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

[swarapriya]

(Majrooh) Saathi (1968)

Director Sridhar seemed like stuck with “love triangles” as subjects for his movies. His “Nazrana (1961)” dealt with two women involved with the same man. In “Dil Ek Mandir (1963)” he had two men loving the same woman. In this film he is back to two women married to the same man due to circumstances. He also had Rajendra play a doctor doing research on cancer. Sounds familiar? “Dil Ek Mandir” also had the same elements. He dwelled on emotions generated through these three people. This film was based on the 1961 Tamil hit “Palum Pazhamum”.

The movie was an uneven film in spite of its magnificent music. The major disappointment here was Rajendra Kumar. He had put on few pounds and in many scenes was not even close to emoting opposite seasoned Vyjayanti Mala and upcoming Simi. In fact, Simi stole the show by giving a splendid performance.

Naushad Ali Saab, one of our greatest musicians, in his career handled only a few movies made in south. This movie will be remembered for its great music by Naushadji. This time he had all male songs sung my Mukesh Saab. The female singers were Lataji and Suman Kalyanpur. All songs by Mukeshji, including the duet with Sumanji sparkle. Lata has two outstanding solos in “Mere Jeevan” and “Kaun Aaya”.

The duet “Mere Pyaar” appeared three times in the film. The second was a snippet that already appeared in the first. I am not uploading it. Third one had three antaras with the first two already appeared in the first one. The third antara is different. I am uploading this in full.

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

[swarapriya]

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

Here are the rest of the songs from Naushadji's triumphant musical...

[Viraj Padhye]

(Majrooh) Saathi (1968)

Director Sridhar seemed like stuck with “love triangles” as subjects for his movies. His “Nazrana (1961)” dealt with two women involved with the same man. In “Dil Ek Mandir (1963)” he had two men loving the same woman. In this film he is back to two women married to the same man due to circumstances. He also had Rajendra play a doctor doing research on cancer. Sounds familiar? “Dil Ek Mandir” also had the same elements. He dwelled on emotions generated through these three people. This film was based on the 1961 Tamil hit “Palum Pazhamum”.

The movie was an uneven film in spite of its magnificent music. The major disappointment here was Rajendra Kumar. He had put on few pounds and in many scenes was not even close to emoting opposite seasoned Vyjayanti Mala and upcoming Simi. In fact, Simi stole the show by giving a splendid performance.

Naushad Ali Saab, one of our greatest musicians, in his career handled only a few movies made in south. This movie will be remembered for its great music by Naushadji. This time he had all male songs sung my Mukesh Saab. The female singers were Lataji and Suman Kalyanpur. All songs by Mukeshji, including the duet with Sumanji sparkle. Lata has two outstanding solos in “Mere Jeevan” and “Kaun Aaya”.

The duet “Mere Pyaar” appeared three times in the film. The second was a snippet that already appeared in the first. I am not uploading it. Third one had three antaras with the first two already appeared in the first one. The third antara is different. I am uploading this in full.

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

Tum na chaho to Prabhu is by Manhar Udhas as per Vishwas Nerurkar's book on Naushad. Experts can comment.

Viraj

[swarapriya]

(Majrooh) Saathi (1968)

Tum na chaho to Prabhu is by Manhar Udhas as per Vishwas Nerurkar's book on Naushad. Experts can comment.

Viraj

Thanks Viraj for keeping things right. Cheers.

[swarapriya]

(Rajinder Krishan) Sharabi (1964)

This movie deals with the dire consequences of alcoholism. It starts with Dev already as an alcoholic. Why he became one is never explained. The story revolves around him losing struggle and eventually control to break the habit. In the process he leaves a trail of kith and kin who love him dearly to their own ill fate.

With a subject as dark as this, there is not too many smiles go around. Dev as an alcoholic who is unable to kick the habit and as his mother Lalita Pawar gave commendable performances. Madhubala did not have much of a role.

To accentuate the mood of the film Madan Mohanji composed several heart grabbing solemn songs. All songs were sung by great Rafi Saab, two duets with Ashaji and the rest solos. The song “Saawan Ke” appears four times in the film. I am uploading all four pieces here. The other heart rendering song is “Mujhe Le Chalo”, my favorite. But the chart buster was “Kabhi Na Kabhi”.

