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[rdgadhvi]

(Zeenat) The Great Gambler (1979)

Here is a stylish composition from RD. The songs fit the mood of the film which was kind of James Bondish that was shot in some exotic foreign locations. Shakti Samanta, who made so many great movies with Rajesh Khanna, like "Aradhana (1969)", "Kati Patang (1970)", "Amar Prem (1971)", and others, switched to Amitabh as his hero with this movie. Even though Amitabh was at the top of his popularity, the movie proved to be only a moderate success, mainly because of its spineless story premise.

Here are the details of the songs from the original soundtrack album and the songs themselves ...

And here is the excellent Dance Music .

[swarapriya]

(Zeenat) The Great Gambler (1979)

And here is the excellent Dance Music .

Thanks for sharing the music piece, Ritesh. Cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

(Asha) Kanyadaan (1969)

Here is another one of my favorite S&J album. Here every song is just beautifully done. Rafi Saab's both solos are like himself phenomenally great. Then there is a typical Lata number that has to appear in an S&J album. I am referring here to the song "Mil Gaye". The song really is beautifully sung by Lata, an expert at these type of songs.

I am uploading songs from this album in two back-to-back posts. Now for the details of the songs from the original songtrack album and the songs themselves ...

[swarapriya]

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

I am including in this post a version song of "Meri Zindagi" by Sonu Nigam. This is taken from the album "Never Forget Me - Mohd. Rafi".

Here are the rest of the songs ...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jun 6 2010, 12:01 AM

[suhana_safar]

[quote name='swarapriya' date='Jun 5 2010, 11:53 PM' post='662167']
(Asha) Kanyadaan (1969)

Rafi Saab's both solos are like himself phenomenally great. /quote]

Excellent description! Just another example about how Rafisaab imortalised compositions, a rare and unique aspect exclusive to Rafisaab only.

[swarapriya]

[quote name='suhana_safar' date='Jun 5 2010, 05:09 PM' post='662203']
[quote name='swarapriya' date='Jun 5 2010, 11:53 PM' post='662167']
(Asha) Kanyadaan (1969)

Rafi Saab's both solos are like himself phenomenally great. /quote]

Excellent description! Just another example about how Rafisaab imortalised compositions, a rare and unique aspect exclusive to Rafisaab only.
[/quote]


Thanks for the comment SS. Cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

(Hema) Kasauti (1974)

I am uploading here all songs from an original soundtrack album of this film. The song by Kishoreda, "Hum Bolega", was a huge hit. A lovely and different type of song.

Now for the songs ...

[swarapriya]

(Mala) Ankh Micholi (1962)

Here are the songs from this album, all by the courtesy of the Forum members, thank you ...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jun 8 2010, 07:50 PM

[Aditya Pant]

(Mala) Ankh Micholi (1962)

Here are the songs from this album, all by the courtesy of the Forum members, thank you ...

Ho Ik Nazar Idhar Bhi is sung by Usha Mangeshkar.

Aditya

[swarapriya]

(Mala) Ankh Micholi (1962)

Here are the songs from this album, all by the courtesy of the Forum members, thank you ...

Ho Ik Nazar Idhar Bhi is sung by Usha Mangeshkar.

Aditya

Thanks for the correction, Aditya. I made changes to reflect your suggestion. Cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

(Mumtaz) Sikandar-E-Azam (1965)

24 years earlier, in 1941, the great Sohrab Modi produced, directed, and acted in a movie called "Sikandar". In that movie he played Porus (Purshottam) whereas the young Prithviraj Kapoor played Sikandar. Now in this movie on the same subject, Prithviraj gets to play from the opposite side of the table, this time as Porus. Sikandar is now Dara Singh.

This album has some nice songs composed by Hansraj Behl. Here is a description of these and the songs themselves ...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jun 9 2010, 12:59 AM

[sangeetbhakt]

SP, thanks for the un-truncated version of the Lata song "O mere yaar o dildaar" from "Sikandar-e-Azam. This is a particular favorite of mine that I heard once approximately 30 years back when I saw the film on Doordarshan. It stuck in my head and I was not able to find it for years till the DVD was released. And while the song was there, the beginning and end were a bit truncated in my copy. It was only a few seconds, so it was okay. Now I am happy to have an even more pristine version.
But that apart, between this song and of course the beautiful Rafi solo, the soundtrack stands out. The Asha solo is average (bordering on above average perhaps :-) )
I had not heard the Mahendra Kapoor solo or the Asha/Usha duet before. So thanks for those.

Since you mentioned the older Sohrab Mody film "Sikandar", I wanted to add that in this version, the young Prithviraj Kapoor is incredibly dapper and looks almost exactly like Shashi Kapoor. I remember seeing a scene from the film and thought it was Shashi, till I saw a young Sohrab Mody and realized my mistake.

[swarapriya]

SP, thanks for the un-truncated version of the Lata song "O mere yaar o dildaar" from "Sikandar-e-Azam. This is a particular favorite of mine that I heard once approximately 30 years back when I saw the film on Doordarshan. It stuck in my head and I was not able to find it for years till the DVD was released. And while the song was there, the beginning and end were a bit truncated in my copy. It was only a few seconds, so it was okay. Now I am happy to have an even more pristine version.
But that apart, between this song and of course the beautiful Rafi solo, the soundtrack stands out. The Asha solo is average (bordering on above average perhaps :-) )
I had not heard the Mahendra Kapoor solo or the Asha/Usha duet before. So thanks for those.

Since you mentioned the older Sohrab Mody film "Sikandar", I wanted to add that in this version, the young Prithviraj Kapoor is incredibly dapper and looks almost exactly like Shashi Kapoor. I remember seeing a scene from the film and thought it was Shashi, till I saw a young Sohrab Mody and realized my mistake.

My Dear SB,

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Unfortunately I haven't seen either one of the movies. But one thing is for sure. Dara Singh has definitely graduated with this movie from B movies to A. Introduced in "King Kong" based on his physique, he made series of movies that didn't require too much for him to do except fight. But now he teamed up here with the great Prithviraj, he earned instant credibility and suddenly people took notice of him. It once again goes to show that sometimes it is not who you are or what you are but whom are you associated with.

Cheers,
Swarapriya

[parag_sankla]

About Aankh Michouli (1962)...


Not sure if any one noticed this or not, but this was probably one of the last few songs Geeta ji sang for composer Chitragupt ji. This MD holds the record of composing the maximum number of songs for Geeta ji, close to a hundred. She sang for him as early as in 1947 for a fantasy film Jaadui Rattan. More details are here on our website http://www.geetadutt.com/chitragupt.html

Another note about Mala Sinha. Mala Sinha (real name Alda) hailing from Nepal was a struggling actress in Hindi films. Geeta ji met her and was impressed by her. It was Geeta ji who recommended Mala for the role of Meena in Pyaasa (1957). (That was after Guru Dutt dropping Madhubala and Nargis which were original cast.) Mala Sinha looks at her scintillating best in this lovely song and does full justice to this sweet song. See it on our YT channel, posted by our dear friend Anupama ji, here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkuLGhIZnkg

This is incidentally the last time Geeta ji sang for Mala Sinha.

Regards

Parag

This post has been edited by parag_sankla: Jun 9 2010, 01:59 AM

[swarapriya]

(Nutan) Chhota Bhai (1966)

Is this movie based on Sharat Chandra's story? I am not certain. In early 50's a Telugu film called "Deeksha" was made based on Sharat's novel. I believe this film also was based on that Telugu film.
May be someone can clarify. Thanks.

Anyways, here is a lesser known but nevertheless a fine effort from LP ...