Nepali Songs, By Nepali & Indian Artists Options

[Binod]

Teesri Manzil Rafi song Deewana Mujh Sa Nahin was inspired by this Nepali duet of Aruna Lama and Jitendra Bardewa, sung when I was a kid. It was converted from a low resolution RAM file. That is why the sound is not that great. The original song has a much faster tempo than the RDB version.



Aruna Lama & Jitendra Bardewa = Ae Kanchha Malai Sunko Tara Khasai Deona




Hope you enjoy it.

Binod.

[Sangeet]

Those are full songs . In film it is basically one song sang like antakshari.

[parag_sankla]

Those are full songs . In film it is basically one song sang like antakshari.

Thanks Sangeet for the clarification..

Regards
Parag

[Binod]

Those are full songs . In film it is basically one song sang like antakshari.

Thanks Binod for the clarification..

Regards
Parag

No Parag, you must thank Sangeet and not me. Although I did watch the movie when it was just released which is some zillion years ago, I sadly do not have the memory of the elephant. So I do not know whether the songs are complete or not. But I would hazard to guess that they are not compelete. Anyway these songs were the most trivial ones in the movie. I did not even know that the famous Geeta Dutt sang in the movie. No wonder, her voice is so much dominated by Aruna Lama despite her star stature. Asha, however, stole the show as always.

In fact, Asha has been the most dominant Indian singer in Nepali songs as her voice has that sex appeal loved by Nepali youths, while Lata has failed to make any headway in the Nepali music scene as with any of the major male singers of India. Lata must have sung only a couple of songs. Despite the fact the field was wide open in Nepal for acclaimed female singers like her to lead the way she failed miserably much to the disappointment of her Nepali fans. One of the songs I remember had the same lyrics as that of a popular song by Bachchu Kailash one of the top baritone male singers of Nepal. While his song was a duo with another male singer, it was really a spirited one with a catchy fast tempo and his voice was really good. Lata came with a tune that was both slow and sad. While her voice was tuning-fork clear, she sounded like a preteen bhajan singer. Comparisons were inevitable and the damage was done. I do not think she sang any more songs after that. Nepalis have always wanted a sexy female voice whereas hers was like a kid performing in a school program and it was a strategic blunder to try and take one of the male supremos of Nepali music. (I think that had Geeta attempted entering the Nepali music field she would have been a superstar but perhaps she was already half-hearted toward her career owing to her family problems by the time Maiti Ghar came her way). Whereas the HFM was and still is a female dominated one, the male singers in Nepal have been by leaps and bounds above their female counterparts. Although Asha made it into the Nepali scene she is still not considered to be as popular as the Nepali male singers. The high quality of the male singers speaks out for itself on two counts:

1) no Indian male singer has made any substantial inroads into Nepali music (while most HFM male stalwarts did not even make an attempt to enter the Nepali music market), whereas

2) Udit Narayan a struggling mediocre singer in Nepal rose to dizzing heights in Bombay, despite the fact that he was an outsider who could not pull any strings.

Going back to Maitighar:

I am still looking for the following Maiti Ghar songs:

1. Na Mana Laaj Yestari Ki Jhoom Chha Zindagi Mero - Asha Bhonsle & Prem Dhoj Pradhan

2. Zindagi Layi Jeet Le Hoina Harale Swagat Gari - Manna De.

3. Kaalai Kurtai Le Chha Maine Jagir Khaayaa - CP Lohani (husband of Mala Sinha).

Thanks.

Binod.