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

[swarapriya]

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Brahmachari (1968)

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...mp;#entry752965

[swarapriya]

(Rajinder Krishan) Ek Shriman Ek Shrimati (1969)

The only thing going for this utterly forgettable movie is its songs. Babita looked very dull with the proceedings and appeared to be disinterested in the film. On the top of it, she was very shabbily photographed. Shashi, mimicking his older brother Shammi, was already showing signs of bulging in wrong places. Those skin-tight shirts he was wearing did not help. Om Prakash gave a good performance.

As mentioned earlier, Kalyanji & Anandji’s music desperately tried to lift the movie from its doldrums. But for no avail. All three solos by Rafi Saab and the duet “Jeevan Path” by Lataji and Rafi Saab are good. The latter song indeed is very good. However it is not included in the film. It is only available on records.

Here are these and the rest of the songs from this film…

[swarapriya]

(Shailendra) Pyar Mohabbat (1966)

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

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...mp;#entry752899

[swarapriya]

(Anand Bakshi) Raja Jani (1972)

This popular movie tells the same old story that has been the basis for many other movies that came before this. No new ground was broken. What makes the movie interesting is that here the girl chases the boy instead of so many movies where the boy chases the girl. In this case the girl is Hema and the boy is Dharam. In this movie, they make a great pair. Hema was photographed beautifully and she gave a delightful performance. She was clearly enjoying chasing Dharamji. LP’s music also helped. Almost all songs are good to listen to. Lata has five solos and Kishoreda one solo that is shown during the titles.

Here are the songs from the film…

[swarapriya]

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Duniya (1968)

This movie was produced by Amarjeet, who was a close friend of Dev Anand and his publicist forever. He made several movies with Dev. The best known of his films was “Teen Deviyan (1965).” Unfortunately in this film he took an old and often tried subject. It does not take much to guess what is happening except the unexpected ending. The movie did average business at the box-office.

Over an hour of the film in the second half is spent in the courtroom. Whatever the songs are there, they are all covered in a hurry within the first hour. Something different about this courtroom drama was that there were as many twists and turns as in a pretzel. For example the accused murderer (Suresh) brought to witness stand to give testimony against himself! Then the prosecutor (Balraj Sahni) tries to shift the murder on the defense attorney. Not to be left behind, the defense attorney (Dev Anand) in turn proves that it was the prosecutor himself who was the murderer. The movie does not end there. An unusual witness (a dog) identifies the real murderer in the end. Ugh!

Shankar & Jaikishan were the music directors. Couple of songs were good; duet by Asha and Kishoreda, “Dooriyaan Nazdeekiyaan” and a solo by Rafi Saab “Falsafa Pyaar Ka.”

I am uploading all songs and a few instrumentals in three back-to-back posts. A note about the title song, “Duniya Isi Ka Naam.” It appeared four times in the film; first three all different. The fourth one is identical to the first one except for the music preceding it. I am uploading all four parts here. In the CD, all these four parts are combined into one song. For completeness sake I am also including it here.

Here are the songs in the first post…

[swarapriya]

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

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

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Instrumentals of Songs from "Duniya (1968)"...

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

[swarapriya]

(Majrooh) Gomti ke Kinare (1972)

This was the last film in which great Meena Kumari acted in. She was ailing and the producers were not sure whether they will be able to finish the film. In spite of bad health she committed herself to finish the movie which she did. No sooner the film was completed she passed away. The movie was released posthumously. It starts with a picture of her with words dedicating the film to her memory.

The movie was the directorial debut of the lyricist Saawan Kumar Tak. He also was the producer of the film. He did not write the lyrics for the film. Interestingly, Shakti Samanta’s hit film “Amar Prem,” that also came the same year as “Gomti” also has shades of similar storyline. Both films had music by R.D. Burman.

RD was flying high during this period, but the songs for this film are not up to his par. Except for one. The song by Lataji, “Aaj Toh Meri” is a real beauty. Lataji’s voice reflects the sounds of echoes of suffering and the pathos finely penned by Majrooh Saab. Here is this and other songs from this film…

[swarapriya]

(Rajinder Krishan) Intaquam (1969)

Sadhana came back from illness which sidelined her for some time to star in this film. It was directed by her husband R.K. Nayyar who also wrote its story. He lifted the story from the 1930 Hollywood film “Paid” that starred Joan Crawford. Sadhana in some scenes still looked indisposed but managed to pull it through. The movie was a hit thanks to its songs almost all of which became very popular.

