Category: Music and Cinema

As you are already aware, these blogs are being recreated from the posts on my Facebook page Lyrical wherein I started with this theme of giving you the best raaga based songs in Hindi movies on the 8th of Aug 2015. Presently, I am on my 12th Raaga: Raag Bageshri. I have already given you blogs on Raaga Bhairavi, Yaman or Kalyan, Jhinjhoti and Darbari Kanada; which make only four of the twelve Raagas. This means that I am well behind schedule.

Tonight we start with our fifth Raag: Raag Bhimpalasi. Raag Bhimpalasi is an afternoon raaga, sung from late afternoon to sunset, Bhimpalasi is poignant and passionate, filled with yearning. The raga is reputed to reduce tension and short temper.

Now look at the cover picture depicting the song Khilate hain gul yahan khilake bikharane ko. You get the yearning, the longing, the passion and the poignancy. I have always given you, in the cover pictures of the Raagas, what I feel is the song that comes nearest to the description of the Raaga.

The Raaga is in Thaat Kafi. The other Raagas in Thaat Kafi are Pilu, Kafi and Bageshri. Raag Bhimpalasi is sung in Bhakati, Shringar and Vir ras.

Song #1 Khilate hain gul yahan khil ke bikharane ko…

Sharmilee, the 1971 movie, has Rakhee‘s double role as Kamini (the bad girl) and Kanchan (the innocent one). Shashi Kapoor as Captain Ajit Kapoor falls in love with Kamini when he is returning from Army base and takes shelter in a rest house whereat Kamini and her friends are having a party. It is snowing outside and in order to warm up the party, he sings this song for them. Kamini and Ajit instantly fall in love.

The song has Neeraj‘s lyrics and SD Burman‘s music. It is one of the most passionate songs Kishore Kumar ever sang.

Please enjoy in Raag Bhimpalasi: Khilate hain gul yahan khilake bikharne ko…..

khilate hai.n gul yahaa.N, khilake bikharane ko
milate hai.n dil yahaa.N, milake bichha.Dane ko
khilate hai.n gul yahaa.N …

(kal rahe naa rahe, mausam ye pyaar kaa
kal ruke na ruke, Dolaa bahaar kaa ) – (2)
chaar pal mile jo aaj, pyaar me.n guzaar de
khilate hai.n gul yahaa.N …

jhiilo.n ke ho.nTho.n par, megho.n kaa raag hai
phuulo.n ke siine me.n, Tha.nDii Tha.nDii aag hai
dil ke aaine me.n tuu, ye samaa utaar de
khilate hai.n gul yahaa.N …

pyaasaa hai dil sanam, pyaasii ye raat hai
ho.nTho.n me dabii dabii, koii miiThii baat hai
in lamho.n pe aaj tuu, har khushii nisaar de
khilate hai.n gul yahaa.N …

https://youtube.com/watch?v=HBgKPyi1aXA%3Ffs

Song #2 Aa neele gagan tale pyaar ham karen….

As you are already aware, these blogs are being recreated from the posts on my Facebook page Lyrical wherein I started with this theme of giving you the best raaga based songs in Hindi movies on the 8th of Aug 2015. Presently, I am on my 11th Raaga: Raag Gara. I have already given you blogs on Raaga Bhairavi, Yaman or Kalyan, and Jhinjhoti. This means that I am well behind schedule.

Anyway, lets re-start with our fourth Raaga here: Raag Darbari Kanada; I have already given you Part I of this blog.

After Bhairavi and Yaman or Kalyan, I have chosen to give you songs composed in Raag Darbari Kanada. Darbari Kanada, or simply Darbari, (pronounced darbāri kānada), is a raga in the Kanada family, which is thought to have originated in Carnatic music and brought into North Indian music by Miyan Tansen, the legendary 16th-century composer in emperor Akbar’s court. This tradition is reflected in the name itself; Darbar is the Persian derived word in Hindi meaning “court.” As the most familiar raga in the Kanada family, it may sometimes also be called Shuddha Kanada or pure Kanada. It belongs to the Asavari thaat.

It is also sometimes written as Durbari and Durbarikanada.

Lets recommence listening to Raag Darbari Kanada based songs. We have so far listened to the following in Part I:

1. Sarfroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai.
2. O duniya ke rakhwaale.
3. Tora man darpan kehlaaye.
4. Main nigaahen tere chehre se hataayun kaise.
5. Dil jalata hai to jalane de.
6. Ye hawa ye raat ye chandni.
7. Tu pyaar ka saagar hai.
8. Ghunghat ke pat khol re.
9. Satyam shivam sundaram.
10. Meri vinti suno Bhagwan.
11. Toote huye khwaabon ne.
12. Teri duniya mein dil lagata nahin.

Here is then, the 13th Hindi song composed in Raag Darbari Kanada:

Song #13 Hum tumase juda hoke mar jaayenge ro ro ke…

https://youtube.com/watch?v=xOFwVg-02Xo%3F

Song #14 Tumhen zindagi ke ujaale mubarak….

As you are already aware, these blogs are being recreated from the posts on my Facebook page Lyrical wherein I started with this theme of giving you the best raaga based songs in Hindi movies on the 8th of Aug 2015. Presently, I am on my 11th Raaga: Raag Gara. I have already given you blogs on Raaga Bhairavi, Yaman or Kalyan, and Jhinjhoti. This means that I am well behind schedule.

Anyway, lets start with our fourth Raaga here: Raag Darbari Kanada.

After Bhairavi and Yaman or Kalyan, I have chosen to give you songs composed in Raag Darbari Kanada. Darbari Kanada, or simply Darbari, (pronounced darbāri kānada), is a raga in the Kanada family, which is thought to have originated in Carnatic music and brought into North Indian music by Miyan Tansen, the legendary 16th-century composer in emperor Akbar’s court. This tradition is reflected in the name itself; Darbar is the Persian derived word in Hindi meaning “court.” As the most familiar raga in the Kanada family, it may sometimes also be called Shuddha Kanada or pure Kanada. It belongs to the Asavari thaat.

It is also sometimes written as Durbari and Durbarikanada.

Song #1 Sarfroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai…

My most favourite song in this Raag forms the cover picture of this Raag: Sarfroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai…

An Urdu poem written by an Arya Samaji? Well, that was the strength of my Bharat or India before politicians on both sides of the border divided us along religious and casteist lines for their vested interests.

Ram Prasad Bismil was born on 11th June 1897 in Shajahanpur. He was merely 30 when he was hanged to death by the British at Gorakhpur Jail. His crime? Well, he, along with a few others such as Ashfaqulla Khan, Roshan Singh and Rajendra Nath Lahiri sought to break the shackles of slavery for India and let its people live in Freedom.

He was one of the founding members of Hindustan Republican Association. The association and his writings later became the inspiration for Shaheed Bhagat Singh.

Bismil wrote about many poems and Ghazals (both in Hindi and Urdu) inspiring people to revolt against the British. This Urdu Ghazal (his most famous) is written in Beher-E-Ramal/Mazahif Musamman. This type of Beher in Urdu poetry was the favourite meter of Ram Prasad Bismil. He had written almost 35 ghazals in this meter.

Here is his famous poem…

Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai
Dekhna hai zor kitna baazu-e-qaatil mein hai

aye watan Karta nahin kyun doosra kuch baat-cheet
Dekhta hun main jise woh chup teri mehfil mein hai
Aye shaheed-e-mulk-o-millat main tere oopar nisaar
Ab teri himmat ka charcha ghair ki mehfil mein hai
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai

Waqt aanay dey bata denge tujhe aye aasman
Hum abhi se kya batayen kya hamare dil mein hai
Khainch kar layee hai sab ko qatl hone ki ummeed
Aashiqon ka aaj jumghat koocha-e-qaatil mein hai
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai

Hai liye hathiyaar dushman taak mein baitha udhar
Aur hum taiyyaar hain seena liye apna idhar
Khoon se khelenge holi gar vatan muskhil mein hai
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai

Haath jin mein ho junoon katt te nahi talvaar se
Sar jo uth jaate hain voh jhukte nahi lalkaar se
Aur bhadkega jo shola-sa humaare dil mein hai
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai

Hum to ghar se nikle hi the baandhkar sar pe kafan
Jaan hatheli par liye lo barh chale hain ye qadam
Zindagi to apni mehmaan maut ki mehfil mein hai
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai

Yuun khadaa maqtal mein qaatil kah rahaa hai baar baar
Kya tamannaa-e-shahaadat bhi kisee ke dil mein hai
Dil mein tuufaanon ki toli aur nason mein inqilaab
Hosh dushman ke udaa denge humein roko na aaj
Duur reh paaye jo humse dam kahaan manzil mein hai

Wo jism bhi kya jism hai jismein na ho khoon-e-junoon
Toofaanon se kya lade jo kashti-e-saahil mein hai

Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai.
Dekhna hai zor kitna baazuay qaatil mein hai.

And, here is the translation

The desire for revolution is in our hearts
Let us see what strength there is in the arms of our executioner

Why do you remain silent thus?
Whoever I see, is gathered quiet so…
O martyr of country, of nation, I submit myself to thee
For yet even the enemy speaks of thy courage
The desire for struggle is in our hearts…

When the time comes, we shall show thee, O heaven
For why should we tell thee now, what lurks in our hearts?
We have been dragged to service, by the hope of blood, of vengeance
Yea, by our love for nation divine, we go to the streets of the enemy
The desire for struggle is in our hearts…

Armed does the enemy sit, ready to open fire
Ready too are we, our bosoms thrust out to him
With blood we shall play Holi, if our nation need us
The desire for struggle is in our hearts…

No sword can sever hands that have the heat of battle within,
No threat can bow heads that have risen so…
Yea, for in our insides has risen a flame,
and the desire for struggle is in our hearts…

Set we out from our homes, our heads shrouded with cloth,
Taking our lives in our hands, do we march so…
In our assembly of death, life is now but a guest
The desire for struggle is in our hearts…

Stands the enemy in the gallows thus, asking,
Does anyone wish to bear testimony?…
With a host of storms in our heart, and with revolution in our breath,
We shall knock the enemy cold, and no one shall stop us…

What is that body that does not have hot blood in it,
How can a person conquer a Typhoon while sitting in a boat near the shore.

The desire for struggle is in our hearts,
We shall now see what strength there is in the boughs of the enemy.

In the 1965 movie Shaheed starring Manoj Kumar as Shaheed Bhagat Singh, this poem was composed in Raag Darbari by Prem Dhawan. Mohammad Rafi, Manna Dey and Rajendra Mehta sang it for Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev in the movie.

Please enjoy in Raag Darbari: Sarfroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwuXM31XjPE

Song #2 O duniya ke rakhwaale….

Song #6 Ye hawa ye raat ye chandni….

I run a Facebook page called Lyrical wherein I often give theme based songs. The current theme, since 12th Aug 15, is The Best Raaga Based Songs In Hindi Movies.

