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

[swarapriya]

Chori Chori (1956) - Post 5 (Instrumentals)

I am uploading in this final posting instrumentals of the popular song "Yeh Raat Bheegi Bheegi" from the film "Chori Chori"...

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(Shakeel) Mother India (1957)

“Mother India” when released in 1957 was a blockbuster. It broke all box office records and remained a champion for the next three years until "Mughal-E-Azam" was released in 1960. This movie was one of the monumental achievements in Indian film history. Even though Mehboob was the architect of this masterpiece, the person who made it amazingly realistic with an unmatched and absolutely brilliant and rustic performance was the great actress Nargis. It is one of those gut wrenching performances that will be remembered for ages to come. This was even more significant if one considers that Nargis hitherto portrayed mostly urban and sophisticated lady roles (Mehboob's "Andaz (1950)" is an example). It was a stroke of genius by Mehboob Saab that he saw what Nargisji can do. He should know. It was Mehboobji who introduced Nargis in his movie "Taqdeer" in 1943.

This movie was a remake of Mehboob's earlier movie "Aurat (1940)". That starred Sardar Akhtar in the mother's role. Surendra (Rajendra's role) and Yaqoob (Sunil Dutt's role) played sons. Arun (father of actor Govinda) played Raaj Kumar's role. Kanhaiyalal played the same role in both the movies. “Aurat” had some magnificent music by Anil Biswas. Many critics are of the opinion that this original version with its rustic backdrop was much more engrossing than Mehboob Khan's this later version.

“Mother India” made stars out of Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar, and Raaj Kumar. That is quite an impressive list. It also introduced actress Azra and the child star Sajid. Sajid later was adopted by Mehboob Khan and appeared in his next movie, “Son of India (1962)”. Sajid acted in an English movie called “Maya” in 1966. Later he appeared in several television series in US. The notable of these were “Maya” based on the film and “The Big Valley”. He was last seen in the English film made by Merchant-Ivory films, “Heat and Dust (1983)”. Azra appeared in only few Hindi films.

“Mother India” won all kinds of laurels for Nargisji and many other significant awards too. She won the best actress award for her performance at the Karlovy Vary film festival. The movie fetched Filmfare awards for the Best Picture (Mehboob Khan), the Best Director (Mehboob Khan), the Best Actress (Nargis), the Best Cinematography (Faredoon Irani), and the Best Sound (R. Kaushik). It also has the distinction of being selected as the first Indian movie for Oscars in the Best Foreign film category. It lost by one vote to that famous Italian film by Fredrico Fellini "Nights of Cabiria" on the third count. Not for another 31 years, another Indian film will be nominated for Oscars. That movie was "Salaam Bombay (1988)".

Khan Saab was described by many as Cecille B. DeMille (the maker of "The Ten Commandments") of India. In fact, after watching "Mother India" DeMille contacted Mehboobji to congratulate him for the magnificent job he did.

Nargis broke away with Raj Kapoor during the shooting of this movie. Sunil Dutt, who played her son in the movie, displaying real life heroics, rescued her from the burning fire when the climax was being shot. In the process Dutt himself suffered several burns but Nargis was safe. This bravura act was enough to tilt her Nargis’ heart towards Dutt. They got romantically involved after that incident and within a year were married. Incidentally, Mehboobji considered offering the role Sunil Dutt played to the Hollywood actor Sabu. However it didn't pan out and the role eventually went to Dutt.

This movie was banned in Turkey because Mehboob's banner has hammer and sickle in it. Because this represents communist and social leanings, Turkey did not allow the movie to be screened in that country. When this movie was sent for Oscar competition, Mehboobji made sure that his banner's symbol was cut out.

Naushadji's music didn't win any awards but it was a major part of the success enjoyed by the movie. Here Naushadji used very few and simple instruments but very effectively. Almost all songs are catchy and stayed popular for a long time.

I will upload songs from an original soundtrack album in two back-to-back posts starting in the next post…

[swarapriya]

Mother India (1957)

I am uploading songs from this beautiful album in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs...

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Mother India (1957)"...

