Bollywood songs that are about Bungalow or Ghar(House)

Yesterday I wrote a blog on bungalows of Film stars which was very well appreciated by the readers (more than 2000 visitors visited the blog in one day), this gave me a thought of writing a blog featuring songs that are about Bungalow or Ghar(House)  
The most popular "Bungalow" song was K L Saigal's "Ek Bangla Bane Nyara" and the most popular "Ghar" song is "Ek Ghar Banonga Tere Ghar Ke Samne" There are many more songs in Bollywood on this theme. I have selected a few of these great songs.
The first song in my list is the immortal K L Saigal's Ek Bangla Bane Nyara from the film President [1937]. This song was written by Kidar Sharma and composed by R C Boral and Pankaj Mullik.

Song of President [1937].    ( Audio only)

The next iconic Bungalow song is from the 1958 film Kaala Pani. It was written by Mazrooh Sultanpuri and composed by S D Burman, picturized on Nalini Jaywant and the playback given by Asha Bhosle. This remains one of the most popular and beautiful Mujra-songs ever. 

Song of Kaala Bazar[1958].

Next Bungalow song is from the 1972 film Samadhi picturized on Asha Parekh, written by Mazrooh Sultanpuri and composed by R D Burman. This song was remixed as "Kaanta Laga" for the T-Series album DJ Doll.

Song of Samadhi 1972

Another hit Bungalow song was "dariya kinare ek bangalo" from  Sabse Bada Rupaiya [1976]sung by Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar written by Mazrooh Sultanpuri and Basu Manohri, assistant of R D Burman.

Song of Sabse Bada Rupaiya 1976

 This song dreaming of a Bungalow along with a car with a boyfriend to envy the people. The song was written by Shaily Shailendra, the son of the great lyricist Shailendra and composed by Bappi Lahiri

Song of Aap Ki Khatir 1977

Let us look into this hit song from the 1968 film "Kismet" sung by Asha Bhosle and Shamshad Begum, written by H S Bihari and composed by O P Nayyar, picturized on Babita and Biswajeet

Song of Kismat 1968

Now I look into the song on Ghar or house, the first great song comes in our mind is " Ek Ghar Banaonga Tere Ghar Ke Samne" beautifully picturized on Dev Anand and Nutan. This song was written by Hasrat Jaipuri, composed by S D Burman  and beautifully sung by Mohammad Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar

Song of Tere Ghar Ke Samne (1963)    

Enjoy this Hit song from the 1954 movie Naukri starring Kishore Kumar, Sheela Ramani, This song was written by Shailendra composed by Salil Chowdhary picturized on Kishore Kumar singing in his own voice.

Song of Naukri 1954

 This iconic song from Awara 1951 deserves a place on this list. In this song, the heroine welcomes home the long-lost lover who has strayed so far but has finally returned. The song was picturized on Nargis.

Sung by Lata, written by Shailendra and composed by Shankar Jaikishan

Song of Awara 1951

This philosophical song from Phir Subah Hogi, very well written by Sahir, composed by Khayyam, sung by Mukesh and picturized on Raj Kapoor.

Song of PHIR SUBAH HOGI 1958 

Watch the Hindi classic romantic song Jis Gali Mein Tera Ghar sung by Mukesh from the blockbuster Bollywood movie Kati Patang (1970), starring Rajesh Khanna & Asha Parekh. The music is composed by R.D Burman and written by Anand Bakshi The scenic Nainital lake, the only oar-powered boat of these love birds among colorful sailing yachts creates a bewitching effect.

Song of Kati Patang 1970

One more “ghar” song, which I think should be included in my list is the song from Kabhie Kabhie – “mere ghar aayi ek nanhi pari. This song was sung by Lata Mangeshkar written by Sahir and composed by Khayyam.Song was picturized on Waheeda Rehman.

