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अंतस्थ हेतू




 Tuesday, 25 October 2011


( Just before Diwali) 

नमस्कार मित्र हो !
तुम्हा सर्वांना दिवाळीच्या निखळ आणि निरपेक्ष शुभेच्छा !
हल्ली स्वत:च्या निरपेक्षपणाबद्दल जे स्वत:च बोलतात, त्यांच्या बाबतीत शंका घेतली जाते.
त्यामुळे तुम्हालाही वाटेल की या शुभेच्छांमागे  
माझा काही अंतस्थ हेतू तर नाही ना?

घाबरू नका..
कुठलेसे funkangan विकणारा मी कोणी नामांकित सराफ नाही..
(अंगा-पिंडाने दिसत असलो ) तरी तुम्हांला flats च्या schemes देणारा  मी बिल्डर नाही..
माझं LCD/LED/Plasma TV चं दुकानही नाही.
माझ्याकडे mobiles च्या Galaxysची कुठली रेंज ही नाही.
त्यामुळे मी तुम्हाला काहीही विकणार नाही ...
मग पटतंय ना -माझा अंतस्थ हेतू नाही ते ?

प्रत्येक सण हा आता एक इव्हेंट असतो 
आणि त्यात सहभागी होणारे आपण Consumer असतो. 
'ग्राहक-राजा' ला आकर्षित करण्यासाठी 
बाजारपेठा नुसत्या सजल्याच नाहीत तर अक्षरश: उधळल्या आहेत.

खोटं कशाला बोलू ? 
मी ही भुललो... मी ही खरेदी केलीच! 
पण... मला या बाजारात माझ्यासकट दिसतात...
(वयाने मोठी झालेली) लहान मुले! 

Ice-cream  किंवा खेळण्याच्या दुकानात गेल्यावर 
भिरभिरत्या नजरेने पाहणारी..
काय घेऊ आणि काय नको अशी अवस्था होणारी !
ते अतृप्त मूलच tempt होतं या बाजारातील रंगीबेरंगी भुल्भुलैय्याना! 

माझ्या अंतस्थ हेतूबद्दल तुम्हाला आता वेगळीच शंका तर येऊ लागली नाही ना? 
नाही.. मी कुठलेही प्रवचन किंवा प्रबोधन करणार नाही.

पण मला सांगा-
आपण वर्षभर खरेदी करतो..
फराळाचे पदार्थ वर्षभर केव्हाही खातो...
फटाके कधीही उडवतो...
दिवाळी पहाट सारखे सांस्कृतिक कार्यक्रम कुठे ना कुठे बघतोच. 

मग हा दिवाळीचाच अट्टहास का?
हे सगळं स्पर्धेनं करणं का?
सणांसाठी आपण की आपल्यासाठी सण? 

तुम्ही म्हणाल याचा अगदी 'समाजवादी वैचारिक गोंधळ' उडाला आहे.

आहे खरा! 
पण तरीही मला वाटतं- या दिवाळीत आपण काहीतरी वेगळं करूयात.
नातेवाईक-मित्र परिवाराला भेटूया..
नात्यांची वीण घट्ट करूयात.
संवाद वाढवूयात ..

'अंधाराकडून प्रकाशाकडे' या दिवाळीच्या व्यापक अर्थाचा विचार करूयात.
आपले पूर्वग्रह, अभिनिवेश तपासून पाहूयात.

माझा असलाच तर अंतस्थ हेतू, तुम्हाला हे सांगण्याचा आहे की 
आपण आपल्या परीने, दुसऱ्याच्या आयुष्यात 
मिणमिणती का असेना पण पणती बनून 
प्रकाश देण्याचा प्रयत्न करूयात.
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Those were the days! (Part 1)

 Tuesday, 25 January 2011



The world was experiencing turmoil everywhere-from collapse of Soviet Union to collapse of Berlin wall (1990) to invasion of Kuwait by Iraq leading to war that was seen world wide via cable…


