There are many popular and melodious songs from the fifties and sixties that have been picturised on small time actors who were not able to make it big..;Most of these films were the B and C category fliks , some of which were never released for some reason or the other, but the songs became immensely popular and continue to be so...
I am listing some of these melodious songs..
The names that come to my mind are Shekar,Chandra shekar,Suresh,Ranjan,Salim Khan,Praveen , Sujit Kumar,Sudhir,Sudesh Kumar,Mahipal,Sailesh Kumar...rings a bell? NO!!
Shekar
Acted with Nutan in Aakhri dao which had some very melodious songs like 'Tujhe kya sunaaon mein dilruba' 'Humsafar saath apna chod chale' and 'Woh chand muskaya sitare sharmaye'..
other films like 'Kabhi Andhera Kabhi ujaala' which had the famous 'Surma mera niraala ' by Kishore kumar and the lovely duet Bahon ko zaraa lehera de aankon mein aankhe dhal ke ( Manna dey,Asha Bhonsle)
Chandra Shekar
Acted in 'Kali topi laal rumaal 'which had one of the best known music scores by Chitragupta with songs like Laagi chootena, yaaron ka pyar liye, na toh dard gaya.
Suresh
Acted with Madhubala in 'Dulari 'and the ever green Rafi song Suhaani raat dhal chuki was picturised on him.he acted with Nalini Jayawant in 'Jadoo' and Vyjayantimala in 'Yasmin' and few more films ...other melodious songs picturised on him are 'Mil mil ke gayenge', Bechain nazar betaab jigar, Tumhe yaad hoga kabhie hum mile the(Satta bazar),Badal jaaye duniya na badlenge hum(Captain kishore)
Ranjan
The swashbuckling hero of the south did not make much of an impact on the hindi screen, he acted with Naseem bano ,Madhubala,Meena kumari and others.The first song that comes to my mind is one of my favorite duets with Naseem Bano 'Ada se jhoom the hue ' and another great favorite 'Roop Tumhara aankhon se pee lu' from the film 'Sapera' which for some reason was never released, and 'Tum jo aao toh pyar aa jaaye' from 'Sakhi Robin' , and Sama hai pyar ka bahaar ke hai mele from 'Baghi sipaahi', where he was teamed with the lovely Madhubala and the ever green numbers from Madari 'Dil lootnewale Jaadugar....
Salim Khan
Salim of Salim-Javed duo started his film career with acting ..;Bachpan,Shahi lutere,Diwana,Teesri manzil.
One of Rafi's most beautiful songs ' Mujhe tumse muhobbat hai(Bachpan) and the duet 'Tere hum o sanam from Bachpan' were picturised on him..
Praveen
Another lucky guy who got to sing one of Rafi;s most melodious songs Maana mere haseen sanam from a small time film 'The Adventures of Robinhood', which incidentally had 3 more beauties Sanwaar de jo pyar se, Jawan jawan husn ke and Pyar ke baat nigahon se jataya na karo, probably one of Mahendra kapoor's best duets ever with Lata mangeshkar
Sujit Kumar
He was a constant fixture in many of the sixties and the seventies films, best known for his roles in Aankhen and Aaradhana..; Earlier he started his career with lead roles.
The song 'Haseen wadiyon hawavon se kehedo' by Rafi was picturised on him in' Laal bangla'.
Sudhir
He seems to have been the luckiest of them all..; there were a number of beautiful, melodious songs picturised on him mostly in the late 50's and 60's films..
Mujhe raat din yeh khayal hai (Mukesh)
Jigar mein dard kaisi isko ulfat (Mahendra kapoor and Kamal barot)
Mein yeh soch kar(Mohd Rafi)
Chand bhi koyi deewana hai(Mahendra kapoor,Asha bhonsle)
Sudesh Kumar
He was always the second hero in some prominent films of the fifties and sixties ..
Door kahin tu chal( bedard zamana kya jaane) Nina hai jadubhare (bedard zamana..;
and the mesmerising songs from 'Saranga' where he played the lead..Saranga teri yaad mein,Piya kaise miloo tujhse,Haa deewana hoon mein,..and one of Mukesh's best duets' Naa jaane chand kaisa hoga 'from the little known film "Rocket Girl"
Mahipal
He has acted in some very popular films like Parasmani,Zabak,Rooplekha,Navrang,Kan kan mein bhagwan,Maya Bazaar,Ali baba chalis chor,Sati savitri etc;
Aadha hai chandrama, tu chupi hai kahan,Roshan tumhi se duniya, Teri duniya se door,Yeh saba unse keh zara,tum gagan ke chandrma ho..are some of the melodies picturised on him..
Sailesh Kumar
Another one of those lesser known heroes who was seen doing supporting roles in the popular films of the sixties like Bhabhi ki chudiyan , Begana,Aadhi raat ke baad,Shaheed,Pehchan,Kaajal etc;
Kahan udh chale hai man pran mera, Tumse hi ghar ghar kehe laye, Phir woh bhooli si yaad aayi hai, Bahut haseen hai tumhari aankhen, ..
Oh..i often think how lucky these people are ..to be immortalized on screen with these beautiful timeless melodies. I came to know so many beautiful songs and on whom they were picturised..thanks to you.
ReplyDeleteRanjan, i remember for " Dil lootne wale jadugar.." from Madari, a wonderful duet of Mukesh and lata. Looking back, we should give those immortal singers their due. They never thought about the Hero they are singing for..or the budget of the film..but instead concentrated on the song and gave their best to it. Maybe this should serve as an eye opener for generations to come..
These people are really fortunate to have enacted such beautiful numbers on screen. The greatness of the song will keep it alive, while the actors go to seed and disappear. Some of them turned out to be Villains, comedians or character artists on the screen. I still recall the disappointment i had when i saw Jagdeep singing the song ' paas baitho tabeeyat from Punarmilan. :-)
ReplyDeleteI agree, music has absolutely no distinction, when we hear a melodious song we dont reject it because it is picturised on so and so or composed by so and so etc....
ReplyDeleteJagdeep had quite a few sons to his credit
Well written article.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Ulla :)
ReplyDelete`jigar me dard` probably picturised on Sudhir and Mumtaz. Could you please get me ideo song? Thank you.
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