Muse & Music, Music of the Golden Age Options

[swarapriya]

Thanks swarapriya !! Its amazing how lucky Jubilee Kumar was.... Such awesome and evergreen songs !!!!

Yes, Jigri, you're right on about both Kumar as well as the songs. Cheers. -S

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Sep 2 2009, 05:19 AM

[swarapriya]

(Saira) Saaz Aur Awaz (1966)

Here is another beauty from Naushad Saab. There are some beautiful solos by Rafi Saab such as "Dil Ki Mehfil Saji Hai" and "Saaz Ho Tum Aawaaz Hoon Main". There are other solos by Lata and Suman that are also equally good. Also Rafi Saab's three duets. Because of their lengths, I will upload them in two back-to-back posts.

Here is the first set of songs ...

[swarapriya]

Songs of "Saaz Aur Awaz (1966)" Continued ...

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

[swarapriya]

(Sharmila) An Evening In Paris (1967)

Here is a beautiful album from the great pair Shankar & Jaikishan. Almost every song was a huge hit when the movie was released. Raf Saab has six beautiful solos and a hauntingly beautiful duet with Asha, "Raat Ke Hamsafar". Because of the number of songs I will upload them in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set of songs ...

[swarapriya]

Songs of "An Evening In Paris (1967)" Continued ...

Here are the rest of the songs from this album including the beautiful "Raat Ke Humsafar" ...

[swarapriya]

(Vyjayanti) Jashan (1955)

I am uploading only three songs from this album. Missing tracks are highlighted in red italics in the table below. If you can, please share. Thanks.

Here are the three songs ...

[Exon]

SP,

Here is one more song from Jashan (1955). The song audio originated from HF member.

Asha Bhosle:
yu hi dil se aa rahi hai aankhon main yaad unki, aankhon mein yaad unki (3:10 \ 128)

Exon

[Aditya Pant]

(Vyjayanti) Jashan (1955)

I am uploading only three songs from this album. Missing tracks are highlighted in red italics in the table below. If you can, please share. Thanks.

Here are the three songs ...

This is one hard to get Roshan sundtrack.... I second the request for missing tracks.

Aditya

[Faraaj73]

(Vyjayanti) Jashan (1955)

I am uploading only three songs from this album. Missing tracks are highlighted in red italics in the table below. If you can, please share. Thanks.

Here are the three songs ...

Thanks for the Jashan songs! I consider myself a Roshan fan but have to confess to hearing the lovely Dard e Dil Tu Hi Bata for the first time half an hour ago....

[swarapriya]

SP,

Here is one more song from Jashan (1955). The song audio originated from HF member.

Asha Bhosle:
yu hi dil se aa rahi hai aankhon main yaad unki, aankhon mein yaad unki (3:10 \ 128)

Exon

Thanks Exon. You always come through with contributions like this. It is so nice of you. Cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

Thanks for the Jashan songs! I consider myself a Roshan fan but have to confess to hearing the lovely Dard e Dil Tu Hi Bata for the first time half an hour ago....

You're very welcome Faraaj. Cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

(Waheeda) Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960)

Guru Dutt bought the rights to the story of “Chaudhvin Ka Chand” from Aisa Theaters long before he actually made the movie. The story, originally entitled “Ek Jhalak”, with the complete script was written by Shaukat Hussain Rizvi. He was the husband of the famous singer and actress Noor Jehan. He wrote and directed “Khandan (1942)” with Noor Jehan and Pran in the lead that was a huge success. After partition when Noor Jehan and Rizvi decided to migrate to Pakistan, he sold the rights of “Ek Jhalak” to Asia Theaters.

Guru Dutt paid a fortune to buy the rights of “Ek Jhalak” but postponed making it because he felt the script was too long. Guru approached Abrar Alvi to see what he can do with the story. In the original story, the friend sees a woman in a marketplace when she briefly uncovers her veil (thus “Ek Jhalak”). Unknowing that she is actually married to his best friend, he confides this to him about the beautiful woman he saw. Friend immediately realizes that he was talking about his own wife and vows to find her for him. He asks his wife to divorce him. When she refuses, he kills himself. His wife over stricken with grief kills herself. Abrar didn’t like how the story ends. Instead he revised the story where the friend realizes the mistake he made by unknowingly falling in love with his best friend’s wife and commits suicide. The movie’s title was changed to “Chaudhvin Ka Chand” which was the name of a short story Alvi published before. But as usually the case with Guru, he postponed making the movie for some time.

After “Kaagaz Ke Phool” failed miserably, Guru became close to insolvent. To keep his entire unit going, he decided to make “Chaudhvin Ka Chand”. Guru went against advise of many friends and hired M. Sadiq to direct the movie. Sadiq was not doing well professionally as well as financially. But Guru thought because the subject dealt with Muslim way of life, Sadiq would be the best person to handle it.

Guru Dutt originally wanted Naushad to give music to the film “Chaudhvin Ka Chand”. Nearly broke, he just couldn’t afford the fees Naushad was charging. His publicist suggested Ravi’s name. Ravi was available for a modest amount of remuneration for his services and was hired.

Ravi has to come up with several tunes for the title song as Guru was neither happy nor easily satisfied. But Ravi’s efforts were vindicated as the title song became one of the all time hits. It was also one of the best romantic songs Rafi has sung. He won the best singer Filmfare award for the song. The rich lyrics for the song won Shakeel Badayuni Filmfare award for best lyricist. Ravi richly deserved the award for best music, but he lost to Shankar & Jaikishan for their fine music of “Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai”. This same year Naushad ji was nominated for “Mughal-E-Azam”. That is how tough the competition was.

Making of color movies was just coming into vogue and Guru Dutt originally wanted to make the movie in color. He sent his regular photographer V.K. Murty to Europe for training. But because of the huge investment required for the color movie, Guru decided to shoot the movie in black and white, and in a hurry. Nariman Irani was hired as the cameraman as Murty was still away in training in Europe. The movie was beautifully shot on location in Lucknow.

It is on record that even though Sadiq directed the movie, Guru’s unmistakable imprint is all over the movie. This is no more evident than in the songs picturized, especially the classic title song. That song was shot in color. It was shot beautifully as the camera almost caressingly moves over Waheeda’s innocently charming face and catches every passing mood reflected by her shy radiance.

The movie when it was released became a runaway success. It remained the biggest hit of Guru’s career. It was shownin the Moscow International Film Festival of 1962. This was the first of Guru’s movies to be shown abroad. Guru travelled to the festival to Moscow. Unfortunately, the movie didn’t sit that well with the foreign movie critics.

With the money the movie brought in Guru could afford to buy part of Modern Studios in Andheri and renamed it as Guru Dutt Studios. The jubilee of “Chaudhvin Ka Chand” was celebrated on his studio grounds. This is where he started preparing for his next venture, “Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam” …

Now for the beautiful songs from this album. Because of their number, I will upload them in two back-to-back posts. The second post consists of extended version songs and a shehnai instrumental of the song “Mera Yaar” from a private album. Now here are the first set of songs …

[swarapriya]

Some Extended Version Songs of "Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960)"

I am including here five extended version of the songs from this album. I am also including a shehani instrumental of the song "Mera Yaar Bana Hai Dulha" by one Rajendra Prasanna from his album. Here are the songs ...

[Erum Hashmi]

Thanks, SP for Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960)

[swarapriya]

Thanks, SP for Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960)

You're always welcome, Erum.