Chatterjee rendered this underrated track

My blog on the music of Hindi films released between 1990 and 1999 contains posts on five tracks from 1942: A Love Story, which released in 1994, and was among R D Burman’s posthumous releases.

This blog contains a post on the sixth song from the film – the underrated Yeh Safar Bahut Hai Kathin Magar.

Five minutes and 41 seconds long, it was penned by Javed Akhtar.

It was rendered by Shibaji Chatterjee, who is a well-known music director and playback singer in the Bengali film industry.

Indeed, Pancham’s genius made other composers’ journeys difficult.

Shailendra (Bhos)lent (Am)it his voice

Gurudev, which released in 1993, was one of the last few films whose music was composed by the legendary R D Burman.

My blog on the music of Hindi films released between 1990 and 1999 contains a post on one track from the film.

I heard another song from the film long ago, and decided to listen to it again recently in order to include it in this blog.

The track in question was Aana Re Aana Re.

The Sing(h)ers (Bhos)lent it their voices. were Asha, Shailendra and Mr Kumar.

Majrooh Sultanpuri penned the song.

It completed Lata's Pancham-Gulzar trilogy

Sili Hawa Chhoo Gayi – from Libaas – is the fifth R D Burman composition penned by Gulzar on this blog.

It was rendered by Lata Mangeshkar, and was the only track from the film that I have listened to.

Interestingly, the film, which was also directed by Gulzar, dated back to 1988, and was screened twice at the International Film Festival of India (i.e., at the 23^rd and 45^th essays of the festival, held in 1992 and 2014, respectively).

This happens to be the second song from an unreleased film (chronologically the first) on my blogs.

It wAs(h)among Bhosle’s best songs

My blog on the music of Hindi films released between 1987 and 1989 contains posts on three of the four songs on the soundtrack of Ijaazat, which released in 1987.

At the time of writing about them, I hadn’t listened to the fourth – Khaali Haath Shaam Aayi Hai.

I have done so now, and I believe it was one of the best tracks to which Asha (Bhos)lent her voice.

Incidentally, all the four tracks in the film were Bhosle solos.

They were penned by Gulzar, who directed the film too.

R D Burman composed them.

Undoubtedly, it wAs(h)a (Ku)marvellous track

My blog on the music of Hindi films released between 1969 and 1986 contains posts on three songs from Yeh Vaada Raha, which released in 1982.

Of these, two were duets to which Asha and Kishore Kumar (Bhos)lent their voices, and the third was a solo by the latter.

They rendered the track which is the subject of this post too. It was composed by R D Burman, and was titled Maine Tujhe Kabhi Kuch.

I heard it recently, and on looking it up online, I found out that it was penned by Gulshan Bawra.

    

(Am)It was a M(angeshk)arvellous duet

My blog on the music of Hindi films released between 1969 and 1986 contains posts on a couple of songs from Teri Kasam, which released in 1982.

While both of them were solos, the subject of this post – Hum Jis Raste Pe Khade – was the only duet in the film.

(Am)It was rendered by Mr Kumar, who rendered the two solos as well, and Lata Mangeshkar. In fact, it was the latter’s only contribution to the film’s soundtrack, which was composed by none other than R D Burman.

The song was penned by Anand Bakshi.

This title song was popuLa(ta)r

The opening line of the title track of Baseraa, which released in 1981, went, “Jahan pe savera ho, baseraa wahin hai”.

It could be translated, “The nest (figuratively, home) is where the night turns to the morning after”.

The track earned Gulzar a nomination in the Best Lyricist category at the 29^th Filmfare Awards, which took place in 1982.

The R D Burman composition was rendered by the one and only Lata Mangeshkar, and was the only song from the film on any of my blogs. In fact, I had skipped it by oversight earlier.