Music with a TRAIN theme
Seano
Would anybody be able to make suggestions about Indian music that is based
on train journeys or train rhythms (taal?)?
Any help with names or words I could search on or even composers would help
too. I am thinking on the lines of instrumentals please. I am new to Indian
music and very much entranced by it.
Thank you very much..
Sean
Sudhir
Film: WARIS (50s) / Music: Anil Biswas
Song: Rahi Matwale Tu Chhed Ik Baar / Talat + Suraiya
(the fast version) . The song has two additional slow
versions.
Film: RAILWAY PLATFORM (50s) / Music: Madan Mohan
Song: Basti Basti Parbat Parbat Gata aye Banjara / Rafi
(part 1 only of the 2 part song)
Another song which I like marginally is:
Film: DOST (70s) / Music: Laxmikant Pyarelal
Song: Gaadi Bula Rahi Hai / Kishore Kumar
(there are two more slow versions of this song,
with different titles:
Aate Hain Log, Jaate Hain Log and
Gaadi Ka Naam Na Kar Badnaam)
If your decide to step down from the technology ladder and
decide to travel on the horse (with or without the carriage),
then we have ton load of songs. Some people call them as
Ghoda Gaadi songs
Any interest in traveling by rocket ?
Sudhir
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Shree
Have you tried searching RMIM for the 'train' ?
--Shree
Asif
Lata Mangeshkar in Ajanabee (1974) has a brilliant use of the train
engine whistle. This song was composed by R.D. Burman and filmed on
the train.
Another one that comes to mind is 'Badal jaaye agar maali' (Bahaaren
Phir Bhi Aayengi, 1966) also filmed on a train. Music: O.P. Nayyar,
Singer: Mahendra Kapoor
Another is 'Rukh se zara naqaab utha do mere huzoor' (Mere Huzoor,
1968) also filmed on a train. Music: Shankar Jaikishan, Singer:
Mohammed Rafi
Asif
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imppio
> The best of this sub-category are following two songs:
>
> Film: WARIS (50s) / Music: Anil Biswas
>
> Song: Rahi Matwale Tu Chhed Ik Baar / Talat + Suraiya
snipped....
One of the best(IMHO) is
Film: Kaalaa Baazaar
Song: Apani to har aah ik tufaana hai
A double meaning song very cutely picturized on Dev Anand and Vahida
Rehmaan. Music between the stanzas is train whistle.
Another mention:
Film Aradhana
Song: Mere sapanoki raani kab aayegi tu
my $0.02!!!!
cheers,
imppio
Satish Kalra
"dhiire dhiire chal chaand gagan mein....".
The "two" real Train-themed songs:
"rail gaadii rail gaadii chhukchhuk ......." - Ashok Kumar singing in
Aashirwad
and
"tuufaan mail...duniyaa ye duniyaa tuufaan mail...".
Happy Listenings.
Satish Kalra
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Ritu
>
> Film: WARIS (50s) / Music: Anil Biswas
>
> Song: Rahi Matwale Tu Chhed Ik Baar / Talat + Suraiya
>
> (the fast version) . The song has two additional slow
> versions.
>
>
> Film: RAILWAY PLATFORM (50s) / Music: Madan Mohan
>
> Song: Basti Basti Parbat Parbat Gata aye Banjara / Rafi
>
> (part 1 only of the 2 part song)
>
>
> Another song which I like marginally is:
>
>
> Film: DOST (70s) / Music: Laxmikant Pyarelal
>
> Song: Gaadi Bula Rahi Hai / Kishore Kumar
I would add two more songs (that I like much more than the LP song :))
and as much as 'Rahi Matwale'
1. Hai apna dil to awara - Hemant Kumar (Solva Saal, SDB)
2. Badal jaaye agar mali - Mod Rafi (Baharen phir bhi aayengi, OPN)
In addition here are a couple of more
1. Apni to har aah ek toofan hai - Rafi (Kala Bazaar,SDB)
2. Hoga tumse pyaara kaun - Shailendra Singh(?) (Zamaane ko dikhaana
hai,RDB)
3. Dhanno ki aakhon mein - RD burman (Kitaab,RDB)
4. Chuk chuk chak chak Bombay se Baroda tak - Asha/? (Rafoo Chakkar,
RDB)
There was a Kishore song in 'Half Ticket' also. Though I forget the
lyrics.