Song of Kabhie Kabhie 1976

Another worth mentioning Ghar song was picturized on Deepti Naval and Farookh Shaikh in the 1982 film Saath Saath. Song was written by Javed Akhtar and sung by Jagjit Singh and Chitra Singh.

Song of Saath Saath 1982

Mera Piya Ghar Aaya O Ram Ji" awesome item song picturized on Madhuri Dixit remains one of the best songs of her. Song was sung by Kavita Krishnamurthy from the 1995 film Yaarana. Written by Maya Govind and music by Anu Malik

Song of Yaarana 1995

Watch this melodious soothing romantic Ghar song "Jhilmil Sitarin Ka Aangan Hoga" from the 1970 movie Jeevan Mrityu picturized on Dharmendra & Rakhee. Sung by Lata and Rafi. The film went on to become a hit at the box office, including the song "Jhilmil Sitaron Ka Aangan Hoga".The song was written by Anand Bakshi composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal

Song of Jeevan Mrityu 1970

The last song of this blog is this super hit song  DEKHO MAINE

DEKHA HAI YE EK SAPNA from Love Story movie starring Kumar Gaurav, Vijeta Pandit,, released in 1981. The song is sung by Amit Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar and music is given by R.D.Burman, written by Anand Bakshi

Song of Love Story 1981

Urdu Shayari in Bollywood Songs

Urdu Shayari is primarily a spoken art form and therefore more suited to theatrical and cinematic adaptation. In fact, when this Shayari was decorated with music, it made Urdu poetry accessible and entertaining to the masses. 
Urdu, from the very beginning, was the most important language of the talkies. Starting from the first Sound Film "Alam Ara" till the 8os Urdu Shayari was predominantly used in Hindi songs.
As Urdu was the lingua franca of artistic expression, Urdu poetry became indispensable to songwriters. Two of the earliest lyricists in Hindi cinema – Kidar Sharma and Dina Nath Madhok – perfectly symbolized this synergy between poetry and cinema. 
.The credit of the first song and the singer in a movie goes to Wazir Mohammad Khan who acted and sang this song De De Khuda Ke Naam Se De, it was in Urdu.

De De Khuda Ke Naam Se De from Alam Ara

In the 40s till Golden Era, the Urdu Shayari was at its prime. The Urdu poets of the era belonged to different parts of the country. Stalwarts like Jan Nisar Akhtar (father of Javed Akhtar), Sahir Ludhianvi, Kaifi Azmi (father of Shabana Azmi), Mazrooh Sultanpuri and Shakeel Badayuni, were either related or were close friends with each other.
 Almost all lyricists of that time had formal training in Urdu poetry and were well-versed with its various forms like ghazal, nazm, qawwali etc. Their careers began in mushairas 

Song of Dulari 1949

Song of Chaudhavin Ka Chand 1960

From romantic sonnets like Chaudhavin Ka Chand to songs of desperate misery like Dekhi Zamane Ki Yaari, and qawwalis like Yeh Ishq Ishq Hai, this was truly the high noon of Urdu poetry in Bollywood. The philosophical song " Mein Zindagi Ka Saath Nibhata Chala Gaya" by Sahir Ludhianvi from the movie Hum Dono, exemplifies what a naturally poetic time this was for the Hindi cinema. 

Song of Hum Dono 1961

The advent of parallel cinema, commonly called “art films”, further gave opportunities to traditional poets such as Shahryar, who wrote the lyrics for Umrao Jaan and Gaman. Independent artists like Jagjit Singh, Ghulam Ali, Salma Agha also wrote tunes for famous Urdu ghazals. Many of these were used in movie soundtracks and gave us classics like Tum Itna Jo Muskura Rahe Ho and Chupke Chupke Raat Din.

