MUKESH - The Best Articulator of Melancholy.

 

 ‘Dil jalta hai to jalne de’. was the first major song from Mukesh from ” Pehli Nazar”(1945). It was Anil Biswas who composed this song and wanted him to sing in Saigal style The song became so popular that he was branded for the sad songs. He was next to Saigal for such types of songs.Initially, all the composers used Mukesh mainly for such songs.

After this film, however, Anil Biswas helped Mukesh to develop his own distinct style, away from the Saigal effect. Mukesh songs of Anokha Pyaar-48, Lajawab-50 and Aaram-51 are a testimony to this effort becoming a success. Just listen to ‘ Aye Jaan e Jigar’ song and you will agree.  The anguish of a failed lover, despondency of a purposeless life, the Heartache-all this is expressed by Mukesh like no other singer.

Naushad also recognized Mukesh's voice, he took him for the first time in the 1948 film 'Anokhi Ada'.Mukesh coming out a winner with his ‘ kabhi dil dil se takrata to hoga’. Mela-48 put a stamp of approval on Mukesh from none other than Dilip Kumar. He sang many songs for him, in fact he was the voice of Dilip Kumar in Andaz(1949) and Rafi was the voice of Raj Kapoor in that film.

Mukesh became the voice of Raj Kapoor after the success of Barsat (1949), he sang almost all the songs for him except a few exceptions. on his death raj Kapoor said that he has lost his voice. In fact, after the demise of Mukesh, Talat, Hemant, and Kishore to a certain extent sang sad songs, but the sentiments of Gloom, sorrow, and despair disappeared from Hindi film songs. 

The last song that he recorded was Chanchal Sheetal Nirmal Komal from “Satyam Shivam Sundaram” in June 1976. Soon after recording this song he left for a musical tour of the US. Mukesh had sung 930 songs in 533 films. he gave music to 2 films and acted in 7 films in his early years. Some of his films were, “Aadab Arz” (1943), “Aah” (1953), “Mashuqa” (1953), “Anurag” (1956).

Song of Pehli Nazar 1948

Song of Anokhi Ada 1948

Song of Mela 1948

Song of Andaz 1949

Song of Bawre Nain 1949

Song of Awara 1951

Song of Aah 1953

Song of Parvarish 1958

Song of Kanhaiya 1959

Song of Bombai Ka Babu 1960

Song of Chhalia 1960

Song of Baraat 1960

Song of Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi 1960

Song of Sanjog 1961

Song of Sasural 1961

The Songs of Anand Bakshi since the Begining of his Career( 1956 -1965)

 

Anand Bakshi (21 July 1930-30 March 2002) was fond of writing poetry since his youth, but he did this mostly as a private hobby. He worked in Army but left it to join Hindi Film Industry as a writer or a singer but not a lyricist. He got his break writing songs in a film titled Bhalaa Aadmi (1958), acted by Bhagwan Dada. He wrote four songs in this film. His first song in this film was "Dharti Ke Laal Na Kar Itna Malaal" which was recorded on 9 Nov 1956. (In his own voice on All India Radio interview).

Anand Bakshi thought at that time that now his career has started but it was not like that, he had to struggle further. He was given one or two songs in the films like Miss Toofan Mail, Sun To Le Haseena(1958), CID Girl, Laal Nishaan(1959) but he got noticed from the 1962 film 'Kala Samundar' Qawwali  “Meri Taveer Le Ke Kya Karoge”. Plus the films ‘Mehndi Lagi Mere Haath’ His first super hit song was 'Mere Mehboob Kayamat Hogi' from Mr X in Bombay, the first time he worked with Laxmikant Pyarelal.

In 1963, he again noticed with  Mukesh solo – “Chaand Aaahen Bharega” from the film ‘Phool Baney Angaare’,  “Tumhen Husn De Ke Khuda Ne Sitamgar Banaaya Banaaya”. from the film – ‘Jab Se Tumhen Dekha Hai’,

His real career as a lyricist started from the movie 'Jab Jab Phul Khile'. One of those songs 'Ek tha gul ek thi bulbul..' became very popular.This year another film 'Himalaya Ki God Mein' had 4 super hit songs in his name. Apart from these two films  ‘Lutera’, ‘Shriman Funtoosh’ and ‘Teesra Kaun’ had memorable songs. Notable mentions required though, for “Hamen Kya Jo Har Su Ujaale Huye Hain” from ‘Namaste Ji’ and “Ye Dard Bhara Afsaana” from ‘Shriman Funtoosh’. And yes – “Pyaar Ka Fasaana Bana Le Dil Deewaana” from ‘Teesra Kaun’.

