The Three Reigning Queens, Albums of Madhubala, Meena Kumari & Nargis Options

[mirsa]

SP,

This movie was released by one more name, Shri Krishna Vivah.
Some time ago, I had read some discussion about the identity of singers from this album (Shri Ganesh Mahima). The general feeling is that the song 'taaron ke palne mein' has been wrongly credited to Geeta Dutt. The singer could be Sulochana Kadam or some one else. Some of the possible names suggested for 'Surya deva dinesh' song were Chitragupta and S. N. Tripathi.

Exon

Exon,

The DVD picture included in the table gives both the names, as you can clearly see. I would like to wait and see if someone else can comment on who the singer should be for the song "Taaron Ke Palne Mein".

Thanks,
Swarapriya

This is Meena Kapoor voice was quite similar to Geeta Dutt's voice.

Mohd. M.

This post has been edited by mirsa: Sep 10 2009, 04:25 PM

[swarapriya]

(Nargis) Andaz (1949)

Here is a classic that never gets dated. Probably that is why it is a classic. This was definitely one of the great movies of Mehboob Khan. If his other great classic “Mother India” dealt with rustic India, this movie dealt with urban India and the influence of western culture on it. Both movies starred one of our greatest actresses, Nargis. She probably owes to Mehboob more than anyone else for bringing out the best in her.

Nargis was hardly 19 years old when “Andaz” was made. She was already an established actress. But this was the first movie in which her acting abilities were really challenged. The role that has many shades of complexity and demanded consummate histrionics. She rose to the occasion magnificently. She brings out the carefree tomboyish nature of a growing woman with much glee and élan. She puts forth forcibly the role of a responsible business woman with ever so ease. She exemplifies as an adoring wife with romantic abandon. She gives intensity to her performance to show moral conflict of a person caught between the love of two men which shows bleeding wounds of suffering. This is the movie Nargis announced to the world that she has arrived.

After casting Nargis, Mehboob Khan asked her whom does she want to play her husband in the movie, Dilip or Raj. She chose Raj. Each of the male leads did a great job in such contrasting roles. It was restraint in acting of Dilip versus the deliberate overplay of Raj. It was fun to watch these two great performers for the first and the last time together in the same movie.

The movie has some great music by Naushad ji. Like in most of his early movies, Naushadji was just brilliant. Every song was a super hit. Interestingly all songs by Mukesh were picturized on Dilip and Rafi for Raj. Incidentally, the previous year, in “Mela (1948)”, Naushad used the voice of Mukesh for Dilip. Those songs were also huge hits.

This was a banner year for Lata. Every song in this movie was a huge hit. But this didn’t come easy. While recording these songs Naushadji felt that Lata lacked proper Urdu diction. Lataji’s mother tongue being Marathi, this was not unusual. Naushadji spent many hours coaching Lata how to speak Urdu and how to sing some of these songs. This becomes very evident when Lata sings the song “Uthaaye Jaa Unke Sitam” in this movie. Lata also had another magnificent movie this same year in Raj Kapoor’s memorable musical “Barsaat”. That solidified her position in the industry as a singer par excellence and in the coming years a promise of force to reckon with.

Because of the number of songs I will upload these in two back-to-back posts. I am also including a couple of unreleased songs that were recently contributed by the fellow Forum member, kadri420. Many thanks to Kadriji.

Now for the first set of songs …

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Sep 11 2009, 12:58 PM

[swarapriya]

Songs of "Andaz (1949)" Continued ...

Songs from this intense movie and great album are continued here ...

[Faraaj73]

(Meena) Hanuman Paataal Vijay (1951)

I am uploading three songs from this album. These were all contributed by the Forum members. Per EarthMusic there are at least another five songs missing, may be more. If you have them, please kindly share them with rest of us. Thanks.

Here are the three songs ...

Thanks for Kyun Rooth Gaye Mujhse. Its a beautiful song...

[swarapriya]

Thanks for Kyun Rooth Gaye Mujhse. Its a beautiful song...

There is magic in Geetaji's voice. You just can't go wrong with her. It is definitely a very delightful number ...

Cheers,
Swarapriya

[Abdur Rehman]

There is a verse by the line Man ki Beena Cheen li sung by Rafi. If any of the members have it, i request to please upload it. Thanks in advance.

[Abdur Rehman]

There is a verse by the line Man ki Beena Cheen li sung by Rafi. If any of the members have it, i request to please upload it. Thanks in advance.

[swarapriya]

(Madhubala) Madhubala (1950)

I have only four songs from this album. If any of you have more songs from this album, please kindly share. Thanks.

Here are the four songs, all by the courtesy of the Forum members ...

[Faraaj73]

(Madhubala) Madhubala (1950)

I have only four songs from this album. If any of you have more songs from this album, please kindly share. Thanks.

Here are the four songs, all by the courtesy of the Forum members ...

Here are two very good (esp. Ye Duniya Bewafai Ki) GM Durrani solos....this Lachiram Tamar dude was talented....although I have to admit I don't like the Asha solos so much.....

1950 Madhubala - GM Durrani - Ye Duniya Bewafai Ki-lachiram tamar 3m 02s 128kbps mp3

1950 Madhubala - GM Durrani - Kisi Ko Yaad Karta Hai-lachiram tamar 3m 04s 128kbps mp3

This post has been edited by Faraaj73: Sep 14 2009, 04:18 PM

[swarapriya]

Here are two very good (esp. Ye Duniya Bewafai Ki) GM Durrani solos....this Lachiram Tamar dude was talented....although I have to admit I don't like the Asha solos so much.....

