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[swarapriya]

(Hema) Paraya Dhan (1971)

I am re-uploading these songs on request. The first post has all the songs from an original soundtrack album. The second post contains some insrumentals of the song "Aaj Unse".

Here are the songs in the first post...

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Paraya Dhan (1971)"...

I am posting below three separate instrumentals of the song "Aaj Unse" that I found on the You Tube...

[ShankarJaikishanFan]

(Asha) Ziddi (1964)

This Pramod Chakraborty directed film became popular thanks to the lovely score by Burmanda. Most of the tracks were hits. The standout songs are both of the solos by Lata. "Raat Ka Samaa" is all Burman. Unmistakable. But the song "Yeh Zindagi" is different. Yet in its own unique way is very appealing.

I am re-uploading these songs on request from an original soundtrack album. Here they are...

Thanks! Agreed the Lata song is the standout especially with that great dance from Asha Parekh. She's so great in this film (and everything really).

[ShankarJaikishanFan]

(Hema) Paraya Dhan (1971)

I am re-uploading these songs on request. The first post has all the songs from an original soundtrack album. The second post contains some insrumentals of the song "Aaj Unse".

Here are the songs in the first post...

Bohoth shukriya!

[swarapriya]

(Hema) Paraya Dhan (1971)

I am re-uploading these songs on request. The first post has all the songs from an original soundtrack album. The second post contains some insrumentals of the song "Aaj Unse".

Here are the songs in the first post...

Bohoth shukriya!

You're welcome. Cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

(Asha) Teesri Manzil (1966)

This is one of my favorite movies. Everything comes together in this movie like a well organized and well executed musical concert. The story, the songs, its music, the performances, they all add up to make “Teesri Manzil” a thoroughly enjoyable entertainer.

Nasir Husain, who produced the film, was busily getting ready with "Baharon Ke Sapne" and approached Vijay Anand to direct this movie. One of the reasons was that originally Vijay’s older brother Dev Anand was to star in it. But Dev was enjoying his new found success and recognition from making "Guide" and was not immediately available. Instead the role went to Shammi who was the hero of two of his previous blockbusters, "Tumsa Nahin Dekha" in 1957 and "Dil Deke Dekho" in 1959. Husain Saab wrote the story of the film, its screenplay, and its dialogues.

Husain was looking for someone to compose the music and Shammi recommended his good friends Shankar and Jaikishan. Majrooh Sultanpuri, who wrote lyrics for every Nasir Husain movie and a good friend of Husain, suggested R.D. Burman’s name. R.D. was new to the game and had only "Chhote Nawab" behind him. However, Husain went along with the idea. Vijay Anand knew R.D. well (being son as well assistant of S.D. Burman), and liked the idea. But Shammi wouldn't budge. R.D. composed a couple of songs to convince Shammi that he will be able to do the justice and when Shammi heard them he had no problem.

R.D. became a regular with Nasir Husain for many of his future films. Together the tandem of Husain-Burman-Majrooh collaborated in churning out many memorable musical hits that are remembered even today even after many many years.

The music of “Teesri Manzil” was a standout. It had breakaway music and sounds that were never heard on an Indian screen before. A good example of this is the duet Asha and Rafi Saab sang “Aaja Aaja Main Hoon Pyaar Tera”. It was a clever juxtaposition of Eastern and Western music that was at once appealing to ears as well as hearts. Asha Bhosle and Rafi Saab sang all of the songs in this movie. Apart from the song already mentioned, the other standout songs are the beautiful duet of Asha and Rafi Saab, “O Mera Sona Re Sona Re” and the romantic solo of Rafi Saab “Deewaana Mujh Sa Nahin”. It turns out that this was the last Nasir Husain movie where Rafi Saab sang all of the male songs. He did return with a bang in Hussain's "Hum Kisise Kum Nahin (1977)" where he sang that memorable National Award winning song "Kya Hua Tera Vaada".

The picturization of the songs from this movie is still talked about. Vijay Anand uses some unusual camera angles to picturize the songs, like a dance seen from an eye or a guitar hole. Incidentally Salim, who would later become part of the famous Salim-Javed writing team, played a bit role in the movie. He plays drums to Helen's song and the dance number "Oh Haseena Zulfonwaali". Salim, father of actor Salman Khan, later married Helen.

During the filming of this movie Shammi lost his actress wife Geeta Bali. Vijay Anand helped Shammi overcome the grief by being supportive whenever it was necessary.

I am re-uploading these songs in two back-to-back posts on request. All of the songs are from an original soundtrack album. The title music and a couple dance music clips are from a DVD.

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

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Teesri Manzil (1966)"...

In this post I am uploading rest of the songs from the album and three instrumentals from a DVD. Here are these...

[swarapriya]

(Mala) Tamanna (1969)

I am uploading songs from this album below. All these songs are thanks to the courtesy of our fellow member neerajdivy. Thank you very much Neeraj.

Here are the songs...

[swarapriya]

(Mumtaz) Do Raaste (1969)

This film along with “Aradhana” was released the same year. Both went on to become some of the biggest hits of Hindi Cinema. Rajesh Khanna, who starred in both the films, arrived. These two blockbusters were enough to christen him as a Super Star.

"Do Raaste" wasn't much of Rajesh's film. It was director Raj Khosla's. The story, a simple family drama, generally a trademark of most South Indian Hindi films, was at the heart of the drama. But to add to this the vivacious Mumtaz with her dazzling looks and beautiful smile charmed the audience. Then there was Balraj Sahni, a veteran who played similar roles in films like "Bhabhi (1957)" before, gave another good performance.

