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

[swarapriya]

(Anand Bakshi) Hum Bhi Kuch Kam Nahin (1958)

Songs for this film were composed by S.D. Batish for which Anand Bakshi apparently wrote some songs. I am uploading three songs here. I am not sure Bakshi Saab wrote any lyrics for these. There are quite a few songs missing in these uploads. These are shown in red italics in the table below. I am requesting members to share any of these missing songs or even those songs not listed here.

Here are the three songs I have...

thanks for these rare songs
according to HFGK song TAUBA TAUBA is penned by ANAND BAKSHI
TAIYAB

DSP,
My sincere thanks for this treat of 'rare among rares songs'

Taiyab ji, thankyou for the information about the lyrics.

USR

Thank you kindly, USR. Cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Hulchul (1951)"...

Here are the rest of the songs and some instrumentals from this album...

DSP

Special thanks for the duet of Rafi & Lata 'Lagi Hai Aag'.

It is always a very rare oppertunity to get combination of Rafi & Sajjad Sahab.

USR

Thank you & many cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

(Javed Akhtar) Seeta Aur Geeta (1972)

Even though the story of the film is credited to Salim & Javed, the movie was a copy of "Ram Aur Shyam (1967)" with the role reversal where Hema played the dual role. But "Ram" itself was a remake of the Telugu hit "Ramudu Bheemudu (1964)".

Ramesh Sippy, who directed the movie, later of "Sholay" fame, in an interview observed the difficult time he had during shooting the movie with both male leads in the movie, Dharmendra and Sanjeev Kumar, in real life competing for Hema's affections. He also recalled how Hema was frightened to shoot the scene where she has to sit on the ceiling fan. Hema did win a Filmfare award for her performance as twin sisters.

There are several nice songs in this film. My favorite is the duet of Asha and Kishoreda, "Hawa ke Saath Saath". Here is this and other songs from this film from an original soundtrack album...

[swarapriya]

(Majrooh) Aag (1948)

The following write up appeared in one of my earlier postings...

Young Raj Kapoor’s burning desire was to make his own movies. Unsatisfied with the few movies he worked for, he launched his first production in early 1947, aptly titled “Aag”. He sold everything he owned to raise the money. He even borrowed some from his servant who used to work at his house. Besides acting in it he co-wrote the story, wrote its screenplay, and also directed it.

The story dealt with a complex emotional triangle and comprised of three leading ladies; Nargis, Kamini Kaushal, and Nigar Sultana. The movie was restrained by smallness of its scale. Sets were modest. But camera was used chiefly for high-contrast lighting that proved to be brilliant for the movie.

Raj also introduced his wife’s brother, Prem Nath in the movie in a pivotal role. His younger brother Shashi played younger Raj. His father recommended signing Shankar & Jaikishan (who were working for Prithvi Theatres) as music directors but Raj already signed Ram Ganguly. Both Shankar & Jaikishan (uncredited) as well as Dattaram were assistants to Ganguly in this movie.

During its production, India became independent from the British rule. Raj was able to complete the movie within a year, by early 1948. The movie was ready for screening, but Raj couldn’t find any distributors to release his film. Undeterred Raj went ahead and released the movie himself. The movie was a commercial failure. However, Raj’s charged story treatment, its fine shot compositions and deft handling of the camera movements, and the beautiful music had secured many rarified reviews.

The movie may not have worked but Raj has arrived. He recruited a youthful team. He established his own R.K. Films banner. The movie world took notice that the fiery Raj who had shown sparks of brilliance with his “Aag” is about to set the world on fire with several socially conscientious movies in years to come.

I am uploading the songs in two back-to-back posts. Incidentally, Majrooh Saab wrote only one song for the film. Here is the first set…

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Aag (1948)"...

Here are the rest of the songs and some music clips from the film...

[swarapriya]

(Rajinder Krishan) Amar Kahani (1949)

Here are the songs from this album. I am missing one song from this album. This is shown in red italics in the table below. If you can, please kindly share this song with rest of us. Thank you...

[Debopriyo]

swarapriya ji Missing one's

05 Beete Hue Din Raat - Suraiya

[ketaki shukla]

Very nice thread Swarapriya,

Keep it up !!

Ketaki

[swarapriya]

swarapriya ji Missing one's

05 Beete Hue Din Raat - Suraiya

Thank you very much for the song, Debo. Cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

Very nice thread Swarapriya,

Keep it up !!

Ketaki

Thank you Ketaki. Appreciate it. Cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

(Shailendra) Buzdil (1951)

Here is an early beauty from ever so dependable Burmanda...

[swarapriya]

(Shakeel) Mela (1948)

Songs from this beautiful early album of Naushadji includes nine songs by Shamshad Begum (six solos and four duets) and other songs by Mukesh and Rafi Saab. These include perennial pleasers like "Gham Ka Fasaana", "Gaaye Jaa Geet Milan Ke" and "Yeh Zindagi Ke Mele". I am uploading these songs in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set...

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Mela (1948)"...

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

[swarapriya]

(Anand Bakshi) Miss Toofan Mail (1958)

Robin Banerjee composed songs for this album. Anand Bakshi Saab supposedly wrote lyrics for one or more songs for this film. Unfortunately I don't have a single song to share with you. I am requesting the Forum members to share any songs they may have from this film. Thank you...

[swarapriya]

(Hasrat) Kali Ghata (1951)

Kishore Sahu was looking for two new women to act in this film. In a widely held contest the winners were Asha Mathur and Bina Rai. Bina Rai was introduced as the heroine in the film with Mathur in a significant supporting role. Mathur couldn't do much as an actress. She acted in only 10 films. Bina Rai had better luck even though never soared to the heights of her contemporaries like Nargis or Madhubala.

Here are the songs from this fine album composed by Shankar & Jaikishan...