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(Jeetendra) Lakshmi (1982)

Songs from this album were recently uploaded in the "Sahir & Shairi" thread in this directory. These are available starting at the following location...

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...mp;#entry699545

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(Amitabh) Aaj Ka Arjun (1990)

This movie was a modest success even though it has the same old too many times tried and tired formula with Amitabh taking revenge on those who did harm to him and his family. One of the reasons could be good music by Bappida. There are several songs in this movie where most of them are of very long in duration. But all are good. I am uploading these songs from an original soundtrack album in two back-to-back posts. Here s the first set...

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Concluding Songs from "Aaj Ka Arjun (1990)"...

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

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jan 25 2012, 12:30 AM

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(Dharmendra) Dillagi (1978)

Songs from this album were recently uploaded in the "Muse & Music" thread in this directory. These are available starting at the following location...

https://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...mp;#entry693168

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(Jeetendra) Insaan (1982)

Here are the songs from this album ripped from a DVD...

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(Amitabh) Agneepath (1990)

The distinguishing feature of this another revenge drama was a great performance by Amitabh. In the initial release of the film, Amitabh changed the tone of his voice that sounded entirely different from his usual resonating voice. When the movie flopped, producer Yash Johar hurriedly had Amitabh redub all his dialogues in his original voice and re-released the film. But the fate of the film was still the same. It was a failure.

The film fetched Amitabh for his superb performance the National Best Actor Award. Mithun picked the Best Supporting Actor Filmfare Award. Rohini Hattangadi, who played Amitabh's mom, picked the Best Supporting Actress Filmfare Award. Interestingly, the movie that had shades of the English film "Scarface" (originally made in 1932 and remade in 1983), is now considered a classic.

This movie was remade recently by Yash Johar's son Karan Johar of "Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham (2001)" and "My Name is Khan (2010)" fame. It was released this past week. In the new version, Hrithik Roshan reprised the role played by Amitabh. Sanjay Dutt reprised the role played by Danny in the original. In the new film, they eliminated Mithun's role completely.

Here are the songs from this film...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jan 27 2012, 08:49 AM

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(Dharmendra) Phandebaaz (1978)

Songs from this album were recently uploaded in the "Muse & Music" directory. They are available starting at the following thread...

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...140&st=2377

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(Jeetendra) Mehandi Rang Layegi (1982)

Here are the songs from this album...

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(Amitabh) Kroadh (1990)

This ordinary film had just one extraordinary moment. This was when Amitabh, appearing as a guest, paid a tribute to the legend of generations to come, Mohd. Rafi Saab, through a beautiful song sung by Mohd. Aziz. Here is this and other songs from this film...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jan 30 2012, 12:49 PM

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(Dharmendra) Dil Kaa Heera (1979)

Songs from this album were recently uploaded in the "Muse & Music" thread in this directory. These are available starting at the following location...

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...mp;#entry694372

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(Jeetendra) Samraat (1982)

Songs from this album were recently uploaded in the "Muse & Music" thread in this directory. They are available starting at the following location...

https://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...mp;#entry702086

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(Amitabh) Ajooba (1991)

This movie was co-produced and directed by Shashi Kapoor who assembled a whole lot of talented people only to come up with an uninspiring and utterly forgettable end product. I am uploading songs of this film from an original soundtrack album in two back-to-back posts. Here is the first set...

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Concluding Songs from "Ajooba (1991)"...

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

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(Dharmendra) Shalimar (1978)

The following write up appeared in one of my earlier postings…

This movie was made by Krishna Shah. A graduate of Bombay University, UCLA, and Yale, he settled in USA and made money in different enterprises. He had passion for cinema but this always did not transfer to good film making. Before he made "Shalimar" in Hindi and English, he made several other forgettable English movies - all B grade. Some of the English movies he produced and directed were "Hard Rock Zombies", "Rivals", and "The River Niger". He also made a documentary on Hindi cinema called "Cinema Cinema". Later he pioneered movie animation in India with full length animation feature films like "The Legend of Ram" and "The Prince of Light". But his biggest achievement was to bring in several notable Hollywood and Bombay actors together to make this film, "Shalimar".

"Shalimar" stars several Hollywood dignitaries like Rex Harrison (who won Oscar "My Fair Lady (1964)"), John Saxon (Indian fans should remember him from Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon (1973)"), and Sylvia Miles. It was made in English and Hindi using the same actors. Even though very huge amount of money was spent on the movie, it was a financial disaster. It failed in both languages. Originally the English version had the same name "Shalimar". Later it was released in DVD under various names; "Raiders of Shalimar", "Raiders of the Sacred Storm", and "Deadly Thief". In spite of all these gimmicks, neither the movie nor the DVDs became popular. A book on making of the movie was published but it also went into obscurity.

The only redeeming feature of the movie was the music of R.D. Burman. It was not his best effort by any means, but even when RD was not at his best, he still was good. I will be uploading all the songs in three back-to-back posts. The first posting will have all the songs from the movie. The second post contains several musical themes from the movie. The third post contains three songs of this film rerecorded by Asha for her album "Asha Reveals Real R.D. Burman CD1".

Here are the songs in the first posting...

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Continuing Songs from "Shalimar (1978)"...

Here are some musical clips from this film...