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[swarapriya]

Here are 2 more compositions from "Do behneN" (got them from HF).

Film: Do behneN (1959)
Music: Vasant Desai

Song: MukhDa dekh le praaNi
Singer: Kavi Pradeep
Duration: 3:12
Format: mp3
Bitrate: 160 kbps

Song: Title music
Singer: Instrumental
Duration: 1:36
Format: mp3
Bitrate: 160 kbps

Thanks for the songs, SB. Cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

(Amitabh) Piya Ka Ghar (1972)

Here is a little album from LP that has some very sweet songs. It has only four songs, but all of them are so beautiful. It has one of my favorite Kishoreda's solo, "Yeh Jeevan Hai". I love the way Kishoreda sings this song. It seems like as if he is sharing these thoughts with you directly by whispering scecrets of life right in your ear, person to person. A song of powerful emotions expressed with sheer beauty.

I am also including a version song of "Yeh Jeevan Hai" by Lata. This is taken from her album , "Lata's Shraddhanjali-1". She ends the song with a commentary paying tributes to the stars gone by commemorating them on her 50th year as a singer. Interestingly, if you compare this with Kishoreda's song, it becomes evident that it is missing that "extra", that emotion from the song.

Now for the songs from this beautiful album ...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Apr 7 2010, 11:25 PM

[swarapriya]

(Dharmendra) Main Bhi Ladki Hoon (1964)

P.B. Sreenivas (see the attached picture) was born into an eminent Telugu family in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. He speaks 10 Indian languages and is fluent in eight of them. He even penned Urdu ghazals. His first movie was “Jatakam” made simultaneously in Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada. But it was in Kannada where he sang most songs for nearly 25 years starting in early 50’s through mid 70’s. His voice suited beautifully for Kannada super star Raj Kumar. During these years he ruled the Kannada field with many hits to his credit. He did manage to sing in Tamil as well as Telugu films but not as frequently as in Kannada. He did sing few Hindi songs as well. The song he sang in this film with Lata, “Main Bhi Ladki Hoon”, was a hit and still has a very special appeal to it.

Most of the songs for this album are by the courtesy of the Forum members. Thank you very much. All are of very good quality except for the song “Yehi To Din Hai”. This song has several skips in it, even though overall listening experience is close to average.

One of Telugu films' greatest character actors, S.V. Ranga Rao, is in this movie. I didn't realize that he acted in any of the Hindi movies.

I am uploading a duet version of the song “Aaye The Huzur”. This one is taken from the “You Tube”. It appears to me that the solo versions of this song by Asha and Rafi Saab were split from this duet. However these two solos add up to 6:16 duration whereas the duet is only of 5:08 duration.

Now for the songs …

[swarapriya]

(Jeetendra) Jeene Ki Raah (1969)

The great L.V. Prasad made many incredibly successful Hindi films based on South Indian hit movies. This movie, another big hit from his studio, was based on 1953 Telugu hit "Bratuku Teruvu". That film starred Nageshwara Rao and Savitri, the same hit team that gave "Devadasu" earlier that year. After "Jeene Ki Raah" made in 1969 hit the bull's eye, it was remade in Telugu, this time again with Nageshwara Rao but opposite Jayalalita. This was in 1972. The name of that movie was "Bharya Biddalu".

"Jeene Ki Raah" had a fine performance by the beautiful and radiant Tanuja. It also had some fine music to go with it. Most of the songs were very popular. The film fetched LP the Best Music award from Filmfare. The song "Aap Mujhe Achhe Lagne Lage" by Lata also won the Best Female Singer award from Filmfare.

I will upload some songs from both Telugu films after I am done with the Hindi version, right in this same section. Now for the songs of this fine musical album ...

