Abhi To Main Jawan Hun (#338)

[Hrishi Dixit]

#338

Song: Gore gore haathon mein mehndi rachaake
Nainon mein kajra daal ke
Chalo dulhaniya piya se milne
Chhota sa ghunghat nikaal ke

Film: Parineeta (1953)
Singer: Asha Bhosle, chorus
Music: Aroon Kumar
Lyrics: Bharat Vyas
*ing: Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari

And we close our Asha series with one of her loveliest songs
from her early years. Before anything, I'd just like to say
that I'm aware there are a LOT of Asha beauties from the 50s
which I haven't included in the series- the intention was not
to undermine any of them- I just wanted to post a few
representative (and some not-so-popular-but-still-beautiful)
songs that I personally like a lot. (Just stating this disclaimer
to stem offended emails for not having included so-and-so song.) :-)

This one is a winner, with a charming picturization - IIRC, a
'gudiya-ki-shaadi' (doll's wedding). Personally, I could have done
with a little less of the chorus and more of Asha, but whatever
it may be, the song is quite enchanting, atleast for me. One of
the things I find very, to coin a phrase, rewind-able, in this song
is the way the antaraas return to the mukhda - especially the
percussion instruments.

There is one more slow, mellow Asha melody in this movie ('Tum
yaad aa rahe') which I like a lot. I don't quite remember its
picturization, though.

..Hrishi

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[Burleigh Mannath]

On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Hrishi Dixit wrote:

> #338
>
> Song: Gore gore haathon mein mehndi rachaake
> Nainon mein kajra daal ke
> Chalo dulhaniya piya se milne
> Chhota sa ghunghat nikaal ke
>
> Film: Parineeta (1953)
> Singer: Asha Bhosle, chorus
> Music: Aroon Kumar
> Lyrics: Bharat Vyas
> *ing: Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari
>
>

A wonderful lively song. I thought all along that Parineeta was a
Dattaram musical and I dont even remember why I thought so. May be I'm
confusing it with Parvarish. In any case, how were Aroon Kumar's other
compositions? Never heard of him. But then again, I didn't much care for
music before this period, which is probably why I didn't hear of him.
Thanks for reminding us of this Asha gem during these impoverished times.
Burleigh (An RDent fan)