RMIM Archive Article "233".

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Namashkaar! Recently, I got hold of the soundtrack of a 1956 Kishore
Kumar phillum, "Raagini." The following is a song-by-song commentary.
OP Nayyar scored the music and my overall grade for the album is A+.
Q: Who plays the female lead?

1)  piyA maiN hooN patang tu dor - KK&Asha

Lyric: Jan Nissar Akhtar (JNA)

A typically-OPish racy, swinging duet. Kishore's voice takes
on a soft, mellow timbre and Asha is the lively girl that she
was at the height of OP's powers.

2)  maine rAt guzArI tAre geen-geen ke - Asha

Lyric: JNA

Throughout this album, Asha's voice displays a clarity and
crispness that is out of the ordinary. A fine dholak-based number
this is. The ghungroos in the background are suggestive of a
dance.

3)  muD muD hum ko dekhtA jhuk jhuk nazre - KK&Asha

Lyric: JNA

OP works up magic again with his Punjabi Keharva on the
dholak. I would imagine this to be at the "volcano eruption
and hot lava gushing forth" stage of the phillum.

4)  maiN bongAli cHokrA karuN pyAr ko nomoshkAram
    maiN MadrAsi cHokri mujhe tumse pyAram        - KK&Asha

Lyric: Qamar Jalalabadi

Most of you have seen this one on Chayageet. Kishore and Asha
are old hats at these pyAr me ribbing games.

5)  iss duniyA se nirAlA hooN - Asha and Geeta Dutt

Lyric: JNA

The fella who fathered the "Asha-Geeta Dutt" list here on
RMIM please take note.

6)  man morA bANwarA nisdin gAye geet milan ke - Mohamaad Rafi

Lyric: JNA

A decent bandish set to teentAl.

7)  cHoTA sa bAlmA akHiyan neeNd churA le gayo
    ratiyan neeNd na aay                       - Asha

Lyric: Qamar Jalalabadi

Superb bandish in teentAl. In particular, Asha exhibits a
slithery slide on the "aay" in the transition between two
adjacent notes. A very difficult vocal exercise executed
effortlessly. Something she no doubt picked up from her great
father's style.

8)  mujhko bAr bAr yAd nA aa bewafA O bewafA - KK&Asha

Lyric: Qamar Jalalabadi

A lazy duet complete with yodelling, hiccups etc that go
with the drunken act. The surprising thing is that Asha
is drunk too! I don't know of any other song that has
also the female character in drunken stupor. Oooops, I
didn't mean to give ideas to would-be list pioneers.

9)  mere dil ki pAyal bAje saiyya - Asha

Lyric: Qamar Jalalabadi

Melodious dance number. OP/dholak/Keharva and you get
the idea.

10) dil toDne wAle batA ke ja maine terA kyA kiyA - Asha

Deewaana is playing hard-to-get and wants sundari to get wet
up to her ears crying out her dil. This song satisfies the boundary
condition.
*****

To my great delight, the following two compositions came in
for the ride! I wasn't even aware of their existence. It is hard
for me to imagine Kishore lip-singing a bandish of Amir Khansahib.
Someone please confirm.

11) jogiyA mere ghar aaye - Amir Khansahib

Bandish in Raga Lalit/TeentAl. Superb. What else do you expect
of AK-Sahib?

12) cHeD diye mere dil ki tAr - Amir Khansahib and BGAK(?)

The tape lists only Amir Khan but this is a duet in Raga Kamod.
The quality of the recording quality isn't good and I suspect that
the co-singer is Bade Gulam!(for Ashok Kumar?).  Someone please
confirm. In any case, I came back with two AK recordings hitherto
unknown to me.

I want to see this phillum! Someone who has, puhleez write about
it.


Rajan Parrikar
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email: rajan@anteng.ssd.loral.com
       parrikar@mimicad.colorado.edu






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