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

[taiyab53]

Chori Chori (1956) - Post 2 (Songs)

Here are the rest of the songs fro this melodious album including a version song of "Yeh Raat" by Geetaji and Bhushan...

thanks Swarapriya for all intrumental musicals. always offer new excuse to download.
one Variant song 1956-chori chori-panchhi banu geetadutt-gettadutt-SJ-hasrat jaipuri-128 br-3.26 mins.
enjoy
taiyab

[swarapriya]

Chori Chori (1956) - Post 2 (Songs)

Here are the rest of the songs fro this melodious album including a version song of "Yeh Raat" by Geetaji and Bhushan...

thanks Swarapriya for all intrumental musicals. always offer new excuse to download.
one Variant song 1956-chori chori-panchhi banu geetadutt-gettadutt-SJ-hasrat jaipuri-128 br-3.26 mins.
enjoy
taiyab

Thanks for the song Taiyab. It turns out that I have this song in my music bank. Even though I tagged the singer as Geetaji, when I heard it I wasn't sure. Therefore I decided to not upload it.

Anyway, thanks for sharing with us.

Cheers,
S

[swarapriya]

(Anand Bakshi) Mr. X in Bombay (1964)

The music director duo Laxmikant & Pyarelal who made their stunning debut with "Parasmani" the previous year were busy giving music to several films following its unprecedented success. But the assignments came mostly for "B" grade films. Even though most films made less than average business, their music remained a strong feature in all of them. This movie was one of them. Interestingly, this very same year, LP came up with the music score for their award winning "Dosti" that propelled them to the position of ace music directors status.

This was a very poor film except for its beautiful music. The song "Mere Mehboob" is Kishoreda's one of all time classics. There are many others that are equally good in this film. I am uploading these songs in three back-to-back posts. The first post contains songs from the film from an original soundtrack album. The second post contains some specials. The third post contains several instrumentals of the song "Mere Mehboob".

Here are the songs in the first post...

[swarapriya]

Some Specials of "Mr. X in Bombay (1964)"...

Here are some specials related to this film...

[swarapriya]

Instrumentals of the Song "Mere Mehboob" from "Mr. X in Bombay (1964)"...

Here are some instrumentals of the song "Mere Mehboob" from this film...

[swarapriya]

(Hasrat Jaipuri) Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955)

Shantaram (his picture attached below) made this beautiful movie as a tribute to dance, music, colour & life. Starting in late 20’s he made series of brilliant films that earned him reputation as the most gifted and talented directors. He founded Prabhat Studios in 1929 along with others and made series of Hindi and Marathi films. He was the first one to make a Marathi language film, “Ayodhyecha Raja” in 1932.

Shantaram left Prabhat in 1942 to form his own independent studio, Rajkamal Kala Mandir. From this studio he made series of brilliant films in 40’s including “Manoos (1939)”, “Shakuntala (1943)”, “Dr. Kotnis ki Amar Kahani (1946)”. Some of his notable work in 50’s includes films like “Amar Bhopali (1951)”, “Teen Batti Char Raste (1953)”, “Subah ka Tara (1954)”, “Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955)”, “Do Ankhen Barah Haath (1957)”, and “Navrang (1959)”. He continued to make significant movies in 60’s as well. Some of these include “Stree (1961)” and “Geet Gaya Pattharon Ne (1964)”.

Before embarking on making this film, Shantaramji consulted with Sitara Devi who is a famous Kathak dancer herself. He decided to cast Gopikrishna as the hero of the film. Gopikrishna was also a renowned Kathak dancer and was a son of Sitara Devi’s sister. This selection of Gopikrishna to play the lead in the film was nothing short of brilliant. He electrified the screen with some unbelievable dance numbers. Sandhya, the heroine of the film and wife of Shantaram, was an adequate choice for her role.

The music composer was Vasant Desai. Desai and Shantaram worked in many films together from late 20’s onwards. His music for this film was outstanding. He was accompanied on sarod by Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma. This was the first Indian film for which sarod was used. The vocals were lent mostly by Lataji, Mannada, and Ustad Amir Khan.

I am uploading songs and some instrumentals in five back-to-back posts. The first four posts contain songs from the film. The final post contains some instrumentals.

I am uploading these songs and instrumentals starting in the next post…

[swarapriya]

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) - Post 1 (Songs)

Posts 1 through 4 consist of songs from this fine album. Here is the first set of songs...

[swarapriya]

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) - Post 2 (Songs)

Here is the second set of songs from this melodious album. Incidentally the song "Jo Tum Todo" written by Meerabai also appeared in Yash Chopra's "Silsila (1981)"...

[swarapriya]

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) - Post 3 (Songs)

Here is the next set of songs from this hugely popular album. By the way, the song "Siyaram" was not used in the film. It is also not available on DVD...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Nov 28 2013, 02:03 PM

[swarapriya]

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) - Post 4 (Songs)

This is the final set of these fine songs...

[swarapriya]

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) - Post 5 (Instrumentals)

The following are instrumentals of some of the songs from the film...