Memory lane of R.D. Burman - Page 3

Rajiv Vijaykar

R. D.Burman suddenly turns prolific and enters the top echelons. Many of his songs this year will be handpicked for remixes three decades later. Kati Patang is the first of his four major hits. The Kishore Kumar triumvirate 'Yeh shaam mastani...','Pyar diwana hota hai...' and 'Yeh jo mohabbat hai...' Lata's 'Na koi umang hai...' Mukesh's'Jis gali mein...' as well as Asha's 'Mera naam hai Shabnam...' and Lata-Kishore's 'Haath na chhodenge...' combine for an all-hit score.

Caravan has RD going folksy except for the situational 'Monica o my darling...' sung by RD himself with Asha Bhosle. One of the career-finest scores of the composer, Caravan also boasts of exquisite yet hit songs like'Are ho goriya kahaan tera des...' 'Chadti jawani...' 'Kitna pyaara waada...' 'Dilbar dil se pyaare...' 'Daiyyan yeh main kahaan aa phansi...' 'Hum to hain rahi dil ke...' and'Ab jo mile hain to...'. Hare Rama Hare Krishna and Amar Prem are the two other major master-strokes of the genius, but these scores are released in late 1971 and will create sensations in 1972 along with the films.

Two superstars of the '70s get to enact their career-first songs under this composer. Zeenat Aman makes her debut in the song-less suspense thriller Hulchul, which has Pancham scoring the background music. But before Hare Rama Hare Krishna, the trend-setting actress does a small role in the flop comedy Hungama and gets to enact the Lata-Mukesh duet 'Suraj se jo kiran ka naata...' with Vinod Khanna. Two more songs from this film, 'Kacchi kali kachnaar ki...' and 'Wah ri qismat...' are fleetingly popular.

Pyar Ki Kahani is Amitabh Bachchan's third release, and the first one in which he gets to lip-synch songs. The Rafi numbers 'Ek pate ki baat sunaaon...' and 'Koi aur duniya mein...' mark AB's musical debut, and at that point of time, Lata-Kishore's 'Ek khabar aayi...' and Lata's 'Umar hai satra saal...' are the more popular numbers.

Buddha Mil Gaya has Pancham scoring the timeless Kishore solo 'Raat kali ek khwab mein aayi...' along with 'Oye buddho lambo lambo...' 'Bhali bhali si ek soorat...' and the classical number 'Aayo kahaan se Ghanashyam...'.

Paraya Dhan boasts of popular songs like 'Aaj unse pehli mulaqaat...' 'Aao jhoome gaayen...' and'Tu pyar tu preet...' and Adhikar is symbolic of the quick ascent of Kishore Kumar is--vis Rafi as the latter is relegated to being the comedian's voice in'Rekha o Rekha...' and Kishore Kumar gets the hero's number 'Koi maane ya na maane...'. Ramesh Pant, veteran scriptwriter, makes his debut as lyricist. In a single year, RD composes two songs for Pran in this film and in Lakhon Mein Ek. But it is the twin version Kishore/Lata number 'Chanda o chanda...' that achieves hit status from the latter.

Asha reveals 'real' Pancham in latest album

New Delhi: Versatile singer Asha Bhosle pays homage to her late husband and music composer R.D. Burman with a medley of his lesser-known numbers in a brand new album "Asha Reveals The Real RD".

An album featuring 22 personal favourites of Pancham - as Rahul Dev Burman was popularly known - has been recreated under the supervision of the singer herself.

Recalls Asha: "I feel I know what Pancham liked best. He preferred rhythmic songs. But he wasn't allowed to do enough of it. He used to be hugely restricted by what the producers wanted. In this new album I have included one of my cabaret songs 'Karle pyar karle', which was credited to S.D. Burman but was actually composed by his son (Pancham)."

Asha says: "It was something that my son Anand and I thought about. There are so many good compositions of Pancham that went unnoticed. It could be, because the songs were filmed on second leads or vamps. In those days people used to listen to the songs picturised on main leads only. Now, of course, times have changed... 'Do labzon ki hai dil ki kahani' in 'The Great Gambler' is still popular. But I prefer 'O diwanon dil sambhalo' from the same film.

"My son and I decided we must include those songs in this new homage to Pancham. It has 'Aaj ki raat koi aane ko hai' from 'Anamika'. I heard it when Kronos Quartet played it in their album with me. That's when I decided to include it in this album."

Her selections of song are entertaining. If she has chosen one of her lesser-known cabaret numbers 'Aaj ji raat koi aane ko hai' picturised on Helen in 'Anamika', she has also chosen Kishore Kumar's 'Pyar diwana hota hai' which R.D. had lovingly composed for 'Kati Patang'.

Asha is exultant about her eclectic excursion into the art and heart of her husband.

"I've selected songs that I hadn't sung originally, like Kishore Kumar's 'Hum bewafa' ('Shalimar'), Usha Uthup's 'One, two cha cha cha' ('Shalimar') and my sister's (Lata Mangeshkar) 'Jaane kya baat hai' ('Sunny'). I can't sing it as well as Didi. But I hope listeners like it."

For the evergreen singer no song is big or small. It's the way that you occupy that space given within the parameters of a tune that makes it special.

"If I get just one song in one soundtrack I don't look at it as a chance to prove how well I can sing. I just do my best for the composition. I treat every song like a first sing. I've never treated any song casually," she says.

For the first time extensive bass, strings, chorus sections and live rhythm and percussions have been used in this album. The songs have been re-arranged by Nitin Shankar. The album was released in the capital Friday.