On Lyrical, I am on the tenth Raaga: Raaga Jhinjhoti, that is. I am conscious that I have so far converted only two Raaga based song-posts on Lyrical into blogs; that is, Raaga Bhairavi (in three parts) and Raaga Yaman (in three parts) and that I still have to convert into blogs song-posts on Raaga Darbari Kanada, Bhimpalasi, Khammaj, Peelu, Pahadi, Kirwani, and Malkauns. However, I am straightway jumping to Raaga Jhinjhoti because I just finished with that and it is fresh in my mind.

This raga is considered as “Ashraya Raga” of Khamaj Thaat or Parental Scale. Since all the seven notes are used in the raga, its Jati is Sampoorna or heptatonic.
The seventh note Ni in this raga is Komal or Flat and the rest of the notes are Shuddha. The most important and prominent note in this raga is the “Ga” which is called the Vadi swar and the Samvadi swar or the supporting note is “Dha”.
The raga structure is more prominent in the lower octave and hence the improvisation of this raga is mostly done in the Mandra and Madhya Sthaans.
This raga is generally performed between10.00 p.m. and mid-night .

Being originally a late night Raaga, the songs based on this Raaga are very intense and soulful and full of self-pity, eg, Jehan Ara number: Teri aankh ke aansu pi jaayun aisi meri taqdeer kahan; or Pagla Kahin Ka number: Tum mujhe youn bhula na paayoge. As we go along, you will understand.

I seek your forgiveness that I am not able to give you the song depicted in the cover picture: Mere mehboob tujhe meri mohabbat ki kasam. This song is the reason why the raag is so dear to me. However, I have never considered myself big enough to be actually able to put up this song put together by Shakeel Badayuni, Naushad Ali and Mohammad Rafi. I consider it the best the Hindi films ever produced (its equivalent by Sahir and Roshan and Rafi, I have put up though there too I should have my emotional reasons not to).

So far, in The Best Raaga Based Songs In The Hindi Movies – Raaga Jhinjhoti – Part I, we have taken up the following:

1. Jaa jaa re jaa baalamwa.
2. Tum mujhe youn bhula naa paaoge.
3. Ghungroo ki tarah bajata hi raha hoon main.
4. Koi hamdam na raha koi sahara na raha.
5. Teri aankh ke aansu pi jaayun.
6. Rehate the kabhi jinake dil mein.
7. Chhup gaya koi re duur se pukaar ke.
8. Teri aankhon ke siwa duniya mein rakha kyaa hai.
9. Ek raat mein do do chand khile.
10. Dil ke tukade huye aur jigar lut gaya.
11. Chali pi ko milan.

Lets re-commence our journey into the best songs in Hindi movies based on Raaga Jhinjhoti.

Song #13 Kyaa se kyaa ho gaya, bewafa…

Here is a composition in this Raag by Sachin Dev Burman for 1965 Dev Anand classic that starred him with Waheeda Rehman. The movie’s story was written by RK Narayan and the movie transcends from Raju (Dev Anand) Guide to almighty, the ultimate Guide. Rosie (Waheeda Rehman) played wife to Marco (Kishore Sahu) and architect who was so involved in his work that he neglected her. She found acceptance by Raju who brought out her dancing talent in the open.

Raju, however, felt neglected when she emerged as a great and popular dancing star. Ultimately, he found acceptance from unexpected quarters: villagers who mistook him as a sage who would pray and fast for them to get them the rain that they so desperately wanted.

Shailendra as a lyricist and SD Burman as a music director brought each one of the emotions of Dev Anand and Waheeda Rehman as they went through the above screenplay in the form of songs.

This one brings out Dev Anand’s when he felt that he didn’t get his due from Waheeda (Nalini in her new avatar as dancer) after he gave up everything in her love.

Mohammad Rafi sang it for him. Do not forget the self-pity intrinsic in songs based on Raag Jhinjhoti.

Please enjoy in Raag Jhinjhoti: Kyaa se kyaa ho gaya bewafa tere pyaar mein….

kyaa se kyaa ho gayaa
bevafaa .a.a.a
tere pyaar me.n
chaahaa kyaa kyaa milaa
bevafaa .a.a.a
tere pyaar me.n

chalo suhaanaa bharam to TuuTaa
jaanaa ke husn kyaa hai
ho o o
chalo suhaanaa bharam to TuuTaa
jaanaa ke husn kyaa hai
kahatii hai jisako pyaar duniyaa
kyaa chiiz kyaa balaa hai
dil ne kyaa naa sahaa
bevafaa .a.a.a
tere pyaar me.n
chaahaa kyaa …

tere mere dil ke biich ab to
sadiyo.n ke faasale hai.n
ho o o
tere mere dil ke biich ab to
sadiyo.n ke faasale hai.n
yaqiin hogaa kise ki ham tum ik raah sa.ng chale hai.n
honaa hai aur kyaa
bevafaa .a.a.a
tere pyaar me.n
chaahaa kyaa …

https://youtube.com/watch?v=DPY4sg8QE70%3F

Song #13 Raat nikhari hui, zulfen bikhari hui….

I run a Facebook page called Lyrical wherein I often give theme based songs. The current theme, since 12th Aug 15, is The Best Raaga Based Songs In Hindi Movies.

On Lyrical, I am on the tenth Raaga: Raaga Jhinjhoti, that is. I am conscious that I have so far converted only two Raaga based song-posts on Lyrical into blogs; that is, Raaga Bhairavi (in three parts) and Raaga Yaman (in three parts) and that I still have to convert into blogs song-posts on Raaga Darbari Kanada, Bhimpalasi, Khammaj, Peelu, Pahadi, Kirwani, and Malkauns. However, I am straightway jumping to Raaga Jhinjhoti because I just finished with that and it is fresh in my mind.

This raga is considered as “Ashraya Raga” of Khamaj Thaat or Parental Scale. Since all the seven notes are used in the raga, its Jati is Sampoorna or heptatonic.
The seventh note Ni in this raga is Komal or Flat and the rest of the notes are Shuddha. The most important and prominent note in this raga is the “Ga” which is called the Vadi swar and the Samvadi swar or the supporting note is “Dha”.
The raga structure is more prominent in the lower octave and hence the improvisation of this raga is mostly done in the Mandra and Madhya Sthaans.
This raga is generally performed between10.00 p.m. and mid-night .

Being originally a late night Raaga, the songs based on this Raaga are very intense and soulful and full of self-pity, eg, Jehan Ara number: Teri aankh ke aansu pi jaayun aisi meri taqdeer kahan; or Pagla Kahin Ka number: Tum mujhe youn bhula na paayoge. As we go along, you will understand.

I seek your forgiveness that I am not able to give you the song depicted in the cover picture: Mere mehboob tujhe meri mohabbat ki kasam. This song is the reason why the raag is so dear to me. However, I have never considered myself big enough to be actually able to put up this song put together by Shakeel Badayuni, Naushad Ali and Mohammad Rafi. I consider it the best the Hindi films ever produced (its equivalent by Sahir and Roshan and Rafi, I have put up though there too I should have my emotional reasons not to).

Song #1 Jaa jaa re jaa, baalamwa…

I run a Facebook page called Lyrical wherein I often give theme based songs. The current theme, since 12th Aug 15, is The Best Raaga Based Songs In Hindi Movies.

I have just finished for you The Best Raaga Based Songs In Hindi Movies – Raaga Bhairavi – Part I, Part II and Part III. Recently, I put up ‘The Best Raaga Based Songs In Hindi Movies – Raaga Yaman – Part I’,  and Part II.

What is the first thing that you think of when you think of Raag Yaman? Well, nine out of ten of us will think of evening time. Even though, in later times, Raagas could be performed any time of the day, traditionally, these were based on the time of the day. And, like Hemant Kumar would sing: Hum ne shaam chuni hai.

Yaman is a raag that emerged from the Carnatic Music, whereat it is known as Kalyani or Kalyan. It is such a basic Raaga that often it is the first Raaga that is taught to the students of classical music.

It is a sampooran (complete) raaga in that all the seven swar (heptatonic) are present in the raaga. The notes of the raaga are considered similar to the Western Lydian scale of tones.

There is some discussion about the origin of the name of the Raaga Yaman. Some say its origin is Persian ‘Ei’man’ whereas the others feel that its origin is Raag Yamuna (Lord Krishna used to call Radha at the banks of Yamuna in the evenings with his flute) and over a period of time, it transformed into Yaman. The raaga is also called Kalyan or Yaman-Kalyan. There are, of course, traditionalists who feel that these are separate raagas.

With this background, it would be right to say that just like Raag Bhairavi there are hundreds of Hindi songs that are based on Raag Yaman or Kalyan and we are certainly going to have great time.

Lets recommence our journey into Raag Yaman based songs.

In the last two parts, we have taken compositions by the following music directors:

1. Sardar Malik (Saranga teri yaad mein).
2. Pankaj Mullick (Do naina matwaare tihaare).
3. Jaidev (Abhi na jaao chhod kar).
4. Hemant Kumar (Woh shaam kuchh ajeeb thi).
5. OP Nayyar (Savere ka suraj tumhaare liye hai).
6. Madan Mohan (Bhuuli hui yaadon mujhe itana naa satayo).
7. Naushad Ali (Dilruba maine tere pyaar mein).
8. RD Burman (Is mod se jaate hain).
9. Chitragupta (Jay jay he Jagdambe mata).
10. Ghulam Mohammad (Inhi logo ne le leena).
11. Dattaram (Aansu bhari hain ye jeevan ki raahen).
12. Faiyyaz Shaukat (Har ek baat pe kehte ho ke tuu kyaa hai).
13. Khemchand Prakash (Diya jalao jag mag jag mag).
14. Roshan (Chhupa lo youn dil mein pyaar mera).
15. Nisar Bazmi (Ranjish hi sahi dil hi dukhaane ke liye aa).
16. Ravindra Jain (Jab deep jale aana).
17. Shankar Jaikishen (Ehsaan tera hoga mujh par).
18. Kalyanji Anandji (Chandan sa badan chanchal chitavan).
19. Salil Choudhury (Aaansu samajh ke kyun mujhe).
20. Anil Biswas (Seene mein sulgate hain armaan).
21. Khaiyyam (Phir naa kijai gustaakh nigaahon ka gila).
22. Ravi (Jiyo to aise jiyo jaise sab tumhaara hai).
23. SN Tripathi (Lagata nahin hai dil mera).
24. Rajesh Roshan (Ghar se nikalate hi).

Song #25 Woh jab yaad aaye bahut yaad aaye…

Here is our 25th music director composing in Raag Yaman or Kalyan: Laxmikant Pyarelal. I have several songs of their composed in this raaga to choose from; but, I have chosen this from the 1963 movie Parasmani as their best in this raaga. The movie starred Mahipal and Geetanjali in leading roles. Farooq Qaiser penned the lyrics and the song is one of the most remembered duets of Mohammad Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar.

