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Best MD Filmfare Award in 1960
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"Filmfare Awards in 1960 were rigged!" says the Naushad fan be-
cause Mughal-e-Azam didn't win the music award for that year. Is
the allegation entirely true?
Well, we can't really find out if the awards were rigged or not,
but lets look at some of the movies that SJ's "Dil Apna aur Preet
Parai" was competing with in the year 1960 for the best music
award, and then decide whether it was fair to give the award to
that movie.
Here is a list of movies (classified wrt Music directors) that
were released in the year 1960, that had good music. (Most of
the movie info is taken from a book called "Glorious Years of
Indian Cinema").
1. Music director Ravi had
- Chaudavin Ka Chaand!! (Guru Dutt, Waheeda) with the songs:
`chaudavin kaa chaand ho yaa aaftab ho' [Rafi]
`mili khaak main mohabbat jala dil ka aashiyaanaa' [Rafi]
`bedardi mera sainya shabnam toh kabhi shole' [Asha]
`balam se milan hoga' [Geeta]
`sharma ke yeh kyon sab parda nashiha tan ko savaraa karte hai'
{qawwali} [Asha, Shamshad Begum]
`dil ki kahaani rang laayi hai' [Asha]
2. Roshan gave all that he had for his
- Barsaat Ki Raat!! (Bharat Bhushan, Madhubala)
`zindagi bhar nahi bhoolegi woh barsaat ki raat' [Lata, Rafi]
`na to kaarvaan ki talaash hain na to hamsafar ki talaash hai'
`yeh ishq ishq hai ishq ishq' {qawwali}
[Rafi, Asha, Manna, Batish, Sudha]
`garjat barsat saawan aayo re.' [Suman Kalyanpur, Kamal Barot]
`maine shayad tumhen kahin dekhaa hai.' [Rafi]
`mujhe mil gaya bahana teri deedh ka' [Lata]
`nigahen naaz ke maro ka haal kya hoga..' [Asha]
`ji chaahta hain choom loon' {qawaali} [Asha,Sudha]
3. Naushad had two movies that year, both with Dilip Kumar.
- Kohinoor! (Dilip Kumar, Meena Kumari)
`madhuban mein raadhikaa naachche re' [Rafi]
`do sitaaron ka zameen par hain milan aaj ki raat' [Rafi, Lata]
`dil mein bhaji pyar ki shahnayiaan' [Lata]
`tan rang lo ji' [Rafi, Lata]
`jaadugar qaatil haazir hain mera dil' [Asha]
`zara man ki kewadiya khol' [Rafi]
`chalengey teer jab dil par' [Rafi Lata]
`yeh kya zindagi hain' [Lata]
- Mughal-E-Azam!! (Dilip Kumar, Madhubala)
`pyar kiya toh darnaa kya' [Lata]
`mohe panghat pe nandlaal chheD gayo re' [Lata] {raag gaara}
`mohabbat ke jhooTi kahaani pe roye'[Lata]{raga darbari kanada}
`bekas pe karam keejiye sarkare madina' [Lata] {raag kedar}
`khuda nigehban ho tumhara' [Lata] {raga yaman}
`jab raat hai aisi matwaali' [Lata] {raga jaijaiwanti}
`teri mehfil mein qismat aazmaakar ham bhi dekhenge'
{qawwali} [Lata, Shamshad]
4. S.D.Burman and Dev Anand had three block-busters that year.
- Bambai Ka Babu (Dev Anand, Suchitra Sen)
`deewaanaa mastaanaa hua dil' [Asha, Rafi]
`dekhne mein bhola hai' [Asha]
`saathi na koi manzil' [Rafi]
- Kaala Bazaar (Dev Anand,Waheeda)
`khoya khoya chaand' [Rafi]
`apni toh har aah ek toofan hai' [Rafi]
`rim jhim ke taraane leke aayi barsaat' [Rafi,Geeta]
`such huve sapne tere' [Asha]
`jo maiN hoti raaja.' [Asha]
`na maiN dhan chaahoon, na watan chahoon' [Geeta Asha]
- Manzil (Dev Anand, Nutan)
`na banao batiyaan haTo kaahe ko jhooTi' [Manna]
`chupke se mile pyaase pyaase kuch hum kuch tum'[Rafi, Geeta]
`yaad aa gayi woh nashile nigahen' [Hemant Kumar]
`hum dum se gaye humdum ke liye humdum ki' [Manna]
`chaand aur main aur tu' [Manna, Asha]
5. Salil Choudhry had
- Parakh! (Sandhya)
`ooo sajnaa barkhaa bahaar aayi ras ki puhaar layi' [Lata]
- Usne Kaha Tha (Nanda, Sunil Dutt)
`aha rim jhim ke ye pyaare pyaare geet liye' [Lata, Talat]
`machalthi aarzoo' [Talat?]
6. Shankar Jaikisan had two hits
- Dil Apna aur Preet Parai (Meena Kumari, Raj Kumar)
`ajib daastaan hai ye kahan shuru kahan khatam' [Lata]
`dil apna aur preet parai.' [Lata]
`andaz mera mastana.' [Asha]
`mera dil ab tera o sajana'
[some more?]
- Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai (Raj Kapoor, Padmini)
`aa ab lout chaley.' [Mukesh,Lata]
`o basanti, pawan paagal' [Lata]
`honthon pe sacchai rehetee hai' [Mukesh]
`mera naam raju' [Mukesh]
`hai aag hamare seene mein'
`begani shadi mein..' [Lata]
7. Sardar Mallik gave his masterpiece:
- Saaranga!!
`haan deewaanaa hoon main' [Mukesh]
`saaranga tere yaad mein' [Rafi/Mukesh]
`chali re chali main toh' [Asha]
8. Madan Mohan had
- Bahanaa
`ja re badra bairi ja ja ja re' [Lata]
`teri nigahon mein' [Asha, Talat]
9. S.N.Tripathi had
- Lal Qilla
`na kisi ki aankh ka noor hoon' [Rafi]
10. Kalyanji-Anandji
- Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi Tere
`mujhko is raat ki ranhaayi mein awaaz na do' [Mukesh]
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Well.., It is a pity that only one of these movies
could get the top spot. Most of the above songs are gems and
each one of them deserved an award. It is sad that nowadays
there is no lack of awards but there is a dearth of songs that
really deserve them.
Well, coming to the controversy, "Dil Apna Aur Preet Paraai" does
seem puny in front of this strong line up of movies from the mas-
ters. Agreed that the Lata's songs in "Dil Apna Aur Preet Paraai"
were very melodious and suited to the mood of the movie, but it
is doubtful whether even all of them put together will ever cap-
ture the magic found in Salil and Lata's `o sajnaa barkha bahaar
aayi' from "Parakh" - leave alone the rest of the songs in the
above list.
Don't know if the awards were rigged or not, but definitely "Dil
Apna Aur Preet Paraai" doesn't seem deserving of the award.
My vote for the best music award will definitely go to Roshan for
his grand "Barsaat ki Raat".
The reason why SJ got so many awards may have been because SDB
was way ahead of his time and Naushad was presenting the quin-
tessence of age old classical music, but SJ were the only ones
who embraced the music of their times, from all over the world,
and captured the imagination of the then music lovers. Agree?
Well, it is just an opinion.
Anyway, popular choices have seldom been predictable and easy to
comprehend.
"ajeeb daastaan hain yeh, kahaan shuru kahaan qatam
yeh manzilen hai kaun si, na woh samajh sake na hum"
- Lata in DAAPP.
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bye
satish
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