Cheers
Ritu
Narendra Joshi
1. Mere sapanon ki raani kab aayegi tu - Aradhana
2. Chalo chhaiya chhaiya - Dil se
3. A song in Maya Memsaab (I forgot the wordings)
4. Jiya ho jiya ho jiya kuch bol do - JPKHH
5. Pal do pal ka saath hamara - Burning train
- Narendra
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>
> Would anybody be able to make suggestions about Indian music that is based
> on train journeys or train rhythms (taal?)?
>
1.Jaipur se nikali gadi Delhi chali halle halle - don't remember the film
2.Disco station disco - laga gayi pyar ki hathakadi - Hathakadi
Vinayak
Surjit Singh
rel me.n jiyaa moraa sanananana hoye re sung by Raj Khosla nd saathii.
--
Surjit Singh, a diehard movie fan(atic), period.
http://hindi-movies-songs.com/index.html
Ravindra Marathe
How about the famous Sholey song " Koi Haseena Jab Rooth jaatee hai to ek do
teen ho jti hai"
Ravi
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Ashok
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In article <3EB18DA0...@yahoo.com>, surjit...@yahoo.com says...
After looking at all the trivial songs listed on the thread,
I have begun to wonder if RMIM meet commemoratives are wasted
on US-based RMIMers.
:(
Ashok
Surma Bhopali
>
> I would add two more songs (that I like much more than the LP song :))
> and as much as 'Rahi Matwale'
>
> 1. Hai apna dil to awara - Hemant Kumar (Solva Saal, SDB)
> 2. Badal jaaye agar mali - Mod Rafi (Baharen phir bhi aayengi, OPN)
>
> In addition here are a couple of more
>
> 1. Apni to har aah ek toofan hai - Rafi (Kala Bazaar,SDB)
> 2. Hoga tumse pyaara kaun - Shailendra Singh(?) (Zamaane ko dikhaana
> hai,RDB)
> 3. Dhanno ki aakhon mein - RD burman (Kitaab,RDB)
> 4. Chuk chuk chak chak Bombay se Baroda tak - Asha/? (Rafoo Chakkar,
> RDB)
>
> There was a Kishore song in 'Half Ticket' also. Though I forget the
> lyrics.
>
jhuum jhuum kauwaa bhii dholak bajaae
are waa waa waa are waa waa waa
> Cheers
> Ritu
Also I remember a Prabhu Deva dance on ARR/Illyaraja music of early
90s(an original Tamil film/song later redone in Hindi)... sorry, can't
remember any words. Who cares for words in such songs anyway!
Balaji Murthy
One train song I really like is a Geeta Roy solo from Dilruba(1950) by Jnaan
Dutt
dhak dhak karatii chalii, ham sab se kahatii chalii
jiivan kii rel re, jiivan kii rel
There is a second one which is OK is from Ek do teen (Asha, Rafi, Minal
Wagh) by Vinod
chal merii gaDDiye tuu chhuk chhuk chhuk
Both are picturized on trains and have the train beat quite prominently.
- Balaji
Surma Bhopali
> Hello,
>
> How about the famous Sholey song " Koi Haseena Jab Rooth jaatee hai to ek do
> teen ho jti hai"
>
> Ravi
First, the correct words are:
koii hasiinaa jab ruuTh jaatii hai to
aur bhii hasiin ho jaatii hai
##station## se gaa.Dii jab chuuT jaatii hai to
ek do tiin ho jaatii hai
Secondly, this is a gho.Daa-gaa.Dii song and not a relgaa.Dii song.
