Switty Tera Pyar Mp3 Song Free Download
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Ho mainu bada hi jaroori, switty tera pyaar
Ho mainu heera Kohinoori, switty tera pyaar
Ho mainu karda fatoori, switty tera pyaar
Ho hoiyaan meri majboori, switty tera pyaar
Ho mainu tera tera tera tera pyaar chahida
Ho meri khushiyaan da seed eh, switty tera pyaar
Ho ang ang vich feed ey, switty tera pyaar
Ho meri zindagi di lead ey, switty tera pyaar
Ho meri need meri greed ey, switty tera pyaar
Tera tera tera tera pyaar chahida
I had described Mahendra Kapoor as the most unloved singer in my last post on him. I have to modify that phrase, because the comments on that post indicate that he had more passionate fans and admirers than I had realised. Despite not counting myself among his passionate fans, I have a great liking for some of his songs which I place at par with the best sung by any of his contemporaries. Chalo ek baar phir se is one such iconic song which had a post dedicated to it. Similarly, I am greatly fond of some of his duets. Some readers also added duets anyway, in their comments on the post, which was dedicated to his solos. Mahendra Kapoor story would not be complete unless I write on his best duets.
Every singer has sung great duets with Lata Mangeshkar. But his association with Ravi and OP Nayyar gave him an opportunity to sing some beautiful songs with Asha Bhosle. Besides, he has sung with a great variety of singers, some of whom are not among the top ones, yet he managed to give memorable songs with lesser known singers, too.
In films songs, the lyricists are not adequately acknowledged, and often not remembered at all. When it comes to lyrics like these, I am with Mumbaikar8 that lyricists deserve greater recognition than is given to them, including, by Songs of Yore.
In this film Mahendra Kapoor had four duets, three of which are immensely popular till today. Tere pyar ka aasra chahta hun (with Lata Mangeshkar) is one of the best in the category of recital/singing at a college function. There is another beautiful duet with Asha Bhosle, Jhukti ghata gaati hawa sapane jagaye. Dhadakae lage dil ke taaron ki duniya has an uncommon tune, and its slow-paced romantic mood leaves a lasting impression.
This was posted by KS Bhatia in my last post on his solos. I had heard it for first time, and was charmed by the song. It deserves a repeat mention. And I again come back to my lay theory: if a song impresses me on the first hearing, it has to be based on one of the Ragas I am deeply fond of. Bhimpalasi?
Now I invite the readers to another rarely heard song, this time with Suman Kalyanpur. Slow recital, followed by fast qawwali-style rhythmic singing is extremely enjoyable. This is another of hidden gems of Mahendra Kapoor. The music director is an equally unknown Iqbal, not to be confused with Iqbal Qureshi. I am leaving it to Arunji to fill us on Iqbal.
Now I come to the familiar territory. This film had not only the iconic Chalo ek baar phir se, it also had an equally great Mahendra Kapoor duet with Asha Bhosle. There is the happy version of the duet when Sunil Dutt and Mala Sinha are in love without any encumbrance. The second, sad version, comes when she is married to Ashok Kumar, and her past comes back to haunt her.
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Thanks, AK, for completing your writing and selection on MK, and a good selection it is, even though there are a couple of never-heard-before duets and a few others not there which should have been included but then there are others far better qualified to identify them in further feedback sure to follow.
Mahendra Kapoor does get much deserved due this time.
Aaj Madhuwatas Dole was certainly at the top when we were on his solo songs post.
All the selections that have laid emphasis on his rarer duets indeed does justice to the range that he could command.
Rakesh Srivastava,
Thanks a lot for your appreciation. All the songs you have added are my favourites. On Chitragupta, I find another absolutely melodious song. It had slipped from my memory because it is somewhat unbalanced in favour of Lata Mangeshkar and, hence, its imprint in my mind was as her solo. But since it is technically a duet with Mahendra Kapoor I must post it here.
Dinesh,
Thanks a lot for your appreciation. I also hold that his voice was unique and very distinct from Rafi, unlike Suman Kalyanpur who was often indistinguishable from Lata Mangeshkar. Whether he was loved or not, his best is as good as best by anyone. When I was working on this post I had a shortlist of 30 songs. Therefore, at least there are ten more which can easily replace some songs of this list.