Song of Taj Mahal 1963

Song of Sadhana 1958

Song of Kala Paani 1958

Song of Kaghaz Ke Phool 1959

Song of Gumrah 1963

Song of Sangam 1964

Song of Safar 1970

The Changing Trend of Holi Songs in Bollywood

Since the release of Amitabh Bachchan's "Silsila" in the early eighties, no Holi celebration in India reached a crescendo without "Rang Barse" being sung and danced to.
If we look into the history of Holi songs in Bollywood, we have seen a gradual but marked change in the style of music and picturization. 
The first Holi song was seen in the 1940 film" Holi" written by D N Madhok and composed by Khemchand Prakash was sung by Sitara Devi. Another film "Aurat".released in the same year had two Holi songs in that film composed by Anil Biswas. This film was made by Mehboob Khan. It was remade after 20 years into the iconic Mother India. Both films had Holi songs 
In the 50s many films had Holi songs. Those days the trend was derived from lord Krishna’s days in the Brij region of northern India where he is said to have indulged in sensuous frolicking with his consort Radha and other belles (Gopikas) of his village. 
These songs were essentially folk music. And that too mostly Gujarati and Rajasthani folk music. Since then the music, the mood, the style kept on changing every decade.
The Holi Songs of the 1940s
Sung by Sitara Devi, Amritlal ,Composed by Khemchand Prakash

Song of Holi 1940

Aaj Holi Khelenge Saajan Ke 

Song of Aurat 1940

Jamuna Tat Shyam Kheln Holi

Song of Aurat 1940

Here is a rare Holi song of the lesser-known film Tilasmi Duniya released in 1946. The singing voices are not identified. There is one male voice and a female voice. It starts off as a song of fun and revelry, which also includes reference to the pastimes of Lord Krishna and Radha Rani. The music was given by Sajjad Hussain, this song here is one more of the rarest of rare treats. 

Song of ‘Tilasmi Duniya’ (1946)

Another rare gem is being presented from the 1947 film  ‘Renuka’. the voices belong to Zohrabai, Sardar Malik himself

 

Song of Renuka (1947) 

Holi Songs of the 1950s

Song of Jogan (1950)

Song of Rahi (1953)

Song of Aan (1953)

By the mid-50s romance was visible on Holi Songs

In the 1956 film Durgesh Nandini A romantic Holi song composed by Hemant Kumar and picturized on the elegant Bina Rai and the princely Pradeep Kumar. 

Song of Durgesh Nandini 1956

Song of Mother India (1958)

Song of Navrang (1959)

Song of Kohinoor (1960)

This song from the critically acclaimed Godaan is an unconventional Holi song rooted in the folk music of rural India, composed by the sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar. 

Song of Godaan (1963)

Song of Do Dil (1965)

From the 50s,60s trend of Nandlal and Krishan now in 70s we see the fun-filled song and teasing each other

Song of Kati Patang (1970)

Song of Paraya Dhan (1971)

Song of Sholay (1975)

This fun Holi song from the Basu Chatterji directed romantic comedy Dillagi is unusual as compared to the typical lively and exuberant Holi songs of Bollywood, which have scores of people dancing in tandem with the lead actors. 

Song of Dillagi (1978)

In the80s 90 we see  flirtatious songs like Rang Barse or  fun and fear song Ang Se Ang Lagana from Darr

Song of Silsila 1981

Song of Darr 1993

In the new millennium, the Holi songs became power-packed, rigorous dance sequences Peppy music became the new flavor.

Song of Waqt (2005)

Song of Action Replay(2010)

Song of Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013)

