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

Pali Hill - The Place where the Top Bollywood Celebrities Live

The posh ‘Pali Hill’ area of Mumba is known because of the big guns of the film industry reside there. Once Dilip Kumar lived here, now that bungalow is under dispute  
Other than bungalows of Dilip Kumar and Saira Bano, Gulzar, Rakhi, Rishi Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Amir Khan also live here. 
Late Dev Anand’s Recording Studio "Anand " in which he had his penthouse where he did most of his planning, thinking and writing (he wrote every page of his autobiography in his own handwriting in the same penthouse. is also situated at Pali Hill itself.

Dev Anand's house 

Pali Hill lies on the west coast of Mumbai, running closely parallel to Carter Road(recently renamed Naushad Ali Road), a popular sea-front and promenade. Both these roads are situated in the Bandra (West) suburb (H-West Ward) of Mumbai, India.
At the southern end of Pali Hill is the Rajendra Kumar Junction (Chowk) of four roads – leading to Carter Road in the west. On Pali Hill, the road diverges downhill – the Zig Zag Road. At this junction was the Anand Bungalow (owned by Dev Anand.

Sanjay-Dutt  Building

Among the notable residents were Late politician and actor, Sunil Dutt's bungalow, as well as his daughter and Member of Parliament Priya Dutt's and her brother Sanjay Dutt's building. Sanjay and Manyata Dutt stay in the ground floor apartment of Imperial Heights in Pali Hills.

Dilip Kumar's old Bangalow

Actor Dilip Kumar's and Saira Banu's bungalow (currently caught in a heritage structure row and in a semi-ruin state). They want to redevelop the bungalow in Pali Hill, is in a legal tussle with local builder Samir Bhojwani, who has claimed the property

Famous Filmmaker Nasir Hussain's bungalow – Pali Annexe (now being renovated); with grandson Imran Khan.

Aamir Khan Lives in Bella Vista

Aamir Khan's flat at Belavista. He stays with wife Kiran and son Azad in the 5,000 sq feet apartment in Bella Vista Apartments in Bandra--the decor of which features a mix of modern Asian and European elements. 

Faisal Khan at Marina Apartments near the Bai Avabai Framji Petit Girls' High School at Union Park;

Rishi Kapoor's House

Rishi Kapoor, his wife Neetu Kapoor at the bungalow Krishna Raj along with their kids Ranbir Kapoor.

Late actress Meena Kumari, late hero Bharat Bhushan,Amjad Khan, Pran, Sanjeev Kumar, Vinod Mehran also lived here.
 Gulzar, poet, lyricist, writer, at his bungalow Boskiyana. Another lyricist and comedian Gulshan Bawra also lived here.
 Prem Chopra, Moushmi Chatterjee, and Mahesh Bhatt and his family live here. 
Famous filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Deepika Padukone also live here. 

50 Years of the film Khilona

Khilona, produced by L.V. Prasad under the Prasad Productions Pvt. Ltd. banner and directed by Chander Vohra. It stars Jeetendra, Mumtaz, Sanjeev Kumar in lead roles was released on 8th April 1970.
With this film, 3 prominent Stars of the future emerged in Bollywood. Mumtaz as a top heroine of the 70s, Sanjeev Kumar as Hero and Shatrughan Sinha as top Villain.
Mumtaz, who had risen from the ranks to make a mark in “Do Raaste” just a year before gave a stunning performance. She won the Filmfare Best Actress Award for this film. Sanjeev Kumar, who did many films earlier had to wait for more than a decade to make his mark in “Khilona”. He was nominated as the Best Actor. Shatrughan Sinha — showing glimpses of the characteristics that were to become his trademark in later years.

The film was a super hit. The film received six nominations at the 18th Filmfare Awards in 1971, of which it won the Filmfare Best Movie Award and Filmfare Best Actress Award for Mumtaz. Other nominations were for Best Actor (Sanjeev Kumar), Best Comic (Jagdeep), Best Story (Gulshan Nanda) and Best Male Playback Singer (Mohammed Rafi).
Sanjeev Kumar who plays Vijay Kamal is a son of a rich Thakur, who lost his mind.
 because his lover Sapna marries his neighbor Bihari (Shatrughan Sinha) and then she commits suicide on the night of the Diwali party hosted by Bihari. This incident puts Vijay in shock. Thakur believes that if Vijay gets married, his mental health would improve. He hence approaches a tawaif, Chand (Mumtaz) to pretend to be Vijay's wife and thus help him get better. which she accepts. Once, in a fit of madness, Vijay sexually assaults Chand. But later, Chand becomes very friendly with Vijay and that starts improving his condition.
Bihari had an eye for Chand, he wants to have an affair with her. He makes a plan for that but Chand does not let Bihari's plan work.

