Musical Influence on RD and SC

[Sambit Basu]

Hi guys and gals,

It seems there are lot of g's [ :-) ] out there who are real hardcore fans
of Rahul Dev Burman. So am I. I'm also a great fan of Salil Chowdhury's
music. So here I'm trying to compile a list of RD's as well as SC's songs which are influenced by some other type/kind of music. You are highly encouraged
to add ....

Rahul Dev Burman

1. O maNjhi re, apna kinara: Bhatiyali, Bengali folk song for the boatmen.
2. Mil gaya humko sathi(from Hum Kisise Kam Nahi): A song from ABBA.
3. Mehebooba,Mehebooba (guess which film ;-) ):Middle-east Asian folk.
4. Mere naina sawan vado:Indian Clssical - Raga Shivranjani.

Salil Chowdhury

1. Itna na mujhse tu pyar:Mozart 40th symphony - Jupiter.
2. Dil tadap tadap ke kahe raha: Hungarian folk song.
3. Chhotasa ghar hoga badaloN ki: Nepalese folk song.
4. Ghadi ghadi mera dil dhadke: Bengali folk song.

Have fun,
Sambit

[SAMIUDDIN MOHAMMED]

In article <Mar.6.17.40....@eden.rutgers.edu>, sam...@eden.rutgers.edu (Sambit Basu) writes:

>Rahul Dev Burman

>4. Mere naina sawan vado:Indian Clssical - Raga Shivranjani.

Sorry to digress from the main topic, but I have question regarding this tune. I think RD has used it in another song. Rem. the Holi song in Kati Patang "Aaj na chhoRenge bas humjoli, khelenge hum holi....." ? KK sings a faster and diff. tune (happy) while Lata sings a slower sad tune "Apni apni qismat hai ye koi hanse koi roe...." All in all, it's a great song. The question I have is whether the Lata portion and "Mere naina sawan bhadon...." are based on the same raga (Raga Shivranjani, as Sambit mentione

d above) Also, I find the oldie "Main to tum sang nain milake haar gaee sajna....." to have a similar tune. Cud we put these songs in the category of songs with similar "metre" which was discussed earlier on RMIM.

Kindly educate this Raga-illiterate.

Sami Mohammed (A Nausad fan)