Shamshad Begum - Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar - Aar Paar [1954]

"Aar Paar" (English: This or That) is a 1954 Indian Hindi-language film. Directed by Guru Dutt the film has music by O.P. Nayyar and lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri.

A light hearted movie ( very unlike Guru Dutt in his later years). The movie stars Guru Dutt, Johnny Walker, Shyama, Shakila (actress), Jagdeep, Jagdish Sethi, Bir Sakuja, Rajendra, Amir Banu, Rashid Khan, and M.A. Latif.

Plot;
Kalu, who spent time in a prison for a traffic offence, finds a job at an auto maintenance garage after his release and falls in love with the daughter of the owner. But things begin to get out of hand when he is fired from his job and is then unknowingly hired as the driver of a gang. A sophisticated comedy filled with stylish dialogue and speedy action...................

Shamshad Begum (April 14, 1919) is an Indian singer who was one of the first playback singers in the Hindi film industry.
She was conferred the Padma Bhushan in 2009.

Begum was born in Amritsar, Punjab. She was a big fan of K.L. Saigal and watched Devdas 14 times. She earned 15 rupees per song and was awarded 5000 on the completion of the contract on Jenaphone.

Sometime back, a controversy erupted in the media, when several publications, gave the false news of her death, before it was clarified that the Shamshad Begum who died in 1998 was Saira Banu's (Dilip Kumar's wife) grandmother with the same name, and the legendary singer, has been living with her daughter Usha Ratra and son-in-law in Mumbai, ever since her husband, Ganpat Lal Batto died in 1955.

Recently, she celebrated her 89th birthday at her elder sister's house and now she stays at Powai, Mumbai....

Begum became a national rage between the 1940s and the late 1950s rendering songs with her nasal voice, which helped her carve her independent image--a voice different from her peers, Lata, Asha, Geeta, and Amirbai Karnataki.....
[Wikipedia & IMDb]

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• Shamshad
• Begum
• Kabhi
• Ar
• Kabhee
• Par
• Aar
• Paar
• 1954
• O.P.
• Nayyar
• Guru
• Johnny
• Walker
• Shyama
• Shakila
• Jagdeep
• Jagdish
• Sethi
• Hindi
• Old
• Song

[49pravin]

It is really a nice treat. Even after so many decades this voice really haunts us in our bedroom even today and has become immortal.Shamshad Begum alongwith Noorjahan were the Lataji'sof 40 to50 and also some part of 60's.No doubt they must have worked so hard that not only they but even we enjoy the fruits of their labour even today.Thnx for uploading.

[yuanyuanyuanyin]

@49pravin - You are most welcome, my dear friend.

[jasbongy]

Awesome song. Thumbs Up.

Thanks Yuan ji. Love. Sarla.

[yuanyuanyuanyin]

@jasbongy - You are most welcome, my dear friend Sarla.

[derubala]

Shamshad was favorite by OPN and Naushad.

She did magic in this song. during it's time...it kept played on radio over and over...

Well, with this song OP is immortal too :)

great upload.

[yuanyuanyuanyin]

@derubala - You are most welcome, my dear friend.

[aijaz1551]

Old is gold. Realy enjoy to watch after 56 yrs of its release.

[madutzza1111]

ce mel frumoasa ;x

[98johal]

wow

[shamshadbegumsite]

fabulous song. 

[RealMusicKing]

Hello Yuan. TY. Now, this, is a nice song. Though it's semi-classical based Punjabi folk music with some resemblance of "Leke pehla pehla pyar" from CID. OP took this song from MD Shivram from film "Teen Batti Char Raasta"(V. Shantram Production, 1953) song "Ek Do Teen Char Panch, Nach Mere Man Nach Khushi Ke Saath" sung by Talat Mahmood.

[derubala]

@yuanyuanyuanyin I mean to say, it kept palying on radio :)