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

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Chhoti Bahen (1959)"...

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

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(Shakeel) Phool Aur Patthar (1966)

This was a star making vehicle for Dharmendra. Interestingly he was the second choice for the role as Sunil Dutt was not immediately available to play the lead. Dharamji seized the opportunity to scorch the screen with a firebrand performance. He brought the ruggedness and the manliness with his personality that ignited the screen in several scenes. Much before Salman Khan made it popular to take off his shirt to show off his physique, even if it is not necessary to do so, Dharmendra did this in this movie in an unforgettable scene to cover a shivering Meena Kumari.

O.P. Ralhan, who wrote the story, screenplay, produced and directed this film, also acted in it. While making the movie he had differences that evolved into friction with Dharmendra. Dharam thought Ralhan was arrogant to work with and he almost quit the movie in protest. Many think that this was because Dharam was romantically involved with Meena as she was going through a rough time in her marriage that director thought may not bode well for his movie. However better senses prevailed. In the end when the movie was completed it became a sensational hit. Dharam was nominated for the Best Actor Filmfare Award for his performance. However, he lost to Dev Anand who took the award for the fine movie "Guide".

The music by Ravi also helped the movie's popularity immensely. All of Asha's numbers became very popular as was Rafi Saab's solo "Mere Dil Ke Andar".

I am uploading all the songs in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs…

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Dec 23 2014, 09:01 PM

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Concluding Songs from "Phool Aur Patthar (1966)"...

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

[swarapriya]

(Anand Bakshi) Anita (1967)

This film was produced and directed by Raj Khosla. It came in the wake of the successes of “Woh Kaun Thi? (1964)” and “Mere Saaya (1966)” both suspense thrillers. This movie was supposed to be the part of trilogy of thrillers even though none of them related to each other. Sadhana was the only common part of all three movies. She was the heroine of all three films.

“Anita” was dedicated to the memory of the late great Guru Dutt. Khosla did his apprenticeship under Guru as his assistant director. Later in 1955 Guru gave Khosla “C.I. D.” to direct that was a big hit and established Khosla as someone to look forward to in the future for many good movies. Khosla Saab did not disappoint.

“Anita” was based on a story idea by Khosla himself. The movie was disappointing as one can easily guess who the culprit is behind all that was happening. Not only that the screenplay of the film was uneven and in the end the movie in spite of its fine songs by LP was disappointing.

The movie titles give credit for lyrics to Raja Mehdi Ali Khan Saab. But the original soundtrack CD and other sources credit one song to Bakshi Saab and the other (“Gore Gore” appears three times in the film) to Lucknavi Janaab. The first part of the song “Gore Gore” is complete in itself. The second and third parts repeat some antaras from the first part. The third part has an extended music sequence at the end of the song.

The song “Kaise Karoon” sounds similar to Asha’s “Jhumka Gira Re” from “Mera Saaya”. Besides some words being identical it was also picturized on Sadhana attired as a gypsy as was in “Mera Saaya”.

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

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Anita (1967)"...

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

[swarapriya]

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Humsaya (1968)

I am uploading songs from this album skipping the chronological order of Jaipuri Saab's films to cater for a request...

Magnificent music composed by the venerable OP is simply wasted in this mediocre movie. It was produced and directed by Joy Mukherjee who also had a dual role in the film. Some of the beautiful songs include Rafi Saab’s solo, “Dil Ki Aawaaz”, Asha’s “O Kanhaiya”, and also Asha’s “Woh Haseen Dard”. Especially “Haseen Dard” is simply outstanding. I am uploading these and other songs from the film including some music clips in two back-to-back posts.

Here are the songs in the first post…

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Humsaya (1968)"...

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

[swarapriya]

(Javed Akhtar) Baadshah (1999)

The director duo Abbas & Mustan who gave boost to Shah Rukh Khan’s career with “Baazigar” in 1993 are at it again here with Khan. The music is again by Anu Malik. The storyline of the film borrows heavily from a handful of English films including “Mr. Nice Guy (1997)”, “Rush Hour (1998)”, “The Mask (1994)” and others. The net result is a film with action and comedy that mostly borders on slapstick. The film was a hit.

Anu Malik’s music, not entirely original, also helps carry the film even though. The songs have traces of his other film “Baazigar” and Kalyanji & Anandji’s 1989 “Tridev”. I am uploading songs from this film in two back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post…

[swarapriya]

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

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

[swarapriya]

(Majrooh) Kali Topi Lal Rumal (1959)

The major distinguishing feature of this film is its hit songs composed by Chitragupt ji. Every song in this film became a chartbuster. The song “Laagi” appears twice in the film. The second time only half of the song appears. It is identical to the first song except it has extended music at the end. I am including the part 2 of this song here for completeness sake.

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

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Kali Topi Lal Rumal (1959)"...

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

[swarapriya]

(Rajinder Krishan) Baarish (1957)

This is yet another beautiful album from the combination of the music director C. Ramchandra and the lyricist Rajinder Krishan. Most of the songs from this film became very popular when the film was released. Only problem the movie encountered was the star pair of this film was also in another movie that was released about the same time. That movie was "Paying Guest". It was an enormous hit and this took away much of the "thunder" from "Baarish".

I am uploading songs from this film in two back-to-back posts. The first post contains all of the songs from the film. The second post contains several music clips. The clips came from a DVD and their quality varies from fair to average. Because of this I am uploading these at a lower bit rate.

Here are the songs in the first post...

[swarapriya]

Music Clips from "Baarish (1957)"...

Here are some music clips from this movie...

[HarshBhatt]

Congratulations for Uploading 200GB, keep going

[swarapriya]

Congratulations for Uploading 200GB, keep going

Thank you Harshji. I don't know much about these numbers. I am not sure about others but am just having fun sharing these.

Cheers,
S