FLOATING CHANCES FOR NEW SINGERS
(TRIBUTE TO SHANKAR JAIKISHAN–25-)
Srigopal Shroti
IT looks that the time has just gone and we are atuned with the Rhythms of SHANKAR and MELODIES OF JAIKISHAN AND THE SONG ARE BEING PLAYED ON EPs, LATER ON CASSETTES AND NOW ON CD/DVDs…..AND THE TIME IS AS FRESH AS ON THAT DAY WHEN THE DUOs WERE COMPOSING THEIR BEST AND THAT SUN, STILL REMAINS THE SAME SUN.
I AM TALKING ABOUT USING THE VOICE OF SHRI KRISHNA CHONKAR IN VERMA FILMS’ POOJA IN THE YEAR 1954…..CHONKERJI WAS ALSO A CLASSICAL SINGER LIKE USTAD AMIR KHAN. BESIDES HE WAS A THEATRE ARTIST AND LATER WORKED IN MANY MARATHI FILMS. HE ALSO PRODUCED A FILM ”NANDADEEP” IN MARATHI, BUT HE DID NOT SING ANY SONG IN IT. SO HIS SUN WAS SET BY THE TIME…..BUT SHANKAR JAIKISHAN GAVE A NEW DIMENSION TO HIS SINGING IN ”POOJA”….THE SONG”’ RUM JHUM BAJAO BANSURI MURARI”’…….HE SANG WITH MOHD RAFI.
HOWEVER AFTER ”AWARA”, S-J’S MUSIC STARTED GAINING RECOGNITION FROM ”BADAL”…..AND IN VERMA FILMS ONWARDS S-J CREATED A TRADITION TO COMPOSE MELODIOUS SONGS…..AND IN ”POOJA” THERE WERE 8 SONGS PENNED BY SHAILENDRA AND HASRAT. NEXT IN ”POOJA” MOHD RAFI SANG ALONGWITH LATA & CHORUS….”DOLI AAYI PYARI BHAR PICHKARI…”….THEN THERE WERE THREE SOLOS BY MOHD RAFI SUCH AS: ”CHAL CHAL RE MUSAFIR CHAL…”…”JAHAN KAHIN DEEPAK JALTA HAI JO EK BAR KAH DO..” AND ”SOCH NA MANVA TERA TAQDEER BANANE WALS SOCHEGA..” BHARAT BHUSAN WAS THE HERO AND ALL RAFI SONGS WERE PICTURISED ON HIM…..THEN 3 SONGS WERE SUNG BY LATA…WERE…”MORI VIPADA AAN HARO PRABHU KAHE DER KARO”.. ”BATA DE AI DIL, DIL LAGNA RAAS AAYE TO KYA KAROORN”…AND ..”MAIN MURLIDHAR MURLI LAAI MURLI DHARNE..”’….THESE WERE FILMED ON POORNIMA, THE THEN HEROIN OF THE FILM….
HEMANTDA’S VOIVE WAS HEARD IN MANY OF S-J FILMS, BUT WITH EITHER RAFI, MUKESH OR TALAT MEHMOOD…..NOT SOLO……BUT AMIYA CHAKRAVARTHY’S ”BADSHAH” WAS AN EXCEPTION (1954). HEMANTDA’S VOICE WAS FIT ON PRADEEP KUMAR, WHO WAS IN LEAD ROLE IN THIS FILM……THEN S-J LEAVING OTHERS ASIDE, USED HEMANTDA’S VOICE FOR PRADEEP KUMAR……THERE WERE TWO SONGS BY HEMANTDA IN ”BADSHAH”…..ONE SOLO…”’RULA KAR CHAL DIYE EK DIN, HANSI BANKAR JO AAYE THE” AND WITH LATA ””AAA NEEL GAGAN TALE PAR HAM KAREN, TUM SAMNE BAITHE RAHO SINGAR HAM KAREN…”’
THERE WAS ANOTHER VOICE BESIDES HEMANTDA IN THIS FILM AND HE WAS NONE OTHER THAN THE FATHER OF ”BHAPPI LAHARI”……SHRI AYRESH LAHIRI…AND THE SONG HE SANG UNDER S-J’S BATON WAS.”.JAGE MERA DIL SOYE ZAMANA, MEHFIL DOOR NAHIN….”..HIS VOICE WAS CLOSE TO HEMANTDA AND IT GOT GLORIOUS FAME….BUT BECAUSE OF BENGALI MIXTURE, HIS VOICE CUDNOT GO FURTHER…….LATA’S VOICE WAS RENDERED WELL AND SUFFICIENTLY UTISLSED ON THE TWO HEROINS==USHA KIRAN AND MALA SINHA…..AND IT WAS DEBUT FILM OF MALA SINHA. AND THE SONGS WERE ”JAB PAL BHAR CHAIN NA PAUN RE BALAM”,…”JEE GHABRAYE DIL JAL JAYE, BEDARDI AB TO AA JA.” …”JANAN MARAN KE SAATH KO TUM AAKHEN CHURAO TO KYA..”…”LE GAYA DIL LE GAYA” AND ”GUL MUSKURA UTHA, BULBUL YE GAA UTA..”.. 5 SONG OF THIS FILM WERE RENDERED BY LATA………..to continue……..gshroti.in.com……..