The extra dimension of the film was its beautiful music. Music directors Laxmikant & Pyarelal were absolutely magnificent in this film. Almost all songs became chart busters. Top songs of the album include several solos, "Bindiya Chamkegi" by Lata, "Do Rang" by Mukeshji, "Mere Naseeb" by Kishoreda, and "Yeh Reshmi" by Rafi Saab. With so many excellent songs, if someone wants me to name one song as the top most, I will go with Rafi Saab's solo "Yeh Reshmi Zulfen". An unforgettable song. Great heartwarming lyrics by Anand Bakshi Saab. Sung with so much passion and romantic verve by Rafi Saab that the song stays with you forever.

I am uploading these songs from an original soundtrack album in two back-to-back posts. In the first post I am also including a version songs of "Mere Naseeb" by Amit Kumar. Here are the songs in the first post...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jul 15 2011, 05:41 AM

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Do Raaste (1969)"...

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

[akbaralibhai]

(Asha) Ziddi (1964)

This Pramod Chakraborty directed film became popular thanks to the lovely score by Burmanda. Most of the tracks were hits. The standout songs are both of the solos by Lata. "Raat Ka Samaa" is all Burman. Unmistakable. But the song "Yeh Zindagi" is different. Yet in its own unique way is very appealing.

I am re-uploading these songs on request from an original soundtrack album. Here they are...

Thank you very much Swarapriya for Ziddi songs, one of my favorite albums.

[swarapriya]

(Nutan) Hifazat (1987)

RD gave music to a movie with the same title in 1973. Here he is once again after 14 years, giving music to another film that has the same name.

Here are the songs from this album...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jul 17 2011, 02:04 PM

[ShankarJaikishanFan]

(Asha) Teesri Manzil (1966)

This is one of my favorite movies. Everything comes together in this movie like a well organized and well executed musical concert. The story, the songs, its music, the performances, they all add up to make “Teesri Manzil” a thoroughly enjoyable entertainer.

Nasir Husain, who produced the film, was busily getting ready with "Baharon Ke Sapne" and approached Vijay Anand to direct this movie. One of the reasons was that originally Vijay’s older brother Dev Anand was to star in it. But Dev was enjoying his new found success and recognition from making "Guide" and was not immediately available. Instead the role went to Shammi who was the hero of two of his previous blockbusters, "Tumsa Nahin Dekha" in 1957 and "Dil Deke Dekho" in 1959. Husain Saab wrote the story of the film, its screenplay, and its dialogues.

Husain was looking for someone to compose the music and Shammi recommended his good friends Shankar and Jaikishan. Majrooh Sultanpuri, who wrote lyrics for every Nasir Husain movie and a good friend of Husain, suggested R.D. Burman’s name. R.D. was new to the game and had only "Chhote Nawab" behind him. However, Husain went along with the idea. Vijay Anand knew R.D. well (being son as well assistant of S.D. Burman), and liked the idea. But Shammi wouldn't budge. R.D. composed a couple of songs to convince Shammi that he will be able to do the justice and when Shammi heard them he had no problem.

R.D. became a regular with Nasir Husain for many of his future films. Together the tandem of Husain-Burman-Majrooh collaborated in churning out many memorable musical hits that are remembered even today even after many many years.

The music of “Teesri Manzil” was a standout. It had breakaway music and sounds that were never heard on an Indian screen before. A good example of this is the duet Asha and Rafi Saab sang “Aaja Aaja Main Hoon Pyaar Tera”. It was a clever juxtaposition of Eastern and Western music that was at once appealing to ears as well as hearts. Asha Bhosle and Rafi Saab sang all of the songs in this movie. Apart from the song already mentioned, the other standout songs are the beautiful duet of Asha and Rafi Saab, “O Mera Sona Re Sona Re” and the romantic solo of Rafi Saab “Deewaana Mujh Sa Nahin”. It turns out that this was the last Nasir Husain movie where Rafi Saab sang all of the male songs. He did return with a bang in Hussain's "Hum Kisise Kum Nahin (1977)" where he sang that memorable National Award winning song "Kya Hua Tera Vaada".

The picturization of the songs from this movie is still talked about. Vijay Anand uses some unusual camera angles to picturize the songs, like a dance seen from an eye or a guitar hole. Incidentally Salim, who would later become part of the famous Salim-Javed writing team, played a bit role in the movie. He plays drums to Helen's song and the dance number "Oh Haseena Zulfonwaali". Salim, father of actor Salman Khan, later married Helen.

During the filming of this movie Shammi lost his actress wife Geeta Bali. Vijay Anand helped Shammi overcome the grief by being supportive whenever it was necessary.

I am re-uploading these songs in two back-to-back posts on request. All of the songs are from an original soundtrack album. The title music and a couple dance music clips are from a DVD.

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

Thank you! Great soundtrack from one of India's greatest films.

[swarapriya]

(Asha) Ziddi (1964)

This Pramod Chakraborty directed film became popular thanks to the lovely score by Burmanda. Most of the tracks were hits. The standout songs are both of the solos by Lata. "Raat Ka Samaa" is all Burman. Unmistakable. But the song "Yeh Zindagi" is different. Yet in its own unique way is very appealing.

I am re-uploading these songs on request from an original soundtrack album. Here they are...

Thank you very much Swarapriya for Ziddi songs, one of my favorite albums.

You're very welcome Bhai Saab. Cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

(Asha) Teesri Manzil (1966)

Thank you! Great soundtrack from one of India's greatest films.

You're welcome SJF. Cheers. -S