Madan Mohan & Mukesh
Sukesh
under the baton of Madan Mohan. I was wondering why? Would any member
be able to throw more light on this?
Regards
Sukesh
vrk
Asha Bhonsle in one interview said that Mukesh was a very humorous
person. during rehearsal if any instrument went off key, he would
immediately shout out
yahaa.n kaun merii copy kar rahaa hai
and then in the interview asha bhonsle starting laughing. from her
reaction and from my reaction to some of mukesh's songs, I can only
guess madan mohan's opinion.
even the 9 might be due to the personal rapport that mr mathur had
with ms mangeshkar. :)
Baad-e-Siyaah
I think Madan Mohan's creations have lethargy/ mild nasha as essential
elements, Rafi fits very well in such a scheme.
Mudra-Rakshas
IMHO each composer's music and each singer's voice have a their own
distinct characters or pesonalities. Like any two people in real life
- who have every probability of falling in love with each other - but
don't; these personalities of composer's music and siger's voice also
sometimes don't click together.
As in case of Mukesh, composer's like Roshan, Khaiyyam and even
(somewhat surprisingly) Salil seem to have found him irresitable. But
SDB, C.Ramchandra or Madan Mohan didn't. On the other hand, Anilda
seems to have felt the same way about Rafi.
All these composers had something to say, convey, through their music,
knew what it was, and also had a very good idea about who's voice
could be the best channel to convey that thought (in their own way -
we do not have to agree with them.). Hence they were in a position to
make these decisions.
We mere mortals can merely wonder - what if...?
raaz
>
> IMHO each composer's music and each singer's voice have a their own
> distinct characters or pesonalities. Like any two people in real life
> - who have every probability of falling in love with each other - but
> don't; these personalities of composer's music and siger's voice also
> sometimes don't click together.
>
> As in case of Mukesh, composer's like Roshan, Khaiyyam and even
> (somewhat surprisingly) Salil seem to have found him irresitable. But
> SDB, C.Ramchandra or Madan Mohan didn't. On the other hand, Anilda
> seems to have felt the same way about Rafi.
>
> All these composers had something to say, convey, through their music,
> knew what it was, and also had a very good idea about who's voice
> could be the best channel to convey that thought (in their own way -
> we do not have to agree with them.). Hence they were in a position to
> make these decisions.
>
> We mere mortals can merely wonder - what if...?
How O.P.Nayyar is left out, same is the case with him, hardly
O.P.Nayyar used Mukesh.
The type of tunes he creates, Mukesh may be a mismatch,
no other underlying reason, in my opinion.
Sukesh
Here are some figures, which I have dug out.
1) O P Nayyar - 4 songs. Yes, it is understandable that for his type
of music, Mukesh would have been a disaster.
2) Naushad Ali - 27, but no songs between 1950 to 1967
3) C Ramchandra - 4 songs. He did not get Rafi to sing many of his
songs, probably he sang those himself.
4) Hemant Kumar - 6 songs. No surprises there. Seems he too did not
make use of Rafi much.
5) Shankar Jaikishan - 47 songs (in non Raj Kapoor starrers). With
over 1000 songs, a total of 47 seems peanuts.
6) Roshan - 36 songs
7) S D Burman - 12
8) Ravi - do not have the figures, but would not amount to much.
9) Salil Chowdhury - 23 or so.
His backers seem to Kalyanji Anandji (104 songs) with the mandatory
Mukesh solo/duet in most of their films and Laxmikant Pyarelal - 72
songs
I was told by late Ramanand Sagar that many composers and film makers
were always wary of Mukesh, but many times had to bow to the "wishes'
of the leading men. Among the leading men (other than RK ) seemingly
preferring him were Pradeep Kumar (Duniya Na Mane, Ghunghat, Modern
Girl, and Sanjog) and Manoj Kumar(!).
However, in a large number of cases, the end-result of Mukesh songs
have been memorable.
Regards
Sukesh
.
raaz
8) Ravi - 11 ( from data in giitaayan )