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[swarapriya]

(Rekha) Khoon Pasina (1977)

Songs from this album were recently uploaded in the "Saat Saath" thread in this directory and are available from the following location...

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...4617&st=903

[ayyagari]

(Mala) Neela Akash (1965)

This is another beauty from Madan Mohan Saab. I am uploading these songs from an original soundtrack album in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs...

Thank you Sarvpriya Swarapriyaji for posting these songs - as also the majestic title track. Disconcertingly though, parts of the title track sound like the LP song - Khoobsurat Hasina, Jaanejan Jaaneman that featured in a 1964 movie 'Mr. X in Bombay'.

Regards,

Kishore Kumar

This is not the only one. 'Ae Mere Humsafar" from Baazigar (MD : Anu Malik) sounds like the same song

Madhu

[swarapriya]

(Sharmila) Do Shatru (1980)

Following are songs from this album, all thanks to the courtesy of the Forum members...

[swarapriya]

(Vyjayanti) Chhoti Si Mulaqat (1967)

This movie was based on a Bengali novel and starred Vyjayanti and Uttam Kumar in the lead. It has beautiful music by Shankar & Jaikishan. Almost 10 years earlier, in 1958, it was made in Telugu and Tamil and was a hit. Telugu film was called "Mangalya Balam". I will upload songs from the Telugu film following the Hindi songs in this directory. The movie was also made in Kannada. I am not sure whether this movie was ever made in Bengali or not. Hindi film was a flop.

I am uploading songs from this film in two back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post...

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Chhoti Si Mulaqat (1967)"...

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

[swarapriya]

Mangalya Balam (1958) - A Telugu Film

This hit Telugu film and "Chhoti Si Mulaqat (1967)" were based on the same Bengali novel. I will upload songs from this film in two back-to-back posts. Here are the songs in the first post...

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Mangalya Balam (1958)"...

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

[swarapriya]

(Waheeda) Adalat (1976)

Songs from this film were recently uploaded in the "Saat Saath" thread in this directory and are available at the following location...

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...4617&st=737

[swarapriya]

(Zeenat) Teesri Ankh (1982)

Here are the songs from this album...

[Ez_buddycool]

Thanks SP

[swarapriya]

Thanks SP

You're welcome, EZ. Cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

(Asha) Rani Aur Lalpari (1975)

Songs from this album were recently uploaded in the "Saat Saath" thread in this directory. They are available at the following location...

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...4617&st=926

[swarapriya]

(Hema) Naach Uthe Sansar (1976)

There are some beautiful songs in this album. All these are courtesy of the Forum members. Thank you...

[swarapriya]

(Mala) Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi (1966)

Guru Dutt started this movie in late 1963. The film’s inspiration was a 1937 Saigal starrer “President”. That movie was also known by various other titles including “Badi Bahen” and “Didi”. That classic film was directed by Nitin Bose for New Theatres. For “Baharen” Guru Dutt cast himself in the role of the leading man to the sisters played by Mala Sinha and Tanuja. O.P. Nayyar was back with Guru providing some of the great music for the film. It was reported in a magazine that after recording the song “Aap Ke Haseen Rukh Pe”, Guru was so overwhelmed by the song and the music that he went and hugged OP and told him that OP composes feelings, not words. Incidentally, the movie was directed by Sahid Lateef but apparently the above song and other songs as well were picturized by Guru.

While the shooting of the movie was making brisk progress, Guru passed away. He was eventually replaced by Dharmendra. For the above song, shots where Guru was present were reshot with Dharmendra.

In an interview this is what Tanuja, who was signed to play one of the sisters way back in 1962, has to say about Guru. She felt that during those years when they started the movie, she was not a dedicated actress. This lack of discipline on her part irked Guru to no end. He was so unhappy with the situation that Guru used to call up her mother Shobhana Samarth and used to complain about Tanuja’s attitude and used to tell her to instill some discipline. Tanuja admitted that only late in her carrier she came to realize that why it was important to be dedicated to do the best of your abilities to do the job at hand. She adds that Guru was great to work with and they shared a common trait, both loved to read.

The movie didn’t do well after it was released. But the music and the songs from the film endured. Every one of the song which have OP’s unmistakable stamp became major hits. But the song of the movie is one of my all-time favorites of Rafi Saab, the solo “Aap Ke Haseen Rukh Pe”. It is just a smashing beauty. Endearingly effective lyrics, the dazzling picturization of the song, the use of light and shade effects by the camera to bring in subtleties to show the feelings of the sisters, with both Tanuja and Mala looking enchantingly engaging, and Dharmendra at his debonairly dashing best, is only topped by how Rafi Saab elevates this song to one of the greatest romantic songs ever experienced in an Indian cinema. The song has such intense fever pitch feeling in the divinely sweet voice of Rafi Saab that it completely consumes you with no let up until it is over. Even then it lingers on and on…

I am uploading all the songs from an original soundtrack album in two back-to-back posts below. Here is a description of the songs in the first post and the songs themselves …

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi (1966)"...

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