I remember Anand Bakshi having been charged with using nonsense
phrases in his songs just to fit rhyme in radio program "S Kumaars Kaa
Filmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Muqaddamaa". This was one of the examples
mentioned therein with the charge that he used 'ek-do-tiin' just to
fit the rhyme and that i doesn't mean anything. Other song mentioned,
IIRC, was 'goyaa-ke-chunaa.nche'. Does anyone remember that episode?
Ritu
Ashok, you don't really believe the CR and gang in 'Jawani ki rail' is
a memorable train song a 'Rahi matwale' and 'Hai apna dil to awara'
are trivial. Do you???? Or are we talking of someother song?
:)
Cheers
Ritu
Seano
I am Australia based, and if it is wasted is not due to the lack of trying
to understand and appreciate.
Sean
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Seano
Thank you also imppio, Satish, Ritu, Ashok, Surma, Ravindra, Surma, and
Balaji for your suggestions which I am following up.
Being a complete newbie I am puzzled why all the songs have a film
associated with them?
This I noticed too when I searched RMIM.
No, no interest in a rocket. I am 'jumping the train' so to speak from
American Blues and though this theme may be common. :)
Much appreciated
Sean
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Kishore Sampat
1. Rail Mein Jiya Mora - Film Ankhen (1950) Singer: Raj Khosla!!
(Music: Madan Mohan - his first movie, I believe)
2. Chhuk Chhuk Chhak Chhak Bombay Se Baroda Tak
Film: Rafoochakkar Singer: Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar & Mahesh Kumar
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Manohar Bodas
There is a nice Marathi song sung by Asha Bhosle:
Zukuzuku zukuzuku agingadi
Dhurannchya resha havet kadhi
Palti zade pahuya
Mamachya gavala jaooya.
MB
UVR
> Also I remember a Prabhu Deva dance on ARR/Illyaraja music of early
> 90s(an original Tamil film/song later redone in Hindi)... sorry, can't
> remember any words. Who cares for words in such songs anyway!
Gentleman (Tamil). "chiku buku chiku buku railE, ini kalakkadu
paar ivan ##style##-E", I think.
-UVR.
UVR
> "Ravindra Marathe" <Ravindra...@cern.ch> wrote in message news:...
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>How about the famous Sholey song " Koi Haseena Jab Rooth jaatee hai to ek do
>>teen ho jti hai"
>>
>>Ravi
>
>
> First, the correct words are:
>
> koii hasiinaa jab ruuTh jaatii hai to
> aur bhii hasiin ho jaatii hai
> ##station## se gaa.Dii jab chuuT jaatii hai to
> ek do tiin ho jaatii hai
>
> Secondly, this is a gho.Daa-gaa.Dii song and not a relgaa.Dii song.
kyo.n bha_ii, Surma, ek hii din me.n saarii Ghalatiyaa.N kar
Daalne kaa iraadaa hai, kyaa? :))
There is very much a train in the scene on this picture. The
gaa.Dii which is chhuuTo-fying from the ##station## is .... a
rel gaa.Dii!
-UVR.
Tadatmya Vaishnav
> 2. Badal jaaye agar mali - Mod Rafi (Baharen phir bhi aayengi, OPN)
This song was by Mahendra Kapoor, afaik..
Tadatmya.
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> Would anybody be able to make suggestions about Indian music that is
>based on train journeys or train rhythms (taal?)?
>Any help with names or words I could search on or even composers would
>help too. I am thinking on the lines of instrumentals please. I am new to
>Indian music and very much entranced by it.
To answer your specific query the only instrumental piece that I know, that is
titled as based on a train journey is a piece called "The Hill Train" composed
by the late Ananda Shankar. (Since you are new to Indian music--he is the nephew
of Pt. Ravi Shankar). It's available on an album called "We Remember". If you
are looking for train rhythms though you will be disappointed, since the name of
the piece seems to have nothing to do with trains. They could have called it
"fuggedaboutit" and it would still be apt.
