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

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(Hasrat Jaipuri) Roop ki Rani Choron ka Raja (1961)

This movie unfolds as a number of people travel on a ship on a pilgrimage. A cross-section of the people represent every walk in the life, good and bad, honest and thieves, helpful and greedy, spinsters and widows, and others. An interesting premise but the director did not take full advantage of the material at hand. Shankar & Jaikishan’s several good songs go waste on the film.

S&J were assisted by Dattaram and Sebastian, their usual assistant music directors. Subir Sen is one of the playback singers but was not credited. Interestingly, the song “Suno Bhaai” has two different versions. The one in the movie (DVD) is different than the one in CD. The DVD song has “Paa Li Hai” whereas the CD song “Pee Li Hai”. Otherwise both songs are identical. I am uploading both of them here. The quality of the CD song is far superior to the one of the DVD’s even though I am uploading both of them at 192 kbps.

I am uploading these and the rest of the songs and a couple of music clips in two back-to-back posts.

Here is the first set of songs…

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Concluding Songs from "Roop ki Rani Choron ka Raja (1961)"...

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

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(Majrooh) Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon (1963) - Songs

Here is one of the best scores by OP. All nine songs from this film were chart busters. It is easy to see why. They all are absolutely mellifluous. They charm you with reverberations generated by the choice use of rhythmic echoes. Even though the movie was a retread of Nasir Hussain Saab’s earlier movies, the music lifts the film from the run of the mill film to a likeable one. Asha (Bhosle) and Rafi Saab were at the top of the game and contribute mightily to the success of the film.

I have a couple of favorites in this film. These are Rafi Saab’s “Aanchal Mein” and the duet “Zulf Ki”. They both are very rich in lyrics and stir your emotions and affect deeply. Interestingly, for some reason the song “Zulf Ki” was deleted from the final film. But a shorter version of the song is available on many CDs. The full version is available in some videos. This song I am uploading in its entirety with all of the dialogues interspersed. I am uploading a version with the dialogues and applauses stripped. I enjoy this latter version as the dialogues serve no purpose in the song.

I am uploading these and the rest of the songs, few specials, and some instrumentals in four back-to-back posts. The first two posts contain songs from the film. The third post contains specials. Finally, the fourth post contains a few instrumentals of the songs from the film.

Here is the first set of songs…

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Concluding Songs from "Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon (1963)"...

Here are the rest of the songs from this great musical...

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Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon (1963) - Specials

Here are a few specials related to the songs from the film...

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Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon (1963) - Instrumentals

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

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(Rajinder Krishan) Ghar ki Laj (1960)

There is not much to write about this movie. It is so bad that it was difficult to watch. Even the songs, except for one, have not much going for them. The sole exception is Rafi Saab’s, “Ujad Gaya Panchhi”. Its lyrics remind you of another Rafi Saab’s song “Chal Udd Jaa Re Panchhi” from the 1957 film “Bhabhi”. Incidentally that was also written by Rajinder Krishanji.

Here is “Ujad Gaya” and the rest of the songs from this film…

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(Shailendra) Kanch ki Gudiya (1961)

Here are the songs from this film from the less heard of music director Suhrid Kar...

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(Anand Bakshi) Darpan (1970)

This movie has an unusual story that was based on a daring theme. It was aided by fine musical score by LP and sensitive performances from the principals.

I am uploading 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 "Darpan (1970)"...

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

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(Hasrat Jaipuri) Sasural (1961)

This movie was based on the 1959 super hit Telugu film “Illarikam”. I read some place that the Telugu film itself was loosely based on Sharat Chandra Chatterjee’s novel “Kashinath”. I am not sure how accurate this information is. But one thing is certain. I don’t think Chatterjee, a brilliant novelist, probably never wrote a movie as entertaining as this purported to be. He was famous for tragedies, “Devdas” being an example of it.