Jeetendra has a small role, he plays Mohan, the younger brother of Sanjeev Kumar also loves Chand but is heartbroken when he finds out that she is pregnant (owing to the assault) and is carrying Vijay's child. Dejected, he leaves home without notice.
Vijay whose mental condition was improving day by day once had a fight with Bihari, In this fight, Bihari falls off the terrace and this shocks Vijay, curing him of his mental ailment. His memory returns but now he doesn't recognize Chand. She is now is thrown out of the house by the other members of the family who were opposed to her since the beginning.

Jeetendra now steps in and accuses everyone of treating her like a toy and only using her when needed. He reveals how she saved Radha(Their sister) from Bihari's evil pursuits. It is also revealed that Chand was actually born in a noble family and was only raised as a tawaif as she was found alone after a train accident. The family thus accepts Chand and all ends well.
The film had first-rate music, with some blockbuster songs, including “Sanam Tu Bewafa ke naam se”, sung by Lata Mangeshkar, and the two Rafi numbers, “Khush Rahe Tu Sada” and “Khilona Jaankar Tum”

Song of Khilona 1970

Song of Khilona 1970

Song of Khilona 1970

Song of Khilona 1970

Hasrat Jaipuri - Yaad Kiya Dil Ne Kahan Ho Tum

The songs in the 50s were undoubtedly something great, never before the feeling of love expressed in the most beautiful as this song. This song from the film Patita released in 1953 was penned by the great lyricist Hasrat Jaipuri for Dev Anand for the first time. 
Think of when a great Romantic songwriter Hasrat Jaipuri writes for the King of Romance Dev Anand, the song would be a treat to watch. Recall the songs of Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai, Asli Naqli and Tere Ghar Ke Samne. In this blog, I have selected a few such romantic songs of this great lyricist and hero.
Hasrat Jaipuri was born on 15th April 1922 at Jaipur. He began writing verses when he was around twenty years old. He started his film career with the immortal song Jiya Beqaraar Hai for the film Barsaat in 1949. It was also the first film of Shankar Jaikishan, That was the beginning of a lifelong association.
He gave lyrics for 9 of Dev Anand's films. In almost every film he gave one or two memorable romantic songs. Recall the song Dil Ka Bhanvar Kare Pukar from Tere Ghar Ke Samne or Sau Saal Pehle Mujhe Tumse Pyar Tha from Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai.
He worked in  350 films and 2000 recorded songs, his last releases were Saazish with Jatin-Lalit and Sher Khan (with Bappi Lahiri), and at the time of his death, he was working on a few small films and a book of Shaayari.
He won innumerable awards, honors, and mementos. Among them were two Filmfare trophies. He died on 17th September 1999. He still remains the King Of Romance.

Song of Patita 1953

Song of Love Marriage 1959

Song of Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai 1961

Song of Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja 1961

Song of Asli Naqli 1962

Song ofTere Ghar KeSaamne  1963

Song of Pyar Mohabbat  1966

Song of Duniya  1968

Shamshad Begum- Kishore Kumar sang as chorus boys for her songs

You will be surprised to know that In the late 1940s, the great composer Madan Mohan and Kishore Kumar sang as chorus boys for her songs at the Filmistan Studio. Begum promised at this time that she would sing songs composed by Mohan once he started his career as a music director and would accept a lower fee. She also predicted that Kumar would become a great playback singer. She later recorded duets with Kishore Kumar, including "Gori ke Nainon Mein Nindiya Bhari" from Angarey and "Mere Neendon Me Tum" from Naya Andaz.
The credit of discovering Shamshad Begum’s talent, polishing her singing and bringing her to the limelight goes to the music director Gulam Haider. Her first song" Sawan Ke Nazare Hain" from Khajanchi(1941) was a hit. She became a favorite female singer of the composers of that era including Naushad Ali, O. P. Nayyar, C. Ramchandra and S. D. Burman from 1946 to 1960. 
Shamshad Begum was born on 14 th April 1919 and died on 23 rd April 2013. Her talent was first spotted by her principal when she was in a primary school in 1924. Impressed by the quality of her voice, she was made head singer of classroom prayer. At 10, she started singing folk-based songs at religious functions and family marriages.
She began her singing career from All India Radio (AIR) in Peshawar and Lahore from 1937.It was from here Ghulam Haider was popularly known as the Materji, who was the music director of Xenophone picked her and signed her for 12 songs at Rs 12.50 per song, a big sum that time. She was about 13 then.

