Vande Maatram
Posted on: January 26, 2020
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Hullo Atuldom
26th January is a national occasion which is celebrated across the country with hoisting of the national tricolour in the country’s capital New Delhi followed by the rest of the country in educational institutions, government buildings and some private housing complexes. There are speeches and parades all around showcasing india’s diverse cultures and achievements.
Our housing society too celebrates this national day with flag hoisting and a gathering of the residents. There is a small difference in that we also conduct a small Pooja the previous evening followed by small acts by the children of the apartment, dinner and games (in that order, mind it). The night always comes to an end with a game of housie and antakshari, I am going to be enjoying it this year after a long gap.
25th January happened to be the birthday of Kavita Krishnamurthy who was born Sharada Krishnamurthy in New Delhi. She is a trained classical singer who has also learnt Rabindra Sangeet. She first recorded a song under the baton of Hemant Kumar as a co-singer to Lata Mangeshkar in 1971 for a Bengali movie. In the second half of the 70s she was reintroduced to Hemantda by Ranu Mukherjee and was used as a singer in Hemantdas’ live shows from where Manna Dey spotted her and her slow journey into film music began.
Initially she was a dubbing artist and cut demos of songs intended to be sung by established singers. the 1980 release “Maang Bharo Sajna” featured a song in her own voice but was deleted from the final cut of the film. Her first major hit was in 1985 when “Pyaar Jhukta Nahin” hit the screens and “tumse milkar na jaane kyun” became a hit. From then she has been on the Indian film firmament with songs in Kannada (where she had recorded her first film song), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, English, Urdu, Nepali, Bengali, Odiya, Konkani etc. She was a Padmashri winner in 2005 and four time filmfare award winner. A humble and courteous human being who I had the luck to meet on one of my trips between Bangalore and Mumbai. She is very approachable and forever smiling. Here is wishing that smile stays forever.
Today we have a version of our National Song “Vande Mataram” in the voices of Kavita Krishnamurthy and Usha Uthup from the 2001 Karan Johar directed Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham. We have various artists who have presented this song in their own styles. The ones which I love to hear on repeat are by Hemant Kumar in the 1952 release “Anand Math” and A.R.Rahman’s non-film version which came in 1997 which starts as “Maa tujhe salaam”. K3G had 5 songs by Jatin-Lalit, 5 by Sandesh Shandilya and one by Aadesh Shrivastva. Today’s “Vande Matram” is by Sandesh Shandilya.
Wishing everyone a Happy Republic Day. Let us try and be good citizens who are responsible towards our country with our actions.
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Song-Vande Maatram (Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham)(2001) Singer-Kavita Krishnamurthy, Usha Uthup, MD-Sandesh Shandilya
Lyrics
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vande ae ae maatram
vande ae ae maatram
maatram
hehe
vande maatram
vande maatram
vande maatram
vande maatram
vande maatram
vande maatram
vande maatram
vande maatram
vande maatram
vande maatram
vande maatram
vande maatram
vande maatram
vande maatram
sujalaam sufalaam maatram
malayaj sheetalam maatram
sujalaam sufalaam maatram
malayaj sheetalam maatram
shashya shamlam maatram
vande maatram
vande maatram
vande maatram
vande maatram
vande maatram
vande ae ae ae
maatram
aaaaa aaaaaa
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hum bulbule hain iski
ye gulsitan hamaara hamaara
sare jaha se achcha
hindustan hamaara
hamara
saare jahan se achcha
Hindustan hamaara
3 Responses to "Vande Maatram"
January 26, 2020 at 9:13 pm
The rendition by Usha Utthap is actually superlative. You met Kavita Krishnamoorthy but I met a College (Sophia College) friend of hers last year. Kavita Krihnamoorthy is based in US and visits India occasionally.
The friend was also all praise for her.
Actually i was surprised to see the age group. So I confirmed from the friend if she is talking about The Kavita Krishnamoorthy. 🙂 🙂
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January 26, 2020 at 11:28 pm
She is settled in Bangalore and keeps shunting between India & US something like the yesudas.
She does a lot of shows in the US.
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January 26, 2020 at 10:25 am
!! Happy Republic Day to All …!!! Jai Hind …!!!
@Peevesie’s Mom ji – nice post and song selection to combine birth anniversary of Kavita Krishnamurthy.
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