Please enjoy in Raag Yaman: Woh jab yaad aaye bahut yaad aaye….

vo jab yaad aae bahut yaad aae
Gam-e-zi.ndagii ke a.ndhere me.n hamane
chiraag-e-muhabbat jalaae bujhaae

aahaTe.n jaag uThii.n raaste ha.ns diye
thaamakar dil uThe ham kisii ke liye
ka_ii baar aisaa bhii dhokhaa huaa hai
chale aa rahe hai.n vo nazare.n jhukaae

dil sulagane lagaa ashq bahane lage
jaane kyaa-kyaa hame.n log kahane lage
magar rote-rote ha.nsii aa ga_ii hai
Kayaalo.n me.n aake vo jab muskuraae

vo judaa kyaa hue zi.ndagii kho ga_ii
shammaa jalatii rahii roshanii kho ga_ii
bahut koshishe.n kii.n magar dil na bahalaa
ka_ii saaz chhe.De ka_ii giit gaae

https://youtube.com/watch?v=lJti8tOpG0o%3F

Song #26 Jo tum todo piya main nahin todu…

Lets now take a composition by Pandit Ravi Shankar for the 1979 movie Meera that starred Hema Malini in the title role. It is a famous Meerabai bhajan sung by Vani Jairam.

Please enjoy in Raag Yaman: Jo tum todo piya main nahin todu…

jo tum to.Do piiyaa mai.n nahii.n to.Duu.N re
tosaa priit to.D kR^ishhN kaun sa.Ng jo.Duu.N re

tum bhae motii prabhu ham bhae dhaagaa
tum bhae sonaa ham bhae suhaagaa

miiraa kahe prabhu brij ke baasii
tum mere Thaakur mai.n terii daasii

https://youtube.com/watch?v=GyVfwxJrWfA%3F

Song #27Aaye ho meri zindagi mein tum bahaar banake..

Okay, we are now on to relatively newer composer Nadeem Shravan who composed this song for the 1996 Aamir Khan and Karishma Kapoor movie Raja Hindustani.

It has Sameer‘s lyrics and Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan have sung it.

Please enjoy the composition in Raag Yaman of our 27th Music Director Nadeem Shravan: Aaye ho meri zindagi mein tum bahaar banake….

aa_e ho merii zi.ndagii me.n tum bahaar ban ke
mere dil me.n yuu.n hii rahanaa tum pyaar pyaar ban ke
aa_e ho merii zi.ndagii …

aa.Nkho.n me.n tum base ho sapane hazaar ban ke
mere dil me.n yuu.n …

mere saathii mere saajan mere saath yuu.n hii chalanaa
badalegaa ra.ng zamaanaa par tum nahii.n badalanaa
merii maa.ng yuu.n hii bharanaa taare hazaar ban ke
mere dil me.n yuu.n …

gar mai.n jo ruuTh jaa_uu.n to tum mujhe manaanaa
thaamaa hai haath meraa phir umr bhar nibhaanaa
mujhe chho.D ke na jaanaa vaade hazaar karake
mere dil me.n yuu.n …

https://youtube.com/watch?v=r7cUMWxS6Xo%3F

Song #28 Badhe bhole ho hansate ho sunake duhaai…

Look at the popularity of this Raaga Yaman or Kalyan that we are on to our 28th music director composing in it. This is by Vasant Desai. This song is a Hindi version of Marathi song ‘tuzya preetiche he’ by Vasant Desai for film ‘Ramjoshi’. The name of this 1959 movie is Ardhangini, which is one of the several intense movies starring Meena Kumar and Raj Kumar like Dil Apana Preet Praayi.

It too has Majrooh Sultanpuri’s lyrics and Lata Mangeshkar’s voice. It is a Krishna vandana.

Please enjoy in Raag Yaman: Badhe bhole ho hansate ho sunake duhaai…

ba.De bhole ho, o …
ba.De bhole ho ha.Nsate ho sunake duhaaii
kanahaaii kanahaaii kanahaaii
ba.De bhole ho …

bhaage hai.n jag merii chhaayaa se duur
tan man meraa sab kii Thokar se chuur
phir phir ke phir tumare dar pe aaii
ho… phir phir ke phir tumare dar pe aaii
ba.De bhole ho ha.Nsate ho sunake duhaaii
kanahaaii kanahaaii kanahaaii
ba.De bhole ho …

jalate aa.Nsuu… jalate aa.Nsuu
jalate aa.Nsuu bhiige nayano.n kaa haar
dekhaa to hai sab kuchh tumane gopaal
phir tumarii akhiyaa.N hai.n kyuu.N musakaaii
ho… phir tumarii akhiyaa.N hai.n kyuu.N musakaaii
ba.De bhole ho… ho… ba.De bhole ho

kit jaauu.N o…
kit jaauu.N mai.n mukh to kholo zaraa
chor banake chup kyuu.N ho bolo zaraa
achchhii ye ba.nsii kii oTh lagaaii
ho… achchhii ye ba.nsii kii oTh lagaaii
ba.De bhole ho ha.Nsate ho sunake duhaaii
kanahaaii kanahaaii kanahaaii
ba.De bhole ho …

https://youtube.com/watch?v=pFBIFfJvZBo%3F

Song #29 Maangne se jo maut mil jaati…

I am now giving you the last of the music directors composing in this basic raag: Raag Yaman or Kalyan: Bulo C Rani.

It is from the 1966 movie Sunhere Qadam that starred Shashikala and Rehman. Lyrics were by Mahendra Pran and the singer is Lata Mangeshkar.

Please enjoy in Raag Yaman: Maangne se jo maut mil jaati….

maangane se jo maut mil jaatii, kaun jiitaa is zamaane me.n
dard hotaa naa bekalii ? hotii, dam naa ghuTataa yuu.N viiraane me.n
maa.Ngane se jo maut mil jaatii, kaun jiitaa is zamaane me.n

(aa.Nsuuo.n kii shamaa se gar Gam kii taariikiyaa.N miTatii)-2
tujh ko Kushiyo.n kii raushanii hotii zi.ndagii ke is fasaane me.n
maa.Ngane se jo maut mil jaatii, kaun jiitaa is zamaane me.n

(aarazuuo.n ke janaaze ko leke kaa.ndhe pe ham ghuume)-2
chalke manzil jo aaii milane ko, ham hii na rahe is zamaane me.n
maa.Ngane se jo maut mil jaatii, kaun jiitaa is zamaane me.n

https://youtube.com/watch?v=iKVTXhePlHs%3F

Song #30 Zindagi bhar nahi bhoolegi wo barsaat ki raat…

Now that we have finished with all the music directors who have composed songs in this raag, I shall present some top three directors who deserve to be given more than one song.

I run a Facebook page called Lyrical wherein I often give theme based songs. The current theme, since 12th Aug 15, is The Best Raaga Based Songs In Hindi Movies.

I have just finished for you The Best Raaga Based Songs In Hindi Movies – Raaga Bhairavi – Part I, Part II and Part III. Recently, I put up ‘The Best Raaga Based Songs In Hindi Movies – Raaga Yaman – Part I’. This is Part II.

What is the first thing that you think of when you think of Raag Yaman? Well, nine out of ten of us will think of evening time. Even though, in later times, Raagas could be performed any time of the day, traditionally, these were based on the time of the day. And, like Hemant Kumar would sing: Hum ne shaam chuni hai.

Yaman is a raag that emerged from the Carnatic Music, whereat it is known as Kalyani or Kalyan. It is such a basic Raaga that often it is the first Raaga that is taught to the students of classical music.

It is a sampooran (complete) raaga in that all the seven swar (heptatonic) are present in the raaga. The notes of the raaga are considered similar to the Western Lydian scale of tones.

There is some discussion about the origin of the name of the Raaga Yaman. Some say its origin is Persian ‘Ei’man’ whereas the others feel that its origin is Raag Yamuna (Lord Krishna used to call Radha at the banks of Yamuna in the evenings with his flute) and over a period of time, it transformed into Yaman. The raaga is also called Kalyan or Yaman-Kalyan. There are, of course, traditionalists who feel that these are separate raagas.

With this background, it would be right to say that just like Raag Bhairavi there are hundreds of Hindi songs that are based on Raag Yaman or Kalyan and we are certainly going to have great time.

Lets recommence our journey into Raag Yaman based songs.

Song #13 Diya jalao jag mag jag mag…

I have been dying to give you this song from the beginning. However, since I had already given you a KL Saigal number composed by Pankaj Mullick, I held back to give you another by KL Saigal. Nevertheless, this is by another music director Khemchand Prakash.

Of course, some of you have already guessed the number. It is from the 1943 movie Tansen in which KL Saigal did the title role. Pt Indra penned the lyrics.

Please enjoy in Raag Kalyan: Diya jalao jag mag jag mag…..

din suunaa suuraj binaa
aur chandaa bin rain
ghar suunaa diipak binaa
jyoti bin do nain

diyaa jalaao
jagamag jagamag diyaa jalaao (2)
diyaa jalaao (4)
jagamag jagamag diyaa jalaao (2)

saras suhaagan sunarii (4)
tere mandir me.n dekh a.ndheraa (2)
ruuTh na jaaye diyaa teraa (2)
aa~
diyaa jalaao (4)
diyaa manaao diyaa jalaao
diyaa manaao manaao jalaao
jagamag jagamag (2)
jagamag jagamag diyaa jalaao

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PklcRlXinA

Song #14 Chhupa lo youn dil mein pyaar meraa….

How about the music director Roshan‘s composition in Raag Yaman or Kalyan? Well, there are several indeed. But, this one that I am giving you is special indeed. It has been sung by Hemant Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar; some of the best duets in Hindi movies have been sung by both of them. Here, they have sung for Ashok Kumar and Suchitra Sen respectively.

You have already guessed the name of the movie. But, for those who haven’t, let me tell you that it is 1966 movie Mamta. Majrooh Sultanpuri penned the lyrics of this outstandingly beautiful duet.

Please enjoy in Raag Yaman: Chhupa lo youn dil mein pyaar meraa……

chhupaa lo yuu.N dil me.n pyaar meraa
ke jaise ma.ndir me.n lau diye kii

tum apane charaNo.n me.n rakh lo mujhako
tumhaare charaNo.n kaa phuul huu.N mai.n
mai.n sar jhukaae kha.Dii huu.N priyatam – 2
ke jaise ma.ndir me.n lau diye kii

ye sach hai jiinaa thaa paap tum bin
ye paap maine kiyaa hai ab tak
magar hai man me.n chhavi tumhaarii – 2
ke jaise ma.ndir me.n lau diye kii

phir aag birahaa kii mat lagaanaa
ke jalake mai.n raakh ho chukii huu.N
ye raakh maathe pe maine rakh lii – 2
ke jaise ma.ndir me.n lau diye kii

https://youtube.com/watch?v=GXgKgZt9Jik%3F

Song #15 Ranjish hi sahi dil hi dukhaane ke liye aa…..