The Hindi movie did not have either the soul or the spirit of the Telugu film. This was mainly because of the disappointing performances of most of the artistes, except possibly for Mahmood. Nevertheless it went onto break all records for a Hindi film. Much of the credit was due to several catching tunes composed by S&J, with the classic “Teri Pyaari Pyaari Surat Ko” by inimitable Rafi Saab. The team of S&J were assisted by Dattaram & Sebastian.

I am uploading 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 "Sasural (1961)"...

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

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(Majrooh) Daal Me Kala (1964)

Character actor Bipin Gupta produced the film. Satyen Bose, who made films like “Jagriti (1954”), “Chalti ka Naam Gaadi (1958)”, “Dosti (1964)” and “Raat Aur Din (1967)” among others, wrote the screenplay and directed the film. My expectations of the film were high as I was hoping to see a good movie. But alas. It was a total disappointment. Except for its music, there is nothing in this film to write home about.

C. Ramchandraji was the music director of the film. He did a commendable job with several nice tracks. My favorite of the album is the Kishoreda’s number “Chaand Chup Chaap Hai”.

All songs from this album were ripped from a DVD. The quality of most of the songs is decent.

Here are some observations about the songs. In a couple of them Kishoreda impersonates a female voice. One of the songs is “Do Aankhen Janaani”. At the very beginning of this song, he sings with a female voice. The second song is “Duniya ki Bazaar Mein”. In this song Ramchandraji had Kishore song a portion of “Gore Gore” from his own composition from the film “Albela (1951)” in a female voice.

It is interesting note that in the song “Mohabbat Karna Hai” Chitalkar sings for Kishoreda. This comes close to the end of the song.

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jun 9 2016, 08:03 PM

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(Rajinder Krishan) Hum Hindustani (1960)

I was expecting to watch a patriotic movie because of its title. But alas. This is another ordinary movie that has nothing to do with patriotism. It was directed by Ram Mukherjee, father of the actress Rani Mukherjee. Ram also directed Dilip Saab’s “Leader” released in 1964.

Sanjeev Kumar made his debut with this film. He had a small role as a police officer. He comes almost near the end of the film. The movie also supposed to have Prem Chopra in it. But I failed to spot him. In a surprise twist, Helen in this movie has a supporting role opposite Joy Mukherjee and there are no dances by her. In the romantic role she does a pretty good job. Helen later quoted as saying that she was not offered such roles again because “Hum Hindustani” did below average business. However, the only noteworthy thing about the film was its beautiful music.

Usha Khanna followed her stunning debut of "Dil Deke Dekho" in 1959 with this beautiful album. If there were any doubts whether the success of "Dil Deke Dekho" was just a flash in the pan, this movie completely erased them. Here Khanna shows that she can be versatile in handling different singers. Whereas "Dil Deke Dekho" was all Asha and Rafi Saab, in this movie she also has Geetaji, Lata and Mukesh sing. She also joined the fray in a duet with Geetaji even though Khanna was not credited as one of the playback singers. The standout songs from this album are both solos by Mukeshji, "Chhodo Kal Ki Baatein" and "Raat Nikhri Hui", and his duet with Asha, "Neeli Neeli Ghata".

Parag Sankla, one of the members of this Forum of ours, wrote last time these songs were uploaded for one of my different threads that the lyricist K. Manohar’s (see Post 2) full name is Manohar Lal Khanna. He was father of Usha Khanna who composed music for this film. Per Parag, Mr. Khanna used various names in the films he worked in. These were K. Manohar (in this film), M.L. Khanna, or simply Mnaohar, and sometimes as Javed Anwar. Parag also wrote that in the late forties and early fifties he worked as a lyricist for an outfit called Nargis Films Arts. The film “Darogaji (1949)” was one of the films released under this banner. Mr. Khanna wrote lyrics for 12 songs of that film which had music composed by Bulo C. Rani. Geetaji sang all 12 songs.

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

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Concluding Songs from "Hum Hindustani (1960)"...

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