Raj Kapoor, The Master Showman Options

[swarapriya]

swarapriya

can u re upload "tum hi tum ho" - thanks...SS....(super thread)

cheers'
ss

Here you go ...

Song: Tum Hi Tum Ho Mere Jeevan Mein
Film: Ek Dil Sau Afsane
Year: 1963
Music: Shankar & Jaikishan
Singers: Lata Mangeshkar & Mohd. Rafi
Lyrics: Shailendra
Duration: 3 min 39 secs
Bit rate: 192 Kb/S
Source: CD

[suhana_safar]

swarapriya

can u re upload "tum hi tum ho" - thanks...SS....(super thread)

cheers'
ss

Here you go ...

Song: Tum Hi Tum Ho Mere Jeevan Mein
Film: Ek Dil Sau Afsane
Year: 1963
Music: Shankar & Jaikishan
Singers: Lata Mangeshkar & Mohd. Rafi
Lyrics: Shailendra
Duration: 3 min 39 secs
Bit rate: 192 Kb/S
Source: CD


you are a champ. I will tell you later about the songs Rafisaab has sung for raaj kapoor later and how each song is a gem. Also I will tell you how Raaj Kapoor revered Rafisaab. Infact his father was a hard core fan of Rfaisaab and its noted after hearing the song Babu ji ki amar kahani, prithviraj was all in tears.

Rafisaab was a close friend of the kapoor family

cheers
ss

Cheers

[swarapriya]

Chandi Sona (1977)

Here is another R.D. creation in which Raj Kapoor appears. Because of the length of the songs, I have back-to-back two posts. Here is the first one ...

[swarapriya]

Songs of "Chandi Sona (1977)" Continued ...

Here are the rest of the songs from this fine album. Apparently there is a solo version of the song "Aap Sa Koi" that Kishore sang. The duet with Asha was uploaded in my first post. But the solo is missing. This is shown in red italics below. If someone has it , kindly share with us. Now for the songs ...

[swarapriya]

Naukri (1978)

Here are songs from this album ...

[swarapriya]

Satyam Shivam Sundaram (1978)

This was a much hyped movie before it was released. So many people thought it will be another artistic triumph for Raj Kapoor. But all the good intentions of a noble plot were gone astray because Raj was more interested in exposing Zeenat's anatomy than develop the story deftly.

Interestingly many thought this story represented Lataji's own life in some respects. The parallel here is that Lata who is not considered to be pretty but has such mesmerizingly sweet voice. But many many years before this, B. Vithala Chary, a film producer and director from south made a movie that was almost similar in theme. He made this movie in 1954 in both Kannada and Telugu. The name of the Telugu version was called "Kanya Daanam". The plot revolves around a lady who is ugly to look at and how her parents manage to get her married by trickery with dire consequences only to come to a closure in the end amicably. Not that different from Raj's own movie.

But one thing is sure. This movie has some of the most outstanding music ever composed by Laxmikant & Pyarelal. And the title song sung by Lataji is a stunner. It echoes deeply through the chambers of your heart making such an indelible impression on the listener. But even other songs in this movies are not that bad. For their magnificently creative work, Laxmikant & Pyarelal got the best music director award for that year. This one was definitely worth recognizing and richly deserved.

Because of the number of songs and their length, I am uploading these in two posts. I am still missing three songs. These are marked in red italics in the table below.

One final note. I am also including a 30 second snippet from Randhir Kapoor, Raj's son. This one appears in the album "Legends: Raj Kapoor - The Showman (CD5)". Interestingly son refers to his dad as "Mr. Raj Kapoor" and on the top of it talks in English!

Now for a description of the songs and the songs in the first post ...

[swarapriya]

Songs of "Satyam Shivam Sundaram (1978)" Continued ...

Here is the second and final set of songs from ths great album ...

[Aditya Pant]

Here's one missing song from Satyam Shivam Sundaram

Shree Radha Mohan Shyam Shobhan - Satyam Shivam Sundaram - Manna Dey - LP - 160 kbps - 02:53


IIRC, this song was not included in the film.

Request upload of Shantakaram Bhujagashayanam. This song was only released in a special 45 rpm EP before the release of the film and is extremely rare to find unless you rip it from the DVD. That EP also included some other shloks and chants used in the background score of the film. It would be great to hear them.

Aditya

[parag_sankla]

Satyam Shivam Sundaram (1978)

This was a much hyped movie before it was released. So many people thought it will be another artistic triumph for Raj Kapoor. But all the good intentions of a noble plot were gone astray because Raj was more interested in exposing Zeenat's anatomy than develop the story deftly.

Swarapriya

It would be an understatement to say what you have said. SSS must be one of those films which has the maximum possible semi-nudity shown in a main-stream Hindi film of those times. One wonders how RK got away with this?

Parag

[swarapriya]

Here's one missing song from Satyam Shivam Sundaram

Shree Radha Mohan Shyam Shobhan - Satyam Shivam Sundaram - Manna Dey - LP - 160 kbps - 02:53


IIRC, this song was not included in the film.

Request upload of Shantakaram Bhujagashayanam. This song was only released in a special 45 rpm EP before the release of the film and is extremely rare to find unless you rip it from the DVD. That EP also included some other shloks and chants used in the background score of the film. It would be great to hear them.

Aditya

Thanks for the song Aditya. Cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

Swarapriya

It would be an understatement to say what you have said. SSS must be one of those films which has the maximum possible semi-nudity shown in a main-stream Hindi film of those times. One wonders how RK got away with this?

Parag

It is good to hear from you Parag. By the way Raj did have lots of problems having the censor clear the movie. But he has such a clout and influence in the industry, most of it rigtfully earned, he was able to get away with it.

Cheers,
S

[Erum Hashmi]

Here's one missing song from Satyam Shivam Sundaram

Shree Radha Mohan Shyam Shobhan - Satyam Shivam Sundaram - Manna Dey - LP - 160 kbps - 02:53


IIRC, this song was not included in the film.

Request upload of Shantakaram Bhujagashayanam. This song was only released in a special 45 rpm EP before the release of the film and is extremely rare to find unless you rip it from the DVD. That EP also included some other shloks and chants used in the background score of the film. It would be great to hear them.

Aditya

Thanks, Adityaji!

[swarapriya]

Abdullah (1980)

Here is another pretty nice album with some beautiful compositions by R.D. Burman. Almost all songs are very nice to listen to. My favorite one from this album is Rafi Saab's "Maine Poocha Chaand Se". Here are the songs ...

[Aditya Pant]

Request upload of Shantakaram Bhujagashayanam. This song was only released in a special 45 rpm EP before the release of the film and is extremely rare to find unless you rip it from the DVD. That EP also included some other shloks and chants used in the background score of the film. It would be great to hear them.

Aditya

Finally found a clip of Shantakaram on youtube. Here is the ripped mp3 file

Shantakaram Bhujagashayanam - Satyam Shivam Sundaram - Lata - LP - 128 - 01:01


Aditya

[swarapriya]

Request upload of Shantakaram Bhujagashayanam. This song was only released in a special 45 rpm EP before the release of the film and is extremely rare to find unless you rip it from the DVD. That EP also included some other shloks and chants used in the background score of the film. It would be great to hear them.

Aditya

Finally found a clip of Shantakaram on youtube. Here is the ripped mp3 file

Shantakaram Bhujagashayanam - Satyam Shivam Sundaram - Lata - LP - 128 - 01:01


Aditya

Thanks Aditya.