Comments on: Mehel Udhas Aur Galiyan Sooni

by: mohanflora

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 04:16:33 +0000

According to Dr. Narasinha Kamath, flutist:
One of the most famous bhajans to be used in a Hindi movie is the evergreen bhajan Man Tadpat from the movie Baiju Bawra that was released in 1953. The music was set to tune by maestro Naushad Ali. All the songs in this film were based on Classical ragas. Man Tadpat was sung by the immortal Mohammed Rafi. Initially, the Urdu-speaking Mohammed Rafi had problems pronouncing some Sanskrit words of this bhajan. So the music director, Naushad had to invite Sanskrit pundits from Varanasi to train Mohammed Rafi so that he could pronounce the Sanskrit lyrics of the bhajan correctly. The pundits had to work very hard to improve Mohammed Rafi’s diction. But after a great deal of effort, the pundits finally did succeed in improving Rafi’s pronunciation to the desired extent. After several rehearsals, Naushad gave them his final approval to record this bhajan. This bhajan is popular even today. This bhajan has been sung in most of the temples all over the world. We have heard this bhajan thousands of times, and we still want to listen to it over and over again. This does not surprise me when I consider all the effort that went into the rehearsals of this great bhajan before it was recorded. I do not think there is any another composition in Hindi films based on Raga Malkauns that is better than Man Tadpat. This is just my view.

Listen to flute tune MAN TADPAT in Raga Malkauns
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by: venkat_brahma

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 06:38:20 +0000

Nice Article.

Dear Rafi fans:

Does any of you have the following songs in his collection and if so can he please mail those to me for my collection?

1. ‘Tu shoukh kali main mast pawan tu shamme wafa main parwana’ from Film : Main Suhagan Hoon , Music: Lachhiram
(There are two versions of this song, one solo of Rafi and other a duet with Asha)

2. Armaan Machal Rahen Dil-e Beqarar (non-Filmi Ghazal)

3. “Hame Kya Jo Harsu’ from Namasteji, Music:G.S.Kohli

I shall be grateful for any responses.

Thanks

Venkat

by: Anmol Singh

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:26:06 +0000

In the concert at Royal Elbert Hall, London, Rafi sings “Mehal Udaas Aur Galiyaan Sooni” in different ways and at different scales. He was truely remarkable and too versatile.

by: unknow1

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:15:27 +0000

JABSE PELE HAI JAAM HUMNE DARD KE TABSE EK AWAAS GONJTE HAI MERE KAAN MAIN EIK AAWAZ,SIRF EEK HAI KOI SAMAJNE WALA WOH KOI AUR,HAI MOHD RAFI