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

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(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…

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(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…

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(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…

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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

[swarapriya]

(Majrooh) Paying Guest (1957)

I am uploading these popular songs on request...

Here is a blithely Nutan paired opposite a buoyant Dev and when mingled with some breezy music by Burmanda for the songs written by magnificent Majrooh Saab the result is a playful ride called "Paying Guest". This movie has no pretensions to be anything else but to entertain. It does so superbly.

I have several favorite songs from this album. Among them are Lata's "Chaand Phir Nikla", Kishoreda's both solos, and both duets. My personal favorite is the duet "O Nigaahen Mastaana" where Asha is just humming along to the crooning of Kishore. It is an absolute charmer. This album is an out and out winner...

I am uploading these songs in two back-to-back posts. The first post contains all songs from the film. This includes the song “Gaye Ghabraake Mil” by Geetaji. This song was not included in the film. It is from an audio from You Tube that was uploaded by Parag Sankla. The song was contributed by Romesh Vora. Thanks Romesh and Parag for the song…

The second post contains several instrumentals of some of the popular songs from the film. It also contains a version song of “Chaand Phir Nikla”. I am also including here a shorter version of “Chhod Do Aanchal” with an introduction by Majrooh Saab.

Here is the first set of songs...

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A Few Instrumentals of the Songs from "Paying Guest (1957)"...

Here are a few instrumentals of the songs from this film...

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(Anand Bakshi) Madhavi (1969)

This movie introduced a new heroine named Deepa in the title role. I am not sure if she ever appeared in any other Hindi movie. But this period drama, based on the 1958 Tamil film “Mahadevi”, was simply badly done. LP provided the music. Couple of solos sung by Lata are noteworthy. Here are these and other songs from this film in two back-to-back posts…

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Concluding Songs from "Madhavi (1969)"...

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