This week will be a second Latabai Mangeshkar week on ATMJH. It's
appropriate  (although a bit late) as she celebrated her birthday
last week.

#82
        Song: Tumhaare Bulaane Ko Ji Chaahata  Hai,  Ji  Chaahata
Hai
                Muqaddar Banaane Ko Ji Chaahata Hai, Ji  Chaahata
Hai

        Film:   Laadali (1949)
        Music:  Anil Biswas
        Lyrics: Prem Dhawan?
        Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
        *ing:   ?

I am at loss of words, for this song. Don't even know whether  to
call  it  superb  or excellent or what ?! I love this song. Anil-
da's piano is on the job again.   Moreover,  I  like  this  nasal
voice of Lata. She sounds very cute, very sweet.

This song has completely shadowed other beautiful songs from  the
film.  There are two more Lata solos and one fabulous Shiv Dayaal
Batish solo that charms people even today. Batish solo is:
        'Aankhen Keh Gai Man Ki Baat
                Wo Kaali Matwaali Anhken (2)'

This one is aligned with many songs of that era, as far as  style
is  concerned.   Many who don't like music of 1940s (did some one
say "Huh?" :)) may not like  it  but  "purists"  will.  Has  nice
composition.  What  it  lacks  is orchestration. Well, to me it's
more enjoyable thus.

Lata sings two more songs -  one  sad  one  and  other  a  happy-
romantic-playful one.  The former is very good:

        Zi~~ndagi Ki Roshani To~ Kho~~ Gai~~ (Slow  opening  with
no instruments)

        (Now pace picks up and instrumentalists join her  at  'Ek
Andheri')
        Kho Gayi~,
                Ek Andheri Raat Bas Main Ho Gai, Ho Gai~, (2)
        Zindagi Ki Roshani To Kho Gai

The voice modulation in this song is noticeably good. Anil-da has
put  'Dhholak'  to a good use for this song. It's not as striking
as 'Tumhaare Bulane Ko' and acts like a wine.

And finally that playful song of Lata:

        'Kaise Keh Dun Bajariya Ke Bich, Ho Kaise Keh Dun ...
                Yeh To Kaano Me Kehane Waali Baat Hai (2)'

A typical song of late  40s.  One  can  see  the  waters  of  two
currents  --  one,  a  trend  of 1940s and other of 1950s - right
here. Cute song. To elaborate my  previous  statement:  The  song
goes  in  a  typical Raj Kumari style in voice of Lata! With some
good music where one can sense flavour of early 1950s.


 
Author: Snehal B. Oza