Laage Re Nain

The start of new season at Coke Studio Pakistan and we already have the song giving goosebumps. This song is a traditional Bandish based on Raag Bhupali. There are many renditions of this bandish but Rohail Hyaat has produced it to suit western instruments. The new version sung by Ayesha Omar has became a great lounge pleaser.

The husky voice of Ayesha suits the song very well and she has sung it nicely. The sarangi piece at the start is a great way to introduce the bandish and Ayesha's voice mellows perfectly with that sarangi intro. It is a simple and melodious song without much complexities and that is the catching point for the song.




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Jeene Laga Hoon ...

Now you will think I am advertising all Tips movies - but the fact is they are making some good movies with great songs. And this one is again following the path of great love songs - Ramaiya Vastavaiya - the new movie by Prabhudeva. This is the remake of his directional debut from Telugu. I would say a good launching pad for producer's son!

The song is again composed by Sachin-Jigar - this year's hot favorite. For a teaser I am going to write about one another song composed by them - but that's later. Looks like they are filling in the gap created by exit of two great pairs  Nadeem-Shravan and Jatin-Lalit very nicely. Voiced by Shreya Ghoshal and Atif, this song follows a romantic melody and takes you in the clouds of fresh love. It feels like you are surrounded by the mist of early morning dew and you are looking at your love while the nascent rays of sun playing with her still wet hair. I was always arguing about need of a good love story with fresh faces for Bollywood and I have a good feeling that chemistry between Girish Kumar and Shruti Haasan will make this movie a memorable one.






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Balam Pichkari ...

I normally don't write about Pritam's songs here but this song made me write about it as it is stuck in my head for some time now. Holi songs are not new for Hindi movies and this song follows that trend. Evergreen song from Sholey to the new version of Akshay Kumar, Holi songs are hot favorite for capturing the youth mind. This song captivates it perfectly. Add that with a great chemistry between Ranbir and Deepika. She is the only second actress after Anushka Sharma to look so comfortable in doing any song. I don't want to compare but these two has brought back some magic of Hema malini and Vaijayanti mala - dancing freely on the great tunes.

Well going back to song - a great catchy tune with use of base to amplify the sound of dance! Pritam makes it even better using voice of Shalmalee Kholgade and Vishal Dadlani. Vishal has sung many good songs recently and his voice is used perfectly in this song. I would just say that listen to this song and you will land in your childhood/youth playing Holi with some dance and lots of colors!!









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गीत रामायण - Geet Ramayan

कालच आई म्हणाली आज रामनवमी आहे जरा नमस्कार कर तो चांगली बुद्धी देईल. आता आम्ही कधी तिचा सल्ला ऐकतो कधी नाही ऐकत पण आज काही तरी वेगळेच होते. चेहरे पुस्तकावर एक श्लोक वाचला आणि कळले की हे गीत रामायणातील राम जन्माचे गीत आहे. गीत रामायणातील काही गीते मधून मधून ऐकली होतीच पण निदान माझ्या पिढीला तरी गीत रामायण काय आहे हे कमीच माहिती आहे. ग दि मा आणि सुधीर फडक्यांनी रचलेली गीते आहेत एवढे माहिती होते. मग काय शोधाशोध सुरु झाली आणि हाती लागला खजिना. गीत रामायणाच्या सुवर्ण महोत्सवासाठी सकाळ ने आयोजित केलेल्या सुश्राव्य कार्यक्रमाचे चित्रीकरण तू-नळीवर सापडले. आणि मी ते ऐकण्यात हरवून गेलो.    

१ एप्रिल १९५५ रोजी पुणे आकाशवाणीवर या महायज्ञाची सुरुवात झाली आणि एका वर्षानंतर एप्रिल १९५६ मध्ये शेवटचे गीत प्रसारित झाले. महाभारत आणि श्रीकृष्ण दूरदर्शन वर पाहिल्यामुळे दर आठवड्याला नवीन भाग पाहण्याची किंवा ऐकण्यातली जी हुरहूर सर्व घराला असते ती मी अनुभवली आहे. म्हणून फक्त कल्पना करू शकतो त्यावेळेस सर्वजण किती आतुरतेने नवीन भागाची वाट पाहत असतील. गीत रामायणाची कीर्ती इतकी वाढली की नंतर वर्तमानपत्रेही नवीन गीत दर आठवड्याला छापू लागली. ग दि मांची रसाळ भाषाशैली आणि बाबूजींचे श्रवणीय संगीत असा एक दैवी संग गीत रामायणात घडून आला. त्याचबरोबर गायला सुधीर फडके, माणिक वर्मा, वसंतराव देशपांडे, लता मंगेशकर आणि अजूनही बरच प्रथितयश गायक मिळाले. 

