The song Jaane wafa Jaane jahaan & Mere Sapnon Ki Rani
Dear SJ friends..!
Today, I thought of picking two of my personal favourite Shankar Jaikishan songs, both are beautiful gems and real masterworks under their golden baton. Both of them share many common features, for instance, they are composed on waltz rhythm; they have three different musical interludes, each of the three presenting a unique musical style and genre, with beautiful prelude; they are picturized on Shammi Kapoor and they both are one of the Rafi sahab’s bests..! The songs are:
1. Jane wafa jane jahan..
Dil Tera Diwana (1962)
Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar
Shailendra
2. Mere sapnon ki rani..
Jawan Mohabbat (1971)
Mohammed Rafi
Hasrat Jaipuri
The “Jaane wafaa jaane jahan..” is a famous Lata-Rafi romantic duet from the musical ‘Dil Tera Diwana'. It’s a dream sequence song, where Shammi Kapoor dreams himself and Mala Sinha as lovers of three different time period and culture, each represented by a specific interlude music.
The song starts with a beautiful 50 minutes long prelude commencing the dream sequence. The whole composition in mukhda and stanzas is extraordinary and outstanding, where each stanza is preceded by a distinct interlude depicting three different scenarios.
The first one is western lovers interlude with charming violin themes and waltz rhythm. The second one is an Arabian lovers interlude with brilliant use of percussion, flute, bells and group violins. And lastly, the third one, an Indian lovers interlude, with delightful sitar theme on brisk tabla beats.
Everything about the song is mesmerizing, including composition, orchestration, singing, picturization, performance etc. We all know that SJ were masters of such dream sequence songs, and this is a perfect example...!
The second masterwork “Mere sapnon ki raani..” is a romantic Rafi solo with a situation of musical stage show, where Shammi Kapoor tries to find her dream girl amongst the ladies from different cultures and ethnic backgrounds and finally succeeds getting Asha Parekh, which actually is shown in an immediately following small seperate Rafi-Asha duet.
The song starts with SJ’s beautiful signature violins prelude, followed by three distinct and creative interludes, first in a classic western style, second in an exotic arabian style and the third in unique Hawaiian style, and I just love them all..! Each interlude is preceded by an opening theme on trumpet and orchestra, and each one have a unique awesome theme using different instruments. The compositions in mukhda and stanzas too are equally intoxicating and in a typical SJ-Shammi style.
What a mastery SJ have shown in such theme related lengthy songs..!
Enjoy both the song in their entirety.
https://youtu.be/r5W2_0jjmKw
https://youtu.be/gC4G5MiRfLk
writer Jitendra Motavar
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