Old Hindi Film Music

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SRK, Megha Chaaye is in "Chupke Chupke"
MS, that is a superb song. Infact that won the filmfare award for KJY in his debut year in HFM.I have heard him sing this song once in a kutcheri too.
Ramji, please go ahead and discuss KL Saigal. I could learn a few things as I have not had as much exposure in this area as I have with respect to artistes in the 50's and 60's era. I have some collection of KL Saigal songs like
1. Ek bangla bane nyaara
2. Do Naina matware (super)
3. Jadhoo hai main kya janoon (super)
4. Diya jalao jag mag
5. Baadal ka roop
6. Soja Raajkumari
7. Aye Dil-e-bequaraar jhoom
8. Babul mora naihar Chooto
9. Dukh ke ab din
10.Duniya rang rangeeli (with Punkuj Mullick)

and some more.
Except song #7 , which was composed by Naushad Ali for "Shahjahan" ,I think all the other songs were composed by the Punkaj Mullick-RC Boral combo. "Shahjahan" had the famous "Jab Dil hi toot gayaa". I would request you to discuss Pankaj Mullick (as a singer) and KC Dey too.

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Ramji,"Thoo kahaan" is in "Tere Ghar ke Saamne"
Other songs as far I can remember are
Dil ka banwar kare pukar
Main tanhayee haye re haye
Sun le thoo dil ki sadha
Ek ghar banaoonga
Dekho roota na karo.
Ramji, please discuss Anil Biswas also if possible.

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Sriram: Are you sure? I think Megha chaaye is picturised on Rakhee who doesn't act in chupke chupke. (BTW, I hope we are talking about the same song: this song goes "Megha chaaye aadhi raat pawan ...")

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Yes - "Ni sa ga ma pa ni" is an excellent song. Original version is in Bengali - beautifully sung by a female Bengali singer whose name escapes me now.

I love Saigal too. 2,3,6 and 8 are my favourites from Sriram's list. And all the songs from Tere Ghar ke Samne - what a collection!
Sriram, Megha Chaye is from Sharmeelee. Perhaps you are thinking of "chupke chupke chal ri phurvaiya", a nice song from Chupke Chupke which sounds similar in places.

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SRK,Nalini, touche`. Sorry for the mess-up. You are right.
Nalini , the Chupke Chupke song you mentioned triggerred off memories of another song with the some common words in the Pallavi, "Sun re pawan" from "Anuraag", another song from the SDB-Lata combo.

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SRK, Sriram if this is the song you are discussing....

mEghaa chaayE aadhi raat
bairan ban gayi nindiyaa
bataa dE main kyaa karoon

it is surely from the film sharmili and yes it is picturised on Rakhee who does a double role in the movie.
beautiful song too...

sabkE aanggan diyaa jalE rE
mOrE aanggan jiyaa
hawaa laagE shool jaisi
taanaa maarE chunriyaa
aayi hai aansoo ki baaraat
bairan ban gayi nindiyaa...
bataa dE main kyaa karoon
mEghaa chaayE aadhi raat
bairan ban gayi nindiyaa

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bull: Bingo, that's the song.

Its excellently sung by Lata, esp the line "bataa de main kyaa karoon". She brings out a lot of emotion in that line.

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Megha chaye triggered my memory of another of my all time SDB Kishore fvt, Kaise Kahoo(n) mai(N) in Sharmeeli ( based on Tilang - the same raga was well used in sampoorna ramayanam - "inru pOi naaLai varAi"

I still treasure five pre-recorded cassettes that I bought in a Delhi shop some twenty years ago- contain 100 songs of KLS.

Not exposed enough to Pankaj Mallik,Dey and Biswas.

Sriram,Nalini, Do you remember a C.H Atma ?

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Ramji, "Kaise kahe hum, pyar ne humko
kya kya Khel dikhaye" . Is this the song ? I had almost forgotten it. SDB used Tilang well in
"Tere mere milan ki yeh raina" in Abhimaan, well masked.

Anil Biswas is a class composer with songs like
Seene mein sulagthe hai armaan (Talat and Lata) (Brilliant)
Beimaan thore nainvaa (lata)
intezar aur abhi (Lata)
Aye Dil mujhe aisee jagah le chal (Talat)
He was one of the first MDs to call Rafi a mediocre singer. He preferred Talat most of the time.

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Sriram:

Yes, the song in Sharmeeli goes"Kaise Kahe hum..." , see, this is what I said abt my poor lyric association.

Is "tere mere milan ..." based on Tilang however well-masked? My goodness! Nalini, what do you say?

O God! Talat!

If I had been into astronomy, I would study the planetary positions during the era when so many greats were on earth at the same time creating and spreading music. Look at the list:

MDs: Naushad,SDB,Madan Mohan,Roshan,C Ramachandra,OPNayyar,Salil Chaudhry,Vasanth Desai, Jaidev,......

Singers: Rafi,Kishore, Manna Dey, Lata, Asha,Talat, ......