Another non-film number that has some good train beats incorporated into its
music is one called "Mai Ri" by a pop group called Euphoria. It is a
full-fledged song though and is not an instrumental. The picturization of the
song will give you an idea of the incorporation of the beats, since as the train
passes over a river bridge, the percussion changes from a clack-clack sound to a
hollow sound. Actually this could also fall into your category of "Blues" since
the lead singer is wailing about the girl he lost(though if you ask me, the
other girl towards the end of the video is the one you will find me swooning and
wailing over).
Hope this helps
Ketan
Srinivas Ganti
> > After looking at all the trivial songs listed on the thread,
> > I have begun to wonder if RMIM meet commemoratives are wasted
> > on US-based RMIMers.
>
> Ashok, you don't really believe the CR and gang in 'Jawani ki rail' is
> a memorable train song a 'Rahi matwale' and 'Hai apna dil to awara'
> are trivial. Do you???? Or are we talking of someother song?
There's another one too from the same compilation "dhak dhak kartii chalii,
jiivan kii rel re".
Point to be noted is that the commemoratives mostly have rare songs and they
take
time to be ingrained into the mind. Obviously they haven't got as many
listens as
the popular songs to be registered at the top of the head.
sg.
Kuntal
1. Ruki ruki si zindagi zat se chal paDi (Sonu Nigam and Sunidhi Chauhan)
from "Mast" (1997?) starring Urmila M. and Aftab.
2. Teri yeh zameen tera aasmaan
sung on "The burning train" :-)
3. Is diwane laDke ko koi samzaaye
partly sung on a kid's train :-) in "Sarfarosh"
4. Diwana dil diwana
in Kabhi HaaN kabhi naa
Anand Srinivasan
Ki Chand Lakeeron Ka" is picturized on Shammi Kapoor and Dilip Kumar
driving a train.
Surma Bhopali
Surma Bhopali
Yes there is a train in the scene, but the song is picturised on
actors riding a gho.Daa-gaa.Dii and not train.
>
> -UVR.
Seano
Sean
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Shree
The film is Gurudev. Shot on fully-bandaged Sridevi and Rishi Kapoor in
Madurodam miniature park. Sung by Asha Bhosle and Shailender Singh.
--Shree
Nbhatnagar
Ek musafir ko duniya mein kya chahiye
Sirf thodi si dil mein jagah chajiye - Rafi (don't remember the movie)
and
Hai apna dil to awaara na jaane kis pe ayega - Hemant, Solvah Saal
sura...@yahoo.com
> Hello all,
>
> on train journeys or train rhythms (taal?)?
>
> Any help with names or words I could search on or even composers would help
> too. I am thinking on the lines of instrumentals please. I am new to Indian
> music and very much entranced by it.
>
>
> Sean
A real Vintage song with a rare combination and hard to find .
Chalo chalo ri sakhi madhuban me ,
RAJKUMARI & BABY SURAIYA -- Film Station Master - 1942
- S
Seano
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Seano wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> Would anybody be able to make suggestions about Indian music that is based
> on train journeys or train rhythms (taal?)?
>
> Any help with names or words I could search on or even composers would help
> too. I am thinking on the lines of instrumentals please. I am new to Indian
> music and very much entranced by it.
>
> Thank you very much..
>
> Sean
chalii gaa.Dii dhu_aa.n ye u.Daatii chalii
Movie: Dil
Singers: Noor Jahan and Moti
It is sung during a train journey. A six minutes song.
Urzung Khan
Harish
>
> Would anybody be able to make suggestions about Indian music that is based
> on train journeys or train rhythms (taal?)?
>
> Any help with names or words I could search on or even composers would help
> too. I am thinking on the lines of instrumentals please. I am new to Indian
> music and very much entranced by it.
>
> Thank you very much..
>
> Sean
Savere wali gaadi se chale jayenge. Also, there is a song in Pakeezah
which has a train whistle in the end.
HK
Satish Kalra
film Savere Walii Gadi, "din pyaar ke aayenge sajaniyaa, terii bahaar
laayenge sajaniyaa, aayaa hai sandesaa ye savere waalii gaaDii se, mere
diladaar kaa..", sung by Lata under the music of R.D.Burman.
Happy Listenings.