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

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Sharabi (1964)"...

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

[swarapriya]

(Shailendra) Jab Se Tumhen Dekha Hai (1963)

This was Geeta Bali’s last film before she died at the young age of 34 from the complications resulted due to smallpox. At the time of her death she was married to Shammi Kapoor who had a cameo as a qawwali singer in the film. Shammi’s brother, Shashi, also appeared in the film as a qawwali singer. This may be the only film the two brothers worked together in the same film.

Of the few songs composed by Dattaram, two songs stand out. The long qawwali and Manna’s rendition of “Mohammad Shah”. In the 1968 movie “Nadir Shah”, Majrooh Saab penned a popular song which has the same beginning as “Mohammad Shah”.

Here are the songs from the film…

[swarapriya]

(Anand Bakshi) Mehboob Ki Mehndi (1971)

This film was co-produced by Rajesh Khanna along with its director H.S. Rawail. Rawail Saab earlier produced and directed the hit Muslim social, 1963’s “Mere Mehboob”. But with a feeble storyline, familiar situations, the predictability of proceedings overshadows the fine effort by the lyricist Bakshi Saab and the music director duo Laxmikant & Pyarelal. Nevertheless this movie went on to become a hit as anything Rajesh Khanna touched during early 70’s turned gold.

There are several good songs in the film with almost all of them becoming very popular. My two favorites are Kishoreda’s “Mere Deewaanepan” and Rafi Saab’s “Ye Jo Chilman Hai”.

I am uploading all songs from the film, few version songs, and a few instrumentals in three back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post…

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Feb 7 2018, 12:07 PM

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Mehboob Ki Mehndi (1971)"...

Here are the rest of the songs from the film...

[swarapriya]

"Mehboob Ki Mehndi (1971)" - Instrumentals

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

[soumik]

Dear Swarapriya,

Thanks for the album....

The song Zulmi Haamare from Mr. X in Bombay is not a duet of KK & Lata; it is a complete solo song of Lata.

Also the words uttered in the song doesn't sound like KK voice according to me. Youtube gives the credit to someone called Mohan - most probably Mohan Chhoti who was there acting in the song.

Soumik

This post has been edited by soumik: Feb 7 2018, 05:07 PM

[swarapriya]

Dear Swarapriya,

Thanks for the album....

The song Zulmi Haamare from Mr. X in Bombay is not a duet of KK & Lata; it is a complete solo song of Lata.

Also the words uttered in the song doesn't sound like KK voice according to me. Youtube gives the credit to someone called Mohan - most probably Mohan Chhoti who was there acting in the song.

Soumik

Soumik, you may be right about this. Thanks for the info. Cheers.

[swarapriya]

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Gumnaam (1965)

The inspiration for this movie was the famous detective fiction by Agatha Christie. Christie’s novel was first published in 1939 under the title “Ten Little Niggers”. Later the name was changed and published as “And Then There Were None”. It was made into a movie with the title “Ten Little Indians”. When the movie became a hit, the publishers took the opportunity to republish the book with that name.

This is one of the best-selling novels ever written. It has sold over 100 million copies worldwide. There were many different plays written and almost all of them were successfully staged. Several successful movies were made for big as well as small screens. There are even video games with that title. This all goes to show that this mystery story remains as one of an enduring classics of the world literature.

The Hindi adaptation is really not much of a mystery like the original novel was. It is an entertainer. The mystery is only a pretext for eight people (yes, it is eight and not 10 as in the original novel was) trapped in a remote place in a beach side house drinking, singing, dancing, and making fun of each other. They seem to loose people one by one to murder and yet frolicking never stops.

The movie, which was a huge hit, is immensely helped by some great music by Shankar & Jaikishan. Every song was a huge hit. Of course the title song was a trademark song for Lata, a chartbuster. Dattaram was the assistant music director.

I am uploading all songs and a few instrumentals in three back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post…

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Gumnaam (1965)"...

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

[swarapriya]

Gumnaam (1965) - Instrumentals

Here are a few instrumentals of the songs from this hit musical...