Ashokji,
O kahan jaate hain wo is a very nice song. I remember your point about Rafi-Lata rift possibly helping Mahendra Kapoor as it helped Suman Kalyanpur as a replacement for Lata Mangeshkar. Let me submit a somewhat different viewpoint. There is no question that Suman Kalyanpur got a lifetime opportunity to sing some wonderful duets with Rafi, because she became a very handy and convincing Lata proxy. However, the corresponding equation with MK becoming a proxy for Rafi was not true. Rafi was a fixed. The difficulty with MDs was finding a substitute for Lata. Therefore, whatever MK got to sing with LM was on his own merit. In any case he had outstanding duets with Asha Bhosle because of BR Chopra and Ravi having some issues with Rafi/Lata.
Rakesh Srivastava,
Thanks for refreshing the memory of Main naghme ga nahi sakta. It had figured in the comments on my post on Songs of Atariya. It is a double atariya song at that; perhaps only one of its kind where both the man and the lady are singing/reciting to each other from their balconies. This song was mentioned Arvinder Sharmaji.
KB,
All the songs and films you have mentioned are very nice, and most of them were in my shortlist from which I made the final selection. I should have made a more conscious effort to include an OP Nayyar composition. Let us enjoy this dance song which is a triad, and Mahendra Kapoor enters somewhat late.
Arvinder Sharmaji,
Thanks for adding some great songs. Except Kalpana ke ghan, other songs were new to me. However, some of the links you have given have error. YT have taken off the link of Jhan jhan baaje payaliya. Here is another link for the same song.
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Subodh,
It is surprising that Internet limitation should be keeping you away from SoY in one of the most modern cities in the country. The office thing is not clear to me. You are the boss, you can always get a sound card installed and listen to the music through headphone/earphone. I am sure you have noted my nudge on Madhmad Sarang at the end of song #1.
Siddharth,
I am happy that you are as impressed by Aaj madhuwatas dole as I have been. The Navrang Holi song is a landmark song, and it has figured earlier on SoY on Holi last year. The unbalanced duet does have a problem, because I remembered Geet gaya pattharon ne primarily as a Kishori Amonkar solo. As an aside, I always wondered what was Kishori Amonkar doing singing a routine film song.
Sri AK, Among other stars he sang quite a few duets for Biswajeet & Jeetendra apart from Manoj Kumar. For Rajesh he sang devotional songs as in MAALIK. But apart from these stars his real hits were for some unknown actors which are remembered today although the actor could not indeed be identified.It is very interesting to know from above that he sang for Kishore Kumar also.
AK Ji,
My final post is reserved for songs composed by Hansraj Behl, who despite being a great composer, was compelled to give music for C grade, and low budget films.
Firstly, a song, which was there in my mind for so many years, but found it only on YouTube last year.
Murli teri, payal meri with Lata from Sawan
Zindagi ittefaq hai I feel was both a solo and a duet.However in this discussion Aadmi aur insaan did not became so vivsible.Thanks for bringing it into discussion since Zindagi ittefaq hai was perhaps a rage at that time.
AKji,
A good selection of familiar and unfamiliar duets of Mahendra Kapoor. The song Apni zulfon ko sungha kar mujhe behosh karo was new to me. Thanks to both Bhatiaji and you. The pick of the lot was no doubt Aaj madhuvatas dole. A great song. Another song which appealed to me was the Jhinjhoti based number Badali badali duniya hai meri. Thanks for the wonderful treat. Since I have come in late, I find that the songs that I would have liked to mention have been already posted. In your earlier post on MK you mentioned two duets from the film Madmast, Kisi ke zulm ki tasweer hai majdoor ki basi with Dhan Indorewaala and a qawwali Unhe Dekhen Toh Woh Muh PherKar Ke Muskurate Hain with S D Batish from the film Madmast (1953), composed by V Balsara. I believe these two duets must have been his first recorded song(s). I would like to post a duet from the film Lalkar, also mentioned by you in your last post.
Is man Ki Nagariya Se with Sabita Banerjee, film Lalkaar (1956), lyrics Pt.Madhur, music Sanmukh Baba
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The mention of the song Usko nahi dekha humne kabhi from Dadi Ma, stirred some emotional chord in me. Here I present an all male duet from a Bhojpuri film, one of my finest favourites. Great song and lyrics. Even with my limited understanding of the language, the song made an impact on first hearing.
Holi Greetings to all SoY friends, and an appropriate post with an appropriate song, though much heard
Mahendra Kapoor with Asha Bhonsle from Navrang, composed by C Ramchandra and penned by Bharat Vyas
Venkatraman ji ;
Thanks for liking the dug in MK gems of duets . You must have noticed quite a number of songs were already mentioned by another great perfectionist and follower Arvinder Sharmaji . The songs from chhabili and Pathan posted by you are new to me .