Satish Kalra
Shahrukh
> lyrics.
>
> Cheers
> Ritu
Hey Ritu that one KK gem was ...
Cheel Cheel Chillake Kajri Sunaye
Jhoom Jhoom Kavva Bhi Dholak Bajaye ...
Arre Wah Wah Wah ... Arre Wah Wah Wah ...
Hope the words are close to the mark with a KK prancing
all over that train compartment ... ANYTHING is possible !
Three more songs that come to my mind ...
1. Haathon Ki Chand Lakeeron Ka from Vidhata ...
2. The Shahrukh (no connection to me) and Malaika number Chhaiyya
Chhaiyya ...
and
3. A song Rishi Kapoor sang to a distressed Padmini Kolhapure in some
film which I do not care to remember.
MOST IMPORTANTLY ...
Sean DO look up the film Gandhi by Attenborough ...
In that, check out the sequence after Gopal Krishna Gokhale (DR.Lagoo)
urges a young Gandhi who has just returned from South Africa to
discover India ...
Gandhi takes off by trains and criss-crosses India
to the background score of a fabulous Sitar by Ravi Shankar.
That is a beautiful piece of cinema, frankly !
Trust this helps ...
Shahrukh
Dr.Surendrababu
1) Gaadi bula Rahi hai.. Seeti baja rahee hai – Film Dost
2) Hum dono do premi duniya chod chale - Film Ajnabi
3) Chal chaiyya chaiyya chayya chaiyya – Film Dil se
4) Hoga tum se pyara kaun - Film Zamane ko dikhana hai
5) Pal do pal ka saath hamara – Film- The Burning train
Seano
The Ghandi scene was *precisely* my inspiration all those years ago. And the
very same kind I am looking for now. That image and the rhythm stuck with
me.
In the meantime I was following American blues and the large part the train
plays. But coming back, I wondered if there was a musical niche in Indian
music with the same theme of a train as a life's journey, a leaving or a
coming home, using the evocative rhythms.
Most of the suggestions posted here appear to be 'film songs', which from my
very limited knowledge and experience sound to be like 'pop' songs (and I
don't know the language of course!). Some of them are fantastic, but I am
not sure that because they have been filmed on a train that they are on
theme and the phonetic spelling makes the others kind of hard to find.
When I go searching I immediately get lost because of the divisions
presented. Carnatic?, Hindustani?, North South, Classic? What would the film
songs suggested be classified as?
But anyway all the suggestions have been very interesting and a wonderful
experience. Thank you all.
Sean
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Shahrukh
At a popular level Hindi film songs are dominant in India and these
are drawn from all kinds of different sources ... so I can fully
understand the mix ups that are likely.
After reading your note - two things come to my mind.
Definitely check out - Pather Panchali by Ray which has the train as a
symbolic transition in the lives of the characters and the music like
in most of Ray's work is excellent. You might like to then see the
entire Apu trilogy which is the journey of life over a lifetime of
Apu.
There is one more film song and I am not sure if it appeared in this
thread so far.
Zindagi Ke Safar Mein Guzar Jaate Hain from the film Aap Ki Kasam. The
song features Rajesh Khanna on travelling in a train on screen and the
sequence is taken as 'realistically' as is possible in Hindi comercial
cinema. And of course, the song is about the journey of life. Of
course, you also have intercuts of the rail track amongst other things
and the song is a nice one too.
Trust this two penny worth is helpful !
Cheers
Shahrukh
And Hey Seano - let me gently point out a typo in your note ...
Gandhi is NOT spelt Ghandi ... but is spelt GANDHI :-)
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Uttam
Zindagi ke safar mein guzar jaate hai jo makaam
woh phir nahi aate
From Aap Ki Kasam which starts of with Rajesh Khanna getting into a
train and reminiscing.
Cheers!
Uttam
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One song that immediately comes to my mind is from JAGRITI - Aao
Baccho Tumhe Dikhaye Jhakhi Hindustanki. Sung in the train - Or have I
overlooked someone's posting already?? If so Sorry--
Prakash Pradhan