Folk songs? Excuse me... - Page 2

Originally posted by: evon123

i guess they probably thought ppl won't recognize the songs if the contestants sang actual folk songs. Also some ppl mite find them boring since folk songs are not something that they hear everyday.

true say i wudnt even recognise real folk songs plus its not sumfing i hear everyday so i most porbs wudnt av enjoyed pure full folk songs neways n most probs loads of people outside india feel da same way😕

altho i enjoyed raja's rendition n luvd sumedha performance n choice of song, luv dat song 😳

Originally posted by: Theatre

morni bagama is not a folk song. the lines sung by ila arun were folk but rest by lataji was filmi and that was like what 2lines. i dont count that as a folk song

There's a marwri folk song that goes something like: morni baga mein naache,bana re baga manjula lage

I believe the "Lamhe" version is an adapataion of this. Wonder why Poonam didn't sing Nimbooda - that was a folk song that ID adapted.

Update: Amanat's Kashi Hile, Patna Hile is an adapataion of a bhojpuri folk number- Arrah Hile, Chhapra hile. (Arrah, Chappra are districts in Bihar)

Originally posted by: chewingums

There's a marwri folk song that goes something like: morni baga mein naache,bana re baga manjula lage . actually that line is from the lord krishna. it was when he was with the goris and radha use to sing it. thats what i know. but the lines sung by ila arun were folk. rest wasnt.

I believe the "Lamhe" version is an adapataion of this. Wonder why Poonam didn't sing Nimbooda - that was a folk song that ID adapted. yup it was a adapatation. i dont know..werent they post to sing some gaon songs or something.

Update: Amanat's Kashi Hile, Patna Hile is an adapataion of a bhojpuri folk number- Arrah Hile, Chhapra hile. (Arrah, Chappra are districts in Bihar)

Originally posted by: chewingums

I thought the theme was "Look geet", translated into "folk songs". But I struggled to find actual folk songs in the entire episode.

Folk music, in the most basic sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. "It is music of the common people that has been passed on by memorization or repetition rather than by writing, and has deep roots in its own culture."

With the exception of Raja's Kesariya Balam and Sumedha's Morni baaga ma (An adaptation of a marwari folk song), I found that none of the others actually fitted into this category. All others were mere filmi numbers that had local dialects. If a song in a local dialect turns into a folk song - then every song in Tamil, telegu, punjabi or Gujarati is a folk song.

Even in Aneek's song, only the bit - "sa ra ra ra" is a folk bit. The rest is a pure filmi composition. Paan Khaye Saiyaan Hamaar - though sounds like a folk number, it isn't. It was specifically written and composed for Teesri kasam.

The creative team could at least called the theme something different.

👏well said.