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        Song: Paise Ka Jantar, Paise Ka Mantar, Paisa-Paisa Chhoo
                Jaati Jaan Palat  Kar  Aaye,  Gazab  Tera  Jaadu,
Pal~~at! ...

        Film:   Paisa Hi Paisa (1956)
        Music:  Anil Biswas
        Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri
        Singer: Kishor Kumar and his fun loving chorus
        *ing:   Kishor Kumar, Ushakiran?

Ever since I have heard this song, am in it's love.  Plainly  for
it's  ability to entertain. I always listen to it with an element
of surprise, and that is about  it's  music  director.  Before  I
heard  one  more  song  of this gener (this was the first of it's
kind composed by him, that I heard) sung by Mohammad Rafi, I  was
unable to associate Anil-da with this nice number. A very unusual
composition from him. Kishor is in pink of his mood and does  all
sorts  of vocal tricks to make it a good entertainer. With chorus
it's more enjoyable. Examples of his vocal experiments  come  for
following lines:

        .... Karta Murga, Bole Kukduh Koo~~h

and then after each antaraa:

        Kishor: ...., Gazab Tera Jaadu!
        Chorus: Paisa Ka ... Gazab Tera Jaadu
        Kishor: Pala~~t!        [Sings gazab as 'gajab' ! ]
        Kishor:  Chhoo  Chhoo  Mantar,
Hai Jadu Mantar
                  Chhoo-
Chhoo Chhooooo

And towards the end: Chorus is  singing  mukhada  and  then  it's
Kishor's  turn  to  say  -- 'Pala~~t!' which he actually does not
sing but just speaks, every time at the end of stanza, with  some
urge,  adding some element of surprise (I have not seen the movie
but looks like he is trying to play some trick with  some  object
[live/dead])!  But the fun is (it looks like) the "thing" doesn't
obey his command anymore and then he sings (speaks) slowly,  with
deliberately  torned  voice  showing  his disbelief combined with
surprise (now his turn :-)), almost like crying:

        'Arre~~! Tera Pyaar Kidhar Hai BaabaaA!'

And it ends!!

Great singing indeed. Here is a Kishor, we know  all  this  time.
That  soft,  low and little nasal tone, present in his voice till
very  recent  Rukhsana  (1955),  is  now  missing  in  this  1956
production  (and  I guess there after, in all songs).  Although I
miss that quality in his songs, (does not mean, I don't like  his
later  songs),  I feel for this kind of songs lack of it, is most
suitable.

Well, I have heard only one  song  from  the  film  which  is  by
Kishor, Asha and Lata Don't remember wordings now.

Paisa Hi  Paisa,  must  be  the  last  Kishor  Kumar-Anil  Biswas
combination.


 
Author: Snehal B. Oza