In this blog, I am posting the forgotten and rarely listened songs of Anand Bakshi

Song of Bhala Aadmi 1958

Song of Sun To Le Haseena 1958

Song of Air Mail 1959

Song of Meine Jeena Seekh Liya 1959

Song of Mehlon Ka Khwab 1960

Song of ‘Zameen Ke Taare 1960

Song of  Razia Sultan 1961

Song of  Kala Samundar 1962

Song of  Vallah Kya Baat Hai 1962

Song of Zarak Khan 1963

Song of Jab Se Tumhen Dekha Hai’ 1963

Song of Phool Baney Angaare 1963

Song of Me X in Bombay 1965

Song of Dulha Dulhan 1964

Song of Lutere 1965

Song of Himalaya Ki God Mein 1965

Song of Jab Jab Phool Khile 1965

The Great Bollywood Songs on Promise

 

Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible. Promises are a vital part of building our relationships. Sometimes the poets or lyricists imagine a promise that is outside of our personal boundaries like 'Tere Liye Mein Chand Tare Tod Laonga' or 'Sau Baar Janam Lenge, Sau Baar Fana Honge'

There are hundreds of songs that explicitly use the words 'vada' or 'Kasam in the lyrics but In this blog, I have selected those songs with no words of promise in them but express a promise like Na Yeh Chand Hoga Na Tare Rahenge' or' Ek Ghar Banonga Tere Ghar Ke Samne.

The first song in my list is not a promise-giving song but asking for a promise. This song was written by D N Madhok and composed by Naushad for the 1944 film Rattan

Song of Rattan (1944)

Song of Jugnu (1949)

Song of Deedaar (1951) 

Song of Neelam Pari 1952

Song of Naukri 1954

Song of Shart 1954

Song of Baradari 1955

Song of Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai 1961

Song of Asli Naqli 1962

Song of Tere Ghar Ke Samne 1963

Song of Ustadon Ke Ustad 1963

Song of Guide 1965

Song of Mamta 1966

Song of Milan 1967

Song of Jeevan Mrityu 1970

Song of Hawas 1974

Song of Zakhmi 1975

Nashad- A Composer who created Immortal Songs in Bollywood and Pakistani films

 

Nashad  (11 July 1923 – 14 January 1981) composed music for Hindi films in the 1940s and 1950s, He composed under several names. He made his music debut under the name Shaukat Dehalvi in the 1947 action film Dildaar.  He composed as Shaukat Ali for the 1948 film Jeene Do. and Toote Taare (1948) as Shaukat Dehalvi.IFrom1949 onwards he composed music for actor-director Yakub's film, Aiye. as Shaukat Ali Haideri   In 1953, film director, Nakshab Jarachavi, changed Shaukat Ali's name to Nashad, which he retained for the rest of his life. He migrated to Pakistan and debuted as a composer in the 1964 film Maikhana, 

As Nashad his first song ' Badee Mushkil Se Dil Kee Bekaraaree Ko from Naghma 1953 sung by Shamshad Begum became a hit 'Baradari(1955) remains one of his memorable films.  This film had some hit songs "Bhula Nahin Dena Ji Bhula Nahin Dena, Zamana Kharab Hai" by Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammed Rafi, and "Tasveer Banata Hoon Tasveer Nahin Banti" by Talat Mehmood. Nashad himself sang a song in this film.

He introduced singer Suman Kalyanpur for the first time in the film. 'Sabse Bada Rupaiya', director: P. L. Santoshi, cast: Shashi Kala and Sundar, music: Nashad and O. P. Nayyar. 'Shehzada' (1955), director: Mohan Sinha, cast: Shela Ramani and Ajeet, music: Nashad and S. Mohinder. 'Jawab'.

 Maikhana (1964) was his first film in Pakistan, he was awarded Nigar Award for Best Music Composer for this film. Nashad had worked with Master Ghulam Haider, Nisar Bazmi, Naushad early in his film career as their assistant to learn from them. He is given credit for first introducing Runa Laila to the Pakistani film industry from Karachi

Nashad died on 14 January 1981 at 57 years of age after composing film music for over thirty films in Bollywood and over 60 films in Pakistan

Song of  Naghma 1953

Song of Darwaza (1954) 

Song of  Baradari 1955

Song of  Zindagi Ya Toofan (1958) 

Song of Maikhana (1964) Pakistani film

Song of Phir Subah Hogi (1966) Pakistani film

Song of Hum Dono (1966) Pakistani film

Song of  Tum mile pyar mila (1969) Pakistani film

Anil Biswas - One of the Pioneers of Hindi Film Music

 

Anil Biswas, Pankaj Mallick, Saraswati Devi, and Master Ghulam Haider were the first generation composers of Hindi Films. They started giving music in the mid-1930s and continued till the independence of the country.

