Kaagaz Ke Phool

Kaagaz Ke Phool

Album Category: Hindi, Film
Year: 1959
Music Director: S.D. Burman
Lyricist: Kaifi Azmi, Shailendra
Label: H.M.V.
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Album Credits: MUSIC ASSISTANT: Rahul Dev Burman. SONGS RECORDED BY: Mukul Bose.
 
Film Credits: DIRECTOR: Guru Dutt. PRODUCER: Guru Dutt. SCREENPLAY: Abrar Alvi. DIALOGUE: Abrar Alvi. ACTOR: Waheeda Rehman, More...
 



Song Listing


 
Dekhi Zamane Ki Yaari Bichhde Sabhi Baari Baari
Singer: Mohammed Rafi
Music Director: S.D. Burman
Lyricist: Kaifi Azmi
Genre: Filmi, Sugam
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San San San Woh Chali Hawa
Singer: Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle, Sudha Malhotra
Music Director: S.D. Burman
Lyricist: Kaifi Azmi
Genre: Filmi, Pop
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Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Hasin Sitam
Singer: Geeta Dutt
Music Director: S.D. Burman
Lyricist: Kaifi Azmi
Genre: Filmi, Ghazal
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Ulte Seedhe Dao Lagaye
Singer: Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Rafi
Music Director: S.D. Burman
Lyricist: Kaifi Azmi
Genre: Filmi, Hindi Folk
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Hum Tum Jise Kahta Hai Shaadi
Singer: Mohammed Rafi
Music Director: S.D. Burman
Lyricist: Shailendra
Genre: Filmi, Classic Pop
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Ek Do Teen Chaar Aur Paanch
Singer: Geeta Dutt
Music Director: S.D. Burman
Lyricist: Kaifi Azmi
Genre: Filmi
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Ud Ja Ud Ja Pyase Bhanwre
Singer: Mohammed Rafi
Music Director: S.D. Burman
Lyricist: Kaifi Azmi
Genre: Filmi, Sugam
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Title Music
Music Director: S.D. Burman
Genre: Filmi
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Trivia


 

    Album

  • This film is widely believed to be semi-autobiographical. There were several similarities between Guru Dutt and Suresh Sinha, the film's protagonist. Both were filmmakers, both had troubled marriages, both struggled with alcohol dependence, and both were romantically involved with actresses who worked with them. In fact, Dutt, in his real life, was rumoured to be besotted with Waheeda Rehman, who played the "other woman" in the film. The characterisation of Suresh Sinha as a brilliant but misunderstood filmmaker was probably a reflection of how Dutt viewed himself. Guru Dutt himself maintained that the film was inspired by his mentor, film Gyan Mukherjee. He had earlier dedicated the film "Pyaasa" (1957) to Mukherjee.[1][2]
  • S.D. Burman did not like the idea of Guru Dutt making a semi-autobiographical film and tried to convince the filmmaker to not proceed with the project. Dutt rebuffed him and asked him to focus on the film's music. The two didn't work together again.[MR60]
  • Devastated by the failure of this film, Guru Dutt vowed to not direct a film again. However, the film's reputation grew with time and it came to be regarded as a classic. While this was Dutt's last film as a director, he went on to produce three more films before his death in 1964. His last film "Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi" (1966) was released posthumously.[3]
  • This was the first Indian film to be shot in CinemaScope, a widescreen format invented in 1953. The film opened with the following acknowledgement - "A CinemaScope Picture Made Under License From 20th Century-Fox Corporation (India) Pvt. Ltd.".
  • The title of this film inspired the title of the film "Kaagaz Ke Fools" (2015).[4]

    Song

  • Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Hasin Sitam - This song was not part of the film's original script. S.D. Burman had composed its tune without a brief. When Guru Dutt and Kafi Azmi heard the tune they loved it. Dutt asked Kaifi to write the lyrics for the song and said that he would find a way to accommodate it in the film. The song attained iconic status in the years to come.[5]
  • Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Hasin Sitam - Cinematographer V.K. Murthy won the Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography for this film. A highlight of his brilliant work in it was the effect of a beam of light he created in this song using a spotlight and two mirrors.[MR10]
  • Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Hasin Sitam - A cover version of this song was recorded in Amitabh Bachchan's voice for the film "102 Not Out" (2018).[6]
  • Hum Tum Jise Kahta Hai Shaadi - This was lyricist Majrooh Sultanpuri's only song in the film. While he was credited in the film's music records, his name was missing in the opening credits.
  • Hum Tum Jise Kahta Hai Shaadi - The tune of a portion of the song's mukhda may have been inspired by the song "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. The song was first recorded by Doris Day for the Alfred Hitchcock film "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956).[7]
  • Ud Ja Ud Ja Pyase Bhanwre - This song was issued as Part 2 of "Dekhi Zamane Ki Yaari Bichhde Sabhi Baari Baari" on the flip side of the original 78 rpm record. The two parts were merged together in later music releases of the film.



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