Recently I heard a few songs that are not the usual ones that we have either heard on radio or watched on TV in various music channels. This was on YouTube and the video (actually not a video per se, just an audio on YouTube) was Geetmala (erstwhile Binaca Geetmala) presented by Ameen Sayani where he plays a few lines from the top songs of various years; but full songs that didn't appear in the year end list. I was listening to the songs of 1961 when Ameen Sayani mentioned about a song and the music director Lacchiram! Later he played another gem and mentioned the composer as Suhrid Kar. The music directors Lacchiram and Suhrid Kar were unknown to me. I did some search on them and a few other music composers about whom less is known and here is a presentation of some of the songs by these composers. Lacchiram and Suhrid Kar are mentioned of course, but I have added Iqbal Qureshi and Sardar Malik too to this list.
Let me know if there are other music composers who are similarly less known, but whose compositions are amazing!
(Note: The embedded YouTube videos will play when you click on the "Play" icon as of now. However, I have noted that over time the videos are taken down due to privacy issues. In that case you need to use the "Search" option on YouTube to locate the songs if you want to watch them/ listen to them.)
LACCHIRAM
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35ZHJVoLRaU)
Film: Razia Sultana (1961)
Actors: Jairaj and Nirupa Roy
Singers: Mohammed Rafi and Asha Bhosle
Lyrics by: Anand Bakshi
Dhalti jaaye raat, sun le dil ki baat....
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN4AmWzgZEY)
Film: Main Suhagan Hun
Actors: Ajit and Mala Sinha (though for the song, the actors are not these two)
Singers: Mohammed Rafi and Asha Bhosle
Lyrics: Kaifi Azmi
Gori tore nainwa kajar bin kaare kaare....
C. ARJUN
C. Arjun is not related to another famous music composer - C.
Ramchandra. I heard somewhere that when he debuted the producers were
reluctant to sign him because he was an unknown music director. A friend
suggested to Arjun that he shouldn't reveal that he is unrelated to the
more illustrious composer if anyone were to ask him. He should just nod
his head. He got his first movie and gave us some very good songs!
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2L18SWM2Ac)
Film: Punar Milan (1964)
Actors: Jagdeep and Ameeta
Singers: Mohammed Rafi
Lyrics: Indeevar
Paas baitho tabeeyat bahal jaayegi....
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFrV5xTcQEE)
Film: Susheela (1964)
Actors: (no video)
Singers: Talat Mahmood and Mohammed Rafi
Lyrics: Jaan Nisaar Akhtar
Gham ki andheri raat mein.....
The last song is of course from his most famous movie - Jai Santoshi Maa. This was released in the same year that Sholay and Deewar were released; but this movie was also a huge superhit and possibly collected more profit than any other movie in 1975 and later.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ8VKSh3rL0)
Film: Jai Santoshi Maa (1975)
Actors: Kanan Kaushal, Bharat Bhushan, Ashish Kumar, Anita Guha
Singer: Usha Mangeshkar
Lyrics: Kavi Pradeep
Main to aarti utaaroon re Santoshi Maata ki....
IQBAL QURESHI
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDlpzJUtBzg)
Film: Ye dil kisko dun (1963)
Actors: Shashi Kapoor, Raagini
Singer: Mohammed Rafi and Usha Khanna
Lyrics: Qamar Jalalabadi
Phir aane laga yaad wohi pyaar ka alam....
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2zPlCvHd3g)
Film: Cha Cha Cha (1964)
Actors: Chandrasekhar, Helen
Singer: Mohammed Rafi and Asha Bhosle
Lyrics: Makhdoom Mohinuddin
Ek chameli ke mandve tale.....
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl9_gnVZroI)
Film: Umar Qaid (1961)
Actors: Sudhir
Singer: Mukesh
Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri
Mujhe raat din ye khayaal hai......
SUHRID KAR
As
I mentioned in the beginning, when I heard this song in that Binaca
Geetmala programme by Ameen Sayani, I realized that I had heard this
song a few times, but never realized that the composer was an "unknown"
one! What an amazing composition by Suhrid Kar!
An
internet search revealed only one movie for which he composed songs;
otherwise he was involved in screenplay and story writing for other
movies. Other songs in the movie are relatively less heard; but this one
is a classic.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu0EKMlXf3U)
Film: Kaanch ki gudiya (1961)
Actors: Manoj Kumar and Sayeeda Khan
Singer: Mukesh and Asha Bhosle
Lyrics: Shailendra
Saath ho tum aur raat jawaan...... SARDAR MALIK
Sardar Malik is better known as the father of Anu Malik now. But avid listeners of Hindi film songs would know Sardar Malik before Anu Malik entered the scene.
The first song in this list is the classic, Saaranga teri yaad mein sung so beautifully by Mukesh. Many of us may not know that the 'mukhda' was first recorded with Rafi since the producer insisted that Rafi sang the song. So Sardar Malik obliged; but later he stuck to his guns that the song had to be sung by Mukesh. After some time he got his way and got Mukesh to sing this song. The following video has the Mukesh version in the beginning, but around 4:14, you can also listen to the Rafi version.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umss8tARjxY)
Film: Saaranga (1960)
Actors: Sudesh Kumar
Singer: Mukesh - also listen to the Mohammed Rafi version starting from 4:14
Lyrics: Bharat Vyas
Saaranga teri yaad mein.....
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EOLN2kaCLY)
Film: Mera Ghar Mere Bachche (1960)
Actors: Subiraj and Naaz
Singer: Mukesh and Suman Kalyanpur
Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri
Bahaaron se poocho mere pyaar ko tum.....
The following song finds a place among the most favourite songs of Rafi himself as he has revealed in an interview!
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl5iQKS9KcM)
Film: Bachpan (1963)
Actors:
Singer: Mohammed Rafi and Suman Kalyanpur
Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri
Mujhe tumse mohabbat hai, magar mein keh nahi sakta......
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