Do Dil Mil Rahe Hain

Singer: Kumar Sanu
Music: Nadeem Shravan
Year: 1997
Movie: Pardes

Kumar Sanu sings Do Dil Mil Rahe Hain(Two Souls coming together) in Pardes when Rajiv meets Ganga. The moment is beautifully captured in the lyrics of Late Anand Bakshi and through one of the very best of tunes Nadeem-Shravan ever produced accompanied with the music. One beautiful note of guitar is continuous throughout the song which is none less than fabulous. Each and every instrument in deliberately and wonderfully utilized.

Pardes is a very simple story about a young, Indian born girl who is betrothed by her parents to the son of a very rich NRI. The NRI (Amrish Puri) hopes his soon-to-be bahu will instill some Indian values in his extremely westernized beta. Ganga (Mahima Chawdhry), our village-bred heroine, must contend with the culture shock that she faces upon arrival in the United States. And for a bit of spice, everyone must contend with Arjun (Shahrukh Khan), the NRI's adopted son, creating a love triangle in the proceedings.

I have rendered this song not consciously trying to copy anyone but have tried to sing it the way I have learnt to love it. Hope you all will like it too. As always your feedback is very much welcome.


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Tum Ho Mere Dil Ki Dhadhkan

Singer: Kishore Kumar
Music: R D Burman
Year: 1979
Movie: Manzil


Manzil, a film from the 70s, stars Amitabh Bachchan and Maushami Chatterjee. It is a story about an ambitious and aspiring entrepreneur salesman, Amitabh, who has a simultaneous love interest with a rich girl, Maushami. The film is probably one of Amitabh's best (building galvanometers, reading physics book, sales / repair man). Maushami is at her best in this film, being a sweet and naive girl who loves him for who he is and not for his apparent success. The song Rim Jhim Gire Saawan ... sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Kishor Kumar is one of the best rain songs ever. It is decently filmed, the director Basu Chaterjee wouldn't have done it better. The movie portrays reality and teaches a lesson in values, and it is a must-see for everyone, especially aspiring and ambitious young men who have simultaneous love interest.

"Tum ho mere dil ki dhadkan" a love song in the film Manzil which roughly translates 'You are my Heart Beat' and is a beautiful and soulful composition by Panchamda and the love portrayed in the words is supplemented by the music. The first recording which I posted on my blog was the other song from this film "Rim Jhim Gire Saawan".

Here I present my own rendition of this soulful melody for your kind ears. Your feedback is greatly appreciated.

Tum Ho Mere Dil Ki Dhadkan - Broadband

Mai Koi Aisa Geet Gaaun

Singer: Abhijit
Music: Jatin Lalit
Year: 1997
Movie: Yes Boss

Mai Koi Aisa Geet
Ki aarzoo jagaoon
Agar tum kaho…

When I think of this song, I can easily visualize young Shahrukh jumping and dancing around Juhi Chawala, who is wearing one of her classical patented frock. The song belongs to movie Yes Boss, a very hilarious hit by none other than Aziz Mirza. I must have seen the movie n number of times without getting tired both in Cinema Halls and on TV. It was 1997, the song fetched many awards including Best Singer Award for Abhijit and Best Lyricist Award to Javed Akhtar. After a very long time the movie was a delight and the songs were catchy, full of life and very very lively.

This song is all about what a woman would want her man to do to woo her... Ooops... am I sounding outdated. Times may change and stars may change their pace, Sun may start revolving round the earth… but a woman…ahem ahem…she would certainly like her man to sing a song for her… write a poem, paint a canvass… and treat her like a princess and that’s how the song flows… Kadam Tum Jahan Jahan Rakho…



Mai Koi Aisa Geet Gaaun - Broadband


Mai Koi Aisa Geet Gaaun - Dialup

Pehla Nasha
Singer: Sadhna Sargam & Udit Narayan
Music: Jatin Lalit
Year: 1992
Movie: Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar

This cool Jatin-Lalit tune is like a gentle waterfall. It follows the rhythms of a gradual awakening to first love.
Aamir's eyes evocatively capture the faraway look of a teenager experiencing love. Shot in slow motion and choreographed with the care of a debutante (Farah Khan), the images of Aamir leaping in the air or jubilantly throwing away his cap and Pooja Bedi in the red dress a la Marilyn Monroe, are etched in memory.
That Aamir desires Pooja Bedi while a deluded Ayesha Jhulka thinks that Aamir is exultant because he has discovered his love for her, gives the song a bittersweet feel.

Friends I introduce Pooja who is from Canada and has beautifully rendered the part which was sang originally by Sadhna Sargam.

This is our first duet together so there are bound to be some mistakes. Please keep your feedbacks coming and I promise we will improve upon this in our future endeavors.



Pehla Nasha - Broadband



Pehla Nasha - Dialup

Baat Niklegi to Phir
Singer: Jagjit Singh
Music: Jagjit Singh
Year: 1976
Album: The Unforgettables

This Nazm has descended from the kalam of Kafeel Azer and Jagjit Singh gave music and lend his voice to it in 1976 for his first LP album recorded for HMV.

There was a time, when the rendition of Ghazals were restricted to maestros like Noor Jahan, Malika Pukhraj, Begum Akhtar, and Mehdi Hassan. The success of 'The Unforgettables' in 1976 redefined ‘Ghazal Gaiki’. It had a new feeling, fresh sounds and melodic lyrics. It was the contemporary face of Indian Ghazal Gaiki which became popular with the masses. Skeptics had their own reservations, purists scorned at it but the audience loved the songs immensely. Jagjit Singh single handedly changed the course of this genre of music known as Ghazals making it more ear friendly, melodic and mass oriented without poaching on the purity. His singing has inventiveness, vision, imagination and innovation.

I have always been a big fan of Jagjit Singh. My liking for his songs has a long history. I heard him for the first time in 1981 and have hummed his compositions ever since. Those days we lived in Kolkata and I could not even comprehend or speak Hindi. In 1983, our family relocated to Northern India and I got a chance to learn Hindi. Mirza Ghalib, the TV serial, with Jagjit Singh’s Music and his rendered ghazals mesmerised the entire nation at that time. I was hooked to his voice and tried collecting his albums from wherever I could lay my hands on.

Baat Niklegi was the first Ghazal I learnt and now have been singing it for over seventeen years. The song has meaning and depth and its music has haunted my soul for years.

Here I present my rendition of the same for your kind ears, with the hope that you will enjoy hearing it as much as I enjoy singing.

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Phir Wahi Raat

Movie: Ghar
Year: 1978
Singer: Kishore Kumar
Music: R. D. Burman

Manik Chatterjee's 1978 portrait of a marriage through good times and bad stars Vinod Mehra and Rekha as Vikas and Aarti, an adoring young couple whose lives are shattered by a random, brutal assault.

Panchamda scored some of his best music till date for this movie with the Legendary Lata Mangeshkar lending her voice to few of the most beautiful compositions ever done in Indian cinema in "Tere Bina Jiya Jaaye Na", "Aajkal Paon Zameen Par" and "Aap Ki Aankhon Mein" with Kishore Kumar.

The song "Phir Wahi Raat Hai" is a romantic number very beautifully rendered by Kishore Kumar in his inmitable style and doing justice to the music by Panchamda.

Here I present for your kind ears my own rendition of the same song and as always a feedback is greatly appreciated.


Phir Wahi Raat - Broadband



Phir Wahi Raat - Dialup

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