Subject: Abhi To Main Jawan Hun (#414)
Date:  Sun, 21 Feb 1999 22:58:06 GMT

  #414

          Song:   o tiir chalaane waale zaraa, aa saamne aakar tiir chalaa
                  tuune mujhe chhupkar luut liya, aa saamne aakar tiir chalaa
                  tiir chalaa, tiir chalaa, tiir chalaa

          Film:   Naghma (1953)
          Singer: Talat Mahmood
          Music:  Nashad
          Lyrics: Nakshab
          *ing:   Ashok Kumar, (?)

  A long-time personal favorite of mine. Nashad must have suffered a slight
  identity crisis, his name being subsumed (in sequence) by that of... who-else.
  (the non-malicious Salieri to the Naushadian Mozart ? :-) The Bara-Dari CD
  too cruelly credits him as Naushad, poor fish.

  The first song I heard from this sadly lesser-known composer was the
  obvious "tasviir banaata huu.n" by Talat from Bara Dari, about seventeen
  years ago... and pretty much every song of his I've heard since then
  (which is not too many, unfortunately) has been consistently good... mostly
  scattered songs from Naghma, Jawab (1955), etc. Any more input on his output
  is greatly welcome. (Eeks. That word placement was unintentional)

  One of the things that enhances the inherent melody in this song is
  the sequential use of both the shuddha and komal rishabh, in the
  three "tiir chalaa"s :

   ti-ii-ra cha-la-aa aa-aa ti-ii-ra cha-laa-aa-aa-aa ti-ii-ra cha-laa
   |  |  |   |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |   |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |   |
   sa-re-ga ma--ga-ma ga-re ga-re-ga ma--ga--re-sa-ni sa-re-ga re--sa
                                             |            |     |
                                            (komal)     (komal)(komal)
  (all others are shuddha)
  Apparently, this usage is common in Bhairavi-based tunes (gleaned this
  from a recent musical exchange with Dr Panda), e.g. in "tuu ganga ki mauj
  mei.N", the "mi" in "ho rahegaa MIlan"...

  The other thing I like in this song is the imploring note in the "tiir
  chalaa"s preludes; interesting ambivalence... the tune suggests a beseeching
  attitude, the words suggest a confrontational one and both suggest a misplaced
  masochism, a "get it over with" attitude :-) I'd like to see how it is
  picturized.
 

  ..Hrishi
 


Guest Author: Hrishi Dixit