चैत्र मास त्यात शुद्ध नवमी हि तिथी, 

गंध युक्त तरीही वाट उष्ण हे किती. 

दोन प्रहरी का ग शिरी सुर्य थांबला … 

राम जन्मला ग सखे …राम जन्मला

राम जन्माचे किती सुंदर वर्णन आहे यात. अशीच सुंदर संपूर्ण ५६ गाणी ग दि मांनी लिहिली. ज्यांनी खरच त्याकाळी आकाशवाणीवर ऐकले त्यांचा थोडा हेवा वाटतो आहे पण जे अटल बिहारी वाजपेई म्हणत होते "आपण सर्व तर या काळात विरून जाऊ पण गीत रामायण असेच वर्षानुवर्षे टवटवीत राहील". मला महिती नाही माझ्या पिढीतील आणि माझ्या नंतरच्या किती लोकांना हा सुंदर ठेवा माहिती आहे - म्हणून हा एक छोटा प्रयत्न पुनश्च ओळख करून देण्याचा. 

बरोबर तू-नळी वरील चित्रीकरण देतो आहे. ते ऐकून आनंद घ्या हो आणि सुधीर फडक्यांच्या आवाजातले मूळ मिळाले तर अजूनच आनंद द्विगुणीत होईल. 

(धन्यावाद - मिनल देवस्थळे)                 

Paani Da Rang ..

Sometimes some simple things also give you great pleasures. One of such song was Paani da Rang. I was not expecting from it to be a sweet melody and it surprised me! I heard about Vicky Donor - it's a funny movie with some bold subject. A new hero with a new heroine - only known name was Annu Kapoor. I watched the movie and came across this great song. And then I made turns of listening it in a loop - it just stays with you and gets on your mind.

Ayushmaan has sung the song and himself has composed it. It is a simple composition with guitar and basic house beat. A compelling voice of Ayushmaan makes you feel good and happy. Though lyrics are  dominantly Punjabi, they do not hamper the song. They sound perfect match for Ayushmaan's voice. Bhatt camp should learn something from this - the big disappointment were songs of Ashiqui 2. They have lost their simple melody over the time - but Paani da Rang proves that the melody in Hindi film music is still alive and going to stay here for the long time!








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Yeh Haseen Vadiyan ...

Some songs are special songs - you hear them and they give you goosebumps - this song is one of those songs. When I first heard this song I got goosebumps and still whenever I listen this I get goosebumps. I always consider Roja was ARR's masterpiece and this is The Best work.

Yeh Haseen Vadiyan starts with a distinct rhythm, picks up with the chorus. And then comes the ravishing voice of Chitra. She start and S P Balasubramanyam backs her up with a great fineness. P K Mishra has written some great words for it. He did not just translate the words but conveyed the feelings from Tamil to Hindi.

I know many will fight with me that there are other works of ARR better than this but I still feel this is the One. Even with the picturization of the song is great. I have always given full points to Manirathanm for his great locations and use of colors in the songs and Santosh Sivan makes this one a work of greatness.

Now don't think anything - put on your headphones - close your eyes - and start listening. I bet you will reach the beautiful Kashmir in a second and experience the Heaven on Earth!!!







Enjoy!!!           

Piya O Re Piya ...

Hindi movie industry is always blessed with great melody maker duos. Shankar - Jaikishan, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Nadeem - Shravan, Jateen - Lalit have made listening romantic songs a pleasant breeze in movies. This list has its newest addition. In last post I wrote about Sachin-Jigar, the new duo in Bollywood. In very short time they have made their mark with great melodious tracks.

Piya O Re Piya is written by Priya Panchal and sung by Atif and Shreya Ghoshal. A perfect love track filmed on Ritesh - Jenelia, the real life couple. From movie Tere naal Love ho gaya this track fills your mind with the love feel!







Enjoy!!