Dev Anand- the hero with 2 golden voices - Page 5

Originally posted by: salilu

In my college days khoya khoya chand was our most favorite song to imitate Dev Anand... we used to sing this song, run down the ground vigorously swaying our hands ... and that used to be enough for a good laugh...we used to call DA... bin haddi ka hero. and remember Dev's favorite maa... Leela Chitnis.... he used to just collapse at her feet saying maaaaaaaaa.....in a typical tone that we again used to use to imitate Dev saab... Oh we had such fun at his expense...😆

😆😆😆..that was hilarious

Originally posted by: Ethnos

Does that mean you will take up cudgels to save all tree-swinging primates, or only ones that get to act in movies, sing SD-Burman / RD Burman / OPN songs and star opposite beautiful heroines? 😉 😆

cudgels? aren't those low-tech now?😛😆

Originally posted by: salilu

Some other singers that gave voice to Dev --


Hemant Kumar

1. Na tum hamen jano (duet - Baat Ek Raat Ki)
2. Hai apana dil to awaara (Solva Saal)
3. Teri duniya mein jine se yeh behtar hai (Solva Saal)
4. Chup hai dharati chup hai chand sitare (House No. 44)
5. Yaad kiya di ne kaha ho tum (duet - Patita)
6. Yeh raat yeh chandani phir kahan (duet - Jaal)

😳😳... am listening to no.5.. hemant kumar has a deep resonant voice ..😳

Originally posted by: adi_0112

When we visualise a typical Amitabh song, the voice of Kishorda echoes through our ears. Think of Shammi Kapoor and Rafi saab comes to mind instantly. Talk about Raj Kapoor and Mukeshji starts singing in the background. Talk about Dilip Kumar and you hear Rafi saab overshadowing the fading voices of Talat and Mukesh , until it is Rafi's voice alone that you hear.

Now, talk about DEV ANAND: Is that Rafi or Kishore ? Who comes to your mind?

Originally posted by: Ethnos

Dev Anand had a style of his own and I liked him (especially in the 1950s and 1960s movies). He has had Rafi and Kishore mostly singing for him...and Hemant at times. Remember 'Solva Saal'? 'Hai apna dil to awara' has Hemant, which is romantic no doubt. But the chhed-chhaad bit comes through in full measure, in Rafi's 'Yehin to hai woh, yehin to hai'.

Speaking of other songs. I like 'Khoya khoya chand' better in audio, than its picturization. Somehow the way DA sways his hands, droops and sways some more, reminds me distinctly of our tree-swinging ancestors 😕 Now people here are going to kill me for this! Ok he is a VERY sweet tree-swinger 😉

Originally posted by: ritzbitz

😳😳... am listening to no.5.. hemant kumar has a deep resonant voice ..😳

#5 - yaad kiya dil ne kaha ho tum is a very very beautiful song....

Priya, you seem to like Dev Anand for being Dev Anand. What was your reaction when the duplicate Dev Anand came into the picture. did u like that guy too, or you were furious with him for imitating dev saab?

Originally posted by: adi_0112

Priya, you seem to like Dev Anand for being Dev Anand. What was your reaction when the duplicate Dev Anand came into the picture. did u like that guy too, or you were furious with him for imitating dev saab?

The tree swinging part,hmmmm....

If you go by the songs of 50's,early 60's, there was way too much melody in them, and if one broke into an excercise routine like in the 80's ( jeetendra- sridevi), (Govinda-neelam)etc, or todays kind of absurd techno savvy dance routine..it would kill the mood of the song outright. Somehow walking on the roads, smiling coyly, pulling out a strand of grass, and playing with it when sitting in a park and singing, or imagining a sequence while travelling, or gazing into each others eys around the tree, made it look more authentic, more natural.

In a regular normal life, who would get to the middle of the road and start dancing with a whole bunch of synchronised group for company. A couple of natural songs of recent years I can think of is "pihu bole,jaanu na" in Parineeta, or "pehla nasha pehla khumar" in recent times.