Closer home, the gigantic majority was lost by Rajiv Gandhi… there was introduction of Mandal Commission, assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, process of economic liberalization just about started, Babri masjid was demolished…
Australia & Pakistan won cricket world cups in 1987 & 1992 respectively, while the then West Germany won World cup football in 1990…

(As if) Oblivious to all of this… we attended College from 1987 to 1993 to complete our graduation! Those 5 1/2 years were indeed mesmerizing & memorable days of our life. This is an attempt to re-visit those days from different perspective-through Hindi film music! This is a compilation of 40 songs (40 because we have now crossed that milestone-age-wise) from 1987-1993. The choice of songs is mine & may be prejudiced & suited to my temperament (so no dhan-te-dhan type of songs). But if legendary Lata Mangeshkar’s choice of songs can be questioned… then who am I? So just enjoy the songs… you might be pleasantly surprised to know that melody was preserved in our days too.
(The songs are in alphabetical order.)

1)    Aaj phir tumpe pyaar aaya hai-
Film- Dayavaan, 1988 Singers-Pankaj Udhaas & Anuradha Paudwal.
Lyrics-Aziz Kaisee        Music-Laxmikant Pyarelal.
Picturized on-Vinod Khanna & Madhuri Dixit.
This song has Madhuri & long, visually pleasing interludes! No further explanations required!

2)   Aaja meri jaan-
Film-  Aaja Meri Jaan 1993     Singers-S.P.Balsubramaniam & Anuradha Paudwal.
Lyrics- Sameer                       Music- R D Burman
Picturized on- Krishen Kumar & Tanya Singh  
Why this song? You might wonder.. But listen to the saxophone, the change of scale.. SP’s yodeling.. this song also takes you back to Sagar-(remember Dimple’s introductory swim shots?) & of course, this is RD’s song. I will be biased towards him! So forget the people on whom it is picturized & listen…

3)   Aake teri baahon mein-
Film-  Vansh 1992 Singers-S.P.Balsubramaniam & Lata Mangeshkar
Lyrics- Sameer       Music- Anand-Milind
Picturized on- Sushant Ray & Ekta
A morning raga- Vibhaas. The rhythm of Anand Milind with female chorus & use of flute is typically seen here. These were the days when Lata would manage to sing high notes well.. Again a good song to listen than see the forgettable pair. Their best claim to fame? He is grandson of legendary V Shantaram & she is wife of Mohnish Behl!

4)   Aanewala kal ek sapna hai-
Film- Phir Teri Kahani Yaad aayee 1993   Singer- Kumar Sanu
Lyrics- Kaifee Azmee    Music- Anu Malik
Picturized on- Rahul Roy & Pooja Bhat
Imagine Kaifee Azmee (who wrote ‘Waqt ne kiya kyaa haseen sitam’) penning a song for Anu Malik!  Good meaningful song..And must say that Anu was also up to the task. A beautiful song, the railway-feel quite interesting throughout the song! Also accordion piece gives nostalgic feeling. Was perhaps the first movie made for viewing on cable.

5)   Aate jaate hastey gaate-
Film- Maine Pyaar Kiya  1989   Singers- S.P.Balsubramaniam & Lata Mangeshkar
Lyrics-  Dev Kohli   Music- Ram Laxman
Picturized on- Salman Khan  & Bhagyashree.
Not a bad desi version of Stevie Wonder’s-‘I just called to say I love you’ !
Salman Khan’s first major hit. The movie led to a wave of black colored ‘Friends’ caps everywhere. Times were changing & so were friends-turning in to lovers!

6)   Aina mujhse meri pehli si soorat maange-
Film- Daddy  1991  Singers- Talat Aziz   Lyrics-  Sooraj Sanim  
Music- Rajesh Roshan  
Picturized on- Anupam Kher & Pooja Bhat .
I actually used to think that this song was sung by Anupam Kher himself, until one of my classmates corrected me. They don’t play this song anymore-lost in to oblivion. Leave apart the loud-ish orchestration, the tune & Talat’s voice is good.