Sahir Ludhianvi - The Magician of Words

True to his name "Sahir" which means a magician, he proved to be a magician of words. He painted fascinating images in songs and ghazals, Spellbinding his listeners and readers for decades. For about thirty years, he remained associated with the Hindi film industry. He composed hundreds of songs for Hindi/Urdu films. Most of his songs became hugely popular and are even today sung and hummed by people of all generations. 
 Sahir made his debut as a lyricist with the film "Azadi Ki Raah Par" in 1948. but got fame only associating with S D Burman. Two films, released in 1951, had songs that sky-rocketed in popularity and are hummed even today. First was "Thandi Hawaiian Lehraa Ke Aayen" from Naujawan. The second was a landmark film, marking the directorial debut of Guru Dutt - Baazi. Both films, coincidentally, had music by S. D. Burman.
S.D. Burman and Sahir Ludhianvi went on to compose music for 18 movies, Some of the well-known films are characteristic of Burman-Ludhianvi team: Devdas, Jeevan Jyoti, Jaal, Society, Armaan and Taxi Driver.
The last film Sahir made with Burman was Pyaasa. In Pyaasa, Guru Dutt played a poet named Vijay. After Pyaasa, Sahir and Burman went separate ways due to artistic and contractual differences.
Sahir Ludhianvi has written about 700 songs for 30 music composers in his 32 years career as lyrics writer ( 1921 to 1980 )
Sahir won a Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist for Taj Mahal (1963). He won a second Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist for his work on Kabhie Kabhie (1976) and he was awarded the Padma Shri in 1971.
Sahir was considered a *romantic*: personal romance and the resultant disillusionment, followed by universal romance and the resultant frustration with *the way it is*. He never minced the words, did not sublimate emotions. He expressed thoughts clearly and directly.
.During the last years of his life, Sahir suffered from alcoholism and underwent a radical personality alteration marked by moodiness and despair. Sahir Ludhianvi passed away at the age of 59 (25 October 1980) from a heart attack. A bungalow named Parchaiyaan in Andheri, Mumbai became Sahir’s abode from the 1970s till his last days.
List of Films with S D Burman

S. D. Burman	Angaarey	1954
S. D. Burman	Armaan	1953
S. D. Burman	Baabla	1953
S. D. Burman	Baazi	1951
S. D. Burman	Devdas	1955
S. D. Burman	Funtoosh	1956
S. D. Burman	House No. 44	1955
S. D. Burman	Jaal	1952
S. D. Burman	Jeevan Jyoti	1953
S. D. Burman	Lal Kunwar	1952
S. D. Burman	Munimji	1955
S. D. Burman	Naujawaan	1951
S. D. Burman	Pyaasa	1957
S. D. Burman	Radha Krishna	1954
S. D. Burman	Sazaa	1951
S. D. Burman	Shahenshah	1953
S. D. Burman	Society	1955
S. D. Burman	Taxi Driver	1954

Songs with N Dutta

N. Dutta	Baalo (Punjabi)	1951
N. Dutta	Bhai Bahen	1959
N. Dutta	Chandi Ki Deewar	1964
N. Dutta	Chandrakanta	1956
N. Dutta	Chehre Pe Chehra	1981
N. Dutta	Dharamputra	1961
N. Dutta	Dhool Ka Phool	1959
N. Dutta	Didi	1959
N. Dutta	Dilli Ka Dada	1962
N. Dutta	Kala Samundar	1962
N. Dutta	Lighthouse	1958
N. Dutta	Marine Drive	1955
N. Dutta	Milaap	1955
N. Dutta	Naach Ghar	1959
N. Dutta	Naya Raasta	1970
N. Dutta	Picnic	UNR
N. Dutta	Sachche Moti	1962
N. Dutta	Sachche Moti	1962
N. Dutta	Sadhanaa	1958

Songs with Ravi

Ravi	Aadmi Aur Insaan	1969
Ravi	Aaj Aur Kal	1963
Ravi	Aankhen	1968
Ravi	Amaanat	1975
Ravi	Bahu Beti	1965
Ravi	Chingaari	1989
Ravi	Dhundh	1973
Ravi	Do Kaliyan	1968
Ravi	Ek Mahal Ho Sapnon Ka	1975
Ravi	Ganga Tera Pani Amrit	1971
Ravi	Gumraah	1963
Ravi	Humraaz	1967
Ravi	Kaajal	1965
Ravi	Mehmaan	1974
Ravi	Neelkamal	1968
Ravi	Paisa Yaa Pyaar	1969
Ravi	Pyaar Ka Bandhan	1963
Ravi	Samaaj Ko Badal Dalo	1970
Ravi	Waqt	1965

