{"id":3318,"date":"2016-12-11T17:55:38","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T12:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/?p=3318"},"modified":"2016-12-12T16:18:34","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T10:48:34","slug":"shankar-jaikishan-hits-1966","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/shankar-jaikishan-hits-1966\/","title":{"rendered":"Flashback 50 Years (Part I): Shankar Jaikishan Hits of 1966 &#8211; Bahaaron Phool Barsao"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3323\" src=\"http:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/Shankar-Jaikishans-Hit-Songs-of-1966-1.jpg\" alt=\"Shankar Jaikishan's Hit Songs of 1966\" width=\"830\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/Shankar-Jaikishans-Hit-Songs-of-1966-1.jpg 830w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/Shankar-Jaikishans-Hit-Songs-of-1966-1-400x159.jpg 400w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/Shankar-Jaikishans-Hit-Songs-of-1966-1-150x60.jpg 150w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/Shankar-Jaikishans-Hit-Songs-of-1966-1-768x305.jpg 768w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/Shankar-Jaikishans-Hit-Songs-of-1966-1-300x119.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From this huge treasure chest, I have handpicked only a few gems as the space allows. Let me start this journey with the Shankar Jaikishan folk beauty as this brings back to me tons memories from my growing up days in Calcutta.<\/p>\n<h3>Teesri Kasam<\/h3>\n<p>Each evening, by the road side, around a bon-fire with some chana being roasted, sometimes, peanuts (locally known as <em>cheene-badam<\/em>) or corn in the rainy days, a group of \u2018bhaiyas\u2019 from Eastern UP and Bihar would gather with <em>chimta, khartaal, dholki <\/em>and<em> duff<\/em> and have a music session in chorus that echoed exactly in this manner, used with such unbelievable perfection in <em>Teesri Kasam<\/em> (I guess with due inputs from Shailendra):<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2150a;\"><strong><em>Chalat musafir moh li arre pinjre wali muniya<\/em><\/strong> Shailendra \/ Manna Dey and Chorus)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a_tsHJLTaIs\" width=\"100%\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3320\" style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3320\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3320\" src=\"http:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/teesri-kasam.jpg\" alt=\"Teesri Kasam\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/teesri-kasam.jpg 320w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/teesri-kasam-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/teesri-kasam-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teesri Kasam&#8217;s songs brought alive the rustic folk music<\/p><\/div>\n<p>All the songs of <em>Teesri Kasam<\/em> were crafted keeping the folk background in view and they came out as shining examples of the use of folk music in Hindi films. Produced by Shailendra, the film boasted of an eclectic team, comprising Hindi novelist Phanishwarnath Renu who wrote the dialogues based on his short story <em>Maare Gaye Gulfam<\/em>, Nabendu Ghosh (screenplay), Subrata Mitra (cinematography), Basu Bhattacharya (direction), Shailendra and Hasrat Jaipuri (lyrics), top of the line playback singers and Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman in lead roles.<\/p>\n<p>Considered a path-breaking classic now, <em>Teesri Kasam<\/em> picked up the National Film Award for Best Feature Film at the 14th National Film Awards.<\/p>\n<h3><em>Gaban<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>It was now being said that Shankar Jaikishan were composing separately, I remember reading during those days that Shankar did <em>Amrapali <\/em>and Jaikishan did <em>Budtameez,<\/em> and so on. It did not matter as they had a nice year and gave some excellent music.<\/p>\n<p>Two of their films suffered a similar fate, where the director who had initiated the film passed away and the films were then completed by other renowned directors. <em>Gaban,<\/em> based on Munshi Premchand\u2019s novel of same name was being directed by Krishan Chopra, who could not complete the film and Hrishikesh Mukherji wrapped it up finally.<\/p>\n<p>When I think of <em>Tum bin sajan tadpe nayan, jab jab badal barse<\/em> (Lata-Rafi) from <em>Gaban,<\/em> the line that comes to mind is the way Shailendra uses a simile in <em>\u2018naagin si ye raat andheri, baithi hai dil ki gher ke..