7)   Akele hai to kya ghum hai-
Film- Qayamat se Qayamat tak  1988 Singers- Udit Narayan & Alka Yagnik Lyrics- Majrooh Sultanpuri Music- Anand-Milind
Picturized on- Aamir Khan & Juhi Chawla.
Fresh faces, fresh music directors & singers, fresh director made a great combination & even the clichéd story (or the lack of it) looked different. The film was such a rage. I too might have seen at least 4 times in theatres. One of it was at Deccan- searching the protagonists in between the pillars of the theatre. Need I write Aamir Khan’s 1st film as a lead actor? Majroohsaab might have written his first song in 1940s, but here he is almost 50 years later, still in sync with the times!

8)   Aur is dil mein kyaa rakha hai-
Film- Imaandaar 1987 Singers- Suresh Wadkar & Asha Bhosale  
Lyrics-Prakash Mehra  Music- Kalyanji- Anandji
Picturized on- Sanjay Dutt & Farah 
A soulful number going on screen to a wrong person-he is absolutely clueless! Might be one of the last movies of Kalyanji-Anandji with a good track.  

9)   Baazigar o Baazigar-
Film- Baazigar  1993  Singers- Kumar Sanu & Alka yagnik  
Lyrics-Nawab Arzoo   Music- Anu Malik
Picturized on- Shah Rukh Khan & Kajol
 The eternal- sapano-ka-raajkumar-riding-a-horse song! But good guitar pieces. Kajol looks unbelievably bad. Those were the days when Shah Rukh Khan was trying different things. And then, he just became Raj & Rahul in every other film.

10) Bada dukh dina tere lakhan ne-
Film- Ram Lakhan  1989  Singer- Lata Mangeshkar.    
Lyrics- Anand Bakshi      Music- Laxmikant Pyarelal
Picturized (mainly)on- Madhuri Dixit & Anil Kapoor.
Again, Madhuri Dixit… so no explanations required. A kind of mujra but Madhuri takes  it to a different level. The pain of virah expressed by Madhuri v.well. LP’s typical orchestration with multiple sitars & chorus quite evident. 


11)  Chandani raat hai-
Film- Baaghi  1990  Singers- Abhijeet & Kavita Krishnamurthy   
Lyrics-  Sameer       Music- Anand-Milind
Picturized  on- Salman Khan & Naghma
Not many songs of Salman Khan with Abhijeet as playback. One of the many south-made movies of that time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqC530rCaiw

12)   Chhotisi kahani se-
Film- Ijaazat 1988  Singer- Asha Bhosale    
Lyrics-  Gulzar      Music- R D Burman
Picturized  on- Title track
Gulzar’s best movie till date. A mature take on husband-wife relationship! Unfortunately, it was not a commercially successful film. RD was in full form & so was Asha.The visuals complimented the lyrics v.well & the mixing of 2 voices of Asha was wonderful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVg7aR64DBg

13)  Chhotisi Asha-

Film- Roja 1992  Singer-Min Mini   
Lyrics-  PK Mishra       Music- A R Rahman
Picturized  on- Madhu
Mani Ratnam & Rahman made a strong impression. Beautiful & refreshing visuals, different & path breaking music. Madhu literally lived the role of Roja. Though a dubbed movie, was worth watching. First movie of the trilogy of sorts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCSaFkW6Dkc&feature=fvst

14)   Dhak dhak karne laga-

Film- Beta 1992   Singers- Anuradha Paudwal & Udit Narayan   
Lyrics-  Sameer       Music- Anand Milind
Picturized  on- Madhuri Dixit & Anil Kapoor
 The song that gave Madhuri the Dhak-dhak tag! Don’t ask why the song is there in the movie. Just see!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmvQgeMPALM

15)   Dil hai ke manta nahi-

Film- Dil hai ke manta nahi 1991   Singers- Anuradha Paudwal & Kumar Sanu    
Lyrics-  Sameer       Music- Nadeem-Shravan
Picturized  on- Aamir Khan & Pooja Bhat
Mahesh Bhat’s interpretation of Roman Holiday or Chori Chori? Those were the days when he was actually calling the shots & not asking anyone to ghost direct the films. Good composition & simple yet romantic picturization.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L8PRRCcse0

