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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Forgotten singers of the Bollywood world
It is not a hidden fact that Bollywood remains to be one of the biggest films industry in the country as well as in the whole world. It has given the Bollywood lovers some epic actor, actress, singer, and many more talented artists. Following is the list of some of those brilliant singers of the Bollywood industry that were great at their time but eventually got forgotten down the road :
1) Suman Kalyanpur
One of the most loved and talented singers of her time, Suman Kalyanpur entered the world of Bollywood with Mangu (Koi Pukare Dheere Se Tujhe) though it was Darwaza(duet with Talat Mahmood) that is noted to be her Bollywood break all because of its first release. This very talented singer takes the credit of around 740 songs throughout her successful career. She has worked alongside some great composers such as Roshanlal Nagrath, S.D. Burman, Hemant Kumar and many more. Likewise, she has worked and sung duets with renowned singers such as Manna Dey, Mukesh, Talat Mahmood, and Mohammed Rafi as well.
2) Mohammed Aziz
Even though the majority of the people would not be able to recall him by his name but its quite sure that everyone must be able to remember the famous song My Name is Lakkhan from Ram Lakkhan. Yes, exactly it was he who lent his voice to Anil Kapoor for that famous song. Not only his fans, but a huge portion of the population also used to tap their boots on the beats of this great song. He started his work in the industry with Anu Malik and after that went on to work with some of the several noteworthy music composers of the Indian industry such as Usha Khanna, Bappi Lahiri, etc. He tasted success at the initial; stages of his career itself but somehow failed to fulfill the potential and was not able to take the career forward in this profession. He was nominated twice for the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer. Once for Dil Tera Kisne Toda(Dayavan) and for the second time for My Name is Lakkhan(Ram Lakkhan).
3) Shailender Singh
The singer whose voice was once considered to be pure liquid gold, Shailender Singh was the brilliant voice in the very popular and loved song Jane Do Na (Saagar). Not denying the fact that the song was not good but it was his voice that definitely made the song even better. He entered the Bollywood world with a bang, he started his career with the movie Bobby in which he sang a total of five songs. Throughout his time in Bollywood, he earned a lot of appreciation and love for his melodious voice and great talent. He had worked with some of the greatest composers of that time like R.D Burman, Laxmikant-Pyarelal and also sang duets with the legendary Amit Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar, Mohammed Rafi and many more. After the year 1979, his struggle phase began in the industry and his name soon faded away from the industry.
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