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

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(Rajinder Krishan) College Girl (1960)

Rajinder Krishan wrote the screenplay, dialogues and lyrics for this Shankar & Jaikishan music directed film. Interesting thing about this is that in 1957 S&J decided to not work for B.R. Chopra who offered them to provide music for “Naya Daur”. S&J wanted to retain the services of Hasrat Jaipuri and Shailendra. Chopra insisted on Sahir Ludhianvi as the lyricist. So it is strange that three years later S&J here decided to work with Krishanji. Not until their debut film, “Barsaat” in 1949, S&J worked with no one else except for Jaipuri & Shailendra. Of course this movie is an exception. This thing changed when both Jaikishan and Shailendra passed away. Then Shankar, still under the name of S&J, started utilizing the talents of other lyricists. Not until 1968, Shankar worked again with Krishanji. In 1968, he worked with Rajinderji in “Brahmachari” for one song.

In spite of some good songs there is nothing to write home about this mediocre movie. Here are some of the lowlights, yes, lowlights of the movie…

• The movie starts with Vyjayanti Mala passing metric in first class! Uff!
• Next thing we know that she and Shammi are in the first year of college!
• Mala’s friend commits suicide on the marriage altar because she is forced to wed an 80-year old man. The reason given by her father is that he could not afford to give a dowry!
• Mala’s uncle, who is her guardian, stops her going from college because she participates in a college dance drama.
• Randhir professes that Mala is like his own sister and then tries to sexually assault her.
• So on and on…

Simply revolting.

As mentioned earlier there are a few good songs in the film. These are “Baabul Hum”, “Hum Aur Tum”, and “Pehla Pehla”. Coincidentally “Hum Aur Tum” starts as Rafi Saab’s super hit song “Hum Aur Tum” from the 1959 “Dil Deke Dekho” but soon diverges. Of these the standout song is Lataji’s, “Baabul Hum Tore”. It is an outstanding song with rich lyrics.

Here are these and other songs from this film in two back-to-back posts…

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Concluding Songs from "College Girl (1960)"...

Here are the rest of the songs and a couple of music clips from the film...

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(Shailendra) Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai (1961)

Songs from this film were recently uploaded in this very thread. They are available at the following location...

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...658&st=1463

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(Anand Bakshi) Aan Milo Sajna (1970)

There are no pretensions about what this film wants to be. It was made to thoroughly entertain the audience sprinkled with good songs. The movie was on the mark with such intentions. The only difference here was that instead of boy chasing the girl it was the other way around. Here the girl more or less was chasing the boy.

LP’s music and Bakshi Saab’s lighthearted lyrics enrich the entertainment value for the listeners. All songs became very popular. My favorite is Kishoreda’s “Jawaani O Diwaani”. Thoroughly enjoyable.

I am uploading this and other songs from the film, a version song, and a few fine instrumentals in two back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post…

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Concluding Songs Related to "Aan Milo Sajna (1970)"...

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

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(Hasrat Jaipuri) Oomar Qaid (1961)

There are several good songs in this routine crime drama. These include all three duets and the solo by Mukeshji. Here are these and the rest of the songs from this film…

[soumik]

Dear Swarapriya thanks for this album.....

There is an interesting fact about this movie. Though there are 4 songs of KK in this movie but he was not credited for these songs... If you see the title page of playback singers section at the beginning of the movie, you won't find KK's name but all others. Even the female singer Radhakishen that u have mentioned is not there in the playback singers' list.

Wonder why the music director overlooked/ignored KK? This would have been rectified by producer or director or actors later stage....but none noticed this error.

Soumik

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Krorepati (1961)

This movie that was supposed to be a comedy but it is really not that funny. It had screenplay by I.S. Johar. Johar also co-wrote its dialogues.

The effort by Shankar & Jaikishan, who were flying high during these years, was below mark except for a couple of songs. Interestingly S&J decide to use Manna for playback of Kishoreda in a couple of songs. The song “Pehle Murghi” is one of them. Manna did a fair job with the song, but this one is a typical Kishoreda’s song. If he sang the song it would have been a blast. Mannada also lends his voice for Kishoreda in the duet “Aap Huye”.

The song of the album is Asha’s “Saawan Bann Gaye”. A beautifully rendered lovely song. The song is supposed to have the following mukhda that was missing in the DVD as well as the CD. The mukhda goes like this…

“Aye Aasmaan Ke Raahi Tu Hi Gawaah Rehna,
Thamta Nahin Hai Kab Se Inn Aansuon Ka Behna,
Tera Agar Guzar Ho Iss Desh Ki Taraf Se,
Koi Tadap Reha Hai Itna Hi Unn Se Kehna”

If anyone of you have this song with the above beginning, please kindly share it with rest of us. Thank you.

The other song is Lata’s solo, “O Saajna”. This seems to be inspired by some western tune. Nevertheless it is pleasant to listen to.

Here are these and other songs from this film…

[soumik]

Dear Swarapriya,

I am uploading the song "Jalti Hain Duniya (part - 2)" from Pyar (1950) which is having better sound quality than yours. I hope you will like it.

Regards

Soumik

(Rajinder Krishan) Pyaar (1950)

I am re-uploading these songs of early Nargis & Raj Kapoor film on request...

For this Raj Kapoor’s film not only Burmanda composed music but had Kishoreda sing songs for Raj. Remember this was back in 1950. Raj did not yet settle on Mukesh as his voice. That was still a few years away.

My apologies for the poor quality of the songs even though some of them are decent enough.

Here are the songs…

[swarapriya]

Dear Swarapriya,

I am uploading the song "Jalti Hain Duniya (part - 2)" from Pyar (1950) which is having better sound quality than yours. I hope you will like it.

Regards

Soumik

Thank you very much for the song, Soumik. Cheers.

[swarapriya]

(Majrooh) Laagi Naahin Chhute Ram (1963)

This Bhojpuri film, even though I do not know the language itself, it is not hard to understand, has several good songs in it. Apart from all three duets, my favorites are the two songs by Suman Kalyanpur. Here are these and the rest of the songs from this film in two back-to-back posts…

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Concluding Songs from "Laagi Naahin Chhute Ram (1963)"...

Here are the rest of the songs and a few music clips from the movie...

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(Rajinder Krishan) Duniya Jhukti Hai (1960)

There are several fine songs in this familiar drama. The standouts are “Gumsum”, “Jo Bijiliyon”, “Kuchh Iss”, and Hemantda’s version of “Phoolon Se”. I am uploading these and other songs from this film in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs…

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Concluding Songs from "Duniya Jhukti Hai (1960)"...

Here are the rest of the songs and a couple of music clips from the film...

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(Shailendra) Junglee (1961)

Songs from this film were recently uploaded in this very thread. They are available starting at the following location...

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...658&st=1490

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(Anand Bakshi) Bachpan (1970)

This film was produced and directed by K.P. Atma who also wrote its story. He directed many movies in Telugu. His two earlier successes in Hindi include “Chhota Bhai (1966)” and “Raja aur Runk (1968)”. But this movie is a major let down. It has a weak and unconvincing story and does not leave any surprises as one can easily guess what happens next. Only its music was slightly above average.

Rafi Saab’s song “Aaya Re” appears five times in the film. The first one and the fifth one are identical. Therefore I am not uploading the fifth one. The first one is also part of the fourth one. I am uploading these four parts and others in two back-to-back posts.

Here are the songs in the first post…