Thank you Faraaj for sharing these songs. Cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

(Meena) Laxmi Narayan (1951)

I am uploading three songs from this album. Quality of these songs is just so so. These songs are by the courtesy of the Forum members. The missing numbers are shown in red italics in the table below. If you can, please kindly share them with rest of us. Thanks.

Here are the three songs ...

[Rushin]

(Madhubala) Madhubala (1950)

I have only four songs from this album. If any of you have more songs from this album, please kindly share. Thanks.

Here are the four songs, all by the courtesy of the Forum members ...

Here is one more song. Recording quality is very poor and members are encouraged to upload better version.

96 Kbps / MP3 / duration in file name

[swarapriya]

(Madhubala) Madhubala (1950)

I have only four songs from this album. If any of you have more songs from this album, please kindly share. Thanks.

Here are the four songs, all by the courtesy of the Forum members ...

Here is one more song. Recording quality is very poor and members are encouraged to upload better version.

96 Kbps / MP3 / duration in file name

Thanks for the song, Rushin.

[swarapriya]

(Nargis) Barsaat (1949)

Following write up was included when I uploaded these songs earlier in my “Raj Kapoor” thread. I went back to visit this and found it is still very appropriate. I am including most of that write up here …

Raj Kapoor was just 25 year old when he made “Barsaat (1949)”. His first directorial venture, “Aag (1948)”, even though was not a financial success, established him as someone to whom people will be looking forward to in future movies for the style and showmanship that movie showed glimpses of. Raj didn’t disappoint his fans and critics.

“Barsaat” in more ways than one was trailblazing. It introduced a new actress to the Hindi screen, Nimmi. It was shot mostly outdoors in Kashmir and its surrounding places. It introduced a pair of music directors, Shankar & Jaikishan. It introduced a pair of lyricists, Shailendra & Hasrat Jaipuri. It catapulted Lata Mangeshkar, who sang 10 out of 11 songs (both solos and duets) in the movie that enabled her to compete for the number one female playback singer position with Geeta Roy who was the reigining singing nightingale at that time. It consolidated Nargis & Raj Kapoor as the hottest romantic pair of the Indian screen.

The music director Shankar had passion for tabla. Though he learnt fundamentals from known ustads of that time, it was through tireless practice and undeterred determination he was able to master fundamentals of good music. Jaikishan on the other hand loved playing harmonium. Shankar and Jaikishan met at a musical gathering and formed a strong bond of friendship even though Shankar was 10 years senior to Jaikishan. At that time Shankar was working for Prithvi Theater doing odd jobs including acting. He introduced Jaikishan to Prithviraj and was hired to work together with Shankar. They later worked as assistants to the music director duo Husnlal & Bhagatram. When Raj Kapoor was contemplating to make “Aag”, Prithviraj recommended to Raj to hire Shankar & Jaikishan for his picture. But Raj already signed Ram Ganguly to provide the music. Shankar & Jaikishan along with Dattaram assisted Ganguly in music for “Aag”. When the time came to film “Barsaat”, Raj decided to offer the music direction duties to Shankar & Jaikishan. That is how the famous music team of Shankar & Jaikishan was born.

Hasrat Jaipuri was working as a bus conductor in Bombay while writing poetry in his spare time, as poetry was his passion. Prithviraj heard Hasrat recite some of his poems in a mushaira. Impressed, he introduced him to Raj who was launching “Barsaat”. His first recording was the song “Jiya Beqaraar Hai” the music for which was composed by Shankar. Jaikishan composed his second song, a duet, “Chhod Gaye Baalam”. Shailendra was a railway clerk in Bombay. Raj Kapoor first saw him in a public meeting where Shailendra was reciting his poems. Raj offered work for him on “Aag”. But Shailendra refused thinking he will not have creative freedom. But in a year things changed. Shailendra needed money and decided to approach Raj. Raj hired him to write songs for “Barsaat” along with Hasrat Jaipuri. He wrote two songs for the film; “Patli Kamar Hai” and the title song “Barsaat Mein”. This was the birth of the famous lyricist team of Shailendra & Hasrat Jaipuri.

The team of Shankar, Jaikishan, Hasrat Jaipuri, and Shailendra that came together to contribute their respective skills for “Barsaat” went on to make magnificent musical history by churning out one hit after another. The youthful exuberance and the effervescent blend of melody they brought to “Barsaat” continued to pervade their creations for nearly 30 years. A magnificent achievement by any standards!

There are 11 songs in this movie. Each one of them was a super hit. Except for a solo by Rafi Saab, all other songs were done by Lata ji that includes two duets with Mukesh. I am also uploading extended versions of three songs. These are by the courtesy of the Forum membership. Lata had couple of CDs that were recorded during some of her live performances. I am including “Barsaat Mein” from this album. This isn’t much different from the original song except you can hear the crowd applauding in the beginning and in the end. I am also including another version of “Jiya Beqaraar Hai” with Manoj Kumar’s introduction in praise of Raj. This is from the “Legends: Raj Kapoor - The Showman (CD1)” album.

Now for details of songs from “Barsaat” and the songs themselves …

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Sep 25 2009, 03:33 AM

[swarapriya]

Songs of "Barsaat (1949)" Continued ...

I am including here three extended versions of the original songs. These are all by the courtesy of the Forum members. Thank you. I am also including "Barsaat Mein Hum Se Mile Tum" a live version of Lata. The song is the same as the orginal one uploaded in my Post 1 except here you can hear audience cheering before the song starts and at the end of the song. Also included is the song "Jiya Beqaraar Hai" with Manoj Kumar's introduction where he pays glowing tributes to Raj. This is about 28 seconds and it is followed by the actual song. This tribute and the song is from the "Legends: Raj Kapoor - The Showman (CD1)" album.

Here are these songs ...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Sep 19 2009, 02:15 AM