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13 November 2008
Lata Mangeshkar Songs With Less Famous Composers Part 3
Continuing from my earlier posts on Lata Mangeshkar songs with relatively less-famous composers (Part 1, Part 2), I would like to talk about some music directors with whom Lata Mangeshkar has done very little work, but their collaboration has resulted in some great melodious songs.
Pt. Amarnath – Not to be confused with Pt. Amarnath, the elder brother of the composer duo Husnalal Bhagatram, Pt. Amarnath Chawla was essentially a classical musician. He composed music for only one film – Garam Coat – where each song was a real gem. All songs in the film were sung by Lata Mangeshkar. My favourite from this film is Kahiyo Roye Dukhiyare
Kahiyo Roye Dukhiyare (Garam Coat, 1955, Majrooh Sultanpuri?)
Some other songs from the film are also available on youtube: Zulfon Wale Ko Kya Pata, Nanha Mora Dole and Jogia Se Preet
Jagmohan – Another composer with whom Lata Mangeshkar worked in only one film. The 1955 film, Sardar, had two Lata Mangeshkar solos, among which I rate Pyar Ki Ye Talkhiyan among Lata’s best for any composer. Later on
Pyar Ki Ye Talkhiyan (Sardar, 1955, Kaif Irani)
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Sailesh Mukherji - To the best of my knowledge, Sailesh Mukherji composed music for only two films – Parichay and Savera. Parichay had an intricate tune in the form of Jal Ke Dil Khaak Hua, that is another one of my favourite Lata Mangeshkar song of all time.
Jal Ke Dil Khaak Hua (Parichay, 1954, Keshav)
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Chic Chocolate – A.X Vaz, an assistant to C. Ramchandra, took on a unique sounding name, Chic Chocolate, when he composed independently. So strong had been his association with C. Ramachandra that many people thought that it was C. Ramachandra himself who was composing under a pseudonym. Listen to this light and frothy number composed by Chic Cholocolate in Rangeeli, and you can hear a lot of similarity with some of C. Ramachandra’s scores.
Chanda Ko Sitara Mile (Rangeeli, 1952, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan)
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Nisar Bazmi – Talking of Chic Chocolate, reminds me of Nisar Bazmi, who had joined hands with Chic Chocolate to compose music for the 1956 film, Kar Bhala. Nisar Bazmi never got much success in India. He migrated to Pakistan in 1962, where he was more successful. Interestingly, he reused one of the tunes from Kar Bhala for a Pakistani film. It is probably the only instance where Lata Mangeshkar and Noor Jehan have sung the same tune separted by 14 years.
Balam Ji Bade Nadan (Kar Bhala, 1956, ?)
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Nainwa Chalaye Baan (Anjuman – Pakistani Film, 1970)
V. Balsara - A noted pianist, V. Balsara, worked as an assistant to the likes of Khemchand Prakash, Ghulam Haider, Madan Mohan and Shankar Jaikishan, before he moved to Kolkata and settled there . As an independent composer in he composed a lovely melody for Lata Mangeshkar in Madmast (1953)– Sunaayen Haal-eDil
Sunaayen Haal-e-dil (Madmast, 1953, ?)
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Aditya,
Vow! You have included three of my favorite Lata songs. For me, these songs will surely make it to my top 50 Lata songs - on most days
"Sunayen haal-e-dil" is a stunning Jaijaiwanti delivered so delicately by Lata.
If I had to pick songs to showcase Lata's emotional tour-de-force, "jalke dil khak hua" and "kahiyo roye dukhiyari" would be two of those songs. Just totally heart-breaking.
BTW, the composing credit for Garam Coat songs might also include Pt. Ram Narayan. On his Radio Farishta interview, he cliamed that he composed these songs along with Pt. Amarnath. There is yet another beautiful Lata song from Garam Coat - "ghar aaja more raaja"
Cheers,
Anil Hingorani
Posted by: Anil Hingorani | 19 November 2008
Hi Anil,
I heard the Radio Farishta interview. I did not mention Pandit Ram Narayan's name for Garam Coat, because most documentation points towards Pt. Amarnath being the solo composer.
Aditya
Posted by: Aditya | 20 November 2008
I am surprised that name of stalwart composer JAIDEV does not figure in your list of less famous composer. Jaidev must have not got many films but whatever work he has done is simply melodius and great.His songs with Lata, Alla tero naam(HUM DONO), Ye dil aur unki(PREM PARVAT),Tumhen dekhati hoon(TUMHARE LIYE),Tu chanda main chandni(RESHAMA AUR SHERA) and many more. It shall be justice to him if his name is also get a mention in your list of less famous composers.
Posted by: AJAY RICHHARIYA | 22 September 2009
Ajay, Guilty as charged. When I did this post I had thought of doing a separate post just on Lata-Jaidev as I rate their collaboration, though less in quantity, as one of the best. Somehow, that post never got written :(
Posted by: Aditya | 22 September 2009
Just wonderful, Adityaji. Look forward to a post on Jaidevji - Lata. My favourite compositios also are the songs from Kinare Kinare, as well as Yeh Neer Kahan se barase (raag Tilak Kamod) (Prem Parbath)
Posted by: bhavita | 20 November 2009
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