\u2019<\/em> borrowed in concept from the mantra in Rigveda\u00a0 1\/24\/15, describing as <em>\u2018naag-pash\u2019<\/em> the helplessness and misfortune.\u00a0 <em>Ehsaan mere dil pe tumhara ha dosto<\/em>, penned by Hasrat Jaipuri and sung by Mohd Rafi was another popular number.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2150a;\"><em><strong>Tum bin sajan tadpe nayan<\/strong><\/em> (<em>Gaban<\/em> \/ Shailendra \/ Lata Mangeshkar and Mohd Rafi)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eMYMdpKNK24\" width=\"100%\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><em>Budtameez<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>When producer-director Bhagwan Das Varma who was making <em>Budtameez<\/em> passed away, Shammi Kapoor asked Manmohan Desai to complete the film. The two Rafi songs <em>Haseen ho tum khuda nahin ho tumhara sajda nahin karenge<\/em> (written by Shailendra) and <em>Budtameez kaho ya kaho jaanwar<\/em> (by Hasrat Jaipuri) were popular.<\/p>\n<p>The fate of both these films &#8211; <em>Gaban<\/em> and <em>Budtameez<\/em> was not favourable.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2150a;\"><em><strong>Budtameez kaho ya kaho jaanwar<\/strong><\/em> (<em>Budtameez<\/em> \/ Hasrat Jaipuri \/ Mohd Rafi)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x1aiGd-I5uY\" width=\"100%\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><em>Pyar Mohabbat<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Shankar Mukherji signed Shanker Jaikishen for his Dev Anand starrer <em>Pyar Mohabbat<\/em>, expecting a repeat of <em>Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai<\/em>, but it was not destined so and this film flopped too. <em>Aap naraaz khuda khair kare<\/em> by Rafi (Shailendra) was popular as was Sharda\u2019s telephone song on heroine <em>Saira, Sun sun sun re balam dil tujhko pukare<\/em> (Hasrat Jaipuri) and it had a few last lines by Rafi as well.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2150a;\"><em><strong>Pyar mohabbat ke siwa yeh zindagi<\/strong><\/em> (<em>Pyar Mohabbat<\/em> \/ Hasrat Jaipuri \/ Mohd Rafi and Asha Bhosle)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TXnWnDolYCM\" width=\"100%\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><em>Amrapali<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>F C Mehra\u2019s <em>Amrapali<\/em>, directed by Lekh Tandon was made in Hindi and English and had a bunch of excellent songs. Based on the life of Amrapali (Ambapali), the nagarvadhu (royal courtesan) of Vaishali, the capital of the Licchavi republic in ancient India around 500 BC, the film boasted of well-researched art direction by M.R. Acharekar to create exquisite sets. Bhanu Athaiya&#8217;s costumes inspired from ancient Buddhist frescos further enhanced the performances, the dances and the music.<\/p>\n<p>Cinematography by Dwarka Divecha, especially the high voltage war scenes, was highly appreciated as were the dances choreographed by Gopi Krishan and performed by Vyjyanthimala. There were four gems by Lata, each better than the other:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Tadap ye din raat ki kasak ye bin baat ki<\/em><\/strong> (Shailendra)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Tumhein yaad karte karte jayegi rain saari<\/em><\/strong> (Shailendra)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Jaao re jogi tum jaao re, yeh hai premiyon ki nagri<\/em><\/strong> (Shailendra)<\/p>\n<p>And Vyjyanthimala\u2019s awe-inspiring dance sparkled this gem:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2150a;\"><strong><em>Neel gagan ki chhaon mein din rain gale se milte hain<\/em><\/strong> (<em>Amrapali<\/em> \/ Hasrat Jaipuri \/ Lata Mangeshkar)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/77VVFfzLy9Q\" width=\"100%\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><em>Suraj<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em>Suraj<\/em> was the other Vyjyanthimala hit, directed by T Prakash Rao had excellent camera work by V K Murthy. Sharda had her share of hit songs in <em>Titli udi, ud ke chali,<\/em> and, <em>Dekho mera dil machal gaya<\/em> (both Shailendra).<\/p>\n<p>Rafi\u2019s songs &#8211; <em>Baharon phool barsaao mera eehboob aata hai<\/em> and<em> Chehre pe giri zulfein keh do to hata doon main, Gustakhi maaf <\/em>and his duet with Suman, <em>Itna hai tume pyar mujhe mere raazdaar<\/em> (all by Hasrat Jaipuri) were superhits too. It was a film that started Ajit on his path of negative characters and in the later years he gained immense popularity as a villain with style.