I run a Facebook page called Lyrical wherein I often give theme based songs. The current theme, since 12th Aug 15, is The Best Raaga Based Songs In Hindi Movies.

I have just finished for you The Best Raaga Based Songs In Hindi Movies – Raaga Bhairavi – Part I, Part II and Part III. Now, I turn to our second Raaga Yaman.

What is the first thing that you think of when you think of Raag Yaman? Well, nine out of ten of us will think of evening time. Even though, in later times, Raagas could be performed any time of the day, traditionally, these were based on the time of the day. And, like Hemant Kumar would sing: Hum ne shaam chuni hai.

Yaman is a raag that emerged from the Carnatic Music, whereat it is known as Kalyani or Kalyan. It is such a basic Raaga that often it is the first Raaga that is taught to the students of classical music.

It is a sampooran (complete) raaga in that all the seven swar (heptatonic) are present in the raaga. The notes of the raaga are considered similar to the Western Lydian scale of tones.

There is some discussion about the origin of the name of the Raaga Yaman. Some say its origin is Persian ‘Ei’man’ whereas the others feel that its origin is Raag Yamuna (Lord Krishna used to call Radha at the banks of Yamuna in the evenings with his flute) and over a period of time, it transformed into Yaman. The raaga is also called Kalyan or Yaman-Kalyan. There are, of course, traditionalists who feel that these are separate raagas.

With this background, it would be right to say that just like Raag Bhairavi there are hundreds of Hindi songs that are based on Raag Yaman or Kalyan and we are certainly going to have great time for the next ten days or so.

Song #1 Saaranga teri yaad mein…

This was the song of the cover picture of Raag Yaman based songs on Lyrical.

It was penned by Bharat Vyas and Sardar Malik was the one who composed it in Raag Kalyan or Yaman. As you already know Sardar Malik is the father of present day composer Anu Malik. He was not counted as one of the top 5 composers of his times: Naushad, Shankar Jaikishen, SD Burman, C Ramchandra and OP Nayyar. However, this and a few other songs that he composed are memorable indeed. The singer was Mukesh.

The song is nostalgic for me. I was a seven years old in a colony in the city of Mandi in Himachal Pradesh. People in our colony had frequent get-togethers (my father was in the horticulture department). Sing song sessions were aplenty. I have listened to this popular song many times from one of my dad’s friends.

It is from the 1961 movie Saaranga starring Sudesh Kumar and Jayashree.

Please enjoy in Raag Yaman: Saaranga teri yaad mein….

saara.ngaa terI yaad me.n nain hue bechain
madhur tumhaare milan binaa
din kaTate nahii.n rain, ho~
saara.ngaa terI yaad me.n …

vo ambuvaa kA jhuulanaa, vo pIpal kii chhaa.Nv
ghuu.NghaT me.n jab chaa.Nd thA, meha.ndii lagI thI paa.nv
ho, (aaj uja.Dake rah gayaa – 2)
vo sapano.n kA gaa.Nv, ho …
saara.ngaa terI yaad me.n …

sa.ng tumhaare do gha.Dii, bIt gaye jo pal
jal bharake mere nain me.n, aaj hue ojhal
ho, (sukh leke duHkh de gayii.n -2)
do akhiyA.N cha.nchal, ho …
saara.ngaa terI yaad me.n …

https://youtube.com/watch?v=AXQgClapKYc%3F

Song #2 Do naina matvaare tihaare ham pe zulm karen….

I gave you Saaranga teri yaad mein as the very first song in Raag Yaman. The fact is that even a novice in Raagas, that’s what I am (since I am learning together with you), this was the first song that I became aware of the Raaga in which it was composed! This is the beauty of this fundamental Raaga.

I am compelled now to take you back straightway to KL Saigal who sang many a song in this basic Raaga. This one was composed by Pankaj Mullick for the 1944 movie Meri Behen or My Sister. Lyrics were penned by Pt. Bhushan. KL Saigal, as always, sang for himself in the movie. This is amongst his top ten numbers.

Please enjoy: Do naina matvaare tihaare ham pe zulm karen….

do nainaa matavaare tihaare – 2, ham par zulm kare
do nainaa matavaare tihaare – 2, ham par zulm kare

naino.n me.n rahe to, sudh budh khoye – 2
chhupe to chain hare
do nainaa matavaare tihaare – 2, ham par zulm kare

tan tan ke chalAe tIr, nas nas me.n uThAe pIr – 2
madabhare rasIle niThor ba.De, na Dare na dhar dhare
do nainaa matavaare tihaare – 2, ham par zulm kare

jab hotI ho tum us paar, nas nas me.n uThAe pIr – 2
man kI bInA ke baj uThate, jor jor se taar
do nainaa matavaare tihaare – 2, ham par zulm kare

paas Ae to aise bhUl gae, pal khyan me.n saba kuchh bhUl gae – 2
khushiyo.n ke sote ubal pa.De, har a.ng to ra.ng bhare
do nainaa matavaare tihaare – 2, ham par zulm karen

https://youtube.com/watch?v=T_URwqxX5lE%3F

Song #3 Abhi na jaayo chhod kar….

I am going to mix relatively newer with older songs composed in Raag Yaman Kalyan; if only for the fact that I saw this 1961 movie as late as last night on my computer. The music by Jaidev, the singing by Mohammad Rafi and Asha Bhosle, and the excellent lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi need no reminder to tell you that it is an evening song, late evening that is.

It is, after all these years, still the number one duet between Mohammad Rafi and Asha Bhosle singing for Dev Anand and Sadhana. It is a duet that I heard live with my parents when I was samll.

Please enjoy in Raag Yaman: Abhi na jaayo chhod kar….

ra: abhii na jaao chho.D kar ke dil abhii bharaa nahii.n – (2)
abhii abhii to aaii ho – abhii abhii to
abhii abhii to aaii ho, bahaar banake chhaaii ho
havaa zaraa mahak to le, nazar zaraa bahak to le
(ye shaam Dhal to le zaraa – 2), ye dil sambhal to le zaraa
mai.n tho.Dii der jii to luu.N, nashe ke ghuu.NT pii to luu.N
nashe ke ghuu.NT pii to luu.N
abhii to kuchh kahaa.Nahii.n, abhii to kuchh sunaa nahii.n
abhii na jaao chho.Dakar ke dil abhii bharaa nahii.n

aa: sitaare jhilamilaa uThe, sitaare jhilamilaa uThe, charaaG jagamagaa uThe
bas ab na mujhako Tokanaa
bas ab na mujhako Tokanaa, na ba.Dhake raah rokanaa
agar mai.n ruk ga_ii abhii to jaa na paauu.Ngii kabhii
yahii kahoge tum sadaa ke dil abhii nahii.n bharaa
jo khatm ho kisii jagah ye aisaa silasilaa nahii.n
ra: abhii nahii.n abhii nahii.n
aa: nahii.n nahii.n nahii.n nahii.n
ra: abhii na jaao chho.Dakar ke dil abhii bharaa nahii.n

ra: adhuurii aas, adhuurii aas chho.Dake, adhuurii pyaas chho.Dake
jo roz yuu.Nhii jaaogii to kis tarah nibhaaogii
ki zi.ndagii kii raah me.n, javaa.N dilo.n kii chaah me.n
ka_ii muqaam aae.nge jo ham ko aazamaae.nge
buraa na maano baat kaa ye pyaar hai gilaa nahii.n
aa: haa.N, yahii kahoge tum sadaa ke dil abhii nahii.n bharaa
ra: haa.N, dil abhii bharaa nahii.n
aa: nahii.n nahii.n nahii.n nahii.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=9VlDX_U2PkI%3F

Song #4 Woh shaam kuchh ajeeb thi…

Just like Raag Bhairavi, for Raag Yaman too, we have already taken up three different music directors: Sardar Malik, Pankaj Mullick and Jaidev.

Now, I start with Hemant Kumar just to drive home the point regarding Yaman being a Raaga of the evening. This has some of the finest lyrics of Gulzar and Kishore Kumar‘s voice. You have already guessed it; but, for those who didn’t the song is from the 1969 movie Khamoshi.

This movie is often considered to be most successful film of Waheeda Rehman.

The film was shot in Calcutta. The film is based on Bengali short story titled, ‘Nurse Mitra’ by noted Bengali writer, Ashutosh Mukherjee, and is an almost frame by frame remake of director Asit Sen‘s own Bengali film, Deep Jwele Jaai (1959) starring Suchitra Sen.

Director Asit Sen (not to be confused with the actor-comedian Asit Sen) acted in the original Bengali film Deep Jélé Jaai (1959) in a role, which was essayed by Dharmendra in Khamoshi, where the movie-goers actually could not recognise him because it was a dark scene marked with the baritone voice of Hemant Kumar. Later he revealed himself in an interview in the 1990s. After his success in off-beat films, Mamta (1966) and Anokhi Raat (1968), Sen wanting to make it big in Bombay as well decided to remake his Bengali hit.

Actress Waheeda Rehman suggested the name of actor Rajesh Khanna, having been impressed by his work in Aakhri Khat (1966), though she later said, after the movie was released, that “he (Rajesh Khanna) was not mature enough to enact such a complex character” and that Sanjeev Kumar would have been a better choice. She also said that nobody could really hope to equal Basanta Choudhury in the Bengali original, and that her own performance came “nowhere near Suchitra Sen.” She credited the director for helping her lot during difficult scenes.

Please enjoy in Raag Yaman: Woh shaam kuchh ajeeb thi….

vo shaam kuchh ajiib thii, ye shaam bhii ajiib hai
vo kal bhii paas paas thii, vo aaj bhii kariib hai

jhukii huii nigaah me.n, kahii.n meraa Kayaal thaa
dabii dabii ha.Nsii.n me.n ik, hasiin saa savaal thaa
mai.n sochataa thaa, meraa naam gunagunaa rahii hai vo
na jaane kyuu.N lagaa mujhe, ke muskuraa rahii hai vo
vo shaam kuchh ajiib thii …

meraa Kayaal hai.n abhii, jhukii huii nigaah me.n
khulii huii ha.Nsii bhii hai, dabii huii sii chaah me.n
mai.n jaanataa huu.N, meraa naam gunagunaa rahii hai vo
yahii Kayaal hai mujhe, ke saath aa rahii hai vo

vo shaam kuchh ajiib thii, ye shaam bhii ajiib hai
vo kal bhii paas paas thii, vo aaj bhii kariib hai

https://youtube.com/watch?v=MDXFi3avqo0%3F

Song #5 Savere ka suraj tumhaare liye hai…

Just want to tell the patrons that all Shaam songs are not in Raag Yaman. For example, the Pushpanjali song sung by Manna De and Lata Mangeshkar that you all are so fond of: Shaam dhale Jamuna kinaare, aaja Radhe aaja tohe shaam pukaare has been composed in Raag Khammaj and we shall come to that when we take up that Raag.

