Muse & Music, Music of the Golden Age Options

[swarapriya]

Muse & Music

Most film loving folks think that the music made for films from 50’s through 80’s represents golden age of music. This may be debatable. However, one thing is certain. Several great musicals emerged during this period and we saw the rise of many singing legends during this time.

One way to take a closer look at the music of the Golden Age is to look into the period through the female stars who were popular in this time frame. Because it is just about impossible to cater for all the stars, I came to a conclusion that probably the following 12 stars will sufficiently represent movies that are part of this golden era. These are:

Asha Parekh
Hema Malini
Mala Sinha
Mumtaz
Nutan
Rekha
Sadhana
Saira Banu
Sharmila Tagore
Vyjayanti Mala
Waheeda Rehman
Zeenat Aman

Others may come up with a different list. But for the music of the Golden Age I want to share with our fellow members these stars probably make a fair representation.

Let us look at filmographies of these actresses and see if we can come to some conclusions. I will present the filmographies in the order listed above.

[swarapriya]

(Saira) Desh Drohi (1980)

I am uploading songs from this album, all by the courtesy of the Forum members, thank you ...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Sep 28 2010, 01:11 PM

[swarapriya]

(Sharmila) Faraar (1975)

Songs from this album were recently uploaded in the "Yeh Gul(zar)istan Hamara" thread in this directory. These songs are available at the following location ...

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...6134&st=107

[swarapriya]

(Vyjayanti) Ishaara (1964)

This is a fine album from K&A. It has several beautiful songs like Mukesh's "Chal Mere Dil" and solos by Rafi Saab and Lata. Especially Lataji's solo "Tose Naina" is simply marvelous. I am uploading these songs in two back-to-back posts.

Here is the first set of songs ...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Mar 15 2011, 11:50 AM

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Ishaara (1964)" ...

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

[akbaralibhai]

Concluding Songs from "Ishaara (1964)" ...

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

Thank you very much Swarapriya for Ishaara, wonderful songs.

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Ishaara (1964)" ...

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

Thank you very much Swarapriya for Ishaara, wonderful songs.

Agreed. It is a great album Bhai Saab. Cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

(Waheeda) Prem Pujari (1970)

There are a couple of things about this film that are worth mentioning. As usual, Burmanda's music was outstanding. It also was the first film directed by Dev Anand. It was a commercial flop. But Dev persisted and directed every movie he produced after this one. Only with some hits but invariably all misses.

I am uploading these songs in back-to-back two posts. Except for one all songs from the film are in the first post. The second post contains the other songs as well as several specials.

Here are the songs in the first post ...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Oct 1 2010, 03:07 AM

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Prem Pujari (1970)" ...

I am including some specials in this post. I have an audio clip of Dev included here with the song, "Phoolon Se", edited out. This was a recent recording and Dev's voice is very weak and hardly audible. This is taken from the album "Legends: Dev Anand - The Evergreen Star (CD 4)". I am including a special version of "Phoolon Se" with Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma's introduction (of the team Shiv-Hari). This is taken from the album, "Legends: S.D. Burman - The Ageless All Rounder (CD4)". Finally I am including Abhijeet's version of the same song. This is from his album "A Tribute to Kishore Kumar".

Here are these songs ...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Oct 1 2010, 03:26 AM

[swarapriya]

(Zeenat) Krodhi (1981)

Here are the songs from this album ...

[swarapriya]

(Asha) Jawan Mohabbat (1971)

Here is the hit pair of "Dil Deke Dekho (1959)", Asha and Shammi, back together once again for this film. Rafi Saab dominates the proceedings with four solos and two duets. The music of S&J doesn't have the same zing they had with earlier Shammi starrers, but there are still some good songs here. I am uploading these songs in two back-to-back posts.

Here is a description of the songs in the first post and the songs themselves ...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Oct 3 2010, 01:38 AM

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Jawan Mohabbat (1971)" ...

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

[swarapriya]

(Hema) Sunehra Sansar (1975)

These songs originally uploaded by Sangeetji were re-uploaded recently and are available in the "
Sunehara Sansar 1975" thread in the "Hamara Forums > Legends > Legendary Music Directors > Naushad" directory. These songs are available from the following location ...

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...37377&st=38

[swarapriya]

(Mala) Apne Huye Paraye (1964)

I am uploading these songs in two back-to-back posts. The first post contains songs from an original soundtrack album. The second post has some extended version songs.

The first post ...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Oct 4 2010, 10:15 PM

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Apne Huye Paraye (1964)" ...

Here are some of the extended version songs from this album ...

[swarapriya]

(Mumtaz) Rustom Kaun (1966)

I don't have a single song from this album. If you can, please kindly share. Thanks.