In previous post, I wrote that 27th August is  death  anniversary
of  Jan  Nissar  Akhtar. Please excuse me for little lapse there.
Actually his anniversary is today -- 28th August.

Yesterday, 27th August was death anniversary of Mukesh.  Since  I
wanted to first write about Jaan Nissar (thinking his anniversary
is also on 27th) I  didn't  talk  about  Mukesh  in  other  post.
Today's post is dedicated to this great singer.

#247
        Song: Ansoo Bhari Hain, Ye Jeevan Ki Raahen
                Koi Un Se Kehde Hume Bhul Jaayen

        Film:   Parvarish (1958)
        Music:  Dattaram
        Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri
        Singer: Late Mukesh
        *ing:   Raj Kapoor, Padmini?

As the tale goes, Dattaram  had  to  compose  this  song  totally
unprepared;  he  didn't have his orchestra ready. He could find a
saarangi player, a tabla player and a sitar  player  and  off  he
went. That way it was a true test of Mukesh' ability too. Without
orchestration, he could be easily  caught  singing  off-notation.
But  not only he sung well, he actually pulled entire song off on
his shoulder and made it an all time great!

I must also add, that Pt. Ram Narayan has  done  a  good  job  on
saarangi,  especially  opening  solo is quite good. It's actually
sitar  that's  used  as  filler  in  between  stanzas  (as  breif
interlude). Those sitar notes are also nice.


 
Author: Snehal B. Oza