Magic On Harmonium

Some divine music from R. D. Burman, a la Madan Mohan! But first, a zesty piece from an entirely diff world of lavani’s.

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The song is from a Marathi movie Natarang, directed by Ravi Jadhav and starring Atul Kulkarni and Sonalee Kulkarni. Veteran music composer duo Ajay Atul composed the original score for the film. Lyrics by Guru Thakur

‘Vajle ki bara’, an energetic Lavani (a Maharashtrian folk dance form) played by Gagan Choudhary:

Video clip here in case the sound does not come up in the video below..

Watch Amruta Khanvilkar perform the lavani in the movie, sung by Bela Shende and Chorus:

Video clip here.

Watch another performance in a show here:

Video clip here.

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Sachin Jambhekar plays ‘Roj Roj Aankhon Tale‘, a sweet melody gently lapping at your ears from the movie Jeeva. Song sung by Asha Bhosle and Amit Kumar. Music: R. D. Burman. Lyrics: Gulzar.

Video clip here.

The clip from the movie:

Video clip here.

More magic to follow.

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Unforgettable Melodies

Links to Youtube are provided in case the clip doesn’t show up here.

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A soulful song from Mohsin Faiz from across the border:

Video here.

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‘Dil Tadap Tadap Ke‘ from Madhumati (1958) sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Mukesh. Cast: Dilip Kumar, Vyjayantimala, Tarun Bose, Johny Walker, Pran and Jayan. Music: Salil Chaudhry. Lyrics: Shailendra. Director: Bimal Roy..

Video here.

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‘Main Chali Main Chali’ from Professor (1962) sung by Mohammad Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar. Cast: Shammi Kapoor, Kalpana and Lalita Pawar. Music: Shankar Singh Raghuvanshi, Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal. Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri, Shailendra (Shankardas Kesarilal). Director: Lekh Tandon. Producer: F. C. Mehra.

Video here.

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‘Thandi Hawayein Lehra Ke Aaye‘ from Naujawan (1951) sung by Lata Mangeshkar. Cast: Nalini Jaywant, Prem Nath, Nawab Kashmiri and Yashodra Katju. Music: S.d. Burman. Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi. Director : Mahesh Kaul.

Video here.

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Melodies You May Not Get To Hear

These videos seem to play only on Youtube and not in WP. If so, click on the image or the link given below. A bit of nuisance.

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‘Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh‘ from Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai (1960) sung by Lata Mangeshkar. Cast: Meena Kumari, Raj Kumar. Music: Shankar Jaikishan Lyrics: Shailendra. Director: Kishore Sahu.

If it doesn’t play watch it here.

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‘Yaad Aayee Aadhi Raat Ko‘ from Kanhaiya (1959) sung by Mukesh; Cast: Raj Kapoor. Nutan, Om Prakash and Lalita Pawar. Music: Shankar Jaikishan. Lyrics: Shailendra. Director:Om Prakash.

If it doesn’t play watch it here.

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‘Yeh Raat Yeh Fizayen’ from Batwara sung by Asha Bhosle and Mohammed Rafi. Cast: Pradip Kumar and Nirupa Roy. Music: Madan Mohan. Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri.

If it doesn’t play watch it here.

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Dekho Kasam Se Kahate Hain Tum Se from Tumsa Nahin Dekha sung by Asha Bhosle and Mohammed Rafi. Cast: Shammi Kapoor, Ameeta, Pran, B.N.Vyas and Raj Mehra. Music: O P Nayyar. Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri. Director: Nasir Hussain.

If it doesn’t play watch it here.

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More Melodies…

Shut out all other sounds, tune in and enjoy.

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Does a bubbling stream make music?

You’ll know in a shortwhile.

This selection of a treat in melody is a little unusual. It starts off with a piece in the Raga Nalinakanthi – true to its name, a beautiful raga, romantic, one of the most pleasant to hear in Carnatic Music. Mimics a bubbling stream. Here it is, ‘Manavyalakinchara’ a Thiyagaraja kriti from Vikaasa’s debut album, ‘Guru’s Feet’ (2013). Vikaasa Ramdas, a musician trained under the tutelage of Mandolin Maestro U. Shrinivas, is accompanied in this piece by Suri Upendra on the mridangam, G. Suresh Kumar on the violin, H. Sivaramakrishnan on the ghatam, and Trichy V.V.S. Manian on the kanjira.

Video here.

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‘Main pyaar ka raahi hoon’ from Ek Musaafir Ek Haseena (1962) sung by Mohammad Rafi, Asha Bhonsle, Cast: Joy Mukherjee, Sadhna, Music: O P Nayyar. Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan.