Songs with Khayyam

Khaiyyam	Chambal Ki Kasam	1979
Khaiyyam	Kaafir	UNR
Khaiyyam	Kabhi Kabhi	1976
Khaiyyam	Phir Subah Hogi	1958
Khaiyyam	Pyaasi Dharati	UNR
Khaiyyam	Shagun	1964
Khaiyyam	Trishul	1978

Songs with Roshan

Roshan	Babar	1960
Roshan	Bahu Begum	1967
Roshan	Barsaat Ki Raat	1960
Roshan	Bheegi Raat	1965
Roshan	Chitralekha	1964
Roshan	Dil Hi To Hai	1963
Roshan	Dooj Ka Chand	1964
Roshan	Taj Mahal	1963

Songs with O P Nayyar

O. P. Nayyar	12 O' Clock	1958
O. P. Nayyar	Bade Sarkaar	1957
O. P. Nayyar	Naya Daur	1957
O. P. Nayyar	Sone Ki Chidiya	1958
O. P. Nayyar	Tumsa Nahin Dekha	1957

Songs with Jaidev

Jaidev	Hum Dono	1961
Jaidev	Joru Ka Bhai	1955
Jaidev	Mujhe Jeene Do	1963

The First Song of Sahir

Song of Azadi Ki Raah Par" 1948

Song of Naujawan 1951

Song of Baazi 1951

Song of Jaal 1952

Song of Taxi Driver 1954

Song of Naya Daur (1957)

Song of  Pyaasa (1957)

Song of  Dhool Ka Phool (1959) 

Song of Hum Dono (1961)  

Song of  Gumrah (1963)

Song of  Chitralekha (1964)

Song of Waqt (1965 film)

Song of Kabhi Kabhi (1976)

Let's Revisit Mohammad Rafi - Part 1 (1944-1953 )

Mohammed Rafi (24 December 1924 – 31 July 1980)  is considered as one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. He was known for his ability to mold his voice to the persona and style of an actor, lip-syncing the song on screen in the movie. He has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in various regional Indian languages as well as foreign languages, though primarily in Hindi-Urdu and Punjabi over which he had a strong command.
In this blog, I plan to divide Rafi’s very long career into 10-year slots, look for a film that has his first association with the music director, and then pick up one solo song that seems to slip from our memories.
                                                             1944 to 1953

Rafi moved to Bombay, Maharashtra in 1944. His first recorded song in a Hindi film was a duet with G M Durrani "Aji dil ho kaabu mein to dildar ki aisi taisi...," for Gaon Ki Gori, As can be expected the first five-year period of Rafi  had a very large number of music directors who deployed Mohammad Rafi first time.

Song of Gaon Ki Gori. 1944

Pandit Govindram, one of the then leading music director, teamed up with lyricist Ramesh Gupta for Hamara Sansar with what may be termed as a full-fledged 1st solo song. The experts may see that youthful rawness in Rafi’s voice but not in his singing prowess.

                          Muhammad Rafi 1st solo Song from Film Hamara Sansar 1945

Song of Hamara Sanar 1945

In 1946 S Quereshi another popular composer of that era composed a slightly fast-paced tune which is essentially in the nature of a traditional prayer. Shevan Rizvi has made required changes in the lyrics to suit the song to probably a 78-RPM

record singing length duration. In the years to come, Mohammad Rafi developed a special

forte for this genre.

Song of Arab Ka Sitara 1946

Song of Shahjahan (1946)

Composer Naushad took Rafi for the first time in a chorus with Shyam Kumar, Alauddin and others from the film" Pehle Aap." in 1944.  In 1945, he appeared on the screen for the song "Tera Jalwa Jis Ne Dekha" in the film Laila Majnu. He sang a number of songs for Naushad as part of the chorus, including "Mere Sapnon Ki Rani, Roohi Roohi" with K. L. Saigal, from the film Shahjahan (1946). Rafi sang "Tera Khilona Toota Balak" from Mehboob Khan's Anmol Ghadi (1946) and a duet with Noor Jehan in the 1947 film Jugnu, "Yahan Badla Wafa Ka". 

