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

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Teesri Kasam (1966) - Post 3 - Songs

Here is the last set of songs from this great film...

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Teesri Kasam (1966) - Post 4 - Instrumentals

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

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Teesri Kasam (1966) - Post 5 - Instrumentals

Here is the last set of instrumentals of songs from the film...

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(Majrooh) Raton ka Raja (1970)

This is another horrendous movie. It wanted to be a James Bondish movie. But it does not come even close. They have one Dheeraj Kumar as the hero who seems to have no clue what acting means. Usually reliable Jeevan as a villain is attired as Hitler but does not make any impression. Shatrughan Sinha appears as a goon to the villain in an insignificant role. Looking at this it is difficult to predict that he is going to be a big star one day. RD’s music is passable with average songs but great background score. He uses saxophone extensively for the background music and to some extent even in the songs. These sounds have unmistakable footprint of the great sax player, Manohari Singh. Singhji assisted RD in many films under the name Manohari. However he was not listed in the credits of the film.

I am uploading all songs from the film in the first post. The second post contains various music clips. Here are the songs…

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Few Music Clips from "Raton ka Raja (1970)"...

Here are a few music clips from this film...

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(Rajinder Krishan) Brahmachari (1968)

Here is a beautiful musical from Shankar & Jaikishan. It also has a heartwarming performance by the leading man, Shammi. Then there is that electric presence of Mumtaz in a supporting role. I don't think she ever looked this slim and this pretty. During the filming of this movie, according to rumours, Shammi and Mumtaz were romantically involved. May be that showed whenever Mumtaz appeared on the screen.

This movie won several Filmfare awards. It won for the Best Film, the Best Story (Sachin Bhowmick), the Best Actor (Shammi Kapoor), the Best Music (Shankar & Jaikishan), the Best Lyrics (Shailendra for "Main Gaaoon"), and the Best Male Playback Singer (Mohd. Rafi Saab for "Dil Ke Jharonkon Mein").

There are seven songs in this film, all sung by Rafi Saab. Six of them are solos and one is a duet. All songs are good, but the song "Dil Ke Jharoke Mein" is one of my all-time favorites of Rafi Saab. He was absolutely phenomenal and simply fabulous the way he sings this song.

Sebastian D’Souza was the assistant music director.

I will upload these songs in four back-to-back posts. The first two posts contain all the songs from the film and a few version songs by Sonu Nigam. The last two posts contain instrumentals of some of the songs from the film. Here are the songs in the first post…

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

Here are the rest of the songs from this film and a couple of version songs...

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Instrumentals from "Brahmachari (1968)"

Here are a few instrumentals of the song "Aaj Kal" from the film...

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Few More Instrumentals from "Brahmachari (1968)"

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

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(Shailendra) Gumnaan (1965)

All songs from this film were uploaded earlier in this very thread. They are available starting at the following location...

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...mp;#entry752608

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(Anand Bakshi) Buniyaad (1972)

In this very forgettable movie there are only four songs. But two of them are simply outstanding. These are Lataji’s solo “Dard-E-Dil” and her duet with Kishoreda “Pukaaro”. My favorite is “Dard-E-Dil”. Great touching lyrics. Fine composition. Melodious rendition. I am uploading these songs, few music clips, and a couple of version songs in two back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post…

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Few Music Clips from "Buniyaad (1972)"...

Here are a few music clips from this film...

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(Hasrat Jaipuri) Aman (1967)

“Aman” was a movie with a noble message. It tells the perils of war and dangers associated with nuclear weapons. On the surface it appeared to have everything going for it. Great theme, the jubilee hero paired with Saira Banu, supported by many fine character actors, and unforgettable songs. But for some curious reasons that movie did not work out as well as expected. There are few scenes in the film that reminds one of Kumar’s earlier hit “Dil Ek Mandir (1963)”. Otherwise the movies are totally different.

The movie even had a special appearance by the late philosopher, mathematician, and Nobel laurate Bertrand Russell counseling the hero. I cannot say that with this type of theme, it could have been easily preachy. On the contrary. Amidst all the problems there was romance, beautiful scenery shot in various locations of Japan, and Shankar & Jaikishan’s inspired music with not just the songs but also the background music. There is even a cabaret dance performed by Mary Lazoff and Arnes Selfors from Oslo, Norway whose famous outing was with “Duo Arnedis”. There are two beautiful solos by Lata and six solos by the great Rafi Saab. These songs show how versatile Rafi Saab was when singing romantic lovelies to emotion packed poignant songs or anything in between. S&J were assisted by Dattaram & Sebastian.

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

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Concluding Songs from "Aman (1967)"...

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

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Few Instrumentals of the Songs from "Aman (1967)"...

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