It seems like the song “Aa Jaan-E-Jaan” was the first cabaret song Lata ever sang. This was a chartbuster. But the most popular song of the film was “Kaise Rahun Chhup.” This song was on “Binaca Geetmala” forever it seemed like. In this song, Lataji again was singing against her usual type. These type of songs were usually reserved for Ashaji but here in this film she sang them anyway. My favorite from the film is Rafi Saab’s soul stirring heartbreaker “Jo Unn Ki.”

Here are these and other songs from the film…

[swarapriya]

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

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

[swarapriya]

(Shailendra) Suraj (1966)

All songs and some instrumentals of the songs from this film were uploaded in this very thread. These are available at the following location...

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...mp;#entry752932

[Nandu]

Swarapriya Ji are you fine?

[ayyagari]

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Sanjh aur Savera (1964)

It is strange to see Hrishida get into this kind of a family drama, a trademark trait of many movies from South during that period. But again Hrishida did direct one film for AVM Productions in 1961, �Chhaya�. He may have seen the movies AVM as well as others like Gemini were making when he was working in the South. Whatever the reasons are, this one is unlike any of Hrishida�s movies. Unfortunately, it was an utterly forgettable film except for its beautiful music by Shankar & Jaikishan.

The movie had Guru Dutt paired opposite Meena Kumari, but he hardly had anything to do in the film. It was all Meenaji�s movie. Mahmood had a bigger role than Guru. This also happened to be Guru�s last film. In the month of October of the same year he passed away. So young, so much promise, such an explosive potential. All gone even though he left behind several nugget like movies as his heritage forever to remember.

As mentioned earlier, the one thing that is outstanding about this movie is its music. Most songs, especially the title song, became very popular. But for me song of the album is the duet by Sumanji and Rafi Saab, �Aj Hoon Naa Aaye�. S&J seldom forayed into the classical or semi-classical genre of music. Whenever they did, the results have been outstanding. Here with this song the result was no different. Magnificent composition and melodious singing by both the principles make it an unforgettable listening experience.

I am uploading this and other songs from the film and a few music clips in two back-to-back posts. Here are the songs from the film in the first post�

"Aj Hoon Naa Aaye" is worth picturising on Dilip Kumar & Vijayanthimala at their best. Instead, we get Mehmood & Subha Khote

[ayyagari]

(Shailendra) Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai (1960)

Here is a motion picture that was an ode to truth, honesty, love, and redemption. In spite of all the good intentions, the movie�s preachiness eventually gets on your nerves. One of the great things of this movie was and still is its magnificent music by the incomparable duo Shankar & Jaikishan. It is not just all of those popular and beautiful songs but the background musical score as well that was simply outstanding. There are several dazzling dance sequences (mostly by Padmini) in the film that was accompanied by equally ebullient orchestration. The music directors Shankar & Jaikishan were nominated in the Filmfare Best Music Director category but lost to Ravi for �Gharana�. The music for �Gharana� was fine but the music for �Ganga� was out of this league. It had that scope of music including background score only a handful of Hindi films are in such a select company. One such film immediately comes to mind is �Pakeezah (1972)� which had music by Ghulam Mohammed and Naushad Saab. That movie also suffered the same fate. Shamefully no awards.

Here are other Filmfare awards won by this film. Raj Kapoor won the award as the Best Actor. Padmini was nominated as the Best Actress but lost to Vyjayanti Mala in �Gunga Jumna�. I think Padmini was a great dancer and had only limited talent as an actress. But she got an opportunity in this film to show her histrionics. She came through in flying colors with several memorable dances to her credit. The other Filmfare Awards went to G.G. Mayekar as the Best Editor and M.R. Acharekar in the Best Art Direction category. Shailendra was nominated for the title song but lost to Shakeel Saab for the romantically beautiful song �Husnwaale Tera Jawaab Nahin�. Mukesh also was nominated for the title song but lost to Rafi Saab for the same song �Husnwaale� from �Gharana�.

The movie was directed by Radhu Karmakar (see the attached picture below), who was the cinematographer for most of early Raj Kapoor films. He worked with RK from �Awaara (1951)� through �Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)� and had the distinction of winning many awards in his brilliant career. Interestingly this was the only movie Karmakarji directed.

As stated earlier, I am so fond of not only the songs but its background music that I am going overboard here by including several back-to-back posts, five to be exact. The first two posts contain all of the songs from the film. The third post contains several music clips. The fourth post contains a couple of specials and a couple of version songs. Finally, the fifth and the last post contains several instrumentals of the popular song �O Basanti Pawan Paagal�.

The songs begin starting in the next post�

It was well known that Filmfare Awards were bought by producers, composers etc. The worst examples are the multiple awards won by Movies like 'Pehchaan', 'Be-imaan', best music for 'Suraj' and not 'Guide', Be-imaan beating Pakeezah etc