By now, readers of this blog may have realised that my posts for the day is following a set pattern, viz. all of them are songs composed by Shankar Jaikishan.
Indeed, that is a conscious decision on my part. Today is 12 th september and it was on 12 september,1971 that Jaikishan had died at an young age of 41. By that young age, he, along with Shankar had achieved a great deal. Shankar-Jaikishan brand helped launch movies and helped make the careers of many leading actors of 1950s and 1960s. Shankar Jaikishan in fact were the most prolific and most influential composers in Hindi movies who were much admired and looked upon to for inspiration by many younger music directors.
Shankar Jaikishan’s music is a delight to listen to even today, some four decades after the Shankar Jaikishan pair was separated this day.
Here is a fantastic song from “Beti Bete” (1964). It is such a delightfully sung and picturised song. Rafi is the singer and the song is picturised as a stage song on Sunil Dutt and B Saroja Devi. This song is a semi classical song (based on Raag Darbari). Shailendra is the lyricist.
naa teri bairan, naa teri sautan
aa aa sautan
naa teriI bairan, naa teri sautan
meri muraliyaa, mohe sabkaa man
meri muraliyaa, mohe sabkaa man
kari teri kaun buraai,
buraai re
Raadhike toone bansuri churaayi
Raadhike toone bansuri churaayi
nis din tere geet sunaaye
aaa
geet sunaaye
nis din tere geet sunaaye
Raadha Raadhaa rat na lagaaye
Raadha Raadhaa rat na lagaaye
sab jag padat sunaayi
sunaayi re
Raadhike toone bansuri churaayi
Raadhike toone bansuri churaayi
bansuri churaayi kyaa tere man aayi
bansuri churaayi kyaa tere man aayi
kaahe ko raar machaayi,
machaayi re
Raadhike toone bansuri churaayi
Raadhike toone bansuri churaayi
hi sophy
indeed Saroja Devi looks like VJ in this but most south indian heroines of that time till our very own Hema Malini managed to achieve the same look with marginal variations like Padmini, Ragini, Jamuna. and for that matter even Jaya Prada looked some what similar to all theses old timers
hullo atul
this is uncanniness again at its bestest (if there are any such words in the english language). what more can i say. only yesterday i was singing this song to my daughter Peevesie missed a few words and told her i shd request you for the correct lyrics and here it is 2day
thanks a lot
Hi Atul, Radhike toone bansari is based on Raaga Adana and not Raaga Darbari Kanada. Both raagas have the same notes but there is a difference in the way the notes are deployed. Adana is uttarang pradhan while Darbari is ponderous and poorvang pradhan.
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September 12, 2010 at 9:47 pm
Love the songs in Beti bete–this one too.
Another excellent Rafi song from the movie is “Aaj kal mein dhal gaya”.
There are very very few classical songs in Bollywood–these semi-classical ones are the closest we get.
And Saroja Devi looks like VJ here with all that makeup.
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September 13, 2010 at 10:40 am
hi sophy
indeed Saroja Devi looks like VJ in this but most south indian heroines of that time till our very own Hema Malini managed to achieve the same look with marginal variations like Padmini, Ragini, Jamuna. and for that matter even Jaya Prada looked some what similar to all theses old timers
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