Shammi Kapoor, His Movies & His Songs Options

[vdsachin]

Exon Ji - can you please re-upload the above songs from Jeevan Jyoti - missed them

VDSachin,

Here is your request. Several song audios originated from HF members.

Film: Jeevan Jyoti (1953)
Music: S. D. Burman
Exon

Thank You So Much for re-uploading the songs Exon Ji

[swarapriya]

Singapore (1960)

Here is another great musical from the team of Shammi and Shankar & Jaikishan. I have all eight songs from the original CD I am uploading here. I am also uploading seven extended versions of the songs. Some of these came from DVD rips and others were contributed by the Forum members. I may have changed the bit rates to 192 Kb/s from the original uploaded ones. Please accept my apologies in advance if this bothers you. I generally clean these songs if it is necessary and try to reduce background noise if it exists. It probably was not the case with these. When you are working with multitudes of songs it is difficult to keep tabs on which ones were worked on.

Now for details of the songs and the songs themselves ...

[swarapriya]

Songs of Singapore (1960) Continued ...

Following are all extended versions of the songs from the film "Singapore (1960)" ...

[HumTum]

Thanks for Singapore tracks! SP ji, I find Padmini and Shammi rather a rare couple onscreen. Is this the only movie they starred together or are there more?

[vdsachin]

Thank You for the Singapore album Swarnapriya Ji

[swarapriya]

Thanks for Singapore tracks! SP ji, I find Padmini and Shammi rather a rare couple onscreen. Is this the only movie they starred together or are there more?

I believe that is the case. The Eagle Films banner made many movies with Shammi. Two years earlier, Shammi was teamed with Padmini's younger sister Ragini in "Mujrim", produced by the same banner. Padmini, a great dancer, passed away this past year after living in US for a long time. She ran a dance school there and may have been in diamonds business as well.

Cheers,
Swarapriya

[swarapriya]

Thank You for the Singapore album Swarnapriya Ji

You're welcome. Cheers. -S

[Exon]

Songs of Singapore (1960) Continued ...

Following are all extended versions of the songs from the film "Singapore (1960)" ...

Swarapriya,

Thanks a lot for the Singapore album. I was missing a few extended versions.

Exon

[Exon]

Exonji,

Thanks for uploading the Asha-Shammi song. Heard it for the first time.

It reminds me of Dil Pukare Aare Aare duet of Rafi and Lata from Jewel Thief. The tunes sound similar.

Thanks a lot.

Rajan

P.s. I listened this song for the second time now. Initially during slow alap, I remembered Nanhi Kali Sone chali. Then for a short time I felt I was getting a hint of Tum Na Jaane Kis Jahan mein. Then a line reminded of Jewel Thief number. - Rajan

Thanks Exon for this album

Lakshmi

VDSachin,

Here is your request. Several song audios originated from HF members.

Film: Jeevan Jyoti (1953)
Music: S. D. Burman
Exon

Thank You So Much for re-uploading the songs Exon Ji

Rajan, Lakshmi, Sachin,

You are all most welcome.

Exon

[surhall]

Exonji,

Thanks for uploading the Asha-Shammi song. Heard it for the first time.

It reminds me of Dil Pukare Aare Aare duet of Rafi and Lata from Jewel Thief. The tunes sound similar.

Thanks a lot.

Rajan

P.s. I listened this song for the second time now. Initially during slow alap, I remembered Nanhi Kali Sone chali. Then for a short time I felt I was getting a hint of Tum Na Jaane Kis Jahan mein. Then a line reminded of Jewel Thief number. - Rajan

Thanks Exon for this album

Lakshmi

VDSachin,

Here is your request. Several song audios originated from HF members.

Film: Jeevan Jyoti (1953)
Music: S. D. Burman
Exon

Thank You So Much for re-uploading the songs Exon Ji

Rajan, Lakshmi, Sachin,

You are all most welcome.