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2150a;\"><em><strong>Baharon phool barsaao mera eehboob aata hai<\/strong><\/em> (<em>Suraj<\/em> \/ Hasrat Jaipuri \/ Mohd Rafi)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/McP9D114BfU\" width=\"100%\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><em>Love in Tokyo<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em>Love in Tokyo<\/em> was also photographed excellently by V K Murthy, produced and directed by Pramod Chakraborty (also an erstwhile assistant of Guru Dutt). All songs were by Hasrat, (other than one <em>Koi matawala aya mere dware<\/em>\/Shailendra\/Lata). Along with some great music, the film ensured a virtual tour of Japan for the viewers through Tokyo, Ueno, Ginza, Tokyo Tower, Tokyo International Airport and Hiroshima.<\/p>\n<p>Recollect some of those lovely songs:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Japan, love in Tokyo, le gai dil gudiya japan ki \/ <\/em><\/strong>Rafi<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Sayonara Sayonara, waada nibhaungi sayonara \/<\/em><\/strong> Lata<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Aaja re aa zara aa, lehra kea a zara aa \/<\/em><\/strong> Rafi<\/p>\n<p><em>Mujhe tum mil gaye humdum sahara ho to aisa ho<\/em> \/ Lata, and the Lata-Rafi tandem, let us enjoy the Rafi one here:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2150a;\"><em><strong>O mere sha-e-khubaan o meri jaan-e-janana tum mere paas<\/strong><\/em> (<em>Love in Tokyo<\/em> \/ Hasrat Jaipuri \/ Rafi)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lv5StHC5OH8\" width=\"100%\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><em>Street Singer<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>There was a film <em>Street Singer<\/em>, produced, directed and enacted by Chandrashekhar that had music by Suraj and lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri. It was rumoured to have been ghost composed by Shankar alone and \u00a0reportedly lead to a rift between Shankar and Jaikishan.<\/p>\n<p>The songs (sung by Rafi and Sharda) were popular despite any controversy and over lived the film. Rafi\u2019s<em> Ghar ki murghi daal barabar koi na poochhe haal bhi aakar<\/em> and his tandem with \u00a0Sharda<em> Aaa aja aja, aa aa agle laga, aise mein tu to kahan chala<\/em> as well as the duet, <em>Jigar ka dard badhta jaa raha hai<\/em> (with Sharda) were the hits.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2150a;\"><strong><em>Ghar ki murghi daal barabar koi na poochhe haal bhi aakar<\/em><\/strong> (<em>Street Singer<\/em> \/ Hasrat Jaipuri \/ Mohd Rafi)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v0vQKVVrdr4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #c2150a;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Watch this space for Flashback 50 Years (Part II): Laxmikant Pyarelal Hit Songs of 1966<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"7evvwtS4qr\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/films-and-music-of-1965\/\">Fifty Years Ago: Films and Music of 1965<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Fifty Years Ago: Films and Music of 1965&#8221; &#8212; Silhouette Magazine\" src=\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/films-and-music-of-1965\/embed\/#?secret=aeonJMRaLd#?secret=7evvwtS4qr\" data-secret=\"7evvwtS4qr\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flashback 50 years. The year 1966. You will notice a marked shift in the style of compositions, change in the audience taste and acceptance of new music directors.  Among the films that had their music release this year, Shankar Jaikishen, O P Nayyar and Usha Khanna each had 7 films while Madan Mohan and Ravi had five each and Hemant Kumar had three.<br \/>\nLaxmikant Pyarelal had 10 releases to their credit\u00a0&#8211; a defining year for their career. RD\u00a0Burman gave his life\u2019s first massive chart buster hit <em>Teesri Manzil<\/em>. \u00a0There were several others who scored memorable music scores in a single film or two. Allow me to tread through the year 1966 that brings us those 50-year-old memories with some delightful songs.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":748,"featured_media":3319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[821,1759],"tags":[1803,1804,534,535,1242,1047,1320,1802,517],"class_list":["post-3318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-makers","category-the-song-story","tag-hasrat-jaipuri","tag-hit-songs-of-1966","tag-lata-mangeshkar","tag-majrooh-sultanpuri","tag-mohd-rafi","tag-raj-kapoor","tag-shailendra","tag-shankar-jaikishan","tag-waheeda-rehman"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/748"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}