Here is a different type of shaam song by the great music director OP Nayyar whose favourite Raag was Pilu or Peelu. In this song, through he has composed so well in Raag Yaman that one is stunned. The 1972 movie Ek Baar Muskara Do starred the two brothers Deb and Joy Mukherjee opposite Tanuja.

I would give full credit to Indeevar for the excellent lyrics and Kishore Kumar that he was able to sing so many different types of songs. In the last stanza, he does a high-pitch, a la Mohammad Rafi style.

Please enjoy this gem in Raag Yaman: Savere ka suraj tumhare liye hai…..

savere kA suuraj tumhAre liye hai
ye bujhate diye ko nA tum yaad karanaa
hue ek biitii huI baat ham to
koI aa.Nsuu ham par nA barabaad karanaa

tumhAre liye ham, tumhAre diye ham
lagan kI agan me.n abhii tak jale hai.n
hamaarii kamii tum ko mahasuus kyo.n ho
tumhaarii subah ham tumhe.n de chale hai.n
jo har dam tumhArI khushI chaahate hai.n
udaas hoke unako nA naashaad karanaa
savere …

sabhii vaqt ke aage jhukate rahe hai.n
kisI ke liye vaqt rukataa nahii.n hai
chiraaG apanii dharatii kaa bujhataa hai jab bhii
sitaare to ambar ke hote nahii.n hai.n
koI naav tuufaan me.n Duube to kyaa hai
kinaare to saagar ke hote nahii.n hai.n
kinaare to saagar ke hote nahii.n hai.n
hai.n ham Dolatii naav Duube to kyaa hai
kinaare ho tum, tum na fariyaad karanaa
savere kaa suuraj …

chaman se jo ek phUl bichha.Daa to kyaa hai
naye gul se gulashan ko aabaad karanaa
savere …

https://youtube.com/watch?v=m6Y55w1JMfw%3F

Song #6 Bhuuli hui yaadon mujhe itana naa sataayo….

As is to be expected, Madan Mohan composed a number of songs in Raag Yaman. My choice of the best by him in Raag Yaman or Kalyan is from the 1961 movie Sanjog starring Pradeep Kumar and Anita Guha. As is mostly the case with Madan Mohan songs, Rajinder Krishan was the lyricist.

This is one of the best of Mukesh too.

Please enjoy in Raag Yaman: Bhuuli hui yaado mujhe itana naa sataayo….

bhuulii huii yaado.n, mujhe itanaa naa sataao
ab chain se rahane do, mere paas na aao
bhuulii huii yaado.n …

daaman me.n liye baiThaa huu.N, (TuuTe hue taare – 2)
kab tak mai.n jiyuu.Ngaa yuu.Nhii, (khvaabo.n ke sahaare – 2)
dIvaanaa huu.N, ab aur naa dIvaanaa banaao
ab chain se rahane do, mere paas na aao
bhuulii huii yaado.n …

lUTo naa mujhe is tarah, (doraahe pe laake -2 )
aavaaz na do ek (nayI raah dikhaake – 2)
sa.nbhalaa huu.N mai.n gir-girake mujhe, phir naa giraao
ab chain se rahane do mere paas naa aao

bhuulii huii yaado.n, mujhe itanaa naa sataao
ab chain se rahane do, mere paas na aao
bhuulii huii yaado.n …
The Best Raaga Based Songs in Hindi Movies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzu4VKQ7nAE

Song #7 Dilrubaa maine tere pyaar mein kyaa kyaa na kiya…

Does it seem like I am ignoring Shakeel and Naushad? Well, you have another guess coming since I live by them all the time.

This is from the 1966 movie Dil Diya Dard Liya when love between Dilip Kumar and Waheeda Rehman had gone sour. Mohammad Rafi has sung this with so much of feelings that it is amongst his best.

Please enjoy in Raag Yaman: Dilrubaa maine tere pyaar mein kyaa kyaa na kiya….

dilarubaa maine tere pyaar me.n kyaa-kyaa naa kiyaa
dil diyaa dard liyaa -2
kabhii phuulo.n me.n guzaarii kabhii kaa.NTo.n pe jiyaa
dil diyaa dard liyaa -2

zindagii aaj bhii hai bekhudii aaj bhii hai
pyaar kahate hai.n jise vo Kushii aaj bhii hai
maine din-raat mohabbat kaa terii jaam piyaa
dil diyaa dard liyaa -2
dilarubaa maine tere …

kyaa kahuu.N tere li_e maine aa.Nsuu bhii pi_e
kabhii Kaamosh rahaa kabhii shikave bhii ki_e
kar liyaa chaaq garebaa.n kabhii daaman ko siyaa
dil diyaa dard liyaa -2
dilarubaa maine tere …

pyaar kii aan hai tuu dil kaa aramaan hai tuu
kaun duniyaa se Dare jab nigehabaan hai tuu
apanii kashtii ko sahaare pe tere chho.D diyaa
dil diyaa dard liyaa -2
dilarubaa maine tere …

https://youtube.com/watch?v=_MX-KmQjp0c%3F

Song #8 Is mod se jaate hain…

What about Rahul Dev Burman? Well, he, like his father Sachin Dev Burman was so steeped in Raagas that some of his compositions are out of this world; eg, his first song for Lata ji for Chhote Nawab was in litle heard of Raag Malgunji: Ghar aaja ghir aaye badra saanwariya.

His Aandhi songs are awesome indeed and 40 years after the movie was made in 1975, they are as fresh today.

This needs no introduction when I tell you that these were penned by Gulzar and are rated amongst his best. This particular one has been sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar.

Please enjoy in Raag Yaman: Is mod se jaate hain…..

la: is mo.D se jaate hai.n – (2)
kuchh sust qadam raste kuchh tez qadam raahe.n – (2)
ki: patthar kii havelii ko shiishe ke gharau.ndo.n me.n
tinako.n ke nasheman tak is mo.D se jaate hai.n

la: aa.Ndhii kii tarah u.Dakar ik raah guzaratii hai – (2)
sharamaatii huii koii qadamo.n se utaratii hai
in reshamii raaho.n me.n ik raah to vo hogii
tum tak jo pahu.nchatii hai is mo.D se jaatii hai
is mo.D se jaate hai.n…

ki: ik duur se aatii hai paas aake palaTatii hai – (2)
ik raah akelii sii rukatii hai na chalatii hai
la: ye sochake baiThii huu.N ik raah to vo hogii
tum tak jo pahu.nchatii hai is mo.D se jaate hai.n

is mo.D se jaate hai.n
kuchh sust qadam raste kuchh tez qadam raahe.n
ki: patthar kii havelii ko shiishe ke gharo.ndo.n me.n
tinako.n ke nasheman tak is mo.D se jaate hai.n
la: is mo.D se jaate hai.n

https://youtube.com/watch?v=STOM6NZfcrs%3F

Song #9 Jay jay he Jagdambe mata….

Long time no bhajan; even though you already know that Bhajans are my favourite genre’ of music.

This one is from the 1964 movie Ganga Ki Lehren starring Kishore Kumar and Kumkum. This movie has a favourite Chitragupta number of mine: Chhedo na meri zulfen. The way, Chitragupta elongates the singing of Chhedo is really enchanting. Then there is another beautiful number from the movie: Machalati hui hawa mein chham chham.

This is a favourite bhajan. It has been penned by Majrooh Sultanpuri and sung by Lata Mangeshkar.

Please enjoy in Raag Yaman: Jay jay he Jagdambe mata….

jay-jay he jagadambe maataa
dvaar tihaare jo bhii aataa bin maa.Nge sab-kuchh paa jaataa

tuu chaahe to jiivan de-de chaahe pal me.n jiivan le-le
janm-maraN sab haath me.n tere he shakti he maataa
jay-jay he …

paapii ho yaa hove pujaarii raajaa ho yaa hove bhikhaarii
phir bhii tuune jo.Daa sabase maa.N-beTe kaa naataa
jay-jay he …

jab-jab jisane tujhako pukaaraa tuune diyaa hai ba.Dhake sahaaraa
har bhuule raahii ko teraa pyaar hii raah dikhaataa
jay-jay he …

https://youtube.com/watch?v=rq9cAFNo9cA%3F

Song #10 Inhi logo ne le leena dupatta mera…

So far, we have taken up the following nine music directors’ songs:

1. Sardar Malik.
2. Pnakaj Mullick
3. Jaidev
4. Madan Mohan
5. OP Nayyar
6. Hemant Kumar
7. Naushad Ali
8. RD Burman
9. Chitragupta

Lets now turn to Ghulam Mohammad, composer of most of the songs for the 1972 Kamal Amrohi movie Paakeezah. Though this song has been composed twice, for example in the 1943 movie Aabru, Ghulam Mohammad’s composition is superb indeed.

Majrooh Sultanpuri was the lyricist for most of Pakeezah’s songs. The song has been sung by Lata Mangeshkar and picturised on Meena Kumari as the tawaif Sahibjaan.

Please enjoy in Raag Yaman: Inhi logon ne le leena dupatta mera….

inhii.n logo.n ne -4
inhii.n logo.n ne le liinaa dupaTTaa meraa -2

inhii.n logo.n ne le liinaa dupaTTaa meraa -2

hamarii na maano bajajavaa se puuchho
hamarii na maano sayyaa.N … bajajavaa se puuchho
jisane … jisane asharafii gaz diinaa dupaTTaa meraa

hamarii na maano ra.Ngarajavaa se puuchho -2
jisane gulaabii ra.Ng diinaa dupaTTaa meraa -2
inhii.n logo.n ne -3

hamarii na maano sipahiyaa se puuchho -2
aa
hamarii na maano
hamarii na maano sipahiyaa se puuchho
sipahiyaa se
sipahiyaa se puuchho
jisane
jisane bajariyaa me.n chhiinaa dupaTTaa meraa -2
inhii.n logo.n ne -3
inhii.n logo.n ne le liinaa dupaTTaa meraa
dupaTTaa meraa -፬

https://youtube.com/watch?v=EDwvnOkDqSg%3F

Song #11 Aansu bhari hain yeh jeevan ki raahen…

Here is a Raj Kapoor song that has been penned by Hasrat Jaipuri and sung by Mukesh, his singing voice, but has not been composed by Shankar Jaikishen. It actually has Dattaram‘s music.

It is from the 1958 movie Parvarish that Raj Kapoor did with Mala Sinha.

This is amngst the most famous, if not the most famous song of Mukesh.