Anil Biswas made his debut as a music director with "Dharam ki Devi" (1935). It was the popularity of the Mehboob Khan film "Jagirdar" (1937), which proved that he could turn out hit songs. Soon many more independent assignments came his way, most notably, 300 Days and After, Gramophone Singer, Hum Tum Aur Woh, Ek Hi Raasta, and Mehboob Khan's Watan (1938), Alibaba (1940), the classic, Aurat(1940), Bahen (1941), before working with him again, in Roti (1942).He was a mentor to many singers like Zohrabai Ambalewali, Begum Akhtar, Mukesh, Talat Mahmood,  Lata Mangeshkar, Meena Kapoor.

From 1942 to 1947 he worked for Bombay Talkies.During this period he gave many hit fils few of them were Kismet(1943),Jwar Bhatta" (1944) and "Milan" (1946).During the 1950's, he served as the music director for a number of films.  Some notable films of his were "Abhimaan" (1957) and "Pardesi" (1957).The last film he did was "Chhoti Chhoti Baatein" (1965)

First Song of Begum Akhtar

Song of Roti 1942

Song of Kismet  1943

Song of Jwar Bhatta" (1944) 

First Song of Mukesh

Song of Pehli Nazar 1945

Lata Mangeshkar: Tumhare Bulane Ko Jee Chahta Hai (Ladli, 1949)

Song of Ladli 1949

Talat Mahmood: Ae Dil Mujhe Aisi Jagah Le Chal (Arzoo, 1950)

Song of Arzoo, 1950

Shukriya Shukriya Ae Pyar Tera Shukriya

Song of Aaram 1951

Seene Mein Sulagte Hain Armaan

Song of Tarana 1951

Song of Chaar Dil Chaar Rahen 1959

Meena Kapoor: Kuchh Aur Zamana Kehta Hai (Chhoti Chhoti Baten, 1965)

Song of Chhoti Chhoti Baten, 1965

When Madhubala was so fascinated by Shammi Kapoor's dance, she forgot to Act

 

Shammi Kapoor and Madhubala acted in 3 films together. It was in their third film 'Boy Friend' released in 1961, there was a song to be picturized on Shammi Kapoor and Madhubala. The situation of the song was that Madhubala is sleeping and Shammi Kapoor has to sing a song. She was supposed to be asleep in the sequence but she couldn't close her eyes, she was so fascinated by the style of steps Shammi Kapoor taking. The Director picturized the song as she would keep one eye open as he serenaded her.

This happened during the picturization of the song 'Dheere Chal Dheere Chal Aye Bheegi Hawa' from 'Boy Friend'. This film song was shot after the success of Yahoo song and Shammi Kapoor was a superstar now. This film was the twentieth highest-grossing Indian film of 1961.

Song of Boy Friend 1961

Boy Friend was produced and directed by Naresh Saigal. The film stars Madhubala, Shammi Kapoor and Dharmendra. The film's music was by Shankar Jaikishan.It was a remake of the first blockbuster film of India 'Kismet' released in 1943 starring Ashok Kumar.

A Still from  Rail Ka Dibba 1953

Shammi Kapoor and Madhubala came together in Rail Ka Dibba released in 1953. Though Shammi had signed on Jeevan Jyoti first, P N Arora's Rail Ka Dibba had gone on the floor ahead of it, as if it was ordained that his career should start with Madhubala. Before this  Shammi had signed was his friend Aspi Irani's Hum Tum Aur Woh opposite Madhubala. But that film didn't go beyond the opening shot.

After Rail Ka Dibba both worked together in Lekhraj Bhakri's Naqab (1955), this film also was not successful. In fact, Shammi Kapoor became a star in 1957 with the hit film 'Tumsa Nahin Dekha'

A Still from Naqab 1955

After Junglee Shammi Kapoor became a star and gave many hits after this film.It definitely not one of his best movies either but entertaining enough to keep one glued to his/her seat esp if you are a Shammi Kapoor fan.

Songs of Boy Friend 1961

Songs of Boy Friend 1961