Exon

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dhall

This post has been edited by surhall: Oct 24 2008, 03:02 AM

[swarapriya]

Swarapriya,

Thanks a lot for the Singapore album. I was missing a few extended versions.

Exon

You're very welcome, Exon. -S

[Sukesh Hoogan]

Singapore (1960)

I may have changed the bit rates to 192 Kb/s from the original uploaded ones.

Changing the bitrate upwards does not make a difference, except for larger files.

Regards
Sukesh

[abhayp]

Changing the bitrate upwards does not make a difference, except for larger files.

Regards
Sukesh

Unfortunately, it does make one big difference apart from increasing the file size: converting an existing mp3 from one bitrate to another actually *worsens* the audio quality. The sound quality of an mp3 depends on the settings at which the *original* conversion was done: i.e, when the song was first ripped from its original format (tape, CD, DVD, etc) and converted to mp3. Any re-conversion of the mp3 - regardless of the bitrate of the reconversion- necessarily increases the loss incurred in the original conversion.

If we are stuck with a low-res mp3 version of a song, just leave it alone. The only way to get a high-res version is to find the original recording (or, if possible, a version in a non-lossy/not-so-lossy format like wav or Apple Lossless) and freshly encode it in mp3 setting a higher bitrate.

Warm regards,
Abhay

This post has been edited by abhayp: Oct 26 2008, 12:58 PM

[Sukesh Hoogan]

Changing the bitrate upwards does not make a difference, except for larger files.

Regards
Sukesh

Unfortunately, it does make one big difference apart from increasing the file size: converting an existing mp3 from one bitrate to another actually *worsens* the audio quality. The sound quality of an mp3 depends on the settings at which the *original* conversion was done: i.e, when the song was first ripped from its original format (tape, CD, DVD, etc) and converted to mp3. Any re-conversion of the mp3 - regardless of the bitrate of the reconversion- necessarily increases the loss incurred in the original conversion.

If we are stuck with a low-res mp3 version of a song, just leave it alone. The only way to get a high-res version is to find the original recording (or, if possible, a version in a non-lossy/not-so-lossy format like wav or Apple Lossless) and freshly encode it in mp3 setting a higher bitrate.

Warm regards,
Abhay

Thank you for the elaboration. What I tried to say in one line was that changing the bitrate upwards does not enhance the quality of the sound. It will be the same or may be worse, on account of repeated decoding and encoding. As you said leave the bitrate as it is, unless you wish to encode in a lower bitrate for whatever reasons. I generally stick to 128 kbps, when recording or encoding from original source and no change thereafter.

Regards
Sukesh

This post has been edited by Sukesh Hoogan: Oct 26 2008, 05:30 PM

[swarapriya]

Boy Friend (1961)

Shammi Kapoor was the chief benefactor of most films Shankar-Jaikishan scored for. Almost all these films, with Rafi Saab as the voice of Shammi, were runaway hits. After this many number of years, none of these songs lost their charm. With Rafi Saab singing a song like "I Go I Go" one wonders whether anyone else could have done justice to Shammi's pranks. Yet, Shammi and Rafi Saab come out with the rich and catchy "Dheere Dheere Chal Aye Bheegi Hawa". What a beautiful and winning combination of the singer, music directors, and the actor this has been. Unforgettable.

Aarti Mukherjee was the cosinger of "I Go I Go". She did not sing again for Shankar & Jaikishan until 1974. That year she sang in the movie "Neelima". As in most Shammi's movies, Rafi Saab is the dominating voice of most of the songs. Almost all of them are beautiful songs of this album. Listen to how Rafi Saab croons "Salaam Aap Ki Meethi Nazar Ko". We were so fortunate that we had amidst us such an awsome singing talent that continues to provide immense pleasure for generations to come.

I am including an extended version of one of the songs. This is by the courtesy of the Forum members.

Now for the details of the songs and the songs themselves ...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Oct 29 2008, 01:14 AM