

Coolkee