Please enjoy in Raag Kalyan: Aansu bhari hain ye jeevan ki raahen….

aa.Nsuu bharii hai.n ye jiivan kii raahe.n
koii unase kah de hame.n bhuul jaae.n
aa.Nsuu …

vaade bhulaa de.n qasam to.D de.n vo – (2)
haalat pe apanii hame.n chho.D de.n vo
unhe.n ghar mubaarak hame.n apanii aa.Nhe.n
koii unase kah de …

barabaadiyo.n kii ajab daastaa.N huu.N – (2)
shabanam bhii roe mai.n vo paasabaa.N huu.N
aise jahaa.N se kyuu.N ham dil lagaae.n
koii unase kah de …
aa.Nsuu …

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ETYfiRPLRDs%3F

Song #12 Har ek baat pe kehate ho ke tuu kyaa hai..

I think, going by the genre’ of the music direrctors and lyricists taken up so far, we are ready to take up Mirza Ghalib now. This would have been sung by many singers including KL Saigal and Jagjit Singh; but, I have taken up the Lata Mangeshkar version that has been composed by Faiyaaz Shauqat.

Please enjoy in Raag Yaman: Har ek baat pe kehate ho ke tuu kyaa hai….

har ek baat pe kahate ho tum ke tuu kyaa hai
tumhii.n bataa_o ye andaaz-e-guftaguu kyaa hai

rago.n me.n dau.Date phirane ke ham nahii.n qaa_il
jab aa.Nkh hii se na Tapakaa to phir lahuu kyaa hai

e piyuu.N sharaab agar Kum bhii dekh luu.N do-chaar
ye shiishaa-o-qadah-o-kuuzaa-o-subuu kyaa hai

hu_aa hai shah kaa musaahib phire hai itaraataa
wagaranaa shahar me.n Gaalib kii aabaruu kyaa hai

https://youtube.com/watch?v=8zFw7YMJUSk%3F

That brings us to the end of Part I in the Best of Hindi Songs composed in Raag Yaman or Kalyan. I hoped you liked my choices so far. Brace yourself for Part II coming up shortly.

Third part after ‘The Best Raaga Based Songs In Hindi Movies – Raaga Bhairavi – Part I’ that I gave you last month and ‘The Best Raaga Based Songs In Hindi Movies – Raaga Bhairavi – Part II’ that I gave you yesterday. As I mentioned, I am certainly running behind time since on my Facebook page Lyrical, I am already on the eighth Raaga: Raag Kirwani.

I run a Facebook page called Lyrical wherein I often give theme based songs. The current theme, since 12th Aug 15, is The Best Raaga Based Songs In Hindi Movies.

The word Raga or Raaga actually means colour or hue but is associated with melody in Indian classical music. A raga uses a series of four or more musical notes upon which a melody is constructed. However, the way the notes are approached and rendered in musical phrases and the mood they convey are more important in defining a raaga than the notes themselves. In the Indian musical tradition, rāgas are associated with different times of the day, or with seasons. Indian classical music is always set in a rāga. Non-classical music such as popular Indian film songs and ghazals sometimes use rāgas in their compositions.

I am going to take Raagas at random and associate them with time of the day and with Hindi songs.

We start with Raag Bhairavi. It is a Hindustani music raaga of Bhairavi Thaat. A thaat is a mode in northern Indian or Hindustani music. Thaats always have seven different pitches (called swara) and are a basis for the organization and classification of raagas in North Indian classical music.

In Part – I and Part – II of this blog, we took up twenty – four music directors whose songs composed in Raag Bhairavi we have listened to so far under these series:

1. Shankar Jaikishen
2. Naushad Ali
3. SD Burman
4. OP Nayyar
5. Roshan
6. RD Burman
7. Ravi
8. Kalyanji Anandji
9. Vasant Desai
10. Anil Biswas
11. RC Boral and
12. Pankaj Mullick.
13. Chitragupta
14. Jaidev
15. Hemant Kumar.
16. Khaiyyam
17. Madan Mohan
18. C Ramchandra
19. Ashok Patki and Louis Banks
20. AR Rehman
21. N Dutta
22. Salil Choudhary
23. Laxmikant Pyarelal
24. SN Tripathi

Lets now start with the third and final part. Actually there are hundreds of songs composed in this most popular Raaga. However, since I have decided to give you only the best, I have restricted the number to three dozens only.

Song #25 Saanvre saanvre….

Eight days, 24 songs, and all 24 songs from different music directors. And yet, we haven’t exhausted all the music directors.

Now, I bring you a song composed by Pandit Ravi Shankar for the 1960 movie Anuradha starring Leela Naidu in the title role, together with Balraj Sahni.

Shailendra penned the lyrics and Lata Mangeshkar lent her voice to it. This is the first time in the movie that Anuradha Rai sings on the radio together with the credits.

Please enjoy in Raag Bhairavi: Saanvre saanvre….

saa.Nvare, saa.Nvare, jaao, saa.Nvare, saa.Nvare
kaahe mose karo jora jorii, bai.nyaa.N naa maro.Do morii
duu.Ngii duu.Ngii gaarii haTo jaao jii, saa.Nvare …

sa.ng na sahelii, pa_ike akeli
ab na jaa he more shaam
roko na Dagar morii, aa~ saa.Nvare …

gopii gvaale dekhanevaale
bina vichaare kahe.nge saare
paka.Dii raadhaa kii chorii, aa~ saa.Nvare …

muralii bajaao, ga_iyaa.N charaao
hamarii gvail chho.Do he chhail
milo jab aave horii, aa~ saa.Nvare …

https://youtube.com/watch?v=wqpKA67IbMQ%3F

Song #26 Kisi nazar ko tera intezzaar aaj bhi hai…

Second part after ‘The Best Raaga Based Songs In Hindi Movies – Raaga Bhairavi – Part I’ that I gave you last month. I am certainly running behind time since on my Facebook page Lyrical, I am already on the eighth Raaga: Raag Kirwani.

I run a Facebook page called Lyrical wherein I often give theme based songs. The current theme, since 12th Aug 15, is The Best Raaga Based Songs In Hindi Movies.

The word Raga or Raaga actually means colour or hue but is associated with melody in Indian classical music. A raga uses a series of four or more musical notes upon which a melody is constructed. However, the way the notes are approached and rendered in musical phrases and the mood they convey are more important in defining a raaga than the notes themselves. In the Indian musical tradition, rāgas are associated with different times of the day, or with seasons. Indian classical music is always set in a rāga. Non-classical music such as popular Indian film songs and ghazals sometimes use rāgas in their compositions.

I am going to take Raagas at random and associate them with time of the day and with Hindi songs.

We start with Raag Bhairavi. It is a Hindustani music raaga of Bhairavi Thaat. A thaat is a mode in northern Indian or Hindustani music. Thaats always have seven different pitches (called swara) and are a basis for the organization and classification of raagas in North Indian classical music.

Lets recommence our journey into the world of Raag Bhairavi:

Song #13 Aap ki yaad aati rahi raat bhar
The Best Raaga Based Songs in Hindi Movies

In the last part I have given you 12 songs composed by 12 different music directors in this very popular Raag in Hindi movies. The 12 music directors have been: 1. Shankar Jaikishen 2. Naushad Ali 3. SD Burman 4. OP Nayyar 5. Roshan 6. RD Burman 7. Ravi 8. Kalyanji Anandji 9. Vasant Desai 10. Anil Biswas 11. RC Boral and 12. Pankaj Mullick.

You would agree with me that it has been a veritable treat so far.

Lets start with our 13th song from 13th Music Director Jaidev. He composed Maqdoom Mohiuddin’s famous ghazal in Raag Bhairavi for the 1978 movie Gaman starring Farooq Sheikh and Smita Patil.

Please enjoy: Chhaya Ganguly singing Aap ki yaad aati rahi raat bhar….

aap kii yaad aatii rahii raat bhar
chash{}m-e-nam muskuraatii rahii raat bhar
aap kii yaad aatii rahii …

raat bhar dard kii shamaa jalatii rahii
Gam kii lau tharatharaatii rahii raat bhar …

baa.Nsurii kii suriilii suhaanii sadaa
yaad banabanake aatii rahii raat bhar …

yaad kii chaa.Nd dil me.n utaratii rahii
chaa.Ndanii Dagamagaatii rahii raat bhar …

koii diivaanaa galiyo.n me.n phirataa rahaa
koii aavaaz aatii rahii raat bhar …

https://youtube.com/watch?v=mlFXtzd4o38%3F

Song #14 Tera jaadu na chalega o sapere….

Our next music director composing in Raag Bhairavi is Chitragupta. I have a number of songs to choose from such as Albeli naar pritam duaar, O gauri teri banki, and Sajna sajna kaahe bhuul gaye. But, since I have decided to give you the best, I give you a song from the 1978 movie Guest House that has Prem Dhawan’s lyrics. Lata Mangehskar is the singer.

Please enjoy: Tera jaadu na chalega o sapere….

teraa jaaduu na chalegaa o sapere
kaahe maare merii galiyo.n ke phere
meraa rasiyaa to man me.n hai mere
tuu hai kaun meraa rastaa jo ghere

dekh tuu mujhako na haath lagaa jhuum ke mai.n Das luu.Ngii
aag lage terii nas-nas me.n aisaa zahar bhar duu.Ngii
o kahii.n ta.Dape na saa.Njh sabere
teraa jaaduu na chalegaa …

ek thaa dil jo mai.n de hii chukii kyaa tum lene aa_e
nainan jab chitachor base ko_ii na aur samaa_e
o nahii.n aane vaalii haath mai.n tere
teraa jaaduu na chalegaa …

https://youtube.com/watch?v=_KiVxxTUVZI%3F

Song #15 Saaqiya aaj mujhe neend nahin aayegi….

Now, I have to give you a song composed in Raag Bhairavi by my favourite composer and singer Hemant Kumar. Once again there are many songs such as Chali gori pi ke milan ko chali. However, I would be partial towards this from 1962 movie Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam because it has Shakeel Badayuni’s lyrics. The singer is Asha Bhosle.

