Aar Paar

Aar Paar

Album Category: Hindi, Film
Year: 1954
Music Director: O.P. Nayyar
Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri
Label: H.M.V.
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Album Credits: MUSIC ASSISTANTS: Sebastian D'Souza, G.S. Kohli.
 
Film Credits: DIRECTOR: Guru Dutt. PRODUCER: Guru Dutt. SCREENPLAY: Nabendu Ghosh. DIALOGUE: Abrar Alvi. ACTOR: Shyama, More...
 



Song Listing


 
Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar Laaga Teere Nazar
Singer: Shamshad Begum
Music Director: O.P. Nayyar
Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri
Genre: Filmi, Hindi Folk
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Babuji Dheere Chalna Pyar Mein Zara Sambhalna
Singer: Geeta Dutt
Music Director: O.P. Nayyar
Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri
Genre: Filmi
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Sun Sun Sun Sun Zalima
Singer: Geeta Dutt, Mohammed Rafi
Music Director: O.P. Nayyar
Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri
Genre: Filmi, Classic Pop
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Hoon Abhi Main Jawan Ae Dil
Singer: Geeta Dutt
Music Director: O.P. Nayyar
Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri
Genre: Filmi, Classic Pop, Spanish
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Ae Lo Main Haari Piya Hui Teri Jeet Re
Singer: Geeta Dutt
Music Director: O.P. Nayyar
Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri
Genre: Filmi
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Mohabbat Kar Lo Jee Bhar Lo
Singer: Geeta Dutt, Mohammed Rafi
Music Director: O.P. Nayyar
Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri
Genre: Filmi
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Naa Naa Naa Naa Tauba Tauba
Singer: Geeta Dutt, Mohammed Rafi
Music Director: O.P. Nayyar
Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri
Genre: Filmi, Pop
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Ja Ja Ja Ja Bewafa
Singer: Geeta Dutt
Music Director: O.P. Nayyar
Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri
Genre: Filmi, Ghazal
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Awards


 
      Album Awards:
    • 2014 - Mirchi Music Awards - Jury Award For Best Album Of Golden Era - O.P. Nayyar

Trivia


 

    Album

  • This was Guru Dutt's first film as a producer. He launched his production house Guru Dutt Films with this film. He had worked as an actor and directed a few films before this.
  • This album was a turning point in O.P. Nayyar's career. He was dejected with the failure of his previous score for the film Cham Chama Cham (1952) and was planning to leave Bombay when this opportunity came his way as a result of Geeta Dutt's recommendation. His songs for Aar Paar became a big hit and his career flourished from that point on.[1][MR3]
  • It was filmmaker Guru Dutt's wife Geeta Dutt who approached Shyama to play the lead role in this film. Shyama was so touched that she let Geet Dutt decide her fee for the film. Following the big success of the film, Guru Dutt approached Shyama for his next film, "Mr. & Mrs. '55" (1955). This time, however, she demanded double the fee she had received for this film. Guru Dutt then decided not to cast her in "Mr. & Mrs. '55" (1955).[2][3]
  • This film is considered a key milestone in the Hindi film industry's shift towards realistic dialogues. The language used by the film's various characters reflected their background and social milieu. According to dialogue writer Abrar Alvi, "We gave the characters an entity, an 'individuality' as they say in English... a particular style of speech, a particular manner.".[4]

    Song

  • Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar Laaga Teere Nazar - Actress Kumkum rose to prominence with her onscreen performance in this song. She made an uncredited, cameo appearance in the film for it.
  • Babuji Dheere Chalna Pyar Mein Zara Sambhalna - This song is inspired, in part, by Cuban songwriter, Osvaldo Farres' "Quizas, Quizas, Quizas". The original song was covered by many artists including Nat King Cole. The English version of this song, "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps", was popularized by Doris Day.[5]
  • Babuji Dheere Chalna Pyar Mein Zara Sambhalna - Goody Seervai played the accordion in this song.[6]
  • Sun Sun Sun Sun Zalima - This song had the same tune as another song from the film, "Ja Ja Ja Ja Bewafa". While this song evoked a happy mood, "Ja Ja Ja Ja Bewafa" has a heartbreak song.
  • Sun Sun Sun Sun Zalima - Majrooh Sultanpuri had originally written the second line in the mukhda of this song as "pyar mujhko tujhse ho gaya". Guru Dutt felt that the phrase "mujhko tujhse" felt dry ("khushk") and suggested that the poet use "humko tumse" instead. Majrooh thought the usage was not proper but agreed to change the lyrics accordingly.
  • Sun Sun Sun Sun Zalima - Lyricist Majrooh Sultanpuri used this song, along with "Mohabbat Kar Lo Jee Bhar Lo" and "Naa Naa Naa Naa Tauba Tauba", as examples to describe Guru Dutt's liking for songs that did not use preludes and presented themselves as an extension of dialogues.[7]
  • Hoon Abhi Main Jawan Ae Dil - Goody Seervai played the accordion in this song.[8]
  • Ae Lo Main Haari Piya Hui Teri Jeet Re - Cawas Lord played the castanets in this song.[9]
  • Mohabbat Kar Lo Jee Bhar Lo - This is the only O.P. Nayyar song that featured Suman Kalyanpur's voice. She sang a line in the second stanza in the version of the song used in the film and was part of the chorus with Geeta Dutt. However, the second stanza was not part of the song version released on music records. The film's opening credits did not list its playback singers. As a result, Suman Kalyanpur did not received official credit for this song.[10]
  • Mohabbat Kar Lo Jee Bhar Lo - O.P. Nayyar reused the tune of this song for the background music theme of the scene preceding the Hindi film song "O Le Ke Pehla Pehla Pyar" ("C.I.D.", 1956).[11]
  • Naa Naa Naa Naa Tauba Tauba - Noor, the actress who appeared in this song along with Johnny Walker, was the sister of Shakila, who played a lead role in the film. Noor and Johnny Walker met for the first time during the film's making and got married soon after.



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