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

[Viraj Padhye]

Thanks for the uploads SP. Good to see you back.

Viraj

[swarapriya]

Thanks for the uploads SP. Good to see you back.

Viraj

Thank you Viraj. It certainly is very good to be back.

Cheers,
S

[swarapriya]

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Shriman Satyawadi (1960)

This movie tells the story about a man who always tells the truth in spite of all the odds stacked against him. Raj Kapoor plays the man and Mahmood plays a baddie. In the end there is even a fight scene between Raj and Mahmood. How many movies you have seen in which Raj is ready to do a fist fight?

In spite of the noble theme and beautiful songs, the story takes too long to develop and becomes very predictable in the process. Dattaram was assisted by Sebastian and Sharma in the music department.

Here are the songs from this film…

[swarapriya]

(Majrooh) Burmah Road (1962)

There is no single redeeming value in this trashy movie. I am not sure what Ashok Kumar was doing in this atrocious kludge. Even ever so reliable Chitraguptji comes up with a disappointing and forgettable insipid uninspiring score.

Here are the songs from this film…

[swarapriya]

(Rajinder Krishan) Duniya Na Mane (1959)

Madan Mohanji’s music lifts this routine family drama with a predictable storyline. Here are the songs from this film…

[swarapriya]

(Shailendra) Anuradha (1960)

Leela Naidu, the leading lady of this film (see her attached picture), was born to a French mother and Telugu father. Her father was a renowned scientist and was a disciple of Madame Curie who worked in France and later in India for a long time. Leela Naidu was crowned Miss India in 1954. That very same year she was featured in the fashion magazine Vogue which listed her as one of the ten most beautiful women in the world.

Hrishida who was looking to cast a leading lady for his film saw her picture in a magazine. He contacted her immediately and cast her in his President’s Gold Medal Award winning film “Anuradha” opposite Balraj Sahni. The movie did not work but her beauty and restrained performance awed viewers all over the world.

Her tenure as a film actress was short lived but for many years she made the list of most beautiful women in the world in the Vogue magazine.

Another unique feature of this film was its music by Pandit Ravi Shankar. Shankarji did not foray into commercial Hindi cinema too many times but this was an exception. There are only few songs in the film but several of them became very popular.

Here are the songs…

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jan 10 2016, 11:33 PM

[swarapriya]

(Anand Bakshi) Jyoti (1969)

This movie came the same year “Aradhana” came. Burmanda was the music director for both the films. The success of the songs of that film just about overshadowed other films. This movie was one of them.

This movie’s score is average as per Burmanda goes but there are a couple of exceptions. The song of the album is the duet “Soch Ke”. I have not seen the movie but in the song by Kishoreda, “Aankh Meri”, Burmanda uses a couple of southern musical instruments, namely naagaswaram and mridangam. With these sounds, the song also emerges a winner. A couple of other songs have some disturbance in them. I am uploading them at a lower bit rate as noted in the table. Here are these and other songs from this movie…

[swarapriya]

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Singapore (1960)

This film was directed by Shakti Samanta for Eagle Films. Early in his career Samanta made several crime thrillers, some hits (like “Howrah Bridge (1958)”) and many misses. Later he found success with musicals (“Kashmir ki Kali (1964)”) and dramas (“Aradhana (1969)”). This crime thriller was one of the misses.

If the movie was even half way decent as its music it could have been a resounding hit. Several songs from the film became huge hits. I am uploading these in two back-to-back posts.

Here are the songs in the first post…

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Singapore (1960)"...

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

[swarapriya]

(Majrooh) China Town (1962)

Shakti Samanta directed the hit musical “Howrah Bridge” in 1958. He followed this with “Singapore” in 1960. Then in 1962 he came up with this film, “China Town”. All these three films were crime dramas. All seem to have basically the similar theme. In all three baddies were Orientals. In all three Madan Puri acted as an oriental with funny accent. I watched “China Town” on the heels of watching “Singapore” and felt that I was watching the same movie over again.

Salim & Javed’s “Don (1978)” was partly inspired by the beginnings of the film “China Town”. In this Shammi plays a double role, a good one and a bad one. Police get the bad one and have good one take his place to nail the crime boss. But then the stories diverge.

The repetition and lack of novelty of all the movies that came in quick succession ruins the fun of watching this. The only saving grace of the film was its music by Ravi. Most songs became huge hits with Rafi Saab’s “Baar Baar Dekho” topping the charts. Here is this and the rest of the songs from this film…

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jan 18 2016, 08:48 PM

[swarapriya]

(Rajinder Krishan) Jawani ki Hawa (1959)

Except for Asha's "Chali Kaisi" racy title song there is nothing worth to mention about others. Here is this and the rest of the songs from this film...

[swarapriya]

(Shailendra) Parakh (1960)

Bimalda got the Best Director Award for this enjoyable film with the backdrop of a small village. Salilda who gave magnificent music with several melodious songs also wrote its fine story. Kanu Ghosh and Sebastian were assistant music directors. Sadhana, who passed away recently, played the role of a simple girl displaying her versatility as an actress.

I am uploading all songs and several instrumentals in two back-to-back posts. The first post contains all the songs from the film and three harmonica instrumentals by Milon Gupta. The second post contains all instrumentals of the lovely song “O Sajana”. All these instrumentals are just beautiful, except for one. Brian Silas, the noted pianist, disappoints with his rendition of “O Sajana”. One can hardly tell if this is the song he was playing. I am including it here because of his popularity.

Here are the songs in the first post…

[swarapriya]

A Few Instrumentals of the Song "O Sajana" from "Parakh (1960)"...

Here are a few instrumentals of the beautiful song "O Sajana"...

[ketaki shukla]

A Few Instrumentals of the Song "O Sajana" from "Parakh (1960)"...

Here are a few instrumentals of the beautiful song "O Sajana"...

Thanks Swarapriya for this lovely album Parakh.

Ketaki

[swarapriya]

A Few Instrumentals of the Song "O Sajana" from "Parakh (1960)"...

Thanks Swarapriya for this lovely album Parakh.

Ketaki

Thanks Ketaki.

Cheers,
S