Shamshad Begum’s debut in Hindi films came in 1941 in Khazanchi, a year before Noorjehan’s in Hindi films in Khandan (1942), both under Ghulam Haider. In the next year the song Duniya mein garibon ko aaram nahi milta from Zameendar (1942), and Gaaadiwale dupatta uda liya jaye re  from Poonji (1943). Mehboob Khan liked her voice since Khajanchi so  Khan used Begum's voice in Taqdeer (1943), where he introduced Nargis as the heroine. Begum was soon singing for other composers including Rafiq Ghaznavi, Ameer Ali, Pt. Gobindram, Pt. Amarnath, Bulo C. Rani, Rashid Atre and M. A. Mukhtar, in the pre-independence era.

Readers would be surprised to know that this popular song of Pakeezah was originally sung by Shamshad Begum way back in 1941 film Himmat, composed by Pt. Gobindram and written by Aziz Kashmiri.

 Naushad acknowledged in an interview that he was indebted to Begum in reaching the top. It was Begum's solo and duet songs sung for Naushad in the late 1940s and early 1950s which made Naushad famous. Naushad was floored on the clarity of her tone, She sang 60 songs under his direction. She was the lead singer in Anokhi Ada, Mela (1948) and Chaandni Raat (1949). After using Lata Mangeshkar as the lead singer in Andaaz (1949), Naushad came back to Shamshad Begum with a bang in Baabul (1950) and Jadoo (1951). Her last song for him was the iconic qawwali-muqaabala – Teri mehfil mein kismet aazma kar hum bhi dekhenge (Mughal-e-Azam , 1960).

Two of the most iconic songs of our films – Ana meri jaan meri jaan Sunday ke Sunday and Mere piya gaye Rangoon – are C Ramchandra-Shamshad Begum creation, She sang nearly 60 songs for C Ramchandra. He used her voice for the first time in a film Safar, 1946, in a duet with him. She is credited with singing one of the first Westernised songs, "Meri jaan...Sunday ke Sunday", this made her the most sellable female voice. She kept getting more offers to sing songs and was the highest-paid female singer from 1940 to 1955 and again post-Mother India in 1957 to 1964.

 In 1946, S D Burman asked Shamshad Begum to sing in his debut Hindi film as music director, Shikari (1946), with the song, "Kuch Rang Badal Rahi". In 1949, came Shabnam, in which Burman asked her to sing duets named "Pyar Main Tumne" and "Kismat Bhi Bhichadna" with Mukesh, which became popular. Shabnam was Burman's biggest hit to that date with Filmistan, 

 In 1954, when Nayyar got a break as a composer, he approached Begum to record songs for Mangu. Nayyar described her voice as resembling a "temple bell" for its clarity of tone. He worked with her until the late 1960s and gave her many hit songs, including "Ab To Jee Hone Laga" from Mr. & Mrs. '55, "Leke Pehla Pehla Pyar", "Kahin Pe Nigahen Kahin Pe Nishana", "Boojh Mera Kya Naam Re" – CID (1956); "Main Jaan Gayi Tujhe" from Howrah Bridge, "Zara Pyar Karle" from Mangu, "Saiyan Teri Ankhon Mein" from 12' O Clock, "Thodasa Dil Lagana" from Musafirkhana, and many others.

Her songs from the 1940s to the early 1970s remain popular and continue to be remixed. She sang over 6,000 songs in Hindi and Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, and Punjabi languages and of the 1287 songs were Hindi film songs.

Shamshad Begum died at her Mumbai residence on the night of 23 April 2013 after a prolonged illness. She was 94 that time. Her melodious voice with powerful lyrics gave us songs that have remained popular even today.