[swarapriya]

Bratuku Teruvu (1953) - A Telugu Film

THe Hindi hit "Jeene Ki Raah (1969)" was based on this movie. It starred the hit pair of Savitri and Akkineni Nageshara Rao (ANR) whose earlier film released the same year, "Devadasu", was also a roaring success. This movie came on the heels of "Devadasu" and was another thundering success for this pair. I have only two songs I am able to share here. Ghantasala's "Andame Anadam", fresh after his triumph with songs in "Devadasu" was another feather in his singing career. An absolutely beautiful song. Incredibly rich lyrics. Leela's version of the same song is equally good, even though it didn't become as popular.

I am including here a picture of the incomparable Ghantasala with ANR as part of the title in the table below. Now for these two beautiful songs ...

[swarapriya]

Bharya Biddalu (1972) - A Telugu Film

This movie was a remake of the Hindi hit "Jeene Ki Raah (1969)" which itself was based on the original Telugu hit "Bratuku Teruvu (1953)". Interestingly both Telugu films starred Akkineni Nageshwara Rao in the lead. Here are the songs from this film ...

[swarapriya]

(Manoj) Maa Beta (1962)

Here is another nice album by Hemantda. His duet with Lata, "Mohabbat Jisko Kehte Hain" almost sounds like that famous song of Lata from "Anarkali (1953)" "Mohabbat Aisi Dhadkan Hai". Here are the songs ...

[swarapriya]

(Raaj) Paigham (1959)

This Gemini film had formidable cast and was a movie with a message about labor relations. It was a huge hit thanks to a good story and some fine performances and above all some great music. C. Ramchandra was in top form during 1950's. Anything he did, most of the time, turned out to be a pure joy to listen to. This album has several beautiful songs. My favorite is Asha's solo,"O Ameeron Ke Parameshwar".

I am uploading these songs in back-to-back two posts. Here is the first set of these winning songs ...

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Paigham (1959)" ...

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

[akbaralibhai]

Thank you Swarapriya for this wonderful album Paigham.

[swarapriya]

Thank you Swarapriya for this wonderful album Paigham.

Sure thing, Bhai Saab. Cheers. -S

[Faraaj73]

(Raaj) Paigham (1959)

This Gemini film had formidable cast and was a movie with a message about labor relations. It was a huge hit thanks to a good story and some fine performances and above all some great music. C. Ramchandra was in top form during 1950's. Anything he did, most of the time, turned out to be a pure joy to listen to. This album has several beautiful songs. My favorite is Asha's solo,"O Ameeron Ke Parameshwar".

I am uploading these songs in back-to-back two posts. Here is the first set of these winning songs ...

Jawaani Mein Akelepan is one of the best Asha-Rafi duets and a rare non SB Burman/OP Nayyar duet of the two singers that was great....

This post has been edited by Faraaj73: Apr 12 2010, 04:18 PM

[swarapriya]

(Raaj) Paigham (1959)
Jawaani Mein Akelepan is one of the best Asha-Rafi duets and a rare non SB Burman/OP Nayyar duet of the two singers that was great....

Indeed it is, Faraaj. The other duets C. Ramchandra composed sung by Asha and Rafi Saab that immediately come to mind are that famous song from Amar Deep (1958), "Dekh Humen Awaaz Na Dena" and a real beauty from Insaaniyat (1955), "Baansuriya Bole Madhur". Especially the latter one is very melodious.

Cheers,
S

[swarapriya]

(Rajendra) Santaan (1959)

I am uploading four songs from this album. Two of them came from CD collections. The other two are by the courtesy of the Forum members. Thank you. It appears that I may be missing three more songs shown in red italics in the table below. If indeed this is the case, and if you happen to have any of them, please kindly share them with rest of us. Thank you.

Here are the four songs from this album ...

[suhana_safar]

(Raaj) Paigham (1959)

This Gemini film had formidable cast and was a movie with a message about labor relations. It was a huge hit thanks to a good story and some fine performances and above all some great music. C. Ramchandra was in top form during 1950's. Anything he did, most of the time, turned out to be a pure joy to listen to. This album has several beautiful songs. My favorite is Asha's solo,"O Ameeron Ke Parameshwar".

I am uploading these songs in back-to-back two posts. Here is the first set of these winning songs ...

SP

amazing quality of upload, very crisp and clear, well done.