Music To Ears
When Lata Mangeshkar was once asked which music director and lyricist she considered best, her choices were Madan Mohan and Shailendra, respectively. These are the contentious issues, and I myself am confused when it comes to lyricists, as I find many of them equally good.
The songs from Guide, Sangam, Anari, Shri 420, Madhumati speaks for Shailendra, but what sums up the situation for him is the song 'Ye mera deewanapan hai’ from the film Yahudi and the songs from the movie produced by him - Teesri Kasam.
But when it comes to music director, there is no doubt in my mind about Madan Mohan and no, it's not a Lucknow bias. The reason he was not ever in lime light was the fact that though, his songs were super-duper hits, the irony was that either they were filmed on lesser actors, or the movies were abysmal flops. For eg. 'Woh bhooli dastaan fir yaad agayi'was filmed on Anita Guha while most of the songs from Heer Ranjha and Hanste Zakhma were on Priya Rajvansha.
The movies like Jaha-Ara and Dulhan Ek Raat Ki hardly ran for a week, but their songs are considered his best compositions ever. He kept giving haunting numbers in Haqeeqat, Mera Saya, Woh Kaun Thi, Anpadh, Mausam and Laila Majnu.
And now comes Veer-Zara. Yash Chopra is a music freak and he has hit gold with Madan Mohan's old composition. The old unused tunes is a fantastic concept. I have downloaded it's three songs, theme music and music promos; all are terrific, especially, the 'Main Yahan Hoon' song and theme music. 'Tere Liye' is also nice. The famed Madan Mohan sitar is back. The audio CD has eleven songs while the cassette has nine. Will get the CD this weekend.
If I try to list out my favourites amongst Madan Mohan's compositions, it will take a lot of space, like his mp3 songs in my hard drive. So I will keep that option for some other time. Meanwhile, I'll enjoy Veer-Zara. So should you.
The songs from Guide, Sangam, Anari, Shri 420, Madhumati speaks for Shailendra, but what sums up the situation for him is the song 'Ye mera deewanapan hai’ from the film Yahudi and the songs from the movie produced by him - Teesri Kasam.
But when it comes to music director, there is no doubt in my mind about Madan Mohan and no, it's not a Lucknow bias. The reason he was not ever in lime light was the fact that though, his songs were super-duper hits, the irony was that either they were filmed on lesser actors, or the movies were abysmal flops. For eg. 'Woh bhooli dastaan fir yaad agayi'was filmed on Anita Guha while most of the songs from Heer Ranjha and Hanste Zakhma were on Priya Rajvansha.
The movies like Jaha-Ara and Dulhan Ek Raat Ki hardly ran for a week, but their songs are considered his best compositions ever. He kept giving haunting numbers in Haqeeqat, Mera Saya, Woh Kaun Thi, Anpadh, Mausam and Laila Majnu.
And now comes Veer-Zara. Yash Chopra is a music freak and he has hit gold with Madan Mohan's old composition. The old unused tunes is a fantastic concept. I have downloaded it's three songs, theme music and music promos; all are terrific, especially, the 'Main Yahan Hoon' song and theme music. 'Tere Liye' is also nice. The famed Madan Mohan sitar is back. The audio CD has eleven songs while the cassette has nine. Will get the CD this weekend.
If I try to list out my favourites amongst Madan Mohan's compositions, it will take a lot of space, like his mp3 songs in my hard drive. So I will keep that option for some other time. Meanwhile, I'll enjoy Veer-Zara. So should you.
posted by Unknown at 9:57 AM
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