#317

        Song:   Ghir ghir ke aasmaan par
                Chhaane lagi ghataayen
                Keh do koi piya se
                Pardeswa na jaayen

        Film:   Bawre Nain (1950)
        Music:  Roshan
        Lyrics: Kidar Sharma
        Singer: Rajkumari
        *ing:   Raj Kapoor, Geeta Bali

For some reason, I woke up humming this song today,  and  haven't
been able to get it out of my mind. So I figured I'd go ahead and
post it on ATMJH.

I just adore this tune. It starts with some lovely flute strains,
which  are  more or less interspersed though the song- and one of
the strange things in this song is that  in  some  parts  of  it,
especially  the  main  mukhda,  it  seems like two Rajkumaris are
singing in tandem (though the credits list  it  as  a  solo).  If
anyone  has  seen  the  movie,  can they throw some light on this
queer phenomenon ? How exactly is the song picturized ?

Anyway, this is a  truly  beautiful  melody-  not  just  Roshan's
peerless music, but Kidar Sharma's endearingly penned poetry. The
song is a winner - undoubtedly one of Rajkumari's very best !







Guest Author: Hrishi Dixit