Please enjoy: Saaqiya aaj mujhe neend nahin aayegi…

aa : saaqiyaa -2
saaqiyaa aaj mujhe nii.nd nahii.n aayegii
nii.nd nahii.n aayegii

saaqiyaa aaj mujhe nii.nd nahii.n aayegii
sunaa hai terii mahafil me.n ratajagaa hai
aa.Nkho.n-aa.Nkho.n me.n yuu.N hii raat guzar jaayegii
sunaa hai terii mahafil me.n ratajagaa hai

ko : saaqiyaa aaj mujhe nii.nd nahii.n aayegii
sunaa hai terii mahafil me.n ratajagaa hai
aa.Nkho.n-aa.Nkho.n me.n yuu.N hii raat guzar jaayegii
sunaa hai terii mahafil me.n ratajagaa hai -2

aa : aa
saaqii hai aur shaam bhii
ulfat kaa jaam bhii
ho
taqadiir hai usii kii
jo le inase kaam bhii

ra.ng-e-mahafil hai raat bhar ke liye
ko : ra.ng-e-mahafil hai raat bhar ke liye
aa : sochanaa kyaa abhii sahar ke liye
ko : sochanaa kyaa abhii sahar ke liye

aa : ra.ng-e-mahafil hai raat bhar ke liye
sochanaa kyaa abhii sahar ke liye
teraa jalawaa ho terii suurat ho
aur kyaa chaahiye nazar ke liye -2
aaj suurat terii beparadaa nazar aayegii
ko : sunaa hai terii mahafil me.n ratajagaa hai
saaqiyaa aaj mujhe nii.nd nahii.n aayegii
sunaa hai terii mahafil me.n ratajagaa hai -2

aa : aa
mohabbat me.n jo miT jaataa hai
wo kuchh kah nahii.n sakataa
haa.N
ye wo kuuchaa hai jisame.n
dil salaamat rah nahii.n sakataa
kisakii duniyaa yahaa.N tabaah nahii.n
ko : kisakii duniyaa yahaa.N tabaah nahii.n
aa : kaun hai jisake lab pe aah nahii.n
ko : kaun hai jisake lab pe aah nahii.n

aa : kisakii duniyaa yahaa.N tabaah nahii.n
kaun hai jisake lab pe aah nahii.n
husn par dil zaruur aayegaa
isase bachane kii ko_ii raah nahii.n -2
zindagii aaj nazar milate hii luT jaayegii
ko : sunaa hai terii mahafil me.n ratajagaa hai
aa : o o o
ko : saaqiyaa aaj mujhe nii.nd nahii.n aayegii
aa : aa aa aa
ko : aa.Nkho.n-aa.Nkho.n me.n yuu.N hii raat guzar jaayegii
sunaa hai terii mahafil me.n ratajagaa hai -2

https://youtube.com/watch?v=wlw1HMNy_as%3F

Song #16 Jeet hi lenge baazi hum tum…

Now I have given you 15 songs composed by 15 different music directors, you may have concluded that there is none more. Well, you have another guess coming. At this juncture I give you Raag Bhairavi based songs of Khaiyyam, Madan Mohan and C Ramchandra.

First Khaiyyam. This one is on Kaifi Azmi’s lyrics and sung by Mohammad Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar. It is from the 1961 movie Shola Aur Shabnam starring Dharmendra and Tarla Mehta. Khaiyyam is the gentlest of the music composers. Even his Raag Bhairavi composition is gentle.

Please enjoy in Raag Bhairavi: Jeet hi lenge baazi hum tum…

rafii:
jiit hii le.nge baazii ham tum, khel adhuuraa chhuuTe na
pyaar kaa ba.ndhan, janm kaa ba.ndhan, janm kaa ba.ndhan TuuTe na

milataa hai jahaa.N dharatii se gagan, aao vahii.n ham jaae.n
tuu mere liye, mai.n tere liye – 2
is duniyaa ko Thukaraaye.n – 2
duur basaa le dil kii jannat – 2
jisako zamaanaa luuTe nA, pyaar kA ba.ndhan

lataa:
milane kii khushI nA milane kA gam, khatm ye jhaga.De ho jaae.n
tU tU nA rahe, mai.n mai.n nA rahuu.N – 2
ik duuje mai.n kho jaae.n – 2
mai.n bhI nA chho.Duu.n pal bhar daaman – 2
tU bhI pal bhar ruuThe nA, pyaar kA ba.ndhan …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrFAUJADF1c

Song #17 Doli chadake hi Heer ne bain kiye….

Okay, lets get to our 17th Music Director composing his song in Raag Bhairavi, the most popular Raag of Hindi movies.

This one is a Heer and the moment I mention it, you would know the Music Director. Yes, you are absolutely right. It is Madan Mohan.

Now, for those of you who are not from Punjab and North India, I must explain what a Heer is as far as genre’ of songs is concerned:

Heer Ranjha is one of several popular tragic romances of Punjab. The others are Sasi Pannu, Mirza Sahiba, and Sohni Mahiwal. There are several poetic narrations of the story, the most famous being ‘Heer’ by Waris Shah written in 1766. It tells the story of the love of Heer and her lover Ranjha.

This Heer has been written by Kaifi Azmi for the 1970 movie Heer Ranjha starring Rajkumar and Priya Rajvansh. Lata Mangehskar and chorus sang it.

Please enjoy in Raag Bhairavi: Doli chadake hi Heer ne bain kiye…

Dolii cha.Dhate hii hiir ne bain kiye o~
mujhe le chale baabul le chale
ve~ mujhe rok le baabul rok le tuu
Dolii bairii kahaar lai chale re

do chaar gha.Dii bhii na chain paayaa
duHkh dard musiibate.n lai chale
ve~ meraa kahaa sunaa sab maaf karanaa
kuchh roz tere ghar rah chale ve

tujhe raa.Njhanaa rab ke havaale kiyaa
ham des me.n zaalimaa ke chale
ve~ rahii pyaar kii jholii dekh khaalii
koii chiiz bhii saath na le chale ve

mere baad Kabar terii kaun legaa
tere bhaag me.n hai tanhaa_iyaa.N
ve~ mujhe aur ummiid thii aur huaa
kii rab ne beparavaa_i.nyaa ve
o~ kii rab ne beparavaa_i.nyaa ve

https://youtube.com/watch?v=2y18VDKo7c4%3F

Song #18 Kaise jaayun Jamuna ke teer….

Our last song was a Heer by Madan Mohan. And I know what must have gone through your mind whilst listening to it: it is that how well Lata Mangeshkar has sung it! She and her Bhai Sahib Madan Mohan together made some of her best songs.

Well, here is our 18th Music Director and the last one tonight who composed a song in Raag Bhairavi: C Ramchandra, who, at one time was romantically inclined towards Lata Mangeshkar.

The song is a personal favourite of mine. Lyrics are by Rajinder Krishan, singer once again is Lata ji and the movie is 1956 movie Devta.

Please enjoy in Raag Bhairavi: Kaise aayun Jamuna ke teer…

kaise aauu.n jamunaa ke tiir
paa.Nv pa.Dii za.njiir shaamaa
paa.Nv pa.Dii za.njiir ho
kaise aauu.n jamunaa ke tiir

kaahe lagaayaa bairii akhiyo.n me.n kajaraa
akhiyo.n me.n kajaraa kalaiyaa me.n gajaraa
rah ga{}ii haar si.ngaar kiye mai.n
kaun ba.ndhaa{}e dhiir
kaise aauu.n jamunaa ke tiir

shaam milan ko jiyaa moraa tarase
kaah karuu.n kaise nikaluu.n mai.n ghar se
priit bhare man kii ye duniyaa
haaye na jaane piir
kaise aauu.n jamunaa ke tiir

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Js7LosaknB8%3F

Song #19 Mile sur mera tumhaara..

At this juncture, on Lyrical, when I was putting up these songs, we came to 15th Aug 15, the day of our 69th independence. So, on this day, I put up three relevant patriotic songs composed in Raag Bhairavi (I am used to putting up on Lyrical just three songs everyday)

The first of the Independence Day songs composed in Raag Bhairavi that I am giving you is Mile Sur Mera Tumahara…

“Ek sur” (One Tune) (languages of India), or “Mile Sur Mera Tumhara” as it is better known, is an Indian song and accompanying video promoting national integration and unity in diversity.

The concept for Mile Sur was developed in 1988 by Lok Seva Sanchar Parishad and promoted by Doordarshan (then India’s sole TV broadcaster) and India’s Ministry of Information. The song was composed by Ashok Patki and arranged by Louis Banks, with lyrics by Piyush Pandey (then an Account Manager and presently the Executive Chairman and Creative Head of Ogilvy and Mather, India). The project was conceived by Suresh Mallik and Kailash Surendranath and directed by Kailash Surendranath and recorded by people from all walks of life, including a supergroup of Indian celebrities—musicians, sports persons, movie stars, etc.

The national integration video was intended to instill a sense of pride and promote unity amongst Indians, highlighting India’s different linguistic communities and societies—India’s unity in diversity, so to speak. Mile Sur was telecast for the first time on Independence Day 1988, after the telecast of the Prime Minister’s speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort.

It quickly captivated India, gaining and maintaining near-anthem status ever since.

Please enjoy in Raag Bhairavi: Mile sur mera tumhaara…..

Mile sur mera tumharaa
To sur bane hamaraa
Sur ki nadhiyaan
har disha se behkee saagar mein milee
Baadalon ka roop lekar
bharse halke halke
Mile sur mera tumharaa to sur bane hamaara
Mile sur mera tumhara…

Chain taraj tahin nyay taraj
Ek but baniye saayen taraj

Tera sur mile mere sur de naal
milke bane ek nava surtaal

Mile sur mera tumharaa
To sur bane hamaara..

Mohnja sur tohi desa pyara mile
Jadein geet ashaanjo madhur tarano bane tadein
Sur ka dariya bahte saagar me mile
Badlaan da roop leke barasien haule haule

Isaindhal namm iruvarin suramum namadhakum.. Dhisai veru aanalum
Aazi ser aarugal Mugilai mazaiyai pozivadu pol isai Namm
Isssai Thik thakida thathikakida
Thaka Thimi Thaka junu

Nanna dhwanige ninna dhwaniya
Seridante namma dhwaniya
Naa swaramu nee swaramu sangammamai
Mana swaram ga avatarinchey

Ninde swaramum ningalude swaramum
Otthucheiyum Namudeya swaramai

Tomaar shoor moder shoor
Srishti koroor koi ikshoor
Tomaar shoor moder shoor
Srishti koroor koi ikshoor

Srishti karoon woi katha

Toma mora swarer milan srishti kare chalbochatano

Male sur jo taro maro
Bane aapno sur niralo

Majhya tumchya julta tara
Madhur suranchya barasti dhara

Sur ki nadiya har disha se behke saagar mein mile
Baadlo ka roop leke barse halke halke
O Mile sur mera tumhara to
sur bane hamara

Mile Sur mera tumhara
To sur bane hamara
To sur bane hamara
To sur bane hamara

https://youtube.com/watch?v=-jf6pwtPqCs%3F

Song #20 Rang de basanti…..

We have taken Raag Bhairavi based songs from 19 different Music Directors. Here is our 20th: the Oscar winner AR Rehman.

This is from the 2006 movie Rang De Basanti, co written, co produced and directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. It featured an ensemble cast comprising Aamir Khan, Siddharth Narayan, Soha Ali Khan, Kunal Kapoor, Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Atul Kulkarni and British actress Alice Patten in the lead roles.

The story is about a British documentary filmmaker who is determined to make a film on Indian freedom fighters based on diary entries by her grandfather, a former officer of the British Indian Army. Upon arriving in India, she asks a group of five young men to act in her film.

Here is the song in Raag Bhairavi sung by Daler Mehndi and Chitra on AR Rehman’s music and Prasoon Joshi’s lyrics.

Please enjoy: Rang de basanti….

Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding
Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding
Thodisi Dhuul Meri Dharti Ki Mere Watan Ki… (2)
Thodisi Khushbuu Baurai Si Mast Pawan Ki
Thodisi Dhondhane Waali Dhak-Dhak Dhak-Dhak Dhak-Dhak Saansein
Jin Mein Ho Junoon Junoon Woh Boonde Laal Lahuu Ki
Yeh Sab Tuu Mila Mila Le Phir Rang Tuu Khila Khila Le… (2)
Aur Mohe Tuu Rang De Basanti Yaara
Mohe Tuu Rang De Basanti
Mohe Mohe Tuu Rang De Basanti… (8)
Oh Mohe Rang De Basanti Basanti Rang De Basanti… (2)
( Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding
Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding )… (2)

Sapnen Rang De, Apne Rang De
Khushiyaan Rang De, Gam Bhi Rang De
Naslen Rang De, Faslein Rang De
Rang De Dhadkan, Rang De Sargam
Rang De Surat, Rang De Darpan
Aur Mohe Tuu Rang De Basanti Yaara
Mohe Tuu Rang De Basanti
Thodisi Dhuul Meri Dharti Ki Mere Watan Ki… (2)
Thodisi Khushbuu Baurai Si Mast Pawan Ki
Thodisi Dhondhane Waali Dhak-Dhak Dhak-Dhak Dhak-Dhak Saansein
Jin Mein Ho Junoon Junoon Woh Boonde Laal Lahuu Ki
Yeh Sab Tuu Mila Mila Le Phir Rang Tuu Khila Khila Le… (2)
Aur Mohe Tuu Rang De Basanti Yaara
Mohe Tuu Rang De Basanti

Dheemi Aanch Pe Tuu Zara Ishq Chadha
Thode Jharne Laa, Thodi Nadi Mila
Thode Saagar Aa, Thodi Gaagar Laa
Thoda Chhidak Chhidak, Thoda Hila Hila
Phir Ek Rang Tu Khila Khila
Mohe Mohe Tuu Rang De Basanti Yaara
Mohe Tuu Rang De Basanti

Basti Rang De, Hasti Rang De
Hans Hans Rang De, Nas Nas Rang De
Bachpan Rang De, Joban Rang De
Ab Der Na Kar Sachmuch Rang De
Rang Rez Mere Sab Kuchh Rang De
Mohe Mohe Tuu Rang De Basanti Yaara
Mohe Tuu Rang De Basanti
Thodisi Dhuul Meri Dharti Ki Mere Watan Ki… (2)
Thodisi Khushbuu Baurai Si Mast Pawan Ki
Thodisi Dhondne Waali Dhak-Dhak Dhak-Dhak Dhak-Dhak Saansein
Jin Mein Ho Junoon Junoon Woh Boonde Laal Lahuu Ki
Yeh Sab Tuu Mila Mila Le Phir Rang Tuu Khila Khila Le… (2)
Mohe Mohe Tuu Rang De Basanti Yaara
Mohe Mohe Tuu Rang De Basanti… (8)
Mohe Rang De Basanti Basanti Rang De Basanti… (4)
Rang De Rang De Rang De Basanti
( Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding
Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding )… (3)
Mohe Rang De Basanti Basanti Rang De Basanti Basanti
Mohe Rang De Basanti Rang De Basanti Rang De Basanti Yaara

https://youtube.com/watch?v=LgMF26J0F5I%3F

Song #21 Tuu Hindu banega na Musalmaan banega…..

With the last AR Rehman song from Rang De Bsanti, we covered 20 different music directors who composed their songs in Raag Bhairavi.

Here is the 21st and the name of the music director is N Dutta. This is the need of the hour and hence I am sharing this on the eve of our independence day.

The song is from the 1959 movie Dhool Ka Phool. Sahir Ludhianvi, with his innate idealism has written these very meaningful lyrics and the singer is Mohammad Rafi.

Please enjoy in Raag Bhairavi: Tu Hindu banega naa musalmaan banega, insan ki aulad hai insaan banega….

tuu hindu banegA nA musalamAn banegaa
insaan kI aulAd hai insaan banega

kudarat ne to banAI thI ek hI duniyA
hamane use hindU aur musalamAn banAyA
tuu sabake liye aman kA paigaam banegA
insaan kI aulAd hai insaan banegA

ye din ye ImAn dharam bechane vAle
dhan-daulat ke bhUkhe vatan bechane vAle
tuu inake liye maut kA ailaan banegA
insaan kI aulAd hai insaan banegA

https://youtube.com/watch?v=jqcyUkUFzrc%3F

Song #22 Jaa re jaa re udh jaa re panchhi….

Okay, lets take stock of the number of music directors whose songs composed in Raag Bhairavi we have listened to so far under the new series:

1. Shankar Jaikishen
2. Naushad Ali
3. SD Burman
4. OP Nayyar
5. Roshan
6. RD Burman
7. Ravi
8. Kalyanji Anandji
9. Vasant Desai
10. Anil Biswas
11. RC Boral and
12. Pankaj Mullick.
13. Chitragupta
14. Jaidev
15. Hemant Kumar.
16. Khaiyyam
17. Madan Mohan
18. C Ramchandra
19. Ashok Patki and Louis Banks
20. AR Rehman
21. N Dutta

Now we take up three other music directors: Salil Choudhary, Laxmikant Pyarelal, and SN Tripathi.

Lets start with Salil Choudhary whose music has always been a fusion between Indian and Western classical music.

I have taken this superb song from the 1961 movie Maya starring Dev Anand and Mala Sinha; one of those rare Dev Anand movies that doesn’t have SD Burman’s music.

Salil da composed this fine music on the lyrics of Majrooh Sultanpuri and Lata ji sang it with the kind of feelings that the song deserved.

Please enjoy in Raag Bhairavi: Jaa re jaa re udh jaa re panchhi….

jaa re, jaa re u.D jaa re pa.nchhii
bahaaro.n ke des jaa re
yahaa.N kyaa hai mere pyaare
kyuu.N uja.D ga_ii bagiyaa mere man kii
jaa re …

naa Daalii rahii naa kalii
ajab Gam kii aa.Ndhii chalii
u.Dii dukh kii dhuul raaho.n me.n
jaa re …

mai.n viiNaa uThaa naa sakii
tere sa.ng gaa naa sakii
Dhale mere giit aaho.n me.n
jaa re …

https://youtube.com/watch?v=DGgwrG0Iw0w%3F

Song #23 Beshak mandir masjid todo…..

The popularity of Raag Bhairavi in the Hindi movies can be made out from the fact that we have taken up as many as 22 different music directors composing the best of their songs in this Raag.

Lets now take up the 23rd: Laxmikant Pyarelal.

Once again there are several songs to choose from and I have chosen this song from the 1973 movie Bobby starring Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia due to several reasons. First of all, this was the first time in a Raj Kapoor movie that Shankar Jaikishen didn’t compose music. Secondly, the movie was a trend-setter in young love (Rishi Kapoor was 21 and Dimple only 16 when the movie was made) choosing their partners irrespective of the dictates of class and status. Thirdly, this song was so different in Hindi movies. Thirdly, the song was sung by Narendra Chanchal a singer of Punjabi songs on the very meaningful lyrics of Raj Kavi Indrajeet Singh Tulsi.

Please enjoy in Raag Bhairavi: Beshak mandir masjit todo Bulle Shah ye kehta….

(beshaq ma.ndir masjid to.De, bulleshaa ye kahataa) – 2
par pyaar bharaa dil kabhii na to.Do…
is dil me.n dilavar rahataa
jis pala.De me.n tule mohabbat…
jis pala.De me.n tule mohabbat
usame.n chaa.Ndii nahii.n taulanaa
taubaa merii naa Dolanaa mai.n nii bolanaa
o nahii.n bolanaa jaa, mai.n nahii.n bolanaa jaa
o mai.n nahii.n bolanaa jaa, Dolanaa mai.n nii bolanaa
taubaa merii na Dolanaa mai.n nii bolanaa

aag te ishq baraabar dono, par paanii aag bujhaae – (2)
aashiq ke jab aa.Nsuu nikale, aur agan lag jaae
tere saamane baiThake ronaa…
o tere saamane baiThake ronaa dil kaa dukha.Daa nahii.n Tolanaa
Dolanaa mai.n nii bolanaa
o nahii.n bolanaa jaa, mai.n nahii.n bolanaa jaa
ve mai.n nahii.n bolanaa jaa, bolanaa mai.n nii bolanaa
taubaa merii na Dolanaa mai.n nii bolanaa
ve mai.n nahii.n bolanaa, o ve mai.n nahii.n bolanaa
ve mai.n nahii.n bolanaa, te mai.n nahii.n bolanaa
nahii.n bolanaa, Dolanaa mai.n nii bolanaa
nahii.n bolanaa, nahii.n bolanaa…

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Eo7ytzDx1fs%3F

Song #24 Bat chalat nai chunari rang daari….

Lastly, in this part, let us take up the composition in Raag Bhairavi of our 24th Music Director: SN Tripathi who gave us such marvellous songs as: Zara saamane to aa o chhaliye, Na kisi ki aankh ka noor hoon and Aa laut ke aaja mere meet from the 1959 movie Rani Roopmati starring Nirupa Roy in the title role and Bharat Bhushan opposite her.

In the same movie, SN Tripathi composed this lovely number in Raag Bhairavi on the lyrics of Bharat Vyas. Mohammad Rafi and Krishnarao Chonkar sang this beautiful number.

Please enjoy in Raag Bhairavi: Bat chalat nai chunari rang daari….

aa .a .a
baaT chalat na_ii chunarii ra.Ng Daarii
he .a .a aiso hai bedardii banawaarii
baaT chalat …

aiso hai niDar, Darat na kaahuu.N se la.ngar
apane dhi.ngaa-dhi.ngii karat hai Dagar
he more raam, he more raam, he more raam
baaT chalat …

itane dinan me.n mose kabahuu.N na aTakyo
aa .a .a, baaT chalat
itane dinan me.n mose kabahuu.N na
aa .a .a, baaT chalat
itane dinan me.n mose kabahuu.N na aTakyo
nita prati jaat galin me.n subah shaam
aavat phaagun itaraat jaat de-de taarii
he more raam, he more raam, he more raam
baaT chalat …

baaT chalat na_ii chunarii ra.Ng Daarii re
chunarii ra.Ng Daarii re, chunarii ra.Ng Daarii re,
chunarii ra.Ng Daarii, baaT chalat …

dha, pa ma ga re saa nii saa, re ga ma pa dha, pa
dha pa, ma ga, re saa, saa ga re ma saa ma ga
pa dha nii dha ma ga, ma dha nii saa, aa .a.a
baaT chalat …

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ejt-0jMN7mM%3F

That brings us to the end of the Second Part of Raag Bhairavi based songs. We have another one parts that I shall be putting up shortly. I hope you enjoyed the songs I put together for you so far. Please await the next part.

I run a Facebook page called Lyrical wherein I often give theme based songs. The current theme, since 12th Aug 15, is The Best Raaga Based Songs In Hindi Movies.