16)   Dil hoom hoom kare-

Film- Rudaali 1993   Singer-Lata Mangeshkar  
Lyrics-  Gulzar      Music- Bhupen Hazarika
Picturized  on- Dimple Kapadia
Quintessentially a Dimple’s movie. Hoom hoom is a unique word & Lata sings it in a peculiar way.A different use of instruments.A folk based song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLL5dsIVCcc

17)    Ghoongat ki aad se-

Film- Hum hai raahi pyaar ke  1993   Singers- Kumar Sanu-Alka Yagnik   
Lyrics- Sameer  Music- Nadeem Shravan
Picturized  on- Aamir Khan & Juhi Chawla  
Mahesh Bhat ki aad se Aamir Khan ne direct kia hua movie? A Fun movie!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3uAc9ffOv4

18)   Humko aaj kal hai intezar-

Film-Sailab 1990   Singer- Alka Yagnik  
Lyrics- Javed Akhtar   Music- Bappi Lahiri  
Picturized  on- Madhuri Dixit

Both lyricist & music director seem unlikely for this song. Chorus seems to have more lines to sing than Alka!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg4EP7UhsLo

19)   Jadoo teri nazar-

Film- Darr 1993   Singer-Udit Narayan 
Lyrics- Anand Bakshi  Music- Shiv-Hari
Picturized  on- Shah Rukh  Khan & Juhi Chawla 
Ga..ga..ga..ga..good guitar pa..pa…pa…pieces!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFUv89uvXfg

20)Jab koi baat bigad-

Film- Jurm 1990   Singer-Kumar Sanu & Sadhana Sargam   
Lyrics- Indivar   Music- Rajesh Roshan  
Picturized  on- Vinod Khanna & Meenakshi Sheshadri

A soft, romantic number…oldie Vinod Khanna’s last ditch effort to convince us that he was still a hero material. Most of his heroines looked like his daughters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_mtmnptlTA

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HE... THE OMNIPRESENT !!!


(Disclaimer: These days, anybody’s sentiments can be hurt by anything. So at the very outset, Please forgive me if I might have hurt your sentiments. Best way is do not read further if you feel so. And please do not sue me for blasphemy!)

HE is OMNIPRESENT…
HE is here… HE is there…
Everywhere….
From today, HE’ll even be at your home
To make you a Millionaire!  

HE comes in different Avatars…

Earlier…
HE was Vijay…
HE had the ‘Shakti’ of ‘Trishul’
No ‘Deewar’ or ‘Kala Paththar'
Could stand against HIM.
Victory was HIS.. against all odds.

HE was a Rebel without a Cause,
Seething like a Coal,
Fighting the Establishment..
And yes,
Fighting twenty people all at once. 

HE was Romantic.
We loved HIS funny antics.
We even loved HIS singing…
We loved as we saw ourselves in HIM. 

But then…
Suddenly, HE thought…
HE was ‘Mahaan’.. HE was ‘Toofan’
Not just a ‘Jaadugar’ but an ‘Ajooba’ by HIMSELF
A ‘Shahenshah’ & a ‘(Laal) Baadshah’ 

HIS IMAGE grew larger than HIM…

Nowadays….
HE ‘sells’ everything…
From Chocolates to Cement,
From Oil to Ointment..
And yes,
HE is also seen in Jungles,
Selling us the Gujarati Asmita! 

HE is always (politically) Correct.
HE can do No Wrong.
HE is always Right.
And on the Right Side of Politicians & Corporates. 

HE is not HIS earlier, reclusive SELF.
HE is In-sync with ‘TIMES’
HE writes.. HE comments,
HE blogs… HE even tweets.  

These days…
HE romances girls younger than his Daughter.. 
Dances with Daughter-in-law..
& plays Son to HIS (poor) Son!  

HE inaugurates bridges…
Attends Marathi literary fest 
And like a humble SON,
Recites HIS father’s poetic best.

Gods don’t stop…
Gods don’t retire.
So how can HE?
HE goes ON & ON.
(Oh sorry).. Avirat.. Avirat…Avirat! 

