Archive for the ‘Ghazal’ Category
Kaun veeraane mein dekhegaa bahaar
Posted on: August 6, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
Hearing the renditions of Saigal Saab is such a idyllic experience. His mastery of the seven sur and the three swara of music is unparalleled. His control on the sound, and its aarohan-avrohan is immense and unmatched. As one listens to his recital, one realizes that the flow of one note into the next is so smooth and effortless, that it is completely un-noticeable. Listening to his voice is like elegant smooth glide through a stream of honey. His resonance takes on a distinct identity of its own, and the printed material carries separate treatment of Saigal, the person and “Saigal, the voice” or “Saigal Ki Awaaz”. In fact, ‘Saigal, the voice’ assumed an identity of its own, and it became a topic of discussion in newspapers and magazines.
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Kyaa karoon kyaa karoon
Posted on: August 3, 2011
“Raftaar” (1955) is a movie starring Nadira and Talat Mehmood. Yes, it is a movie of those days when Talat Mehmood was trying hard to make it big as a singing acting hero.
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There are several ways in which I come across musical gems. Arbitrarily clicking away at various youtube clips is one such way. But another, and far more effective way is to go through the farmaishes of readers on the farmaish page, and look for those songs. That is what I am consciously doing these days, and it has been a highly rewarding experience.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Street Singer (1938) is a wonderful musical bonanza, that has two of the greatest singer-actors in it, in the person of Saigal Saab and Kaanan Devi. Six songs from this movie are already posted on this blog. This is the seventh song, and what a wonderful ghazal it is. The ghazal itself is presented as a duet, and is rendered very simply, yet elegantly by Saigal Saab and Kaanan Devi. A summary of the story line of this film has already been discussed in the previous two songs posted for this movie, viz., ‘Ghungharwaa baaje chhananana chhan’ and ‘Hai kyaa koi suhaawan sapnaa’. In this song, the two street singers meet the rich theatre owner for the first time – a meeting that will change their lives and destinies. The theatre owner’s role is played by Jagdeesh Sethi. (Folks can recall the film ‘Baat Ek Raat Ki’ (1962), where this very person, Jagdeesh Sethi has played a role of a rich film producer who takes fancy to a street performer (Waheeda Rehman), takes her under his care, and makes her a film star. Another variant to the theme of this movie, although the 1962 creation further develops as a murder mystery).
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
“Yahudi Ki Ladki” (1933) is the first movie in which K L Saigal’s voice was first heard in a Hindi movie. And this voice took the nation by storm.
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Zindagi ka ajab fasaanaa hai
Posted on: July 10, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This is another beautiful ghazal from the film Chhoti Chhoti Baaten (1965), presented as a duet in this movie. The ghazal is sung by Mukesh and Lata Mangeshkar, and on screen, it is picturized on Moti Sagar and Manju. Moti Sagar plays the role of Motilal’s son in this movie. Motilal leaves his children and comes to live in a village. After some time, one of his sons, Moti Sagar, disillusioned with his own life in his own ways, also follows him and starts to live with his father in the village. Here, he falls in love with a village girls, Radha, played by actress Manju.
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Na wo hamaare na dil hamaaraa
Posted on: July 10, 2011
“Dil e Naadaan” (1953) is a movie starring Talat Mehmood, Shyama and Peace Kanwal.
Here is a song from this movie which is sung by Sudha Malhotra. The song is picturised on Shyama singing this melancholic song inside her room, with Peace Kanwal wondering outside what is going on.
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Haal e dil yoon unhen sunaayaa gayaa
Posted on: July 3, 2011
I have so far discussed over 4100 songs in this blog, and I still feel that I have only scratched the surface. There are still tens of thousands of great songs that belong here. In fact, many well known songs are yet to figure in this blog. Hopefully, with time, all the missing songs will also appear here.
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