12/28/2022 0 Comments Morning bhajan bhor bhai din chad gaya![]() Shankar Jaikishan were really masters of this art. The second interlude is about her current situation of extreme melancholy with matching lyrics. The first and last interlude both bring out that intense feeling of longing for him when she can’t find him. The complete lyrics of the song are about comparing her ( Sadhana‘s) situation now that she is alone and melancholic with the happy past when in the same Srinagar valley, he ( Rajendra Kumar) was there with her in loving and romantic togetherness. ![]() It is rare for Shankar Jaikishan to do so. Let me at the outset itself tell you that in Bedardi baalma, the first and the third interludes are repeated. Now why did I labour to give you so much about interludes when generally I have been focusing on the raaga, the tal and the lyrics only? It is because you would enjoy the song that I have chosen for you more if you pay attaention to the interludes too. These are just examples of the extent to which they used to go in making songs. Truly, in both the songs that I have given above, Shankar Jaikishan helped by their arranger Sebastian D’Souza find a perfect match between music, notes, compositions, interludes, voice and emotions. ![]() ![]() And the third interlude has a little sadness laced with what-if feelings by both. The second interlude is renumerative because of contemplating whether she has finally found someone who she can call her own (Main dhuund rahi hoon apne ko). In the first interlude the music helps to bring out how she has no control over her emotions she is merely a doll or a puppet. As they are on the run together, there is, for the first time, quite a flux of feelings from both the sides since they appear to be heading towards being lovers. On the way, she is helped by Raj Kapoor, a small time journalist. The scene is about Nargis having run away from her father (shipping tycoon) in Bombay to be with her lover Pran in Bangalore. It is in Raag Kirwani or Keerwani, Tal Kaherava. This is the song Ye raat bheegi bheegi ye mast fizaayen in the movie Chori Chori sung by Manna Dey for Raj Kapoor and Lata Mangeshkar for Nargis. As they said in 1962: “We have never thought of the public as the ‘masses’, but as individuals who want the best from us.” Tell me how many others have you come across who would go to this extent to give you a musical experience. Ladies and gentlemen, now you would understand why I use the word genius whilst describing Shankar Jaikishan to you. There is a calming effect in the second interlude as if the helplessness of the situation and the acceptance thereof have made her numb and increasingly silent as if hit by chilling waves. The interlude is like as if someone is playing like crazy on the chords of her heart. Have a look:ĭid you notice what the interludes do to you? The first one is agitated one it is as unnerving as it should be for Nutan to say good bye to the love of her life. We must also acknowledge the genius of the arranger Sebastian D’Souza in making this interlude memorable. Of course, Tera jaana is a piano based, Raaga based (Raag Bhairavi, Tal Kaherava) sad song sung by Lata Mangeshkar for Nutan at the time when she is forced to break-up with Raj Kapoor, her only love, at the behest of her rich father. One of my favourites, when it comes to interludes, is the interlude after the mukhada in the Anaadi song: Tera jaana. They hardly ever used the same interlude twice in a song. It is, therefore, not surprising that in addition to their songs, even their interludes became memorable. Let alone mukhadas and antaras of songs of their compositions, they paid particular attention to interludes. Shankar Jaikishan were the best and my most favourite music-duo on several scales such as popularity, the number of Filmfare Awards that they bagged and were nominated for, and their range of compositions from classical music based, jazz, semi classical, piano based, party songs, sad songs, lively and lilting melodies, comic songs and even some foreign tunes. It was penned by Hasrat Jaipuri, composed by Shankar Jaikishan and sung by Lata Mangeshkar. The song I have taken for you today is from the 1965 Ramanand Sagar movie Arzoo starring Rajendra Kumar, Sadhana and Feroze Khan. The first was on the 13th day: Bainya na dharo, O balmaa (Please see: ‘ Raaga Based Song Of The Day #13‘). This is the second time I am giving you a song composed in this Raaga. Also, I have chosen a Raaga other than their favourite Bhairavi: Charukesi, that is. And this time, I have chosen a song from a non-Raj Kapoor starrer. Actually, I should say: the genius of Shankar Jaikishan again. Shankar – Jaikishan again today, in the eighty-seventh post on Raaga Based Songs of the Day. Raaga Based Song of the Day: Bedardi baalma tujhako mera man yaad karta hai….
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