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वेदनेच्या महालाचा राजा !




कवी ग्रेस (१०.०५.१९३७- २६.०३.२०१२)


















आज
एका कवीचे वेगळे रूप उमगले 
प्रत्यक्ष आणि प्रतिमांचे अद्वैत (मी) अनुभवले 

त्याचे शब्द म्हणजे...
निबिड अरण्यातली वाट 
अथांग सागराची व्याकुळ खोली 
हातून निसटणारा पारा 
की रानभूल...चकवा?

चंद्र-सूर्य-तारा 
पाऊस-वारा 
आकाश-क्षितीज 
अंधार-प्रकाश-संधिप्रकाश...
प्रतिमा त्याच.. रूपके तीच.
पण याच्या कवितेतून भेटतात 
एक नवा घनगंभीर अर्थ घेऊन.


कवितेच्या निर्मिती-क्षणांचा मागोवा घ्यावा का ?
शब्दांमागच्या उर्जेची उगमस्थानं शोधावी का?

पण याची शोधली तर 
सगळे रस्ते दुःखाच्या भूलभुलैय्यात 
पुन्हा पुन्हा जाताना दिसतील.
भय, असुरक्षा ,एकटेपण, वियोग, मृत्यू, 
अजाण वयातील आघातांच्या खांबांनी बांधलेल्या 
वेदनेच्या महालाचा हा राजा !

दु:खापुढे नाही हा हतबल 
पचवेल त्याचे कितीही हलाहल 
भौतिक,ऐहिक,लौकिकापलीकडचा हा 
तरीही हा ना कोणी फकीर ना वैरागी 
कारण..
वेदनेमध्येच हा आहे आत्ममग्न...आसक्त !

-डॉ.राजेश पुसाळकर
(दि. २३/०२/२०११)
( कवी ग्रेस यांच्या मुलाखतीच्या कार्यक्रमाला गेलो होतो त्यानंतर उमटलेले हे विचारतरंग! या कार्यक्रमात त्यांनी त्यांच्या सुप्रसिद्ध ' ती गेली तेव्हा रिमझिम पाऊस निनादत होता' या कवितेचा एक वेगळाच भावार्थ उलगडून दाखवला. मला असं वाटायचं की कवितेत आई कायमची गेली आहे म्हणजे तिचा मृत्यू झाला आहे. पण ते तसं नसून आई थोड्या काळासाठी तिचं नातं असलेल्या एका  संन्याशाच्या घरी राहायला गेली आहे. मृत्यू झालेल्या आई बद्दल वाटणारं  दु:ख मोठं की असं नकळत्या अबोध वयाच्या मुलाला सोडून दुसरीकडे राहायला गेलेल्या आईबद्दल वाटणारं दु:ख मोठं हे मला ठरवणं अवघड गेलं. या कवितेचा एक वेगळाच आयाम सापडला.)

 




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Rahe Na Rahe Hum…







The beautiful & romantic rains bring memories of film songs on the theme of rains. Two songs stand out prominently. Both are Madhubala songs, but are poles apart as are picturized on Kishore Kumar & Bharat Bhushan. One is obviously- ‘Ek Ladki Bheegi bhaagi si ’ & the other is ‘Zindagi bhar nahee bhoolegi woh barsaat ki raat.’ Our Hindi film makers were sane enough not to exchange the songs among the two heroes. You just can’t imagine Bharat Bhushan saying-‘Uska koi pench bhi dheela hai’! He was better off singing the song in front of the mic, describing the gorgeous Madhubala without even moving a muscle on his face, than making a blunder.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqHoALKGmLs


