Sahir & Shairi, Films of Sahir Ludhianvi Options

[surhall]

Soja_Re_Soja_Meri_Ankhiyon_Ke_Taare__L_.zip (
this song sing by asha -geeta dutt
dhall

[Aditya Pant]

Jeevan Jyoti (1953)

Chhayi Kari Badariya and So Ja re So Ja by Asha are version songs.

[swarapriya]

Soja_Re_Soja_Meri_Ankhiyon_Ke_Taare__L_.zip (
this song sing by asha -geeta dutt
dhall

Thank you very much Dhallji for the information. Cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

Jeevan Jyoti (1953)

Chhayi Kari Badariya and So Ja re So Ja by Asha are version songs.

Thanks Aditya. I have included this information as part of the table. Cheers. -S

[swarapriya]

Shahenshah (1953)

Here is yet another winner from the combination of Burmanda and Sahir Saab. I am uploading all songs here except for the one shown in red italics in the table below. If indeed this is the missing song, and if you can, please share. Thanks.

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

[akbaralibhai]

Thank you very much Swarapriya for Shahenshah songs. Do you have the original version of "Naazon Ke Pale" by Talat?

[Aditya Pant]

Shahenshah (1953)

Here is yet another winner from the combination of Burmanda and Sahir Saab. I am uploading all songs here except for the one shown in red italics in the table below. If indeed this is the missing song, and if you can, please share. Thanks.

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

I don't think there's any Lata version of Aayi Baharein Le Ke.

Lookng at akbaralibhai's comment, it seems that you have uploaded the re-recorded version of Naazon Ke Pale. It is a more easily available version and was re-recorded in studio sometime in the 80s, and sadly Talat Mahmood voice is a pale shadow of his original voice. Here's the original version:

Naazon Ke Pale - Shahenshah 1953 - Talat - SDB - 128 - 03:19



Aditya

This post has been edited by Aditya Pant: Jun 6 2010, 08:30 AM

[akbaralibhai]

Shahenshah (1953)

Here is yet another winner from the combination of Burmanda and Sahir Saab. I am uploading all songs here except for the one shown in red italics in the table below. If indeed this is the missing song, and if you can, please share. Thanks.

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

I don't think there's any Lata version of Aayi Baharein Le Ke.

Lookng at akbaralibhai's comment, it seems that you have uploaded the re-recorded version of Naazon Ke Pale. It is a more easily available version and was re-recorded in studio sometime in the 80s, and sadly Talat Mahmood voice is a pale shadow of his original voice. Here's the original version:

Naazon Ke Pale - Shahenshah 1953 - Talat - SDB - 128 - 03:19



Aditya

Thank you very much Aditya Pant for the original version.

[swarapriya]

Shahenshah (1953)

I don't think there's any Lata version of Aayi Baharein Le Ke.

Lookng at akbaralibhai's comment, it seems that you have uploaded the re-recorded version of Naazon Ke Pale. It is a more easily available version and was re-recorded in studio sometime in the 80s, and sadly Talat Mahmood voice is a pale shadow of his original voice. Here's the original version:

Naazon Ke Pale - Shahenshah 1953 - Talat - SDB - 128 - 03:19

Aditya

I thought I uploaded the original version, Aditya. The re-recorded version I have, I did not upload it, is of 3:33 duration. The original version I have uploaded is of 3:41 duration. The one you have uploaded, Aditya, is of 3:19 duration. Seems like there may be many versions of this song that are all of different time durations. Well, I will dowload the one you have anyways and compare with the versions I have.

Cheers,
Swarapriya

[RajanCS]

Shahenshah (1953)

Here is yet another winner from the combination of Burmanda and Sahir Saab. I am uploading all songs here except for the one shown in red italics in the table below. If indeed this is the missing song, and if you can, please share. Thanks.

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

I don't think there's any Lata version of Aayi Baharein Le Ke.

Lookng at akbaralibhai's comment, it seems that you have uploaded the re-recorded version of Naazon Ke Pale. It is a more easily available version and was re-recorded in studio sometime in the 80s, and sadly Talat Mahmood voice is a pale shadow of his original voice. Here's the original version:

Naazon Ke Pale - Shahenshah 1953 - Talat - SDB - 128 - 03:19



Aditya

Aditya ji,

I really do not know how express myself for this upload. I have been searching this since very long time. Bahut Bahut Bahut shukriya..

Sincere regards,

Rajan

[swarapriya]

Shole (1953)

There were four different types of lyricists in this movie including Sahir Saab. Geetaji dominated the proceedings with several songs. The duet of Geetaji and Hemantda is mostly the song that belongs to Geetaji. I have seen her portion only appear as a separate song in several collections. Therefore I have decided to include here only Geetaji's portion of the song as a separate one.

It appears like I may be missing at least two more songs shown in red italics in the table below. If indeed this is the case, and if you happen to have them, please kindly share with rest of us.

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

[swarapriya]

Angaarey (1954)

Here is another beautiful album from the knock-out combination of Burmanda and Sahir Saab where every song is a melodious winner. All these songs are by the courtesy of the Forum members. Thank you.