I AM TALKING ABOUT USING THE VOICE OF SHRI KRISHNA CHONKAR IN VERMA FILMS’ POOJA IN THE YEAR 1954…..CHONKERJI WAS ALSO A CLASSICAL SINGER LIKE USTAD AMIR KHAN. BESIDES HE WAS A THEATRE ARTIST AND LATER WORKED IN MANY MARATHI FILMS. HE ALSO PRODUCED A FILM ”NANDADEEP” IN MARATHI, BUT HE DID NOT SING ANY SONG IN IT. SO HIS SUN WAS SET BY THE TIME…..BUT SHANKAR JAIKISHAN GAVE A NEW DIMENSION TO HIS SINGING IN ”POOJA”….THE SONG”’ RUM JHUM BAJAO BANSURI MURARI”’…….HE SANG WITH MOHD RAFI.
HOWEVER AFTER ”AWARA”, S-J’S MUSIC STARTED GAINING RECOGNITION FROM ”BADAL”…..AND IN VERMA FILMS ONWARDS S-J CREATED A TRADITION TO COMPOSE MELODIOUS SONGS…..AND IN ”POOJA” THERE WERE 8 SONGS PENNED BY SHAILENDRA AND HASRAT. NEXT IN ”POOJA” MOHD RAFI SANG ALONGWITH LATA & CHORUS….”DOLI AAYI PYARI BHAR PICHKARI…”….THEN THERE WERE THREE SOLOS BY MOHD RAFI SUCH AS: ”CHAL CHAL RE MUSAFIR CHAL…”…”JAHAN KAHIN DEEPAK JALTA HAI JO EK BAR KAH DO..” AND ”SOCH NA MANVA TERA TAQDEER BANANE WALS SOCHEGA..” BHARAT BHUSAN WAS THE HERO AND ALL RAFI SONGS WERE PICTURISED ON HIM…..THEN 3 SONGS WERE SUNG BY LATA…WERE…”MORI VIPADA AAN HARO PRABHU KAHE DER KARO”.. ”BATA DE AI DIL, DIL LAGNA RAAS AAYE TO KYA KAROORN”…AND ..”MAIN MURLIDHAR MURLI LAAI MURLI DHARNE..”’….THESE WERE FILMED ON POORNIMA, THE THEN HEROIN OF THE FILM….
HEMANTDA’S VOIVE WAS HEARD IN MANY OF S-J FILMS, BUT WITH EITHER RAFI, MUKESH OR TALAT MEHMOOD…..NOT SOLO……BUT AMIYA CHAKRAVARTHY’S ”BADSHAH” WAS AN EXCEPTION (1954). HEMANTDA’S VOICE WAS FIT ON PRADEEP KUMAR, WHO WAS IN LEAD ROLE IN THIS FILM……THEN S-J LEAVING OTHERS ASIDE, USED HEMANTDA’S VOICE FOR PRADEEP KUMAR……THERE WERE TWO SONGS BY HEMANTDA IN ”BADSHAH”…..ONE SOLO…”’RULA KAR CHAL DIYE EK DIN, HANSI BANKAR JO AAYE THE” AND WITH LATA ””AAA NEEL GAGAN TALE PAR HAM KAREN, TUM SAMNE BAITHE RAHO SINGAR HAM KAREN…”’
THERE WAS ANOTHER VOICE BESIDES HEMANTDA IN THIS FILM AND HE WAS NONE OTHER THAN THE FATHER OF ”BHAPPI LAHARI”……SHRI AYRESH LAHIRI…AND THE SONG HE SANG UNDER S-J’S BATON WAS.”.JAGE MERA DIL SOYE ZAMANA, MEHFIL DOOR NAHIN….”..HIS VOICE WAS CLOSE TO HEMANTDA AND IT GOT GLORIOUS FAME….BUT BECAUSE OF BENGALI MIXTURE, HIS VOICE CUDNOT GO FURTHER…….LATA’S VOICE WAS RENDERED WELL AND SUFFICIENTLY UTISLSED ON THE TWO HEROINS==USHA KIRAN AND MALA SINHA…..AND IT WAS DEBUT FILM OF MALA SINHA. AND THE SONGS WERE ”JAB PAL BHAR CHAIN NA PAUN RE BALAM”,…”JEE GHABRAYE DIL JAL JAYE, BEDARDI AB TO AA JA.” …”JANAN MARAN KE SAATH KO TUM AAKHEN CHURAO TO KYA..”…”LE GAYA DIL LE GAYA” AND ”GUL MUSKURA UTHA, BULBUL YE GAA UTA..”.. 5 SONG OF THIS FILM WERE RENDERED BY LATA………..to continue……..gshroti.in.com……..
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