Luckily for Bharat Bhushan, there were music directors who made songs that suited his disposition. He was indeed lucky to play such a long innings in films as he got some good songs to sing & also got some of the best looking actresses as his co-stars. Well, he managed to survive, but was a bane for some of the music directors. Roshan was one of them. Despite having so many beautiful songs to his credit, I don’t think Roshan got his due. Lack of big banner movies was one of the reasons. Though he made Baavre nain, Anhonee & Dil hi to hai for Raj Kapoor, he was never with RK films. Shankar Jaikishan were RK’s favourites. Likewise, Naushad was Dilip Kumar’s first choice & Dev Anand had SD Burman for his NavKetan. Shammi Kapoor had OP Nayyar & SJ. So most of the A list stars had their music directors camped up with them. That left talented music directors like Roshan to work for the likes of Pradeep Kumar (Aarti, Chitralekha, Bahu Begam & Taj Mahal), Bharat Bhushan (Barsaat ki Raat), Dharmendra in his  initial years (Devar & Mamta), Ashok Kumar ( Nau Bahar-as hero & Chitralekha, Mamta, Aarti-as character artist ) & Sanjeev Kumar (Anokhi Raat). Directors like Asit Sen repeated Roshan (Mamta & Anokhi Raat), but that did not catapult him in the front seat of all time greats though both the movies had some wonderful songs.. Director M Sadiq after the success of Chaudhavin ka chand did not repeat Ravi, but went for Roshan when he made Taj Mahal & Roshan indeed reciprocated by literally building a monument through his songs. But then did it brand him as a music director for films based on Muslim themes (also consider Barsaat ki Raat, Bahu Begum, Chandani Chowk, Dil hi toh hai, Noor Jahan)?  Did that in any way affect his career?



Melody was integral part of his compositions & he made liberal use of instruments like flute, Sarod, Sitar, Sarangi. There was no loudness about his orchestration. It was soft & serene. Don’t know much about him as a person, but I have a feeling that he must have been a simple person as most of his compositions reflect that purity & simplicity.
Classical music was Roshan’s forte & the following list is a glowing example of it. Even among many Raagas, Yaman & Kalyan seem to be his favourites as there are many songs based on these raagas.-

Raag Bhairavi-
1)      Laaga chunari mein daag( Manna Dey)- Dil Hi to Hai.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efh7sCK6njA
2)      Phul gendava na maaro (Manna Dey)- Dooj ka Chand
3)      Aaya hai mujhe phir yaad (Mukesh)- Devar

Raag Bhimpalasi-
1)      Ae ri main to prem diwani (Lata)- Nau Bahar

Raag Darbari-
1)      Teri duniyan mein dil lagata nahi (Mukesh) – Baavre Nain

Raag Gaud Malhar-
1)      Garjat barsat saawan aayo ( Suman Kalyanpur-Kamal Barot)- Barsaat ki Raat


Raag Kamod-
1)      Ae ri jaane na doongi (Lata) - Chitralekha

Raag Kalavati-
1)      Kaahe tarsaye jiyara (Asha-Usha)- Chitralekha. Also note the 1.20 minutes long prelude music!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWXQ0xRhqqY

Raag Pahadi
1)      Jo vaada kiya woh (Lata & Rafi)- Taj Mahal
2)      Sakhi re mera man uljhe(Lata)- Chitralekha.

Raag Piloo- Baharo ne mera chaman loot kar( Mukesh)- Devar.

Raag Yaman/Yaman Kalyan-
1)      Man re tu kaahe na dheer dhare (Mohd Rafi)- Chitralekha.
2)      Nigahe Milane ko jee chaahta hai( Asha Bhosale) – Dil Hi to Hai.
3)      Tum kisi aur ko chahogi( Mukesh )- Dil Hi to Hai
5)      Zindagi bhar nahi (Mohd Rafi) –Barsaat Ki Raat.

He also craftily blended folk music with classical music creating a different identity of his music. Roshan was also considered to be a Qawwali specialist as he has two of the all time great qawwalis to his credit- Na to karvan ki talash from Barsaat ki Raat (which is a 12 minute song!)
https://youtu.be/BQRHuMBtOYY
& 
Nigahe milane ko jee chahata hai from Dil Hi To hai.


