#370

        Song:   Dhitang dhitang bole dil tere liye doley
                Tuu sanam hauley hauley kaisa jaduu kiye jaaye
                Jaane ya na jaane tuu maane ya na maane
                Hum tere hi diiwane hain tuu chaahe ya na chaahe

        Film:   Aawaaz (1956)
        Singer: Lata Mangeshkar, chorus
        Music:  Salil Chowdhury
        Lyrics: Prem Dhawan
        *ing:   Rajendra Kumar, Nalini Jaywant


I haven't heard too many songs with an all-male chorus, but  this
bewitching melody from Salilda is one of the best examples of it.
A resonant sea of baritone  vocals,  beautifully  coordinated  in
split-scales,  with  Lata's  soft, sweet voice floating buoyantly
atop it... at times accompanied by it, at times  complemented  by
it.  The effect is almost magical.

The song starts with some serious dholak ; one expects a  Marathi
"lavani"  to start... but this fierce percussion almost vaporizes
into a gently rocking rhythm  on  some  soft  accordion/harmonium
strains to start the song off.

Just following the mukhdaa, she  lapses  into  some  gently  wavy
notes with these lines (and the chorus on close heels) :

        aaye re aaye pyaar ke din aaye
        dhad dhad dil dhadke nazar sharmaaye
           [repeat-chorus-split-scales]
        kabhii tadpaaye kabhii tarsaaye
        ae dil ki lagii tujhko kaun samjhaaye
           [repeat-chorus-split-scales]
        aaye re aaye aaye re aaye
        aaye re aaye aaye re aaye

IMO the best lines in the song.  Try  singing  the  "aye  dil  ki
lagii..."  line  and see if you can navigate the small skewed off
note in "kaun samjhaaye"- it sounds very charming when she  sings
it, but it's very hard to nail down if you try to do it yourself;
you always end up half a note lower or higher.

Was this the last movie in Mehboob's "A-series" that started with
Anmol Ghadi (1946) ?



Guest Author: Hrishi Dixit