Video here.

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‘Pukarta Chala Hoon Main’ from Mere Sanam (1965) sung by Mohammed Rafi. Cast: Asha Parekh and Biswajit Chatterjee Music: O.P.Nayyar. Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri.

Video here.

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 ‘Bekarar Karke Hume Yun Na Jaiye’ in Bees Saal Baad (1962), a breezy number sung by Hemant Kumar, set to music by Hemant Kumar.  Lyricist: Shakeel Badayuni. Cast: Waheeda Rehman, Biswajeet and Madan Puri.

Video here.

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Can You Get Tired Of These Melodies?

‘Tumhi Mere Meet Ho Tumhi Meri Preet’ from Pyase Panchhi (1961) sung by Hemant Kumar and Suman Kalyanpur (also features Lata Mangeshkar, Muhammad Rafi, Geeta Dutt, Mukesh, Shamshad Begum, Manna Dey and Balbir!!) Cast: Mehmood, Ameeta, Jeevan, David, Agha, Naranjan Sharma, Malika and Leela Mishra. Music: Kalayanji-Anandji. Lyricist: Indeevar, Qamar. Director: Harsukh Bhatt.

Video here.

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‘Dil Ki Nazar’ in Anari (1959) sung by Lata Mangeshkar. Actors: Raj Kapoor, Nutan, Nazir Hussain, Lalita Pawar, Motilal, Shubha Khote, Mukri and Helen. Music: Shankar Jaikishen. Lyrics: Shailendra.

Video here.

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‘Gham Ka Fasana Ban Gaya Acha’ from Manchali (1973) sung by Kishore Kumar and Leena C. Cast:  Sanjeev Kumar, Leena Chandavarkar, Nazima and Nirupa Roy. Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal. Lyrics: Anand Bakshi. Director: Raja Nawathe.

Video here.

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‘Kaii Baar Yun Bhi Dekha Hai’ from Rajnigandha (1974) sung by Mukesh. Cast: Amol Palekar and Vidya Sinha. Music: Salil Chowdhury. Lyrics: Yogesh. Director: Basu Chatterjee.

Video here.

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A Pining Lover – A Ghazal Magic From…

the duo – Kaifi Azmi and Madan Mohan:

‘Zara Si Aahat Hoti Hai’ from Haqeeqat (1964) sung by Lata Mangeshkar. Actors: Dharmendra, Balraj Sahni, Priya Rajvansh, Sudhir, Sanjay Khan and Vijay Anand. Director: Vijay Anand.

Like many other immortal melodies this Azmi’s song of tender love, full of old-world charm, is also set in Raag: Yaman Kalyan at its sweetest, its notes lending the distinctive qualities of soft romance, peace and tranquility. Moods of this Raag: bhakti, gambhir, shringar, serene, haunting… 

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Lyrics and its as-best-as-I-could translation:

ज़रा सी आहट होती है

तो दिल सोचता है 

कहीं ये वो तो नहीं,

कहीं ये वो तो नहीं 

ज़रा सी आहट होती है…

Even a slight sound (of a foot fall) and

my heart goes thumping:

Could it be him if anyone?

Could it be him if anyone?

छुप के सीने में कोई जैसे सदा देता है 

शाम से पहले दीया दिल का जला देता है 

है उसी की ये सदा, है उसी की ये अदा 

कहीं ये वो तो नहीं.

Dwelling in (my) bosom and making himself ever felt,

Lighting up the lamp of the heart even before it’s dusk,

It is his ever…it is this coquetry of his,

Could it be him, if anyone?

शक्ल फिरती है निगाहों में वही प्यारी सी

मेरी नस-नस में मचलने लगी चिंगारी सी 

छू गई जिस्म मेरा किसके दामन की हवा 

कहीं ये वो तो नहीं…

(It’s his) face swirling before my eyes, so cute,

(it’s like) fire-sparks cavorting in every vein of mine,

my body tingled by the breeze that had embraced someone,

Could it be him, if anyone?

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Now dismiss all thoughts of the world outside,

shut out all noise,

put your feet up,

roll down your sleeves,

hold your glass in hand if you desire,

switch on the soft glow of a single shaded lamp,

get ready to be swept along.

Video here.

And for the original from the film:

Video here.

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PS: A nagging thought: should a kid like this girl be asked to emote such tender love?

Source: poshmaal.com/ragas/yaman.html

Now, For Some Forgotten Melodies!

Songs we missed our classes to hear on radio! Not likely to be heard in these days.

A coincidence that I noticed later – all the songs are Shankar Jaikishen’s!

Good quality clips of these songs are difficult to obtain.