He teamed up with various lyricists, right from Kidar Sharma (Baavre Nain) to Indeevar (Anokhi Raat). He also worked with Majrooh Sultanpuri for Mamta & gave some wonderful songs like Rahe na rahe hum, Rahte the kabhi, In baharon mein akele etc. He had a creatively fulfilling association with Saahir Ludhianvi for films like Barsaat ki Raat, Taj Mahal, Dooj ka Chand, Dil Hi To Hai, Chitrlekha. Saahir-who appears to be a rebel poet or a heartbroken person with boiling angst against the society in his earlier films. But when working for Roshan, he too mellows down & gives some soft, romantic or philosophical songs. (For example, Laaga chunari mein daag, Sansar se bhaage phirte ho etc)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bDwOaa61bQ




He used many female playback singers apart from Lata & Asha.
For example- he used Rajkumari for Sun bairi balam such bol re for Baavre Nain.
He also used Geeta Dutt for another song in the same movie- Khayalo mein kisike.
Though Lata was his favourite, Roshan did use Suman Kalyanpur in songs like Chand takta hai idhar (Dooj ka Chand), Garjat barsat saavan (Barsaat ki Raat). He also used Kamal Barot & Sudha Malhotra in some songs.


Here are some of Lata’s songs for Roshan which have not been mentioned earlier-
1) Hum gawanwa na jaibe ho – Mamta.
2) Chaahe to mora jiya –Mamta
3) Vikal mora manava un bin haye- Mamta
4) Khushi khushi kar do bida- Anokhi Raat
5)  Jurm-e-ulfat- Taj Mahal
6) Duniya kare sawal to hum- Bahu Begum
7) Kabhi to milegi- Aarti
8) Saari Saari raat teri yaad sataye- Aji bas shukriya.
9) Mujhe mil gaya bahana deri deed ka- Barsaat Ki Raat
10) Dil jo na keh saka- Bheegi Raat

There is a distinctive style that Lata brought while singing for Roshan. It seems she sang more open throated for Roshan.


Among male singers it might appear that Mohd Rafi was his favourite singer, but there are a number of Mukesh songs as well. Here is the list of few of them-
1)      Teri duniya mein dil lagata nahi- Baavre Nain.
2)      Gusse mein jo nikhara- Dil Hi To Hai.
3)      Tum agar mujhko na chaho - Dil Hi To Hai.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f4q-rQLjz8
4)      Aaya hai mujhe- Devar.
5)      Baharon ne mera- Devar.
6)      Oh re taal mile nadi ke jal- Anokhi Raat.
7)      Satayega kise tu aasman- Shisham
8)      Hamein ae dil kahi le chal- Chandani Chowk
9)      Apni nazar se unki nazar tak-Hum Log
10)    Dil tujhe diya tha rakhane ko- Malhar

There is a striking influence of K L Saigal on Mukesh’s voice in some of these songs.
Roshan used Talat Mahmood for movies like Anhonee, Raag Rang, & Sanskaar. Manna Dey is of course known for songs like Laaga chunari mein daag, Phul gendava na maaro, Na to kaarvan ki talaash & maara gaya brahmachari (from Chitralekha).

Kishore Kumar also sang for Roshan in early period of both of their career (around 1952-53). There must be some 7-8 songs of this team. Here is one such song, a duet from the film Aagosh-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzqTyMutdz0



Why they did not work later is really a question.

Here is a list of some of Rafi songs which have not been mentioned earlier.
1)      Ab kya misaal doo- Aarti.
2)      Maine Shaayad tumhe- Aarti
3)      Jo baat tujhme hai –Taj Mahal
4)      Dil jo na kah saka-Bheegi Raat
5)      Pao chhu lene do(with Lata)-Taj Mahal
6)      Hum intezar karenge(with Asha)- Bahu Begum
7)      Aapne yaad dilaya(with Lata)-Aarti

In a career spanning almost 20 years, Roshan did around 57 films-which is not a prolific work. May be because he did not compromise on his music or maybe he did not change according to the times or may be his chronic heart ailment came as an impediment. He passed away in 1967 & his film Anokhi Raat got released after his death. It’s 49 years after his death, yet the fragrance of his music remains with us. Fortunately, his music is still his identity & legacy.He is not known as grandfather of Hrithik Roshan, not yet!
https://youtu.be/m3AIVIRc4JU



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