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Song of Anmol Ghadi (1946) 

Song of Jugnu 1947

C Ramachandra has scored a double solo in Safar. Kehke Bhi Na Aaye Tum can be treated as one of the popular among Mohammad Rafi’s early songs.C.Ramchandra went onto

compose 22 more songs of Mohammad Rafi by 1949

Song of Safar 1946

Song of Safar 1946 

S D Burman also opens an account with Mohammad Rafi solo in Do Bhai. Raja Mahendi Ali Khan’s lyrics have been done a very fair justice by Mohammad Rafi in the way the song has been rendered. S.D. Burman used Rafi as a singing voice of Dev Anand and Guru Dutt in the years to come.

Song of Do Bhai 1947

In 1948 composer Ram Ganguly had used Mohammad Rafi in the maiden Raj Kapoor film Aag, but that is a duet with Shamshad Begum – Solah Baras Ki Bhayee Umariya.

Song of Aag 1948

Hans Raj Behl has used Mohmmad Rafi for one solo and one duet (with Geeta Dutt) for Chunariya. This can be taken as first of the signature HRB-Rafi song, which seems to pave for fairly qualitative combined work in the years to come.

Song of CHUNARIYA 1948

Rafi's partnership with Shankar Jaikishan was among the most famous and successful in the Hindi film industry. Rafi sang his first song under Shankar Jaikishan in their Debute film Barsaat in 1949. This was the only song he sang in his movie

By the end of the year 1949, Mohammad Rafi became very popular among music directors and the public. The overall tally of Mohammad Rafi’s songs for the year 1949 is 121 songs, with 21 music directors, spread over 49 films.

Song of Barsaat 1949

In 1950, Mohammad Rafi had had 29 solos out of 108 songs He became a favorite of Naushad. This year another great music director Madan Mohan gave Rafi his first solo with him in the 1950 film Aankhen

Song of Aankhen 1950

The year 1951 has 26 solos from a total of 72 Mohammad Rafi songs. The year had Naushad switching over to Mohammad Rafi for background voice of Dilip Kumar and we have some of the top Mohammad Rafi songs in Deedar. Husnlala Bhagatram also has a twin solo for Mohammad Rafi in Afasana – Duniya Ek Kahani Re Bhaiya – which also was quite popular. Shankar Jaikishan has used Mohammad Rafi for special songs in RK’s Aawara, which is also going to be a very notable trend in itself.

Song of Deedar 1951

Another song by Mohammad Rafi for the film  Janam Janam Ke Phere 1951 became very popular. The year, on the whole, seems to be the game turner in the career path of Mohammad Rafi.

Song of Janam Janam Ke Phere 1951

The year 1952 was the year of Baiju Bawra, Naushad gave a slew of Rafi hits in Aan and Baiju Bawra. For Deewana, Naushad had one of Rafi’s immortal "Tasweer Banata Hun Teri Khoon-e-Jigar Se."

The year 1952 had 80 songs to Mohammad Rafi’s account, of which 32 songs were solos.

Song of Deewana 1952

Song of  Baiju Bawra 1952

The year 1953 had 31 solos songs of Mohammad Rafi out of a total of 71 songs. This year Salil Chaudhary made his debut with Do Bigha Zameen,  Rafi was given one song in this film. Rafi also sang for O P Nayyar for the first time in Baaz.  

Here is the song that can be said to be one more defining step in Mohammad Rafi’s career.

Jal Jal Ke Shama Ki Tarah Fariyad from the film Fariyadi 1953 composed by Baldev Nath Baali 

The song is cast in what we know as Mohammad Rafi’s signature style for the songs of sad mood.

Song of  Fariyadi 1953