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‘Tum Jo Humare Meet Na Hote Geet Ye Mere Geet Na Hote’ from Aashiq (1962) sung by Mukesh. Stars Raj Kapoor, Nanda, Padmini, Keshto Mukherjee and Leela Chitnis. Music: Shankar Jaikishen. Lyrics: Shailendra and Hasrat Jaipuri. Director: Hrishikesh Mukerjee.

Video here.

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‘Suno Ji Suno Hamari Bhi Suno’ in Ek Dil Sau Afsane (1963) sung by Mukesh. Stars: Raj Kapoor. Waheeda Rehman, Lalita Pawar, Sulochana Chatterjee, Mridula Rani, Mehar Banu and Jagdish Raj. Music: Shankar Jakishan. Lyrics: Shailendra.

Video here.

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‘Bahar Banke Woh Muskuraye’ from Apne Huye Paraye (1964) sung by Lata Mangeshkar. Actors: Manoj Kumar, Mala Sinha, Shashikala, Lalita Pawar, Agha, Padma Kumari, Sunder, Chand Burke, Dulari, Iftekhar, Ramayan Tiwari, Savitri and Naina. Music: Shankar Jaikishan. Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri. Director: Ajit Chakraborty. Producer: Ajit Chakraborty.

Video here.

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‘Begaani Shaadi Mein’ from Jis Desh Mein Behti Hai (1960) sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Mukesh. Actors: Padmini, Raj Kapoor, Pran, Lalita Pawar, Raj Mehra and Sulochana Chatterjee. Music: Shankar Jaikishan. Lyrics: Shailendra and Hasrat Jaipuri. Director: Radhu Karmarkar.

Video here.

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Unforgettable Melodies

Don’t fear for your head if these ring in your ears long after playing out.

Selection this time includes songs, deep in lyrics. picturized on the three heroes who dominated the Kollywood films for decades.

Settle down and enjoy the music even if you don’t follow the words.

First, Gemini Ganesan (father of Rekha of Bollywood) in Idhyatthil Nee. A Tamizh romance film, directed by Muktha Srinivasan and produced by V. Ramasamy in 1963. Music by the legendary pair Viswanathan Ramamoorthy.

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The second is from Navarathri, produced and directed by A.P. Nagarajan, featuring Sivaji Ganesan (his 100th film) and Savithri (wife of Gemini Ganesan) in lead roles, set to music by K. V. Mahadevan. The film is known for the thespian’s masterly portrayal of navarasa’s (nine different emotions) in nine different roles. In this song an inebriated Sivaji Ganesan tries unsuccessfully to seduce the heroine in a brothel house.

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This is from Panathottam, directed by K Shankar in 1963 featuring M.G. Ramachandran (was the chief minister of Tamil Nadu when he died) and Saroja Devi in lead roles. The film, produced by G. N. Velumani had musical score again by the wizards Viswanathan Ramamoorthy.

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A Never-Before Amazing Feat In Cricket…

vide: Usha Narayanan

The protagonist claims he would hit two sixes in one ball!

What, in one ball???

Yes, two sixes in one ball bowled at him.

A challenge to test all of Rajinikant’s mettle, his die-hard fans helplessly, tearfully and abashedly concede.

And, man……he pulls it off!!

Like how?

Well, it’s all here – though, strictly speaking, not in one b…..saying anything more would be a give-away:

(subtitles not necessary)

Move over, Tollywood, it’s now the Gujju’s taking the pride of place!

If the clip does not appear above, watch it here.

Perfectly ingenious, I thought…at least I didn’t see it coming!

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Forgettable Music??

Amidst most of my age professing love for old film music and shunning the new as trashy, why do I like these, ‘hot from the kitchen’?

Must confess as a Tamiilian I could barely make out a word here and word there in the lyrics of these Tamil songs, especially the first one!

But listening to them, I bet these (music) guys would give anyone in the industry a run for the money. Good to see fresh talent cropping up.

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Watch Prabhudeva here in the film ‘Gulebakavali’ belt out a high-energy high-decibel melody (melody? is that possible at all?) set to music by Vivek–Mervin; actually sung by Anirudh Ravichander and Mervin Solomon and choreographed in Telugu/Tamizh colors:

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This is Ditya (an award-winning child artiste) in a romp – the film is ‘Lakshmi’, music by Sam C.S.; here’s a theatrical version released (whatever that means), song in the voice of Uthra Unnikrishnan:

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These may not make ‘Unforgettable Music’ for the biggest reason lyrics don’t come easily hum’able. Forgettable? No way – I’d certainly like to play them again when in mood.

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Note: Wouldn’t know if there’s any plagiarism here.