Song of Khazanchi (1941 film) 

Song of Khandan (1942)

Song of Taqdeer (1943)

Song of Humayun (1945)

Song of Shehnai (1947)

Song of  Mela 1948 

Song of Patanga 1949

Song of Shabnam 1949

Song of Babul 1950

Song of Awaara (1951)

Song of Baiju Bawra (1952)

Song of Aar Paar 1954

Song of "C.I.D." 1956

Song of Naya Andaz 1956; 

Song of Mother India (1957)

Song of Mughal-E-Azam 1960

Song of Kismat (1968)

K L Saigal - A Journey from Salesman to the First Singing Star

K. L. Saigal (11 April 1904 – 18 January 1947), is considered the first superstar of the Hindi film industry, A drop out of school and started earning money by working as a railway timekeeper. Later he worked as a typewriter salesman; this later occupation gave him the opportunity to travel widely in India.
He used to sing in gatherings with friends and met many people.  On one occasion he met Meharchand Jain; he would become one of Saigal's early friends and supporters.  In his travels, he also met B.N. Sircar the founder of New Theatres.  It is said that it was Sircar, who persuaded Saigal to go to Calcutta.
In Calcutta, he briefly worked in a hotel as a manager but his interest was in music grew day by day.  Though he didn't receive formal training, he learned it listening to other classical singers of that era. He was a frequent participant in mehfils.  He also recorded a number of discs of songs written and arranged by Harishchandra Bali.  These were released through the Indian Gramophone Company.  His reputation as a singer was growing.
 While in Calcutta, Saigal was introduced to R.C. Boral.  It was Boral who signed Saigal to a contract with New Theatres. Those were the days when actors and actresses sang their own songs, and musical ability was considered an important prerequisite for a successful film career.
His first film was an Urdu film "Mohabbat Ke Ansoo" (1932).  Thereafter he had roles in "Subah Ke Sitare", and "Zinda Laash".  These were released in 1932 but were not successful.
During this period Saigal continued to work in films and continued to sing private songs. Out of many private disks, of which Jhulana jhulao attracted much attention from the public. In 1934 one of his films "Chandidas" made him famous as an actor.

The next year in 1935 Devdas was released. After the phenomenal success of "Devdas", there was no doubt that Saigal was a formidable entity in the film industry. His songs in the film Devdas (1935), "Balam Aaye Baso Moray Man Mein" and "Dukh Ke Ab Din Beetat Naahi", became popular throughout the country
While in Calcutta, Saigal became proficient in Bengali.  This allowed him to sing and act in a number of Bengali films.  He even had the distinction of being the first non-Bengali that Rabindranath Tagore would allow recording his work.
His association with New Theatres continued to bear fruit in the successful films Didi (Bengali), President (Hindi) in 1937, Desher Mati (Bengali), Dharti Mata (Hindi) in 1938, Saathi (Bengali), Street Singer (Hindi) in 1938, Dushman (1939), Jiban Maran (1939) and Zindagi in 1940, with Saigal in the lead. There are a number of songs of this era which form the rich heritage of film music in India. Also, in Street Singer, Saigal rendered the song "Babul Mora Naihar Chhooto Jaye"

 He moved to Bombay in December of 1941, and there began to work with the Ranjit Movietone Company. There he did films such as "Bhakta Surdas", "Tansen", "Kurukshetra", "Omar Khayyam", "Tadbeer", "Shahjahan" and "Parwana".
In a career of fifteen years, Saigal acted in 36 feature films – 28 in Hindi, seven in Bengali, and one in Tamil. In addition, he acted in a short comedy Hindi film, Dulari Bibi (three reels), released in 1933., Saigal rendered 185 songs throughout his career which includes 142 film songs and 43 non-film songs. Of the film songs, there are 110 in Hindi, 30 in Bengali and two in Tamil. There are 37 non-film songs in Hindi, and two each in Bengali, Pashto, Punjabi and Persian. His non-film songs comprise bhajans, ghazals, and Lori. He has rendered the creations of poets such as Ghalib, Zauq, and Seemab.
Saigal lived a short life. He died at the age of 42 years. It is said that in the years before his death, he was unable to sing or perform without first having a drink.  This was affecting both his health as well as his work.  He developed cirrhosis of the liver. He passed away on January 18th, 1947 in Jalandhar. Before his death, he was able to churn out three more hits under the baton of Naushad Ali for the film Shahjehan (1946). These are "Mere Sapnon Ki Rani", "Ae Dil-e-Beqaraar Jhoom" and "Jab Dil Hi Toot Gaya". Parwana (1947) was his last film, released after his death,   
Immortal Songs of K L Saigal

Ghazal of K L Saigal

The first private song of K L Saigal

Song of Chandidas (1934)

Song of Devdas (1935)

Song of Pujarin (1936)

Song of President" (1937), 

Song of Street Singer (1938)

Song of  Dushman (1939),

Song of  Zindagi (1940)

Song of  Zindagi (1940)

Song of  Bhakta Surdas (1942)

Song of  Tansen (1943)

Song of  ShahJahan (1946),

Song of  ShahJahan (1946),

Song of Parwana (1947)