the best duet (hindi)
Mokammel
Dil mein sama gaya sajan - Sangdil (1952) - Sajjad. The structure of
this song is extra-ordinary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8bW8z5Jlfs
What is yours?
BCSP
Let me come down on to your level playing field
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Your question was:
which is the BEST EVER Hindi film made?
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My qn now is:
How will you define the word BEST EVER from your POV to the forum -
surely there must be runners up ! Isn't it?
Next, since you have in your MINDSET a certain yardstick of BEST EVER
- you have provide that yardstick discernably so that others can
confine their inputs accdgly.
Your qn isincomplete thus !
21/4
Mokammel
my question was:
which is the BEST EVER Hindi film duet composed? May be I was not
very specific but I wanted to focus on the structure of the song.
For example, another duet that is structurally unusual is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP4BHbO38hM
Milte hain aankhen - Babul (1950) - Naushad
One singer repeats what the other sings. Every line is repeated.
dn.usenet
"Mokammel" <mktoufique @gmail.com> wrote :I knew Sajjad was just a test balloon to help you land in Naushad territory
to bring up a Ghulam Mohammed composition which used Naushad's name as the
official balloon/mascot. Babul is such a beautiful score that I doubt
Naushad had anything to do with it. Perhaps Naushad was on a tour of US to
preach the glory of Indian Music while the songs in Babul were being
composed and recorded?
Naushad's team had this unusual structure about it, speaking of unusual
structures, that the assistant was more talented. Naushad apparently claimed
that in every film he wrote at least one song but all the credit went to
Shakeel by routine. I hope he also composed at least one song himself while
getting all the (official) credit by routine.
If you want to listen to a song where some words (not all) are repeated with
great effect, check the raag-mala in Hamdard. Lata follows Manna Dey but
does so at a lowered volume to create a terrific effect. I don't remember
Manna Dey's exact words about this song but he said something like 'this is
the best duet ever' or 'the best classical song ever' when he met rmim-ers
in Cupertino on 13-Aug-2005. The transcript of the Manna Dey talk was posted
on RMIM by Arun Simha a few days after the event.
'laa de more baalamaa' also has unusual rapid-fire delivery, composed by
(and also credited to) Ghulam Mohammed, whom Jayaraman forgot to tell that
he was nothing (ZERO) without Mohammed Ibrahim.
- dn
dn.usenet
Mokammel
First Part of the reply IGNORED.
I think a lot of duets could be found that have unusual structure. But
'Dil mein sama gaya' is kind of multi-layered, very innovative. The
structure of the Babul duet is simple, though innovative.
dn.usenet
"Mokammel" <mktoufique@ gmail.com> wrote :
>
> Which one is the best duet (hindi film, male-female)
> ever. My pick,
>
Would rather enjoy them all than pick only one. (I mean only two, since the
first was a non-Naushad balloon to prepare ground for the real candidate.)
From non-GhulamMohd pool, there are four I am particularly fond of. Two each
by CR and Boral. 'aaj madhuvaataas Dole' (Lata-MK in Stree) and 'ai aankh ab
na ronaa' (Sipahiya). Most of the great duets will inevitably feature Lata
and the male singer would struggle to keep up with her in practically all of
them. Thanks to Boral, we have two non-Lata candidates. 'raajaa beTii' in
Saugandh and the incredibly lovely 'bhool na jaanaa aaj kii baaten' by
Binota Roy and Asit Baran in Waapas.
- dn