Posted on 13 Mar 2006 # IANS

Made a sticky for a couple of days, so that all members are able to read the wealth of information contained in the post.

Originally posted by: s.priya

Made a sticky for a couple of days, so that all members are able to read the wealth of information contained in the post.

Thanks a lot Priya.

Qwest ji 👏

Finally I managed to read almost all posts

By the way got this CD last week, listening now

You've Stolen My Heart: Songs from R.D. Burman's Bollywood



Here are some more info the album (2 bengali songs too!)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4946448

Kronos Quartet's 'Stolen Heart' with Asha Bhosle

by David Dye

World Cafe, October 5, 2005 The Kronos Quartet has just completed an album of Bollywood film music, You've Stolen My Heart, featuring the vocals of Asha Bhosle. A superstar of Indian film, Bhosle is among the biggest-selling recording artists of all time.

The release channels the music of R.D. Burman, the late composer who was also Bhosle's husband. Burman, a prolific and popular figure in India and around the world, created music for some 300 films.

While You've Stolen My Heart features a range of Burman's writing -- including the unique Dum Maro Dum (Take Another Toke) " -- it revolves around romantic love songs, such as "Mehbooba Mehbooba (Beloved, O Beloved)" and the title song, "Chura Liya Hai Tum Ne (You've Stolen My Heart)."

Listen to the songs here : http://www.tunetribe.com/Album?album_id=164773

There is a upcoming show in boston
http://www.WorldMusic.org
If any one around want to see Asha ji live


KRONOS QUARTET & ASHA BHOSLE
India Calling: Songs from R. D. Burman's Bollywood
featuring special guests Wu Man and Zakir Hussain
Sunday, April 9, 7:30pm
$75 (golden circle), $50, $40, $30 (includes Berklee $.50 restoration fee)




Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston
Reserved seating

From the fantastical land of India's Bollywood, comes this vibrant homage to the preeminent Indian movie composer, the late R. D. Burman. In more than 300 film scores, Burman entranced audiences with ever-surprising combinations of Indian classical and folk music, swing, jazz, psychedelic rock, circus music and more. This remarkable concert features the Grammy Award-winning Kronos Quartet performing with the legendary Queen of Bollywood singer Asha Bhosle. Kronos is also joined by longtime collaborators Wu Man (Chinese pipa) and Zakir Hussain (tabla), completing this musical masala of eras and cultures.




Kronos Quartet web site

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Originally posted by: soulsoup

Qwest ji 👏

Finally I managed to read almost all posts

By the way got this CD last week, listening now

You've Stolen My Heart: Songs from R.D. Burman's Bollywood



Here are some more info the album (2 bengali songs too!)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4946448

Kronos Quartet's 'Stolen Heart' with Asha Bhosle

by David Dye

Since beginning her career in 1948, when she was 14, Asha Bhosle has recorded more than 12,000 songs. Gautam Rajadhyaksha

The Kronos Quartet, from left: David Harrington, violin; Hank Dutt, viola; Jeffrey Zeigler, cello; and John Sherba, violin. Jay Blakesburg

World Cafe, October 5, 2005 The Kronos Quartet has just completed an album of Bollywood film music, You've Stolen My Heart, featuring the vocals of Asha Bhosle. A superstar of Indian film, Bhosle is among the biggest-selling recording artists of all time.

The release channels the music of R.D. Burman, the late composer who was also Bhosle's husband. Burman, a prolific and popular figure in India and around the world, created music for some 300 films.

While You've Stolen My Heart features a range of Burman's writing -- including the unique Dum Maro Dum (Take Another Toke) " -- it revolves around romantic love songs, such as "Mehbooba Mehbooba (Beloved, O Beloved)" and the title song, "Chura Liya Hai Tum Ne (You've Stolen My Heart)."

Listen to the songs here : http://www.tunetribe.com/Album?album_id=164773

Anol da,

You have to agree that "Ekta deshlai kathi jalao" is not the best selection of RD's bengali songs. Chokhe naam e bristi (Jaane kya baat hai) or "Jete dao amai deko na" would have been a much better choice.

Panchambeats

Panchabeats is OUT and AVAILABLE.... Panchambeats features Gulzar's tribute to Panchamda on his tenth death anniversary. A double cassette/CD pack release by saregama HMV presents 20 of the finest creations of Pancham-Gulzar together.

The songlist might not attract hardcore fans as the songs included are all popular ones, but for any Gulzar/Pancham fan, Panchambeats is a worth buy for its content in the form of Pancham, Asha and Gulzar conversation from Meri Sangeet Yatra (a fifteen episode radio program on 80s) before the songs (have checked just a couple of initial songs, might have some other recordings too)... HMV and Gulzar has given All Pancham fans a fantastic gift in the form of Excerpts of Meri Sangeet Yatra...

Gulzar kahte hain

Pancham tumhare ek dil ki dhadkan band huee, aur tum laakho dilo me dhadkane lage
bahut achha lagta hai jab log tumhare marfat mujhe yaad karte hain
aur main tumhari marfat unse baat karta hoon
wo mujhe tumhara saga dost samajhte hain, kyonki mera dil ab bhi tumhari taal pe dhadakta hai

Originally posted by: Swar_Raj

There is a upcoming show in boston
http://www.WorldMusic.org
If any one around want to see Asha ji live

Why only Boston. 😡 Asha ji ko live dekhne ka kismat shayyed mera nehi hai. 😔

😔