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

[swarapriya]

Taxi Driver (1954)

Here is another of Dev’s movie that was a trend setter because of not only a different way of characterizing the principals in the movie but also making Mumbai part of the proceedings. The city was as important as the character of the taxi driver played by Dev.

Here are some of the highlights of making of this movie …

The entire Anand clan was involved in the movie making. Dev of course was the producer and the hero. The director was Chetan, Dev’s older brother. The story and the screenplay were written by Uma Anand, Chetan’s wife and Vijay, Dev’s younger brother. This was Vijay’s first screenplay. The heroine of the movie, Kalpana Kartik, who was introduced in Dev’s earlier movie “Baazi” in 1951, became Dev’s wife while shooting this movie. He married her during the middle of a night while taking a shooting break. In an interview much later, Vijay who became a celebrated director and fine actor himself, says that he was never able come close to coming up with another script like “Taxi Driver”.

The movie introduced a new woman, Sheila Ramani to the screen. She played a club dancer, She and Kalpana shared the screen almost equal amount of times even though they were never together in any scene.

The movie was brilliantly photographed by V. Ratra. Mumbai never looked this good in the brilliance of black and white, in lights and shades, in clear sunlights and in smoke filled pubs.

During the dance numbers Sheila Ramani performed in the movie, a original jazz band was hired. This consisted of the husband and wife team of Vernon and Betty Corke and their two sons Noel and Alan. The foursome turned in cameo performances. The Corkes never got their due and eventually migrated to Australia seeking greener pastures.

The hit team of Burmanda and Sahir Saab continue to churn out one after another memorable hits. This movie was no exception. Every song is an utter delight. The standout song of the movie is “Jaaye Toh Jaaye Kahaan”. It is a dual song, sung separately by both Lata and Talat. Both songs are equally good. But my favorite is Talat’s version. An absolutely wonderful song. Talat Saab worked in only a few films for Burmanda but whenever they came together the results have been nothing less than extraordinary.

I am uploading all of the songs from an original soundtrack album in the first post. In the second post, I am including some specials. Now for a description of the songs in the first post and the songs themselves …

[swarapriya]

Concluding Songs from "Taxi Driver (1954)" ...

I am including in this post an extended version of the song "Aye Meri Zindagi". This is by the courtesy of the Forum members. Thank you. I am including another version of the song "Chaahe Koi Khush Ho". This one contains some dialogues. Also by the courtesy of the Forum members. Thanks. Finally I am including a special version of Talat Saab's "Jaaye Toh Jaaye Kahaan". This one has a nice introduction by Rajendra Mehta and is taken from the album "Legends: Talat Mahmood - The Silken Voice (CD2)".

Now for a description of these songs and the songs themselves ...

[swarapriya]

Devdas (1955)

Here is Bimal Roy paying a glowing tribute to one of his mentors, P.C. Barua, who made "Devdas" back to back both in Bengali and Hindi in 1935. Bimalda was the cinematographer for both of those movies. “Devdas” was also made in Tamil around late 40's. In 1953, it was made in both Telugu and Tamil with one of the greatest performances ever seen on screen by an Indian actor, Akkineni Nageshwara Rao, who gave such a heart rendering performance that is so haunting that seems like never fade away from your memory chambers.

Bimalda's "Devdas" was inexplicably a commercial failure. It had all the great elements to go with it, but for some reason it didn't click with the audience. It had all the right ingredients one expects from Bimlada. Great performances, beautiful music, brilliant photography, a slow paced brooding study of life that is just being wasted away slowly but surely. Bimalda deservedly won the Filmfare award as the Best Director.

All the principal actors gave wonderful performances. Dilip, who was a favorite with moviegoers, already starred in his previous outing a string of movies that were tragedies. Even though Dilip gave a great performance, people took it in stride and didn’t pay any particular attention to his portrayal of a grief stricken lover. Still Dilip won the Filmfare award as the Best Actor. Suchitra Sen as Paro was beautiful and stunningly photographed. Vyjayanti Mala, I believe she was barely 17 or 18 at that time, gave a great performance as Chandramukhi. She was awarded Filmfare’s Best Supporting Actress award. Vyjayanti declined to accept the honor stating that hers was actually the leading character in the movie and not that of Paro. Motilal, as a friend of Devda who introduced him to both Chandramukhi and alcohol as a diversion from Paro, was also equally brilliant. He walked away with Filmfare’s Best Supporting Actor award.

Burmanda had set the music that apparently reminds one of rural Bengal music culture. Lyrics by Sahir are awe inspiring. Songs like both duets of Geetaji and Mannada, “Aan Milo Aan Milo” and “Saajan Ki Ho Gayi Gori” and Talat Saab’s two solos “Kis Ko Khabar” and “Mitwa Laagi Re” and others are not only lyrically rich but melodiously composed and beautifully executed by the respective singers.

I am uploading all songs in three back-to-back posts. The first two posts contain all the songs of the film from an original soundtrack album. The third post gives some extended version songs.

Now for a description of the songs in the first post and the songs themselves …

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jul 1 2010, 11:19 PM